The Confession...se estrena
Papel que haga Kiefer Sutherland, papel que seguiré viendo a Jack Bauer. No se lo va a quitar nadie y para qué? si aún es (en presente) uno de los mejores personjes seriéfilos de la historia.
The Confession, webserie que se ha estrenado hoy con sus 3 primeros capítulos de 10 en total, que narra la historia de un asesino cuando acude a confesar sus crímenes a una Iglesia.
Si queréis descargar los 3 primeros capítulos, aquí, y a continuación el primer capítulo:
Bored to Death 1.1 'Stockholm Syndrome'
“Can we at least take the wash cloth out of her mouth?” – Ames
I’ve been waiting nearly two years to see Bored to Death and now thanks to Sky Atlantic it’s finally happened, better late than never as they say.
Without ever having actually seen an episode I knew in my bones that this was a show I was going to enjoy. It had all the right ingredients for something I would savour, even with Jason Schwartzman – who I’ve never really ‘got’ – in the lead role; with Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson on board though to me this was a dynamite lead short of dream casting. Coming from HBO as well is usually a good omen so Bored had quite a big upside and purely from an ignorant standpoint not a lot of a downside to me.
After finally having seen an episode now though I can say that what I expected and what I saw last night are widely different but not necessarily in the bad way that some people have obviously seen things.
No, Bored to Death is not as funny as I and clearly some others would have expected/hoped, but there are enough wry giggles and occasional belly laughs for this to still be considered a ‘comedy’. The show makes no bones about being a noir and that is where many people seem to have got the wrong end of the stick with Bored, it isn’t meant to be a modern spin on the noir or some sort of spoof, it is a homage to the Raymond Chandlers of the world, and in that sense Bored is a soaring triumph.
Schwartzman plays struggling writer Jonathan Ames, addicted to pot and white wine and recently dumped by his live-in girlfriend, his life is a mirror image of the title.
That all changes though in a Chandler and white wine induced haze as he inexplicably puts an ad on Craigslist as a private investigator. Within a day he has his first case and quickly sets about solving it in the most useless way possible; although to be fair to him he does actually solve the case, if there even is a case to be solved at all.
‘Stockholm Syndrome’ revolved around a missing girl whose sister suspected had been abducted or worse by her meth-head bartender boyfriend. Ames didn’t need to do much investigating on this one as the sister sent him straight to the boyfriend’s place of work, where a quick bribe found him at the hotel where the boyfriend had the missing sister tied to the bed and gagged with a flannel.
After nearly being burned with a fire lighter, Ames managed to strike up a bit of a bond with the British boyfriend over their mutual lack of success with their respective women. Before they could share some narcotics though they were interrupted by the cops and so ended Ames’s first case and his career as a P.I. or so it seemed, because come the end credits Ames was back in the game taking on his second case. Let’s just hope his “reasonable rates” include expenses this time.
Like Ames, Stockholm syndrome as a concept has always fascinated me but unfortunately the actual syndrome itself wasn’t really prevalent here, it was only referenced vaguely by the boyfriend as the reason he had tied his estranged lady to the bed, hoping she would fall in love, again, with her captor. A ridiculous case for a show that will no doubt be full of them, the joke is that Ames’ life as a P.I. will be far less glamorous than the lives of those depicted in Chandler’s novels; I get the sense that this is lost on some people who seem to be expecting the unlicensed inexperienced Ames to be taking down big companies and CEOs.
I enjoyed the vibe of this opening episode and I’ll definitely be back for more as the show hopefully grows as it develops and finds its feet more but my one gripe was the lack of Danson and Galifianakis.
The thirty minute HBO shows always feel to short to me, I find this a common problem with Entourage – just as you’re really getting in to things, the episode finishes. The same can be said here of Bored to Death, by the time they’d finished introducing all the characters there was little to no time left for the case itself which is ultimately why Ames’s first venture into private dickery seemed so low key. This timing issue is also why the supporting players were featured so little, hopefully though as the weeks progress we will see Danson and Galifianakis more involved with the case of the week.
Danson in particular I’m really looking forward to seeing playing against his usual type as a sex, drugs and alcohol abusing city slicker who really should know better. Galifianakis on the other hand felt a little wasted here, but maybe that’s because I’ve become used to seeing him in the man-child roles he’s become known for on the big screen rather than the tamer by comparison cartoonist he plays here.
One big character I enjoyed in this opener though was New York City. As a big New York lover I always enjoy watching shows set in the Big Apple, even more so if they are filmed on location as this and the excellent Blue Bloods are at present. I get a kick out of spotting all the locations and seeing if I’ve actually frequented any of the same spots on one of my jaunts.
