It’s a bit quiet on the new TV front (The Following and Constantine are canceled) so now has been a good time to catch up on some movies and some shows on Netflix I’ve been sitting on.

The final season of Shameless (UK) finally went up on Netflix Instant and I charged my way through it. Solid season overall, a few actors returned for a bit which was great to see. Show ended on a positive note which I liked. Shameless went through a lot of changes in almost 10 years of production, I’m glad they got to bring it for a landing and the US version is still going strong so I still have more to look forward to.

Watched Re-Animator, a horror movie adaption of a HP Lovecraft story from 1985 which has been on my list for ages (I’ve been trying to do some spring cleaning on my queue, there’s stuff I’ve had on there for years that I need to make a move on). Re-Animator turned out to be pretty funny. 80’s horror flicks have a certain charm to them no matter the quality of the story and acting. The movie gets more absurd as it goes on with wilder and wilder special effects. I can see why fans have talked it up for so long.

Just finished season 3 of House of Cards, didn’t touch it since the release in February. The show seems to get weirder and weirder as it continues. If US politics were actually this interesting and outlandish, we probably wouldn’t feel so bad about all the muck ups going on today. This season focused a lot on Claire and Francis during Francis’ run up to his bid for re-election with a few bits of last season being wrapped up. Major character move at the end, it’ll be interesting to see how that levels things.

Jen Kirkman: I’m Gonna To Die Alone (And I Feel Fine) was really funny.

All This Mayhem- I love skateboard documentaries and this one about Ben and Tas Pappas did not disappoint. Tuck it, it’s a rough one.

No Tears For The Dead- Overall I liked this hitman flick. Runs a bit too long and kinda stumbles over itself at the end, but good overall.

Sense8- New series from The Wachowski Siblings for Netflix. Gives them the room to stretch in a sci-fi world without the time constraints of a movie. First episode is promising and I’ve heard good things so I’ll continue on with it.

Latest rumor going around is that the Top Gear guys may put a show together for Netflix…

Louie had a good season (it went really fast) and Inside Amy Schumer has been on a roll. She’s been getting a lot of press lately with a ton of praise so she’s finally getting the break she deserves. With a starring role in movie coming up very soon, her career is about to really rocket off.

Wayward Pines is pretty cool. Very Stephen King/Twin Peaks. I like that it’s only 10 episodes so the mystery won’t be drawn out and beaten to death.

On the magic front, Wizard Wars and Troy: Street Magic popped back up on Syfy out of no where. I dig them both so that was a fun surprise (Troy did some crazy stuff in this small stretch of episodes).

Don’t think I talked about these two, but I thought Arrow ended a bit soft while Grimm really ran with the ball for the finale. Long overdue if you ask me. Good stuff is waiting for next season.

Finally, Orphan Black continues to entertain. A new clone was introduced and the sneakiness hasn’t laid off! They got this show on a good track, there’s not much left of the season and things are really heating up.