VH Corner

I’m not sure why the season finale of Big Love decided to be on against the Oscars, but I guess HBO doesn’t care. Some people that were on a previous version of the Bachelor are getting married in a special on ABC on Monday night. Wait, was this the guy that picked one woman and then dumped her and picked another woman from the show right after? Classy.

The Forgotten has its season finale this week and I’m still shocked the show made it for an entire season. USA has some season finales this week for its fun shows:  White Collar and Psych. Finally, Supernanny has its 100th episode and season finale on Friday. Numbers has its season finale that could also be its series finale. No word if it is coming back, but its season order did get cut down.

Amazing Race
Run Like Scalded Dogs!

I am enjoying the cowboys this season. I like how all the other teams didn’t think they had anything to offer, but they actually know how to read clues carefully and aren’t depending on other teams to get them to where they need to be. They are independent and work well together. They are also pretty funny.

Continue reading “Amazing Race: Oh My Gravy!”

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Jeremy had February’s pick so he finally decided on a movie at the beginning of March. He kept using some excuse like he had homework to do or something. Whatever! Anyway, I think this movie pick came about due to someone mentioning it on television or something happened that reminded Jer of playing the Willow video game. I never knew there was a video game, but watched this movie a lot when I was younger. I remember thinking it was awesome, but I don’t remember much else about it.  Apparently, critics did not agree with that view, but who is to argue with my eighth-grader thoughts, which is how old I was when this came out.

Netflix synopsis: After finding a baby adrift in a river, a dwarfish “Nelwyn” named Willow (Warwick Davis) must protect it from an evil queen (Jean Marsh), battling dragons and vanquishing evildoers with help from the warrior Madmartigan (Val Kilmer) in a bid to shield the infant from harm. Ron Howard directs this George Lucas-produced fantasy-adventure that received a pair of Oscar nods for sound editing and visual effects.

RT Score 48%

Watch it and review it!

Tags: Billy Barty, David Steinberg, Gavan O'Herlihy, Jean Marsh, Joanne Whalley, Kenny Baker, Kevin Pollak, Patricia Hayes, Phil Fondacaro, Rick Overton, Ron Howard, val kilmer, Warwick Davis, Willow

A Knight’s Tale

Synopsis: A peasant turns into a knight.

It was kinda cheesy with the guy from Dark City and his one eye that goes every which way but straight being a big jerk in the movie while trying to woo the girl that looked like Lisa Bonet’s little sister. She doesn’t fall for that! She likes the n00b wannabe knight who only wants to compete in jousting.

Through parts of it, I felt like I was watching a renaissance festival. The sets were very cheesy looking. Still it wasn’t that bad yet until that dance scene at the banquet. Then the movie just turned lame lame lame. They started doing Riverdance and modern dance stuff. The music was horrible and oh god. Stupid movie.

Rating: D-

Tags: a knight's tale, Brian Helgeland, heath ledger, Paul Bettany, rufus sewell, shannyn sossamon

The train wreck that is The Bachelor is over this week. The series finale of Nip/Tuck happens on Wednesday, but I’m not sure anyone is still watching the show any longer to care. I think it overstayed its welcome by a couple of seasons.  On Thursday, Burn Notice has its season finale, but it’ll be back in the summer.

Pick of the Week

Southland
Channel: TNT
Time: 10/9c
Starring: Ben McKenzie, Michael Cudlitz, Regina King, Tom Everett Scott, Michael McGrady, Kevin Alejandro, Shawn Hatosy, Arija Bareikis
Premieres: Tuesday, March 2
Trailer

Synopsis: NBC ignored it while it was on the air. It still renewed it. Then after it shot the episodes ordered, NBC decided to cancel it before the second season aired. Thankfully, TNT saved it, which seems to be a much better network for it.

My Take: I shouldn’t want to watch another cop show, but I really liked the writing and the cast makes you care about characters.

Continue reading “TV: Week of February 28″

Tags: Adhir Kaylan, Arija Bareikis, Ben McKenzie, Bianca Kajlich, Bonnie Bedelia, brooke shields, Craig T. Nelson, David Spade, Dax Shepard, Emmit Smith, erika christensen, Joy Bryant, Kevin Alejandro, Lauren Graham, lisa kudrow, Mae Whitman, matthew broderick, Max Burkholder, Megyn Price, Michael Cudlitz, Michael McGrady, Miles Heizer, Monica Potter, Oliver Hudson, Parenthood, Patrick Warburton, peter krause, Regina King, rules of engagement, Sam Jaeger, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Ramos, Savannah Paige Rae, Shawn Hatosy, Southland, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, The Marriage Ref, Tom Everett Scott, Tom Papa, Who Do You Think You Are?

I thought The Crazies sounded really dumb when I first saw the commercial, but it is getting good reviews so maybe it is a decent horror film. There are some messed up limited releases that are out this week too.

Nationwide Releases

Cop Out
The Crazies

Cop Out
Directed: Kevin Smith
Starring: Seann William Scott, Jason Lee, Adam Brody, Tracy Morgan, Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Díaz
Trailer

Synopsis: Two cops bumbling around looking for a movie plot.

