Jan 26 2012

We Bought a Zoo

Category: 2011,Movies,Reviews,Snazzle Reviewvelveetahead @ 9:24 pm

We Bought a Zoo is about a recent widower with two children who wants to start over so he finds a house out in the country that happens to be connected to a zoo. It then turns into a guy with no experience trying to run a zoo while still mourning his dead wife. It sounds ludicrous, so it has to be based on a true story or no one would believe it. Amy and I went to see it for our Snazzle Review. Then we got together to discuss what we thought about it. Warning, we do discuss some plot points so if you don’t want things spoiled, you might want to skip it.

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Jan 26 2012

Top Chef: Boring Chicken Salad

Category: Recaps,Top Chef,TVvelveetahead @ 5:49 pm

Tom essentially told Grayson that chicken salad sandwich was too boring and wasn’t sure why she chose to make it for the block party. Grayson countered saying that it wasn’t any less boring than making meatballs. Tom usually has the last word to say if any chef challenges him at Judges’ Table, but he just started to laugh since I think he agreed with her at that point.

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Jan 19 2012

Top Chef: The Evil Queen

Category: Recaps,Top Chef,TVvelveetahead @ 4:10 pm

Top Chef has always been crazy about its product placement and this episode was no different with the elimination challenge a product placement for a movie. The main guest star was Charlize Theron who was there to promote her movie, Snow White and the Huntsmen. Even though the promotional stuff is annoying, at least they did something interesting with it for the elimination challenge.

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Jan 15 2012

TV: Week of January 15

Category: TV,Upcomingvelveetahead @ 12:28 pm

Pick of the Week

What I love about this show is how everyone talks like they are in a Coen Brothers movie, like Raising Arizona or No Country for Old Men. Characters use big, fancy words while talking about coal mining and shooting their husbands/wives. It’s hilarious. As an added bonus, Timothy Olyphant is damn sexy. In the third season, Raylan is dealing with his ex-wife being pregnant with his child while dealing with Boyd Crowder going back to his bad ways. There are two new baddies this season and they both came from Boomtown: Neal McDonough and Mykelti Williamson.

Justified

Justified
Channel: FX
Time: 10/9c
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Natalie Zea, Erica Tazel, Jacob Pitts
Premieres: Tuesday, January 17

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Jan 12 2012

Top Chef: Kitchen Meltdown

Category: Recaps,Top Chef,TVvelveetahead @ 6:20 pm

This is the episode where Sarah turned into Heather. I used to confuse them a bit when this season started, but then Sarah seemed a bit quiet and shy while Heather was out of control. Then as soon as Heather left, Sarah seemed to bitch more than contribute. She also seemed to take over the job of hating Beverly. Is Beverly really that bad? She doesn’t seem like the best team player, but I see more bullying going on this season than any other season. Maybe if Beverly didn’t just shut down when they bullied her, I wouldn’t feel so bad for her.

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Jan 10 2012

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Category: 2011,Movies,Reviews,Snazzle Reviewvelveetahead @ 10:10 pm

A New Year’s Resolution that I created with the help of Amy is to watch more movies! I have really been slacking on watching movies the past couple of years, so we are going to change that. Not only will we watch movies, we are going to get together and review them afterwards as a team. We are calling this venture, Snazzle Reviews! Our first movie was one that came out at the end of last year (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), but neither of us had seen it yet. Let’s begin! We do talk about random plot points so you might want to skip it if you want to avoid any spoilers.

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Jan 08 2012

TV: Week of January 8

Category: TV,Upcomingvelveetahead @ 4:21 pm

Pick of the Week

House of Lies is about a management consultant firm where the consultants have questionable morals in order to make the most money off their clients. I’m most looking forward to this show, even though critics seemed split on it. Some really like the black comedy and the outstanding cast of Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell. Others find it soulless. I really want to like it since I would love to find something worthy of Kristen Bell’s talent after Veronica Mars.

House of Lies

House of Lies
Channel: SHO
Time: 10/9c
Starring: Don Cheadle, Bristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, Josh Lawson, Dawn Olivieri
Premieres: Sunday, January 8

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Jan 07 2012

Top Chef: BBQ Exhaustion

Category: Recaps,Top Chef,TVvelveetahead @ 11:40 pm

Yes, there was some drama surrounding Sarah leaving a challenge mid-way through due to heat exhaustion (flashback to Jamie and her cut finger), but I’m getting more and more concerned over Chris J.’s stupid ponytail on top of his head. I think when there were more chefs, I didn’t fully notice it, but now that there are only nine, it is becoming more noticeable. I thought he put it on top of his head for health reasons while cooking, but he wanders around the time with that stupid ponytail. Why doesn’t he just cut his hair?

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