Retro Review #22: Batman Begins

We can all thank or blame this awesome piece of cinema for all of the gritty reboots we seem to be getting these days but either way you look at it, Christopher Nolan is a goddamn genius. 

Remembering Las Vegas

Fuck, this show rocked. You had action and romance and no need to take any of it seriously. Except for the ending that was not supposed to be the ending. After almost 5 complete seasons Las Vegas ended with a cliffhanger in the middle of what was to be a two-parter, as a result of that motherfucking writers strike. I like when a show gets to end on its own terms as it may have had the chance had it shot the last four of five eps that were being written. But NBC said 'no thanks' and to this day, we still have no idea what the hell happened.

What Must John Noble Do?

I ask, what the fuck does this man have to do to be nominated for an Emmy? Does he have to be on a cable show and cook meth? Or does he have to be in an unfunny Chuck Lorre CBS series? He obviously does, because he doesn't get any love from the academy in the acclaimed, but underwatched FOX series, Fringe.

Upcoming: The Playboy Club

Never mind the fact that it has to do with that famous bunny for a moment, this upcoming NBC series looks pretty interesting. In the Playboy Club in 1960's Chicago, it seems to have all the ingredients for an entertaining and successful show. A period piece with an attractive cast, what it does have going against it is it's competition in the form of the established ABC hit Castle and CBS's softmore series, the fuck-tastic Hawaii Five-0. I can find room for the three, but can America?

Retro Review #21: Friends Season Two

After the stellar success of their first season, the guys were back for more in the second season of the mega hit sitcom. Ross and Rachel, Chandler and Monica and Joey and Phoebe bounced right back into our lounge rooms for another 24 half hours. Gone was Ross's monkey and along came his son, Ben, born in the second to last episode in season 1. A few other things would happen this season that would reverberate throughout the rest of the series.

Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog and Dr. Horrible Comic Reviewed Together

This is fun. It's a supervillian musical starring Doogie Howser M.D. and Captain Malcolm Reynolds. What could be bad about that? Nothing, that's what. Throw in Felecia Day and a few Whedon's behind the scenes and you have a spectacular nerd-gasm of originality which is fun, sweet and with a little menace thrown in. It turns the normal way of things on it's head with Dr Horrible the villian being the protagonist and Captain Hammer the hero being the antagonist. And, it was all done on a budget of like, 6 bucks or something.

NEW blink-182 Music At Long Freaking Last

I am, listening to the blink-182 Live @ Epicenter concert on youtube and I'm thinking to myself, in a couple of days, the world will finally have some new blink stuff. The oft delayed sixth studio album will soon follow, which itself will be soon followed by the The Blinkumentary. I can't fucking wait.

Remembering My Name Is Earl

Jason Lee brought us a hall of fame mustache in this series which died before it's time. Probably not much before, but before none the less. Either way, this NBC comedy about a scumbag who turns his life around was an original and fucking brilliant show with a great premise and great characters. Greg Garcia, Creator, has now got another show on TV, Raising Hope, which also has a weird premise and some of the actors from Earl have gone on to guest star in that series, currently on hiatus from FOX. We also find out in the pilot for Hope, that Earl has finished his list, but the newscast is cut short, so we don't know everything that happened. I hope someway they eventually decide to at least end the story somehow, they could probably make a film on a reasonably low budget. But lets reminisce shall we?

Hawaii Five-0 Episode 1.03 "Malama Ka Aina"

Loved this episode. Loved it. We got a bit of Chin Ho's back story, and we learn why they call themselves the "5-0". There's more Steve and Danny banter and they dress Kono up hotly again. So lets talk about 'Malama Ka Aina' or 'Respect the Land' in English.

Retro Review #20: Lethal Weapon 2

Personally, this is my favourite flick of the bunch, and it's the film that introduced Joe Pesci's Leo Getz. Anything you need, Leo Getz. Geddit? You should, because it's hilarious. Way back before Mel went spastic, I think I said that in the review of the first one? He was making awesome action movies, this one being Mel, Danny and director Richard Donner's fav film in the series. It also featured a what-was-pretty-awesome-when-I-discovered-self-gratification sex scene between Mel and Patsy Kensit. This is the last one in the series to feature boobs, now lets take a minute to reflect....

The Fourth Season of True Blood

This one will be short and sweet as it's supposed to be a preview but it's already started. I like that poster. Anyway, so far, Season 4 is cruising along nicely and we have found out a couple of things left hanging from the finale' last year.

Musical Spotlight #4: Foo Fighters - Back and Forth

This is a pretty in depth doco about the beginning of one of the greatest bands of the 90's through now. It chronicles the ramifications of the death of Kurt Cobain and how that affected the remaining members of Nirvana, which culminated with the formation of the Foo Fighters. By the way, Dave Grohl is fucking awesome.

Retro Review #19: True Blood Season Three

More violence, nudity and general holy-fuckery than before, Season 3 of the acclaimed HBO series, True Blood brought more supernatural creatures into the mix including werewolves, were-panthers and brujo's, which is a witch. A lot of different shit went down as Bill and Sookie tried to find their way back to one another after Bill was taken at the end of Season 2.

Wilfred in the U.S.

Fuck. I. Laughed. I don't think I've laughed this hard since.... Well I don't know. This is exactly the type of show I've come to expect from FX, and it is even the channel's highest rating debut ever. All based on the Aussie show of the same name. This version is tamer and not quite as dark, but it's better for it I think, and it has a charm that the Aussie one didn't have. Elijah Wood's character Ryan is a less awkward and more interesting character that the guy in the SBS series, played by series Co-Creator, Adam Zwar. Jason Gann as Wilfred is the other Co-Creator and so far seems to be a bit more likeable than the Aust. version, even though he's the exact same character, just in a different country.