My Take: Kevin Smith directed this movie? I can see the reason why his name isn’t attached to any of the trailers.

RT Score: 20%
RT Consensus: Cop Out is a cliched buddy action/comedy that suffers from stale gags and slack pacing.

Continue reading “Movies Opening February 26″

Tags: A Prophet, Adam Brody, Adam Kane, Ally Walker, Breck Eisner, Brian Geraghty, bruce willis, Cop Out, Danielle Panabaker, Defendor, Easier With Practice, Eddie Redmayne, Elias Koteas, Emily Abt, Formosa Betrayed, Gaius Charles, Guillermo Diaz, Jacques Audiar, James Van Der Beek, jason lee, Jeanette Brox, Joe Anderson, John Heard, Kat Dennings, Kel O'Neill, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Smith, Kimberly Reed, Kristen Stewart, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Lisa Ray, Louisa Krause, Marc McKerrow, Marguerite Moreau, Maria Bello, Niels Arestrup, Oja Kodar, Peter Stebbings, Prodigal Sons, Radha Mitchell, Sandra Oh, seann william scott, Sonequa Martin, Tahar Rahim, The Art of the Steal, The Crazies, timothy olyphant, Toe to Toe, tracy morgan, Udayan Prasad, Wendy Crewson, Will Tiao, William Hurt, woody harrelson

Amazing Race
When the Cow Kicked Me in the Head

When it seems that your mission is to show people that you are not an idiot and an intelligent woman, one of the ways to prove your seriousness is wearing a sparkly headband, such as, the one above! Go Team Sparkly!

Continue reading “Amazing Race: Sparkly Headband”

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There isn’t anything premiering this week. It is the second full week of Olympics. American Dad will have its winter finale. Mid-season shows that are wrapping up their runs this week are Men of a Certain Age on TNT and The Deep End on ABC. Men has a second season ordered so it’ll be back. I’m not so sure about The Deep End. I don’t think anyone cared that it was on the air.

Tags: american dad, Men of a Certain Age, Olympics, The Deep End

Amazing Race
Nanna Is Kickin’ Your Butt

As I have mentioned many times before. I love it when people on the race are dumb. They entertain me immensely with their horrible decisions.

The teams started out in Los Angeles, like they have done before. That in itself isn’t very exciting, but teams  never last long in the starting city before they jet off to another country. The twist at the very start of the episode was that the teams would have to figure out how to get to the airport using only public transportation. How did they not do this until now? That’s awesome! L.A. has horrible public transportation! Should be good to watch the teams try to figure this one out.

Continue reading “Amazing Race: Dumb and Dumber”

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The Martin Scorsese movie was pushed back from a prime spot in the Fall last year to the dumping grounds of early Winter of this year. I’m not sure why the movie distributors don’t like it. Roman Pokanski’s film might not make as much as it could with his name back in the bad spotlight while everyone remembers why he has been hiding himself in exile for decades.

Nationwide Releases

Shutter Island

Shutter Island
Directed: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Max von Sydow
Trailer

Synopsis: Two detectives go to a hospital for the criminally insane to find out how a patient disappeared from her locked room.

My Take: It was supposed to come out last year, but was pushed back for really no good reason. I’ve been wanting to see it since the first time I saw the trailer months and months ago.

RT Score: 66%
RT Consensus: It may not rank with Scorsese’s best work, but Shutter Island’s gleefully unapologetic genre thrills represent the director at his most unrestrained.

Continue reading “Movies Opening February 19″

Tags: Afemo Omilami, Alexis Bledel, Anna Chlumsky, Ben Kingsley, Blood Done Sign My Name, Bryan Greenberg, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Demi Moore, Dick Latessa, Dominic Chianese, Eli Wallach, Ellen Barkin, ewan mcgregor, Ghost Writer, Happy Tears, Harvey Wang, Jeb Stuart, Julio DePietro, Kate Buddeke, Kathleen Chalfant, Kim Cattrall, Lela Rochon-Fuqua, Leonardo DiCaprio, mark ruffalo, Martin Scorsese, max von sydow, Michelle Williams, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Nate Paker, Nick Searcy, Olivia Williams, Omar Miller, parker posey, Patricia Clarkson, Pierce Brosnan, Ricky Schroder, Rip Torn, Roman Polanski, Scott Porter, Shutter Island, The Good Guy, The Last New Yorker, Timothy Hutton, tom wilkinson

The Olympics continue this week. I’m not sure why Amazing Race is starting this week while the Olympics are going on, but I’ll be watching it anyway. The other things going on this week are a bunch of comedies premiering on HBO. The week is also the season finale of Leverage.

Pick of the Week

The Amazing Race
Channel: CBS
Time: 8/7c
Starring: Phil Keoghan
Premieres: Sunday, February 14
Trailer

Synopsis: This season stars two people that fell in love on Big Brother and the wunderkind Miss Teen USA that talked about “the Iraq.”

My Take: Someone that has previewed it talked about most of the cast being dumb, which I love. I love watching them make mistakes. It is so entertaining.

Continue reading “TV: Week of February 14″

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