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That woman deserves her revenge, and we deserve to die.

It's about frickin' time:

KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR

On November 6, the two Kill Bill films will finally be released as a single 4-disc special edition DVD set. If, like me, you held off on buying the individual DVD releases of Volume 1 and Volume 2, because you knew a combined set would eventually be issued, your patience, at long last, is about to be rewarded.

I expect a plethora of brand-new shiny extras will be included in the set (two whole discs' worth, it would seem!). And some shiny new gore, as well: Amazon says the set will be rated NC-17. (More likely, it'll be unrated, since the MPAA doesn't give official re-ratings to DVD director's cuts.)

Via ADDTF, further via Cinematical.

posted by Tom the Dog @ 7:04 PM

This Sounds Pretty Good

Pilot Inspektor: NBC's "Journeyman"
What is it exactly that sparks our imagination when it comes to time travel? Is the notion of traveling beyond our lifetimes to catch a glimpse of a future world, unfettered by the bonds of our mortality? Or is the sense that we all would love a chance to travel backwards in time and get a shot and fixing the wrongs in our own lives?

In NBC's new fall series, Journeyman, Dan Vassar (Rome's Kevin McKidd) gets an opportunity to do the latter when he finds himself unwittingly traveling back in time to points within his own life. It's the first time travel story on television that I can think of that doesn't use a time machine (thank god!); instead the wherefores and hows of Dan's ability are left a mystery... for now, anyway.

Created by Kevin Falls (The West Wing), Journeyman deftly manages to combine several different genres--sci fi, relationship drama, action, romance--into one slickly produced package that is beautifully directed by Alex Graves (The Nine). The effect is more akin to The Time Traveler's Wife than Quantum Leap, presenting us with a series that can be at the same time procedural and loosely serialized, as Dan is forced, each week, to prevent/cause some change in the past and figuring out the limitations and causes behind his time traveling ability.

This being a drama rather than a wish-fulfillment fantasy, Dan's ability is more of a curse than a blessing and, as a lead character, Dan is a wholly flawed hero (the very best kind, one could argue); he's married to a beautiful woman, Katie (Gretchen Egolf), with whom he has an adorable moppet of a son, but their marriage is tested by several factors, including the fact that Dan is a recovering gambling addict who drove his relationship to the brink of failure. He's a brilliant reporter, but his job is in jeopardy already when he begins to have unexplained absences... and time-travels while behind the wheel of a car, resulting in a spectacular auto collision. Oh, and did I mention that his wife Katie was once the girlfriend of Dan's estranged police officer brother Jack (Reed Diamond)?

There's also the ghost of Dan's dead fiancee, the beautiful Livia (Moon Bloodgood), haunting the proceedings. Livia died years before in a mysterious plane crash, putting Dan right into the orbit of his bro's girl Katie, who is seen in the past giving Dan the once-over. We're not told what exactly led Katie to leave Jack for Dan, but it's clear that her decision is one factor in the distance between the two brothers.

In the past, Dan saves the life of Neal Gaines (Christopher Warren), a man attempting to kill himself; not unsurprisingly this has major consequences in the present day and Dan is forced to clean up the mess he created... while also attempting to save his marriage in a dramatic and romantic reveal after Katie begins to believe that, rather than time traveling as Dan claims to be doing, he has turned to drugs. If you've seen the teaser trailer, you know exactly the moment I'm talking about, but rather than spoil it for everyone else, I'll be deliberately vague and just say that it involves Katie's wedding ring, a toolbox, and a certain patio.

Of course, this is a weekly drama, so there's never a happy ending at the end of the first hour. In the past, Dan is lead into temptation by a run-in with Livia; if he sleeps with her in the past, is he really cheating on Katie? (Short answer: yes.) But it underscores the notion that he's still, after all of these years, in love with his dead fiancee. And with the power to travel through time, couldn't Dan alter the past and save her life? The pilot episode doesn't answer this question though it does raise several others with a jaw-dropping reveal late in the game. As for what that is, you'll have to watch the series this fall. (I can't spoil everything now, can I?)

