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Am nostalgia tripping yet again by watching The Critic on disc. The whole fat-schlubby-guy-hooks-up-with-hot-chicks routine gets old fast, but the satirical bits like the Trek-Hee Haw show are just as funny as they were a decade ago.

Watched 'Fringe', the season ender last night after 'Idol'.

William Bell is Spock!!!!!!!

Hahahahahahahahahahah.

I love 'Fringe'!

Fringe got better and better over the course of the season. Glad that it's coming back next year.

What you said!

Hancock

Didn't this movie get panned or at best, an "eh?"

Can't figure out why. I thought it one of the better super-hero flicks I've seen. Plucked all the right stings with me and for once in a movie, the ending was actually in doubt. Wasn't sure which way they were going to swing with it.

Maybe I'll track down some reviews to find out why I'm wrong for liking it.

Just saw Kevin Smith's Zach and Miri....

Ehhh... I guess it was okay. No surprises. I guess it's supposed to be a When Harry Met Sally that guys can enjoy because it's got cursing and naughty bits to season the usual rom-com tropes.

Whatever.

"Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"

Why on earth had I not seen this film until tonight?

"Miller's Crossing" has just been bumped to #2 on my list of all-time most wittily dialogued films.

I'll see zach and miri if Miri is nekkid.

R and C are dead was a fantastic little movie. Oldman and Roth hit all the right notes. Their interplay was hysterical.

TBH, I can't remember if she was totally in the raw. Can you tell this film just didn't make much of an impression on me?

She did wear a see-thru Princess Leia dress in one or two scenes, though.

Locally, on Sunday late nights they show two reruns of Desperate Housewives. I've been watching them for a little over a month. I'll be damned if it ain't one of the most clever, fun and entertaining series going! I'm obviously not its target demographic, but I ain't complaining.

I'm avoiding spoilers and am choosing to continue to watch it piecemeal with those two episodes a week. What I've seen so far takes place apparently during the third season. If this was DH in a creative lull as I've heard, I can't wait to see the "good" stuff!

My official guilty pleasure, I guess....(other than internet porn )

I really like NCIS and Bones.

I LOVED 'Hancock', BB!
(I don't know that the whale's tail would have held up for the throw, but his powers weren't totally defined so I could let it go, with just a murmur.)

'Bones' has probably, the best ensemble cast on TV, right now, I think.

I don't always watch it new, though, 'cause I try to keep up on 'Smallville'.

I thought the first season was really good, but it kind of got bored and formulaic after that.

I never thought I'd feel sorry for alligators, but tonight's Life After People kind of made me do so.

Smallville, Brave & the Bold, Clone Wars, Newhart

I did the season finales this week.

Love the NCIS (new show spinning out of the LA visit with chris odonnell and crew by the way).

Rules of Engagement was very good. That is a tight crew and consistently funny.

Big Bang was a little more quiet, but still very funny

Castle was good, glad to see it on the schedule for abc next fall. The networks have their fall lineups on their websites by the way.

Bones was good. Don't know how well it will work if they decide to take the "romance" to the next level, though.

Didn't watch house this year, basically because he didn't seem to be as much of an ass. No fun if he isn't.

CBS has four new shows lined up. Unfortunately, I think the Jenna Elfman vehicle will pretty much be dead on arrival. I always like her, but the lead guy is a douche.

ABC looks to have some good shows.

Fox looks like it might have some as well.

Quit watching NBC years ago, but they have a new show, MERLIN.

I might watch the 'So You Think You Can Dance' competition, off and on, this summer.
I love dance movements.

'Glee' was good.

I'm really waiting for the new Star Gate and Project Runway shows, though.

Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo

[yawn]

Given that the first film wore out its welcome with me with over half an hour left to go, I should've known better.

Dear Hollywood,

If you can't produce a script where the women in the story have at least as much personality/screen time as the title character's exploding bong, just leave out the women altogether. Or have them played by Real Dolls. Save yourself a few bucks, and score some points for honesty in the process.

Sincerely,

cleome

Bleah.

Next thing you know, you'll feel sorry for sharks!

(yeah right)

Rick, one of your favorites, Julianna Marguiles has a new series from CBS next fall with Chris Noth. I don't know anything about it, but I know you like her.

Without Lost right now I have no shows that I like really (Real World/Road Rules Challenge, my guilty pleasure, doesn't count as a show ). I guess I have to wait for Mad Men to start back-up. And Sons of Anarchy.

