House of Cards
The Breakdown:
Parks and Rec
Glee
Grey’s Anatomy
Kroll Show
Game of Thrones
Movie of the Week:
The
Illusionist
Who had the best Valentines Day
ever? Everyone that anticipated the yearlong arrival of House of Cards season 2 of course! Do I regret watching the entire
season in two days? No! Do I regret watching more than half of the season in one
sitting? Absolutely not. I would do it all again if I could. The first episode
reeled us in with a big smash… literally. When I say smash, I mean Zoe’s body
into the front of a subway train. Goodness that was intense!!! Sure, we all
knew Frank had to end that love fest sooner or later but the first episode? New
level! The rest of the season will not disappoint. If you haven’t started this
season, what are you waiting for? If you haven’t even started the series, what
are you doing with your life? If you’re anything like me while watching
television, you’ll be yelling NOOOOO! and WHAAAAT? all night… Binge watching
television is the future!!!!
Let’s break down the return of Parks and Rec, Grey’s Anatomy, Kroll Show, and
Glee. When Parks left off this midseason, it took Chris and Ann with it. Will
they be back? I don’t know. However, watching “Anniversaries” was like they
were never on the show. There was no mention of them and it never skipped a
beat. I kinda liked that because I didn’t have to think about how this was
going to work out. If they return, it would be weird right? We’ll see…
Grey’s
Anatomy was a thrill! We were left wondering what April would do after
Jackson proclaimed his love to her on the altar and when the show began, we saw
them running out of the wedding. The rest of the episode left us wondering if
April regretted that decision, but oh trust me, she didn’t. They secretly got
married! So many smiles but now we have to deal with Owen bashing Ross and
someone has filed a complaint that could change many relationships in the
hospital. But who was it really? And lets not forget that Grey and Christina
are finally friendly again! I hated that tension.
Kroll Show has been on for a little
while but the second season has finally been put on Hulu. The first episode was great, however
the second episode felt like it was unusually pieced together. The first
episode was so great with the first sketch of the cake train. It doesn’t get
more randomly funny that Zach Galifanakis throwing cakes out of a train to a
swarm of women and a couple of guys. There are only four episodes so far and the guest
star list has been amazing! My favorite was Pete Holmes of course. I’ve also
seen a few sources that say Katy Perry will be guest starring in a “Publizity”
sketch. Who knows what Nick will do with her!
I don’t
know about you guys but Glee just
isn’t doing it for me anymore. Seeing the original cast graduate and go to New
York was great but seeing them and the new cast is weird. It doesn’t have a
good flow and they are just trying to make us happy while keeping characters
like Kurt, Rachel, and Santana. I miss the solemn high school drama and
competition. Seeing them in New York is too real and depressing. Their struggle
is real; so is ours seeing the writers drag their characters along for the sake
of keeping the star appeal. We need something fresh because I’m just bored. But
thank God Santana blew us all away with her audition for Rachel’s understudy
because I see some real conflict brewing between the two. It’s all I can live
for to see Santana take the lead from Rachel.
I can now call myself an owner of Game of Thrones season 3!!! Best $40
I’ve ever spent. Season 4 starts April 4th and if I had cable, I
would be on that like white on rice! I don’t believe in the restrictions of
cable so I’ll have to wait until it comes out on blue ray like an animal. Side
note: if you aren’t watching films on blue ray, you’re really missing out. The
day I can buy the original Star Wars
trilogy on blue ray, I will die. It will be so amazing and brilliant. Even
though that series was so far ahead of it’s time, the sound quality wasn’t. It
finally has the sound quality it deserves! Anyway, I haven’t finished the third
season but it’s already brilliant. I haven’t read the books of course, but I
just can’t wait to see Daenerys
Targaryen throw down with those dragons. Do I even have to say
this…Joffery needs to die!!! That little brat!
Besides all of my binge watching and playing catch up, I watched an amazing movie, The Illusionist starring Edward Norton, Jessica Biel and Paul Giamatti. I love any movie involving magic or illusions like Now You See Me, The Prestige, and even Ocean’s Eleven. I love the suspense and the mystery but this movie was unlike the others. Instead of the protagonist pulling off a major mind blowing trick, this movie does that and more. He saves the love is his life from pure evil with his trick. The acting is brilliant and nothing short of pure genius. I don’t want to spoil anything else for this movie because it is a must see.
