Daily Archives: May 26, 2014

3 hit ending combo

TV

Some big finishers this week.

Hannibal-Another great and intense season. I’m often amazed at how good this show looks and the level of carnage they get away with showing on this show. They show stuff that a lot of horror movies cut away from. Brilliant cast with a really great story arc. They finished the show not knowing if there was going to be a season 3 (there will be) so they tied up just everything they started the show with. Really sad, really cerebral, puts the likes of American Horror Story to shame.

The Americans– Just like Hannibal, Americans just finished it’s second season to great affect. A lot went down that has changed the Jennings. They were always at risk and being tested as Soviet spies, but that danger got very close to their sanctuary this season. Family was a big focal point this season and the danger was always outside of their home…that’s not true anymore. The finale brought some serious revelations for the Jennings as well as Agent Beeman. Both sides of the coin were given a workout, I’m excited to see where they take it next.

Mad Men– As the show is coming in for it’s final landing, it’s really frustrating to have to wait a year for the last 8 episodes. That said, what we got was pretty good. The 70’s are dangerously close and with it a major shift in America. Don and a few others are visibly struggling to hang on and it’s not clear how much longer they can get away with it. Can Don ever be happy? I don’t think so, but he can still learn a few things to keep himself from becoming an island. The show keeps slipping into surreal moments and it just makes me wonder where they are taking this. I really want to know how they end the show. With another (and final?) shift at SCP what’s left for this crew?

Some more odds and ends of shows have wrapped up too. Ink Master, Modern Family, Grimm, Hawaii 5-O all came in for a clean landing.

Orphan Black is moving ahead at a great clip, so that’s a real treat every Saturday. Louie is back, I find it curious that he took off a year from the show and now FX is burning through his season 2 shows at a time. Wonder what the thought process is for that one. Fargo is almost over and last weeks episode was a doozy. Lester actually did something really clever and sneaky and after the blizzard massacre he might get away with it.

Next week starts the summer season, there’s a few new shows I have my eye on. Tyrant, The Strain, Halt and Catch Fire. I’ll have something to say about those when they start airing. Wilfred comes back for it’s final season, which feels like the perfect timing to end the show. I really like it, but a definitive end is needed, I’m glad they aren’t going to drag it out. The Bridge comes back too, but I’m not sure if I will. I watched all of season 1 and I don’t think I was into it enough for more. Orange is the New Black returns to Netflix very soon and that is a must watch for me.

My Review: The Heat

Movies

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The buddy cop genre has fallen to the way side, but The Heat brings it back in fine form. Co-headlined by Melissa McCarthy (bad cop) and Sandra Bullock (good cop), The Heat sticks to the formula closely, but with two female leads, gives an enjoyable goose to the premise.

Ashburn is an uptight FBI agent who’s assigned to a drug case in Boston as a final test to see if she’s right for a major promotion. Arriving on the scene she steps on the toes of Mullins who more or less runs the precinct with her foul mouth and in your face method of law enforcement. Turns out the a drug lord is running amok on Mullins’ turf and when she sees the clown that the FBI sent for the job, she’s not having any of it and forces herself on the case. Hilarious hijinks ensue.

The movie gets funnier as it goes a long with some creative scenarios and cursing from Mullins’ mouth that would make Kenny Powers proud. They are two different people who end up rubbing off on each other in just the right ways. Again, this is a genre mold we’ve all seen before but it works thanks to McCarthy and Bullock’s great chemistry. It’s got a similar attitude that Bridesmaids had, so if you liked that check this one out for sure.