Movies I’ve recently watched:

From Here to Eternity – I saw this when I was a teenager but recently rewatched when I used some gift cards I got from a hotel on amazon.com and picked up several movies I felt I should own. Wow, I forgot how truly amazing this film is. Several actors all give the performances of their careers, while Montgomery Cliff gives a steady, despairing performance that keeps you grounded and worried throughout the film. Donna Reed—who I love—was as good as I remember, but I was surprised at how attractive I found Deborah Kerr this time around. Burt Lancaster is fun to watch on film, but I totally forgot how the entire last 20 minutes have an intense action sequence that adds an air of positivity to the film (which is ultimately shot down upon the ending of the movie). Ernest Bornign (who is from my hometown) was awesome as he always is, and plays one mean bastard. And Sinatra truly is wonderful in this film, its not all just hype.

The Other Boelyn Girl – After watching the Tudors seasons, I was more interested in seeing this movie than ever before, and I thought it was pretty good. Not great, but a good watch. Scarlet Johanson goes against the grain and plays a more innocent and sweeter role than normal, while Natalie Portman is brutally cunning and hurtful, taking one perception of Anne Boelyn to the extreme. I thought some of it was good but after watching the very excellent Tudors (which I realize isn’t 100% accurate in its history), I was a little bored with the movie. Eric Bana was a bit of a non-entity but the two girls, and surprisingly, their mother, were good.

Double Indemnity – I finally saw this after a long time. I actually had thought I’d watched it before and then realized I hadn’t—and I’m sure glad I did. Its one of the best movies I may have ever seen, if for nothing else than the fact that its so bleak and racy for 1944 (and written in 1936 I think). Lady Cobalt was also very impressed, and I’ve had to really give her the hard sell on watching older movies, but she’s finally coming around (don’t worry, I’d divorce her if she didn’t ). Everyone always talks about Barbara Stanwcyk as the ultimate femme fatale, and I see that here. But she gives a much more subtle performance than I would have guessed. And Edward G. Robinson’s role is much more minor than I thought but he is just so awesome you can’t help but want more of him whenever he leaves the scene. I love seeing him in his 1940’s roles when he stopped being the lead actor in movies, and found out this is the film where he made that transition. He said he’s rather “be a supporting actor in great movies than a lead actor in mediocre ones”. And he sure made the right move, IMO.

Juice - Anyone else ever see this excellent film from the 1980's/early 90's? It stars Omar Epps, who is beyond excellent, and Tupac Shakur in his early days when he was really showing off how talented and artistic he was. Its the ultimate 'urban gangster teenagers drama' from that era, and what I would say is the only really excellent one. Its one of my favorite movies, and I used to watch it all the time in college. Tupac's role is an obvious homage to James Cagney but 50 years later in a new setting, and he is masterful in showing that characters de-evolution into a brutal, ruthless killer. Meanwhile, Omar Epps is smart, insightful and a good kid, but he is able to get across the despair of not being able to get out of the hood and all of its trappings like no one else.

Up next I’ve several movies I’m watching with Lady Cobalt but I have to give in to one of hers, Bride Wars. Ugh. I like Anne Hathaway but the plot looks terrible and I can’t stand Kate Hudson. But then we’re watching To Catch a Thief, Notorious, Charade (all of them favorites of mine) and one I’ve never seen before from noir era, the Black Widow.

Cobie, I'll check her out.

Little disappointed in the preview i saw for Jenna's show. It seems like they could have found a better kid with acting chops than the owe they did.

I predict that if they survive, they'll probably ditch the guy altogether and keep the baby. and Jenna is always worth watching. Its broad comedy, like Dharma and Greg was, but that cast was spot on.

Re: Older movies.

I went through my Cagney phase last summer. My favorite actor all-time, easily. Also saw casablanca, Mockingbird, several others.

I'm kinda in a rock movie phase now. Seen most of the Beatles flicks including Lennons "Imagination." Scorcese has a series on the blues that is hit or miss.

Been trying futily to track down "She's Gotta Have it."

The creepy thing about Double Indemnity is the whole idea of Fred MacMurray as a murderer. It's so weird watching him in villainous roles (see also The Apartment), having grown up with him as the guy from the old Disney movies/Dad on My Three Sons.

It's almost like watching Betsy Palmer kill people in Friday the 13th.