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A blog about film and television

"Frank: I’m not going to put airs just because I have company.
Mac: So you think not eating cat food is putting on airs?"

— It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, “Mac and Dennis Breakup?

"Brave" trailer

Finally a full trailer for “Brave” from Pixar

"How often do old people just haul off and cold cock you like that?"

— Sid (Nick Krause), The Descendants

Game of Thrones Season 2… HBO finally releases a legitimate trailer.

Marshall: I really, really, love you guys. Now I’m gonna go drop a deuce. (How I Met Your Mother, Season 6, Episode 14: “Last Words”) I’ve had a torrid affair with How I met Your Mother. (I don’t really know the definition of torrid - can only guess from the context in which I’ve heard it - and don’t want to look it up. So here’s to rolling the interwebs dice!) In the beginning, I begrudgingly watched the “spin on the standard sit com setup” (according to Netflix) because Evan was so enthralled. Half way into the first season, I was still rolling my eyes every time Evan chose HIMYM from the Netflix queue. But as the cheesy jokes and over-done characters breezed by the screen, something changed. I started to care about “the gang.” Barney wasn’t quite so annoying. Ted still sucked, but hating him was more fun than angry. Robin and Lilly were more relatable. Marshall just kept up the awesome. By the end of the first season, I was hooked. Yes, it had it’s ups and downs. Seasons 3 and 4 were pretty rough, but it picked back up at Season 5. The Robin and Barney nonsense came to an end. Emotional breakthroughs were had by all. Sure, it was a cheesy sitcom, but I loved it all the same. Come season 6, I was down right attached. And then Marshall’s father died. “Last Words” was brilliant: the focus on numbers counting down in the previous episode, Marshall’s raw emotion, Lilly’s helplessness, Barney and Ted’s ineptitude for handling loss, the introspective quality of grief for the audience. I don’t know if a TV series had ever made my cry up until this point. So if you haven’t seen this brilliantly-written series yet, check it out.

Marshall: I really, really, love you guys. Now I’m gonna go drop a deuce. (How I Met Your Mother, Season 6, Episode 14: “Last Words”)

I’ve had a torrid affair with How I met Your Mother. (I don’t really know the definition of torrid - can only guess from the context in which I’ve heard it - and don’t want to look it up. So here’s to rolling the interwebs dice!)

In the beginning, I begrudgingly watched the “spin on the standard sit com setup” (according to Netflix) because Evan was so enthralled. Half way into the first season, I was still rolling my eyes every time Evan chose HIMYM from the Netflix queue. But as the cheesy jokes and over-done characters breezed by the screen, something changed. I started to care about “the gang.” Barney wasn’t quite so annoying. Ted still sucked, but hating him was more fun than angry. Robin and Lilly were more relatable. Marshall just kept up the awesome.

By the end of the first season, I was hooked. Yes, it had it’s ups and downs. Seasons 3 and 4 were pretty rough, but it picked back up at Season 5. The Robin and Barney nonsense came to an end. Emotional breakthroughs were had by all. Sure, it was a cheesy sitcom, but I loved it all the same. Come season 6, I was down right attached. And then Marshall’s father died.

“Last Words” was brilliant: the focus on numbers counting down in the previous episode, Marshall’s raw emotion, Lilly’s helplessness, Barney and Ted’s ineptitude for handling loss, the introspective quality of grief for the audience. I don’t know if a TV series had ever made my cry up until this point.

So if you haven’t seen this brilliantly-written series yet, check it out.


TV Diary, 2011

  • Dollhouse (Season 1)
  • Survivor Man (Seasons 1 & 2)
  • River Monsters (Seasons 1 & 2)
  • Battlestar Galactica (The Complete Series)
  • Scrubs (Seasons 1-3 & 5-8)
  • The Office (Season 7)
  • Better Off Ted (The Complete Series)
  • Roseanne (Seasons 4-7)
  • True Blood (Season 3)
  • Hoarders (Season 1)
  • National Geographic’s Deadly Dozen
  • Eden of the East
  • Friday Night Lights (The Complete Series)
  • Modern Family (Season 1 & 2)
  • Breaking Bad (Seasons 1-3)
  • The Wonder Years (Seasons 1-3)
  • The Cosby Show (Seasons 1-4)
  • Walking Dead (Season 1)
  • Spaced (Season 1) 
  • Game of Thrones (Season 1) 
  • Blue Planet 

Movie Diary, 2011

  1. The Dark Knight
  2. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  3. Black Swan
  4. True Grit
  5. Toy Story 3
  6. The Big Lebowski
  7. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
  8. The Expendables
  9. The Endless Summer
  10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief
  11. Despicable Me
  12. A-Team
  13. The Runaways
  14. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
  15. The Cove
  16. Wet Hot American Summer
  17. The Social Network
  18. Sin City
  19. Death to Smoochie
  20. The Town
  21. Being John Malkovich
  22. Roger and Me
  23. Capitalism: A Love Story
  24. The Hot Chick
  25. Good Will Hunting
  26. The Duchess
  27. The Machinist
  28. Stripes
  29. Machete
  30. Oceans
  31. Labyrinth
  32. Dude, Where’s My Car?
  33. The Fighter
  34. Whale Rider
  35. The Kids Are Alright
  36. Money Never Sleeps
  37. Salt
  38. African Cats
  39. Easy A
  40. I Love You, Philip Morris
  41. Empire Strikes Back
  42. Return of the Jedi
  43. How to Train Your Dragon
  44. L.A. Confidential
  45. Men in Black II
  46. Castle in the Sky
  47. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
  48. X-Men: First Class
  49. Land Before Time
  50. Get Over It
  51. 127 Hours
  52. Super 8
  53. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I
  54. X-Men
  55. Pulp Fiction
  56. Virgin Suicides
  57. Clerks
  58. Inception
  59. Ghost in the Shell
  60. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  61. My Neighbor Totoro
  62. A Clockwork Orange
  63. Hall Pass
  64. The King’s Speech
  65. Robin Hood
  66. Blue Valentine
  67. Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows, Part 2
  68. Battle: Los Angeles
  69. Horrible Bosses
  70. Source Code
  71. Tales of Earthsea
  72. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
  73. Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
  74. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
  75. Kill Bill: Vol.1
  76. Tangled
  77. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  78. Spaceballs
  79. Fox and the Hound
  80. In Bruges
  81. Avatar
  82. All Dogs Go To Heaven
  83. Conan Can’t Stop
  84. March of the Penguins
  85. Never Been Kissed
  86. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
  87. Hannah
  88. Thor 
  89. Running the Sahara
  90. Take Me Home Tonight
  91. Season of the Witch
  92. Teen Wolf
  93. Turtle: The Incredible Journey
  94. Captain America
  95. Cowboys and Aliens
  96. Boondock Saints 
  97. Peter Pan 
  98. Star Wars: Episode I
  99. Star Wars: Episode 2

‘Ello Brian…

‘Ello Brian…