So many cancelled shows and a bunch I actually liked and a lot that I am glad to see go.
First the ones I liked and actually watched to the bitter end:
Chase (NBC) I liked it, Kelli Giddish is cool and it was the first thing with Jesse Metcalfe that didn't make me want to scratch out my eyes.
The Chicago Code (FOX) I really liked it and Jennifer Beals face can sort of move almost naturally.
Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC) I liked it and the sight of Michael Imperioli didn't cause me to throw myself out of a window as it did on the Sopranos.
The Event (NBC) I shouldn't have let myself get sucked in but it happened and I faithfully watched until the end and they decided to let the 'EVENT' and it's meaning wait until season 2 which isn't going to happen. I feel a little cheated.
Law & Order:LA (NBC) I have been a L&O fan for years and I like Regina Hall from the Scary Movie movies. And the first thing Skeet Ulrich and Terrance Howard have been in that didn't make kick my television.
The ones I didn't watch (maybe once) and am glad they're gone:
Hannah Montana (DSNY) Maybe now the Cyrus clan will go away, far far away. Fingers crossed.
Better with you (ABC) I doubt this sounded good even on paper.
The Gates (ABC) It sounded like CSI with vampires. Not a good combo.
Mr Sunshine (ABC) If you throw enough comedy at a wall some of it will stick, other bits will end up behind the stove gathering dust to keep themselves warm. Easier to buy Chandler a coat.
The Paul Reiser Show (NBC) When was this even on?
The Defenders (CBS) This I never watched, Jim Belushi makes me nauseous.
Outlaw (NBC) Bet you don't remember this one with Jimmy Smits leaving the Supreme Court. It took me a minute and it was on a list.
Supernanny (ABC) Where will our nation's parents get their knowledge now?
The last season of TV was a bumpy one, maybe next season the networks will give the good a chance and leave the crap behind that stove.
Let's hope...
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Movie Night - May 14th
It's a Saturday night and I decide to go to the movies and my friend Arthur was going to join me. I got there earlier than I had expected so I grabbed my ticket from one of the kiosks. Why anyone stands in the throng of hundreds just to hand over your debit/credit card is beyond me!
I stood waiting in the lobby, and things were pretty calm until one of the women behind the ticket counter stood on something and yelled, 'Water for Elephants is sold out, I repeat, Water for Elephants is sold out!'
I asked myself how that possibly could have happened and then noticed the mood of the crowd begin to change. Groups of women, who moments ago were talking peacefully, began to scramble to the holding area for the movie. It looked like one of the women still on line had burst into tears or her allergies were acting up.
I stood amazed at the power that Robert Pattinson's wide-set eyes hold over people.
I clutched my ticket for Bridesmaids and waited.
Arthur showed up and we bypassed the cattle pen of Water for Elephants.
Of course 35 minutes after we sat down that the movie began.
I had read that one scene in the movie was Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig improvising for an hour and a half and if I am right it is near the beginning and I wanted to see more.
It plays like a female Hangover, just slightly reimagined.
I almost wet my pants from the audiences reaction to the use of the 'c' word.
Jill Clayburgh plays Kristen Wiig's mom and that was a little freaky, but she didn't look like she wasn't going to make it. She looked pretty good.
There is an obligatory vomiting scene.
And nothing like a little shitting in the street to make you feel better about spending almost $11 on a ticket.
Melissa McCarthy stole a bunch of scenes, there's one on a plane where with one leg up on the door jamb she asked a guy if he can 'feel the heat, the steam' coming off of her.
And for some reason I could not quite get the Little Britain guy is in this. He's pretty funny but he kinda wasn't in this.
Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig are hilarious, too bad no big foreheads and baby hands.
Pretty good movie if you ask me. I thought it hit all the right notes for something directed by a guy who once appeared on The Facts of Life.
I stood waiting in the lobby, and things were pretty calm until one of the women behind the ticket counter stood on something and yelled, 'Water for Elephants is sold out, I repeat, Water for Elephants is sold out!'
I asked myself how that possibly could have happened and then noticed the mood of the crowd begin to change. Groups of women, who moments ago were talking peacefully, began to scramble to the holding area for the movie. It looked like one of the women still on line had burst into tears or her allergies were acting up.
I stood amazed at the power that Robert Pattinson's wide-set eyes hold over people.
I clutched my ticket for Bridesmaids and waited.
Arthur showed up and we bypassed the cattle pen of Water for Elephants.
Of course 35 minutes after we sat down that the movie began.
I had read that one scene in the movie was Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig improvising for an hour and a half and if I am right it is near the beginning and I wanted to see more.
It plays like a female Hangover, just slightly reimagined.
I almost wet my pants from the audiences reaction to the use of the 'c' word.
Jill Clayburgh plays Kristen Wiig's mom and that was a little freaky, but she didn't look like she wasn't going to make it. She looked pretty good.
There is an obligatory vomiting scene.
And nothing like a little shitting in the street to make you feel better about spending almost $11 on a ticket.
Melissa McCarthy stole a bunch of scenes, there's one on a plane where with one leg up on the door jamb she asked a guy if he can 'feel the heat, the steam' coming off of her.
And for some reason I could not quite get the Little Britain guy is in this. He's pretty funny but he kinda wasn't in this.
Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig are hilarious, too bad no big foreheads and baby hands.
Pretty good movie if you ask me. I thought it hit all the right notes for something directed by a guy who once appeared on The Facts of Life.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Priest 3D
Despite the negative reviews I decided to take a chance. It was well worth it, not sure about the extra five bucks for 3D. The effects got a little choppy a couple of times but not that bad.
Pretty good cast. Madchen Amick looked amazing, I remember her from Twin Peaks. Christopher Plummer's character could not be further from Captain Von Trapp. Cam Gigadnet looks ready to break into the next level of stardom. And he got an OC reunion with Alan Dale. Paul Bettany and Maggie Q play their parts without anything extraneous, and in my opinion it works for their characters. Karl Urban steals several scenes, this is the first time I have seen him in something since The Chronicles of Riddick. The church takes the biggest beating, so much so that I wonder why there were no protests.
In conclusion, I wouldn't expect any Oscar nods but a decent action flick. Thumbs up.
Pretty good cast. Madchen Amick looked amazing, I remember her from Twin Peaks. Christopher Plummer's character could not be further from Captain Von Trapp. Cam Gigadnet looks ready to break into the next level of stardom. And he got an OC reunion with Alan Dale. Paul Bettany and Maggie Q play their parts without anything extraneous, and in my opinion it works for their characters. Karl Urban steals several scenes, this is the first time I have seen him in something since The Chronicles of Riddick. The church takes the biggest beating, so much so that I wonder why there were no protests.
In conclusion, I wouldn't expect any Oscar nods but a decent action flick. Thumbs up.
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