Besides for the lush visuals (check the scene with the falling bits of calendar) and taut plot, Journeyman also sports a fantastic cast. Gretchen Egolf (Roswell, Martial Law) is wholly believable as a suspicious but loving wife, going out of her skull trying to figure out what's going on with her husband and whether she wants to hold onto him. Moon Bloodgood is perfectly cast as the mysterious Livia; you can see why, years after her death, she has still managed to infect Dan's thoughts and dreams. As Dan Vassar, Kevin McKidd is absolutely magnetic in this role, presenting Dan as a man of constant inner conflict, propelled by a reporter's need to seek the answers to all of life's mysteries. McKidd presents Dan as a wounded man, humbled by his circumstances, attempting to atone for his past and unable to fix his present life. In the hands of a lesser actor, Journeyman could have crumbled under the audience's disbelieve at Dan's time traveling abilities; instead McKidd grounds the series with a palpable gravitas. You do believe that this guy's guy can really travel through time and that he has as difficult a time wrapping his brain around that as the audience at home.

NBC has given Journeyman an amazing sign of confidence by granting it the plum post-Heroes timeslot on Mondays at 10 pm. It's a testament to the depth of this series, the creativity of its creators, and the strength of McKidd's leadership that the network would get so fully behind a high concept like this one.

If Journeyman proves as thought-provoking and thoughtful as the pilot episode indicated (as well as lure in both male and female audiences), the Peacock may have finally found a promising companion for its sole break-out drama hit. Fingers crossed

More Heroes:Origins

Heroes Spin-off Talk: Origins Begins When Original Ends
Shedding new light on the game plan for Heroes: Origins, series creator Tim Kring told reporters on Thursday that the companion piece to NBC's freshman hit — which will introduce several "specially enabled" newcomers — will surface once Heroes' sophomore run winds down. "Right now, the idea [is] that Heroes will run as continuously as we can throughout the season; obviously, there are a couple of breaks along the way," Kring said. "Then, when Heroes ends at the end of April, Origins will begin and run through May sweeps." — Additional reporting by Dana Meltzer Zepeda

For more on Heroes' second season and the show's "global" plan to drum up interest in it this summer, see the TV Guide News Report.

Personal Heroes 6 (&7)

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark!

Exclusive: David Anders Is a Hero!
Categories: heroes
Omigod! Omigod! Omigod!

Honestly, I'm downright giddy to be breaking the news to you that David Anders—known as the wonderfully sinister and sexy Sark to Alias fans—is joining the cast of Heroes!

Though NBC has not yet announced it, my Heroes moles tell me it's official: Anders has been given the much coveted series-regular role of Kensei, a Sark-ish character who just so happens to be 1,000 years old, for the upcoming second season of Heroes. I'm told Anders starts work on the show on Monday.

Hear that? It's the sound of Alias fans around the world shouting "Yippee!" as they bust out a happy Snoopy dance. And you Heroes fans should be, too, because, hot damn, the show just got even better.

Anyone else excited? Well, spill it in the Comments section below, will ya?
Comments (25) Posted by Kristin Veitch on Tue, Jun 19, 2007, 11:37 AM

The Closer-Season 3 Opener

I love this show.

»Amrie’s Take on TV: THE CLOSER
One of the greatest things about this column and this website is the incredible chances we get to talk to the brilliant minds that make our favorite shows more terrific than we think possible. Case in point, I recently had the opportunity to spend some time on the phone with the very charming creator, executive producer, and writer of the TNT original series, The Closer, Mr. James Duff. James was well spoken, smart, friendly, and he truly cares about every single aspect of his baby, his show.

James talked about what’s in store for the season, starting with the season premiere. “I think we reintroduce all of the characters in an up front and unusual way,” James said. “Crime scenes are being video taped now and this is going on across the country. You get a video-graph of the crime scenes. This is a great way to start watching the show.” James went on to add, “You get stand-ups with every single member of the squad, while you’re being introduced to one of our most heinous grimes. You see how police procedure works via our characters.”

“You get a feeling for whom each one of these characters is. They’re all introduced up front. It’s a very easy way to meet everyone again. It’s also authentic.”


