Sep 28 2008

TV: Week of September 28

Category: TV, Upcomingvelveetahead @ 6:12 pm

Wow. It is hard to find trailers for show debuting this week. Where is the promotional push from the networks? It is a very sad state of affairs.

Update: I did only have Sunday up earlier, but now I have the entire week done.

Pick of the Week

The Amazing Race
Channel: CBS
Time: 8/7c
Premieres: Sunday, September 28
Starring: Phil Keoghan
Trailer

Synopsis: They will travel to new locations this 13th season, such as Cambodia and Kazakhstan. Also, one team will make a huge mistake that will keep them for making it to the finish line.

My Take: This is my favorite reality show. I love to see the destinations and the challenges are usually related to something specific about that culture. Also, the people that know each other already have the built-in mechanisms for arguing, which is fun to see heightened with lack of sleep.

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Sep 26 2008

Movies Released September 26

Category: 2008, Movies, Openingvelveetahead @ 12:05 pm

None of the wide releases seem super interesting this week. There is a WWII war movie that has the most potential. There is also some stupid thriller, mushy older people love story, and marriage-on-the-rocks fable that only having faith God can save. The limited releases don’t look much better. There are tons of documentaries and only Choke seems interesting to me this week.

Nationwide Releases

Miracle at St. Anna
Directed: Spike Lee
Starring: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller
Trailer

Synopsis: During World War II, an all-black unit gets separated from the other troops in Tuscany, Italy. They must fend for themselves and risk their lives to save an Italian boy.

My Take: It seems like an interesting story that just happens to be set during a World War.

RT Score: 27%
RT Consensus: Miracle at St. Anna is a well-intentioned but overlong, disjointed affair that hits few of the right notes.

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Sep 23 2008

Burn After Reading

Category: 2008, Movies, ROFLMAO, Reviewsvelveetahead @ 10:14 pm

Burn After Reading
Directed: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, Tilda Winton

Synopsis: Dumb gym employees find an ex-CIA’s memoirs and try to blackmail him.

I would have not known this was a Coen brother movie, if I didn’t know it going in. They usually have a way with words and weird phrases that I love. They even had weird phrases in No Country For Old Men, but I didn’t find any of it in this movie. It mostly had the same actors from other Coen brother movies and it was on the odd side, but it wasn’t one of their better movies.

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Sep 23 2008

Music Released September 23

Category: 2008, Music, Releasesvelveetahead @ 5:02 pm

Below is a listing of some albums being released this week, links to the band’s website, where to buy it on Amazon.com and a video from YouTube so you can check out if you like it.

Recommended

Artist: Kings of Leon
Album: Only By The Night

RIYL: My Morning Jacket, Beck, Coldplay, Raconteurs, The Verve

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Sep 22 2008

TV: Week of September 21

Category: TV, Upcomingvelveetahead @ 5:14 pm

This is the official season premiere week, which is why everything in the world is new. Set up those TiVo and DVRs to catch everything you want to watch!

Pick of the Week

Heroes
Channel: NBC
Time: 9/8c
Premieres: Monday, September 22 (two-hour premiere)
Starring: Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Christine Rose, Adrian Pasdar, Greg Grunberg, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Ali Larter, Milo Ventimiglia, James Kyson Lee, Dania Ramirez, Zachary Quinto, Jack Coleman
Trailer

Synopsis: The season ended with Nathan Petrelli getting shot at a press conference where he was about to reveal his superpower. This season, his shooter is revealed and everyone has to deal with all the bad guys locked up in Level 5 being released.

My Take: After last season doing a poor job introducing new characters while ignoring fan favorites, this season is trying hard to win those fans back. I’ve stuck with it so far, so I’ll give it a shot.

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Sep 20 2008

Sarah Connor: Girls & Radiation

Category: Recaps, TVvelveetahead @ 3:21 pm

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Automatic For the People

This episode lacked the excitment and killer urinals of the first episode. It did teach us some things while also adding confusion.

The family decides to rent a house since they didn’t really have one. I wondered who would actually rent to them since their last one blew up, but they found one. A very, very pregnant Busy Phillips handled that transaction. I know she is pregnant in real life and she is one of those women that is pregnant everywhere! She is usually very skinny, but her face was nice and chubby. :)

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Sep 20 2008

Fringe: Magical Old Man Baby

Category: Recaps, TVvelveetahead @ 2:19 pm

Fringe
The Same Old Story

After a man and woman slept together, he goes into the bathroom to take out a major medical kit with a lot of killing tools. She doesn’t get to be tortured or whatever he planned since she suddenly starts experiencing extreme pain while something is moving around in her stomach. I was sure she had a lizard in there. He very nicely picks her up and drops her off in front of the hospitall before taking off. By the time she gets inside, she looks nine months pregnant. She dies during childbirth, even though it looks like her neck was snapped while giving birth. What she gives birth to is a baby, but everyone can see it is still growing. In four hours, it is an old man who dies of natural causes with the umbilical cord still attached. Pacey, er Peter, comes up with the fabulous title after seeing the dead old man.

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Sep 19 2008

Movies Released September 19

Category: 2008, Movies, Openingvelveetahead @ 2:00 pm

There aren’t any real stand outs in the wide releases this week. Ghost Town looks passable, but the others can be easily skipped. the more interesting movies seem to be the limited releases. Well, at least the first two Appaloosa and The Duchess seem interesting.

Nationwide Releases


Ghost Town
Directed: David Koepp
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Dana Ivey, Aasif Mandi
Trailer

Synopsis: A dentist who is not a people person dies for seven minutes during surgery starts to see ghosts everywhere.

My Take: It doesn’t seem outstanding, but looks like an amusing romantic comedy saved by Ricky Gervais being funny.

RT Score: 87%
RT Consensus: Ricky Gervais’ consistently sharp performance and beautifully dry execution transform this otherwise mainstream comedy into an endearing, funny, and altogether snappy romantic comedy. With ghosts.

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Sep 16 2008

Music Releases: September 16

Category: 2008, Music, Releasesvelveetahead @ 9:55 pm

Below is a listing of some albums being released this week, links to the band’s website, where to buy it on Amazon.com and a video from YouTube so you can check out if you like it.

Indie Rock

Artist: James
Album: Hey Ma

RIYL: Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, R.E.M., Beck, The Verve

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Sep 15 2008

TV: Week of September 14

Category: TV, Upcomingvelveetahead @ 9:02 pm

Sexy men show up on TV this week. wooo!

Pick of the Week

Supernatural
Channel: CW
Time: 9/8c
Premieres: Thursday, September 18
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki
Trailer

Synopsis: Dean was sent to Hell after making a deal with the devil that only gave him one year to live in order to give Sam his life back. The new season picks up four months later where Sam has been on a major rampage of vengeance ever since. Somehow Dean gets out of Hell, but he’s a tad messed up.

My Take: Jensen Ackles is sexy. Also, the show is a bit spooky and freaky like the good monster X-Files episodes with hilarious banter between the two brothers.

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