Bored is by no means going to be a ratings-winner for the surprisingly under-performing Sky Atlantic but it is a fun way to spend half an hour; pilot episodes aren’t meant to be polished works of genius but I’m confident Bored to Death has the right weapons in its arsenal to develop into a really great little show.
Bored to Death continues on Sky Atlantic next Monday @ 10.20pm
NCIS: LA 2.17 'Personal'
“I like to let my Jell-O breathe” - Deeks
Procedurals are quite hard to delve too deeply into and look for philosophical and social commentary because, by their nature, they are entertainment not meant to be analysed to the nth degree.
The inexplicable popularity of the original NCIS signifies to me that this franchise is no ordinary procedural though and when I joined the LA spin-off for the start of season 2, I quickly learned that although the majority of the episodes are standalones like your run of the mill procedural, the thing that makes NCIS: LA so different are the brilliant characters and the fantastic chemistry of a stellar cast.
The reason I was so late to the NCIS: LA party is that I never really had any intention of watching at all, it wasn’t until I discovered that one of my favourite actors Eric Christian Olsen had been added to the main cast for season 2 that my interest was sparked.
I tuned in to see whether Olsen alone could sustain my interest and found that the show, while light on mythology and wide-reaching arcs, is one hell of an entertaining ride.
With ‘Personal’ being an Eric Christian Olsen’s Deeks-centric episode it only felt right that I cover it here.
Rumour had it this episode had been written to temporarily write Deeks off so Olsen could go off and film re-shoots for the upcoming The Thing remake he has a role in, but if anything he was as prominent as a normal episode here, if not more.
It was never that in doubt that Deeks would die, although I know that one of the cast was killed off during season 1, so it wouldn’t have been unprecedented. Aside from a little twitter hysteria though, some stoked up by Olsen himself, there wasn’t much hype about this being the kind of game-changing episode that the death of a main character would usually warrant so that suspense was lacking somewhat in the episode.
We began pre-credits with a normal Deeks day, flirting and wisecracking his way through his morning ritual before being shot in what appeared to be a convenience store robbery.
The team instantly sprang into action upon the news that one of their own had been shot and whilst Sam and Callen went off to hunt the bad guys, Kensi practically demanded she be allowed to be there when Deeks woke up. This appeared to be a nice hark back to the events of season 1, but having not seen it I can’t draw too many comparables I’m afraid.
Watching the initial shooting I could tell, as anyone who’s seen a TV show before probably could, that they didn’t want Deeks dead as the shooter had him at point blank range and managed to keep him alive.
We all knew this reveal was coming eventually but part of the fun was figuring out why they shot Deeks to wound rather than kill and to see how Sam & Callen would get to the right conclusion.
As the episode progressed it seemed like the NCIS team were closing in on the suspect only to get sent to a bogus meet, Kensi and Deeks were on the verge of figuring it out when Kensi jumped to the wrong conclusion that the whole team had been the target and Deeks’ shooting was their way of drawing out them out as they are all normally so secretive.
Deeks suddenly realised it was Kensi rather than the team that was being targeted as did Sam and Callen just as Kensi was assaulted in the hospital car park by three men.
Deeks managed to take out the leader, who in a nice call back to earlier in the season not often seen in procedurals, was the wife and son Kensi relocated earlier in the season’s husband coming for revenge, just before he could get a shot off and all was well again in Los Angeles.
I was a little disappointed in the lack of development in the Deeks-Kensi relationship in this episode as I thought him almost dying may be enough to finally bring them together, because let’s be honest that’s what we all want isn’t it!?
But we did get a bit of an exploration of Deeks’s past, the next of kin/good question running gag was not only good for a laugh but also planted the seeds for who Deeks actually has in his life.
Kensi seemed sad when she realised she didn’t know who Deeks’ next of kin was but we soon discovered why he had kept it so quiet. Hettie’s sidebar of looking into a John Gordon Brandell was a puzzle at first but as soon as Deeks mentioned him as the guy he shot as an eleven year old I knew it was going to be his Father – I think I watch too much television!
It wasn’t much of an insight but it was a rare nugget that I’ll certainly take for the best character on the show; and that final moment where Hettie offered herself as Deeks’s next of kin seemed to signify he was now officially a fully initiated member of the NCIS family.
A Hail of Bullets:
- Sam’s ambition to visit every single Bond location was a surprise but a nice one that again humanised a character who is too often the most serious member of the team. LL Cool J is such a charismatic man, it does sometimes feel like his natural aura is wasted playing a character who is all business, so anything that gives him the opportunity to be a bit of a character is more than okay with me.
