Ok Folks, I do apologize for the delay however real life issues have kept my hands full for the past few weeks.
Ok on with the blog. This week I'm going to review a few of my favorite shows and movies. Let's start with TNT! No not explosive but the cable channel. It's got two shows I have become quite hooked on.
The first is Leverage. The basic premise is former insurance investigator Nate Ford, played by Oscar Winner Timothy Hutton has recruited a team of unique individuals I.E. crooks all of whom he has chased over the years to help people who have been wronged but can't be helped by the law. His team includes British actress Gina Bellman as Sophie Devereaux, con artist extrodiniare, who could charm just about anybody. Christian Kane as Eliot Spencer, the hitter of the group. He supplies the muscle. Guns or fosts whatever the situation calls for (uaully fist) he's the man. Beth Riesgraf plays Parker, the thief. She is also a little how shall I say, unbalanced. However, there isn't a place she couldn't break into. Finally Aldis Hodge is Alec Hardison, Super Hacker. There is nothing this guy can't do with electronics! Nothing is safe from him. Together they provide “Leveredge” , helping people who need it but can't be helped by the law itself.
The second show is Saving Garce. Holly Hunter stars as Det. Grace Hanadarko, an Oklahoma city det. For the major case unit. It has a small town feel to it in some ways but it is very raw. Grace has problems. She drinks too much, smokes too much and screws around too much. Enter Earl. Her last chance Angel. Earl if a white haired , tobacco chewing good ol' boy of an angel. He's there to get Grace to turn he life around. Now Grace has only told one other person about Earl and that's her best friend 'retta who is the resident police scientist type person played by Laura San Giacomo. They have known each other virtually their entire lives and 'Retta's scientific curiosity is aroused. She wants to know all she can about Earl. Then we have Ham, her partner and lover. Then there is Bobby Stillwater and Butch Ada the other two detectives in the unit and Captain Kate Perry, whom is an old friend of Graces having worked together before.
This show is very raw, there is quite a bit of nudity full front and back for basic cable. It is always Grace getting naked it seems but I really can't complain. Holly Hunter is very sexy but grace's road to redemption is not an easy one. The real hook of this show is the woman herself as she struggles to find her way and struggles with the choices she's made. Earl pops in quite often to check on Grace and see how she is doing and offer a bit of guidance. I find it irresistible and can't wait for each ep.
Now onto a cute movie the who family can enjoy. Monsters vs. Aliens. Now this movie isn't complicated at all. The plot isn't anything we haven't seen before for the most part. However the in jokes alone make it very funny. Things like “Code Nimoy”, “Supernova this is red Dwarf” things like that are strewn throughout the movie. Basically a girl gets hit with a meteorite, grows to gigantic proportions on her wedding day, in fact while she is at the altar itself,and is imprisoned by the U.S. government. Of course the real fun begins when the aliens arrive. In the meantime , Susan, the afore mention giant girl, makes a few discoveries about herself. I don't want to say to much but she and the other monsters are the real stars of this show. It's a silly, light hearted, cgi animated, sci-fi romp from dreamworks. If you wants a fun movie and you like this sort of thing, I highly recommend this. Susan and the other monsters are actually really likable characters and the whole movie is worth an afternoon matinee, especially if you have kids. It's funny, and not overly complicated but well enough written so it isn't complete nonsense.
Commander Mike Vivian
XO, ISS Tomahawk
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