Just a little FYI
Things you should know, pop-media related:
1. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the funniest (live action) show on television. New episodes air Thursday at ten on FX. That's right. Nip/Tuck, Shield, Thief FX has an original comedy series. And it's hilarious.
2. There are new trailers out for two of possibly the best movies of this year: the Prestige and the Fountain. The first is a period piece/magic/scifi/thriller with Michael Caine, Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Scarlett Johannsen, directed by the director of Memento. The second is a three-timeline scifi/fantasy epic starring Hugh Jackman (again) and Rachel Weisz, directed by the director of Pi and Requiem for a Dream.
3. Do not watch the trailers for the new Charlotte's Web or TMNT. It will just distress you how they are systematically destroying the icons of childhood.
4. The Boondocks is out on dvd, but do not attempt to find it in a store. It is all sold out.
5. Psych (USA network's third oddball-detective series) has cute leads but doesn't live up to its potential. They went for a more Monk -ish comedy angle: safe, cute, bright-colored romping with low, low stakes and plenty of campiness. I would have liked to have seen a show with more bite, more risk, and more interesting/complicated mysteries. As it is, they're the same kind of Clue-whodunit that make Monk so boring. Why can't they take the intensity of L&O shows and apply an interesting concept to it like a fake/real psychic detective without making it a SciFi Channel dud? No offense to SciFi, but they fall into their own convention traps far too often to put out serious shows.
1. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the funniest (live action) show on television. New episodes air Thursday at ten on FX. That's right. Nip/Tuck, Shield, Thief FX has an original comedy series. And it's hilarious.
2. There are new trailers out for two of possibly the best movies of this year: the Prestige and the Fountain. The first is a period piece/magic/scifi/thriller with Michael Caine, Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Scarlett Johannsen, directed by the director of Memento. The second is a three-timeline scifi/fantasy epic starring Hugh Jackman (again) and Rachel Weisz, directed by the director of Pi and Requiem for a Dream.
3. Do not watch the trailers for the new Charlotte's Web or TMNT. It will just distress you how they are systematically destroying the icons of childhood.
4. The Boondocks is out on dvd, but do not attempt to find it in a store. It is all sold out.
5. Psych (USA network's third oddball-detective series) has cute leads but doesn't live up to its potential. They went for a more Monk -ish comedy angle: safe, cute, bright-colored romping with low, low stakes and plenty of campiness. I would have liked to have seen a show with more bite, more risk, and more interesting/complicated mysteries. As it is, they're the same kind of Clue-whodunit that make Monk so boring. Why can't they take the intensity of L&O shows and apply an interesting concept to it like a fake/real psychic detective without making it a SciFi Channel dud? No offense to SciFi, but they fall into their own convention traps far too often to put out serious shows.