- In addition to the next of kin running gag that had quite an emotive pay-off there was also the humble brag running gag which had a couple of nice moments. One thing NCIS: LA does very well is to insert genuinely funny humour into a show that is at its core a drama.
- Sam’s anger at Deeks’s unprofessionalism in not switching up his routine and inadvertently making himself an easy target seemed to originate from Sam’s ultra-professional persona but I choose to see it more as him not wanting to lose Deeks, not that he would ever admit that!
NCIS: LA continues Sunday @ 10pm on Sky1
IRIS - Destiny Love "OST"
De lo mejor que he escuchado en soundtracks y he escuchado muchas. La música al nivel de la serie.
FX Cancel Lights Out
FX is a network I really admire and they are constantly creating top notch drama but although FX chief John Landgraf is quick to vocally express his, and the network’s love, for shows like Terriers and Lights Out, at the end of the day it still comes down to money and if shows aren’t drawing then they ultimately can’t survive in the ultra cut-throat world of television nowadays.
A show about boxing was always going to be a tough sell but when you see a show about an outlaw biker gang (Sons of Anarchy) doing so well on the same network it proves that shows injected with a healthy dose of testosterone can succeed.
Ultimately though, as with Terriers, although critically adored one season is all we will get of Lights Out. Selfishly as a UK viewer who believes TV shows should be watched on a television, this is an ominous sign for those of us hoping to get Lights Out this side of the Atlantic this year.
I’m still waiting on Terriers and now Lights Out will also seemingly be even less likely to get a broadcaster over here now it’s been cancelled after just 13 episodes. With Sky still yet to announce the returns of former Bravo shows White Collar and Sons of Anarchy it looks like I might need to start saving for a major order of region 1 DVDs later in the year…
The Thick Of It - Series 4
I’m not saying this is a bad thing because this direct line to celebrities and people we admire means that the public, fans (and stalkers) are now more up to date on what their idols are doing than ever.
Case in point is the announcement this week from all round comedy God Armando Iannucci (via twitter – what else?) that the brilliant political satire The Thick of It has been re-commissioned for a fourth series by the BBC.
“Hello.In answer to all those who've been asking, a new series of The Thick of It is commissioned and work begins on scripts next month.”
Iannucci wrote on twitter on Thursday.
Great news for fans of comedy; and just to put the icing on the cake for comedy-lovers came the news the same day that the BBC had finally cancelled the heinous My Family after eleven dire years of utterly gash middle-class ‘comedy’.
It has been suggested that this new series of The Thick of It will satirise the coalition government with the incomparable Malcolm Tucker (a Golden Globe-worthy Peter Capaldi) banging his head against the wall in opposition.
The Thick of It is considered by many to be the most spot-on evaluation of the new Labour regime produced during their political dominance of the last 15 years. With the coalition so unpopular at present I can only imagine what Iannucci and co. will have up their sleeve for Messrs Cameron & Clegg and their band of merry men.
Supernatural - Atualizado Títulos próximo episódio.
Episódio 6.17 - My Heart Will Go On
Episódio 6.18 - Frontierland
Episódio 6.19 - Querida Mamãe
Episódio 6.20 - The Man Who Would Be King
Episódio 6.21 - Let It Bleed (aka The Haunter of the Dark)
Episódio 6.22 - The Man Who Knew Too Much
Episódio 6.18 - Frontierland
Episódio 6.19 - Querida Mamãe
Episódio 6.20 - The Man Who Would Be King
Episódio 6.21 - Let It Bleed (aka The Haunter of the Dark)
Episódio 6.22 - The Man Who Knew Too Much
Norageki! "Trailer"
Norageki!, donde cuatro personas y un gato intentan escapar de una prisión tras un corte de luz en ésta.
Hiroaki Ando: Freedom, y director de CGI de Tekkonkinkreet/Steamboy) es el encargado de la animación.
Dai Sato (Eureka Seven, Ergo Proxy): del guión.
Masaru Gotsubo (manga de Samurai Champloo) y Kimitoshi Yamane (Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop): diseños de personajes y de la mecánica.
Más que interesante.
Hiroaki Ando: Freedom, y director de CGI de Tekkonkinkreet/Steamboy) es el encargado de la animación.
Dai Sato (Eureka Seven, Ergo Proxy): del guión.
Masaru Gotsubo (manga de Samurai Champloo) y Kimitoshi Yamane (Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop): diseños de personajes y de la mecánica.
Más que interesante.
Cheltenham 2011: The Aftermath
It’s hard to believe that a little over a week ago the 2011 Cheltenham Festival had only just begun.Seven days on and here I am suffering some serious Cheltenham withdrawals after what many are calling the greatest festival in years.