As we continued chatting, he added, “There is one other thing. We have 2 of our most amazing guest stars, [and] an interview unlike any we’ve ever had before. She’s [Brenda] either got to get a confession from this boy or have him put on suicide watch and he’s not suicidal. Or she’s going to have to let him go. That’s a pretty severe dilemma. It’s at the second act, you can tell we’re not anywhere near through. That particular challenge is a difficult nut for her to crack.”

He summarized again, “[It’s] the best way to meet our characters and one of the best interviews ever.”

When asked to expand on what to expect this season for our various characters, James continued to talk about the season premiere. “The season starts with budget cuts for the LAPD. Provenza is being pressured to retire. They are being told there’s no overtime.” In another one of his informative asides, James went on to mention that “the LAPD just announced no overtime [for real]. We felt like that was coming. It was life imitating art.”

But back to the characters we know and love (or love to hate in some cases)! “Gabriel is stepping up. He wants to be more of a force on the squad. For the last two years, Taylor has been [Brenda’s] nemesis. Brenda has had to confront him on several occasions. Taylor is either getting with the program, or playing a much, much deeper game. [We see something] instead of protagonist/antagonist going at each other. Though it doesn’t look like it at first, Brenda and Gabriel are going to have a lot of issues with each other as they go along. It creates a lot of conflict. In the 4th episode, Ruby, the best episode we’ve ever done [editor’s note – keep reading for more info about that ‘sode], it creates a huge problem in both solving the crime, and getting a confession and keeping the squad together. Brenda faces the worst and most awful person she’s ever sat across. It looks like Sergeant Gabriel might lose his job. He does something that’s pretty shocking.”

The ever important question of relationships was brought up and James had this to say about what we can expect. “[Gabriel and Daniels] have been very under the radar. They’ve been trying to not let anyone in the squad know. They’ve been very successful. Eventually, that information may come out. They may have to deal with the fact that everyone knows that they’re dating and what that means to the squad and how the squad will function.”

As for what we can expect when Brenda’s parents come to town (played by the wonderful Barry Corbin and Frances Sternhagen), Brenda “finds herself in a different situation because she has a security detail that she didn’t anticipate. She’s also not on active duty at the time they arrive. The bungalow [she’s started sharing with her boyfriend Fritz] is very small. [Her parents] were going to be staying in a hotel, but they find out that she’s got a security detail and her father refuses to leave her.”

Things get a little rough for Fritz and Brenda, if only for the fact that Brenda’s parents “are very interested in the Fritz and Brenda relationship. Fritz is worried about how the father is going to take them.” James goes on to add, “Not without reason, I would say!”

Have you every wondered about the idea of Brenda having a baby? Well, so have James and the writers. “That’s a discussion we’ve had and it’s an interesting questions. She’s going to go through a health crisis this year, and that issue will come up…it’s definitely something we’ve discussed. Her biological clock is ticking. Some people might say it’s about to explode….I think she’s afraid of pregnancy.”

James went on to detail what we can expect from this season’s 4th episode, the episode that he calls their best ever. The episode is called Ruby and it’s about an 8 year old African American girl that is abducted. “That’s how it starts,” James begins, “child abductions are very serious. If you don’t the child in the first hour, I think there’s a 75% likelihood that the child is dead. She’s trying to get her admission. The guy is a racist. It creates some pretty explosive tension. It involves Provenza, it involves Buzz, it involves Daniels, and the whole squad.” The question becomes “how do you get a confession twice? I don’t want to say anymore because I’ll give it all away. This would be an interesting episode of television, no matter who was involved in it. It’s actually a super-sized episode, too; it runs over the hour.”

Throughout the interview, James threw out so many random facts that the casual observer would never know. To satisfy my curiosity, I asked him where he gets his information and where he gets his ideas for the amazing stories that they tell each week.

He had so much to say on the subject! “The more authentic the world is, the more authentic our characters appear. There’s not a lot of Science Fiction. DNA doesn’t solve a lot of crimes because it doesn’t in real life. DNA is great when you’ve got the criminal and you can tie them to a place. It doesn’t generally lead you to anyone.”

