Friday, January 21, 2011

Tuesday night TV

Oh so much TV goodness this evening! 

White Collar on USA - I cannot say too much about the awesomeness that is White Collar, and this episode was a gem! Getting the entire team together for the “sting” as Peter insisted on calling it was great.  There was so much to love.  I highly recommend this show to anyone looking for great chemistry between characters, a beautiful cast, delicious story and great cinematography.

NCIS on CBS – Special guest star Bob Newheart was amazing, what a lovely episode, there were tears.

NCIS Los Angeles -  Another solid episode, that Heddy’s got mad skills!

V on ABC – This was an episode that added to the mythology of the reasons for the interest and investment that the V’s have made into humanity for so long.  It also really established the Anna/Erica parallels by making sure that each of their respective children have gone to the other for help.  I still like this show and hope the series continues to entertain me.

Monday night TV - Reviews

Being Human (US version) on SyFy – I’m a huge fan of the UK version so, I was skeptical of this one.  I enjoyed this version much more than I thought I would.  It did feel a little clunky and uneven but overall the actors are inhabiting the characters nicely, the writing was good and the cinematography was nice and dark.  I hope that the story becomes unique sooner rather than later.

The Cape on NBC – This new series is beginning to find its legs. The characters are getting a little depth, and we have seen “Orwell” come out to meet the crew.  I enjoyed this episode.

Chuck on NBC – Another good one, though aggravating that the writers would split up our leads this way on purpose!  Stellar performances as always and the side story with Lester - FUNNY!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Week of TV - Jan 17-23, 2011


I have been thinking of how to approach writing this blog.  This week is a good week for Winter premiers of some of the TV that I must watch.  I’ve decided that I will simply let ya’ll know what I’m looking forward to watching and when given the chance, I’ll write up a few words on why you should watch too (or why you should not watch).  Yesterday, there were three shows to watch, Chuck & The Cape on NBC and the premier of the US version of Being Human on SyFy.  Tonight, the very highly anticipated return of White Collar on USA.  Also, NCIS on CBS & V on ABC will be watched & the DVR will be set to catch NCIS Los Angeles & The Good Wife on CBS.  Wednesday’s have always been rather dry for my viewing pleasure and this Wednesday is no different.  Thursday us usually chock full of TV deliciousness but this Thursday is fairly light on non-rerun material.  Bones on Fox comes back this week, so it’s a must see, CSI & The Mentalist on CBS & Grey’s Anatomy on ABC will be DVR’d and USA has new episodes of Royal Pains and a new show Fairly Legal.  Friday will be getting crazy next week but this week is the return of Fringe on it’s new night.  I’m lucky that our Fox channel here in New Orleans likes to have It’s own news show at 9pm so…I can not only watch Fringe, but also Supernatural on the CW (My current OBSESSION) as they are shown.  Other Friday shows to watch are Medium on CBS & Merlin on SyFy.  Saturday and Sunday are usually pretty light until all the new seasons on HBO begin.  This Saturday is a new episode of Primeval on BBC America and on Sunday, Big Love on HBO.  As I get the opportunity to review these tasty little morsels, I’ll post again.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

"Tangled"

If you are in the mood for a really enjoyable use of a couple of hours, go see Tangled.  I'd heard it was a good movie and it really was.  Good story, fun characters, pretty setting, all in all, a good time.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

A rather warm and rainy day here in NOLA

It's another day in paradise. Put the orchids outside for a drink.  This is a light TV week for me.  Only a few of my favorites are new.

If you are looking for some good quick reads, I recommend The Lily Bard Mysteries by Charlaine Harris (She also wrote the True Blood books).  They can be quite brutal but they keep you interested.  I'm also about to read another series of Charlaine's, I just have to get the 1st book of the series and I'll let you know:)

 

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

New Year, New Fun

I've been thinking about blogging about my television and movie obsessions for a while now. so, here goes...

Castle (01/03/2011) - This episode was one of the reasons why Castle is such a fun show.  Entertaining from start to finish.  What fun to see Becket so excited to start with and then be so disarmed by someone who was simply imitating her.  And to have Castle be so annoyed at being marginalized by the making of a movie of his own book, really well done.  I loved the scene where our heros were all "hiding from creepy Becket".  The case this week was really secondary to a little more character development. It was nice to see them all get back on there own feet and to have each other's backs.  And, having someone from the outside pointing out feelings to our leads, kind of like what we would like to do, was fun.  How beautifully romantic and touching a way to end the episode.

I don't plan to write an enormous amount unless moved to do so.  I prefer to give you some very quick sort of thumbs up or down in terms of entertainment value, in this case, thumbs up. This is just the start we'll see where this leads.