Without a shadow of a doubt this was the best Cheltenham I’ve experienced in my limited time as a racing fan and not just because of the modest financial gains made during the week.
This year’s national hunt season had been marred by the extreme weather conditions the UK was pummelled by for much of the winter and some tragic losses on and off the track but as I wished for in my preview, Cheltenham shone a blinding light on everything that makes Horse Racing such an incredible sport.
The festival had it all: joy, pain, sentiment and in the end the best horse won jump racing’s most coveted prize; which whether we care to admit it or not is what we all want.
Greater writers and aficionados of the sport have already eulogised the 2011 festival far more eloquently and emotively than I ever could, so I won’t bore you with an overdue account of the week’s events; as anyone with more than a passing interest in what went on last week at Prestbury Park will already be well aware of happenings on and off the track.
What I will do though is just let those of you who may have read my preview know some of the success my tips and fancies had last week, although I will warn you now some of these claims to success are very tenuous!
On day 1 my decision to lay Cue Card was proven right as the well fancied favourite was well-beaten. Captain Chris winning the Arkle was also a result for this blog as I had tipped him up in my preview (albeit for the wrong race!) and then another one of my tips got home in front as Bensalem (advised @ 11/2) won the third.
I can’t really claim success in the Champion Hurdle as I had waxed lyrical about the first four in the betting, but that proved to be the right tactic as
Hurricane Fly (11/2 when the preview went up) and Peddlers Cross (7/1) finished 1-2. Quevega rounded out the day by proving that my banker was a sound one (advised @ 6/5)
On day 2 I rightly called Time for Rupert being one to avoid and Wayward Prince (advised @ 12/1) ran a blinder for a place for all you each-way backers in the RSA.
Bothy (advised @ 20/1) then ran a cracker in the ultra-competitive Coral Cup to make it a good day for place fans. Another horse I liked for the Coral Cup, Get Me Out of Here, didn’t end up going in that race but finished a very unlucky second on the final day in the closet finish of the week.
On day 3, although I didn’t fancy him myself, my point about the odds being far too long on a repeat of 2010 was vindicated as Alberta’s Run (12/1 when the preview went up) retained his Ryanair crown.
And although Grands Crus couldn’t get the better of Big Buck’s, my each-way tip Cross Kennon (advised @ 50/1) almost snuck into a place after running a blinder in the World Hurdle, missing out by a very unlucky neck or so to Mourad. Cross Kennon is definitely a horse to follow next season, especially during the winter months when the ground will be more to his liking.
On the final day, Paul Nicholls’ blue-blooded Zarkandar (advised @ 7/1) got the day off to a flyer by hosing up in the Triumph Hurdle and although the Gold Cup seemed to indicate the passing of the torch, my old heroes Kauto Star and Denman left me with tears in my eyes as the ‘veterans’ finished a brave 2nd and 3rd in the Gold Cup, both were flagged up in the preview at 7-1 – Denman I especially went to bat for as an each way certainty so I hope you listened… even if I didn’t always follow my own advice!
So after that bit of shameless self-promotion there’s nothing much else to say other than bring on Aintree in a little under three weeks!
Fotos dos bastidores do episódio 6.17.
Foram liberadas algumas fotos dos bastidores do episódio 6.17, "My Heart Will Go On", que será exibida dia 15 do mês que vem.
Kari-gurashi no Arrietty "Soundtrack"
A espera de la salida del DVD en España (Junio en Japón), nos conformamos con la OST. Después de esto el estreno de Kokuriko-Zaka Kara, de Goro Miyazaki.
Hoshi o Ou Kodomo "Trailer"
Lo nuevo del director, Makoto Shinkai, el creador de 5 centímetros por segundo y The Place Promised in Our Early Days. Volvemos a ver una belleza espectacular en cuanto a anime se refiere, por tanto una de las que apunto fecha.
Estreno Mayo 2011 y salida del DVD a finales de año.
Estreno Mayo 2011 y salida del DVD a finales de año.
novas fotos do Jared.
O ator Sebastian Roché publicou em seu twitter duas novas fotos do Jared, e na legenda das fotos Roché disse que Jared está pensando em entrar no twitter. E aí, será que o Jared finalmente irá fazer uma conta no twitter?!
Bastidores da 5ª temporada.
uma foto do Jensen e do Jared nos bastidores do episódio 5.08 Changing Channels.
Em breve mais fotos promo!
Quem aí não lembra da sessão de fotos promocionais da 6ª temporada com Jensen, Jared e Misha, que a CW liberou? A emissora também liberou uma foto promocional da 6ª temorada.
Jensen,Jared e Misha voltando para Vancouver.
Zimbio fotografou os atores Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki e Misha Collins no aeroporto indo para Vancouver.
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