Apr 13 2009
Apr 09 2009
Head on over to the Time Out Chicago blog to read my review of Comedy Central’s new show, Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire to find out if there’s more to the show than that spectacular title?
Apr 09 2009
Netflix It
No, I’m not talking about that Russell Crowe movie you’ve seen the ads for recently. You’ll have to wait a few more more months before you can watch that in the comfort of your home. Before you check out the big star-studded Hollywood remake set to hit theaters a week from Friday, I suggest you carve out six hours from a lazy weekend and check out the BBC miniseries it’s based on. Directed by David Yates, the man who’s taken on the Harry Potter film franchise since Order of the Phoenix, and starring some of sentimental favorite British actors (Kelly Macdonald, James McAvoy and Bill Nighy in one of the best roles I’ve ever seen him in), this series is definitely worth the time.
Apr 08 2009
I’ve been a fan of Russell Brand ever since seeing him in last summer’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Since then, I’ve listened to his (now defunct) BBC radio show and caught his Comedy Central special and have continued to find the man hilariously insane. I’ve also been very disappointed to the inexplicable negative backlash he’s gotten from a large swath of the American audience. It’s true, Brand is vivaciously eccentric and has been known to due some terribly offensive things in his career (many of them when he was under the influence of drugs, a habit he’s since kicked), but I can’t help but get the impression that many of the people that have decided they hate this men have never bothered to listen to him for more than 5 or 10 minutes.
Apr 07 2009
Are you missing Pushing Daisies as much as I am? Maybe it’s due to the fact that I’ve recently been catching up creator Bryan Fuller’s first show, Dead Like Me, but I’ve been feeling the sting of Daisies‘ absence a little extra lately and I’m anxious for those last three unaired episodes to come to us. Well, we finally have an answer as to when that will be.
