So much binging this week. The Fall TV season is less than two weeks away, so I'm trying to fit in as much as I can before the DVR starts backing up,
Rectify
Season 3
It
was a great season that was ruined by AMC.com's video player being
absolutely awful. The number of times I had to rewatch the same
things killed the momentum of a show that already isn't plot-driven.
Straight
Outta Compton
I
finally got around to seeing it. It was pretty good. I can't say it
was worth the wait. Oh well, some good music.
The
League Season 6
A
solid season, but it still falls victim to what I've said about it
before. So many good guest stars, but it always feels like each episode ends about a beat too soon.
Late
Show with Stephen Colbert
I
watched the first episode. Obviously it wasn't going to be
reinventing the format. I doubt I'll be watching it very often. Good
episode though. George Clooney was charming.
Bloodline
Season 1
This
show is very familiar to Damages. I'm only about halfway through the
season, so I'm yet to see if it all pays off.
Mission
to Mars
It
certainly didn't play out how I expected it to. The ending was very
similar to Contact and I didn't mean that as a compliment.
The
Jim Gaffigan Show “The Bible Story”
Guest
star heavy episode. Chris Rock. Jon Stewart. Judy Gold. All sorts of
cable news people. What a solid payoff at the end. Delightfully
simple as always.
The
Departed
I
rewatched this for the first time in a long while. That's just a good
movie. It's kind of hard to believe that with that cast (Leonardo
DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen), only Mark
Wahlberg came away with an Oscar nomination.
Public
Morals “O'Bannon's Wake”
I
like Michael Rapaport. I have nothing to point to for why, but I do. It's good to see they didn't leave out Katrina Bowden again.
Awakenings
It's
never good when a movie is outdone by an episode of House. Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were solid.
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