As for his technical advisors, whom he thinks are “fabulous?” “Detective Mike Birchum. He’s a member of robbery homicide at LAPD. Their elite detective team. He’s worked on several high profile cases. We also have Former DA Gil Garcetti. He worked in the district attorney’s office for almost 30 years. We have it from both sides. What’s legal and what’s real, and what would really happen. Gil and Detective Mike don’t always agree. Gil’s looking at it from the legal way, and Detective Mike is about how do we actually catch these guys. We split the difference a lot of times.

As for where he gets his story ideas? “Most of them come from stories that allow us to explore a theme. The theme of the first episode signals our overarching theme. How do you keep a family together? That’s sort of the struggle that we’re going to face all the way through the year. The theme of the third season is family.”

James took a minute to reflect on some other show’s choices. “Other shows say ‘ripped from the headlines’. We like to say our stories are ‘ripped from the heart’. We try to find crimes where a lot of time, though you don’t want to, you sometimes find yourself identifying with the murderer. It’s sometimes easier to do than you think. Murderers look at themselves as victims.”

James was filled with great information, and he went on to explain what he experienced growing up. “I also have a lifelong interest in the intelligence community. My uncle was part of the military intelligence. He was Chief of the Internal Security in the US Air Force for two years in Vietnam. I sort of grew up with it in my family. He told me chilling stories. There were some things I heard as a twelve year old that I shouldn’t have heard!”

James was incredibly likeable, and seemed genuinely thrilled to be discussing his show. He wanted to summarize what to expect for the upcoming season of The Closer. “For starters, I hope I was okay,” he said. “The only thing that I would say is that we have our first five episodes all cut together and put together. We’ve done something a little odd. Last year we did protect and serve. Things just don’t go as you would like. We’re concentrating much more on the characters this year. I hope that this pays off. We’re going to be doing that.” Hey, I think it worked for Without a Trace when they hit the 3 year mark and started exploring characters. It can only help an awesome show get that much better!

You can catch the season 3 premiere of The Closer, presented without commercials, at 9PM. You don’t want to miss it – it sounds like it’s going to be one great season!

-Amrie (mytakeontv@thetvaddict.com)

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G-8 Cover #5

G-8 Cover #4

G-8 Cover #3

Gotta Get This One

G-8 Cover #2

A Pulp Fiction Weekend.........G-8 Cover #1

For lack of anything better to post for the next few days, I have some covers from the pulp novels G-8 and His Air Aces. No doubt a contemporary of Doc Savage and co.
These are some great , spine chilling images. Thanks to Dave's Long Box for the idea.

Help Cast Supergirl

Help Cast SMALLVILLE’S SuperGirl
June 12th, 2007


Hoping to inject some new life into an already aging franchise, the CW announced yesterday that SuperGirl would be joining the cast of SMALLVILLE next season. Yes, SMALLVILLE has officially run out of ideas. Yet rather then rip the show for going to the ’superhero well’ once again (see: last season’s addition of Green Arrow), we thought we’d think positive and offer up a few SUPER suggestions for who we would like to see in the role of SuperGirl come September 2007.

Naturally, the first name that comes to mind is an adorable and feisty detective who unfortunately finds herself among the ranks of the recently unemployed. Yes, we realize Kristen Bell isn’t from Krypton, but really, isn’t Neptune close enough?

Second on our list is a more unconventional choice, but a casting coup nonetheless. Not only would Liza Weil bring some serious acting chops to SMALLVILLE, we’re confident that by channelling her inner Paris Geller, krypto-freaks don’t stand a chance.

A few more choices include TRU CALLING’S Eliza Dushku (hottest SuperGirl ever!), Amanda Seyfriend (love her on BIG LOVE) or Gabriel Union (isn’t about time the whitest city in America — Smallville, KS — got a little more diverse?)

Agree, disagree, post away with who you would like to see as next season’s SuperGirl. And no, this girl is not an option!

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This Could Be Good.........or Not

Supergirl moves to "Smallville"


The hit CW series "Smallville" will be adding another Kryptonian to the cast when its seventh season kicks off in the fall. Casting for the role is currently underway.

This will be the classic version of Supergirl. From the press release:

On SMALLVILLE, the seventh season premiere kicks off with the arrival of Supergirl, whose name is Kara, as Clark’s (Tom Welling) 19-year-old cousin. She was born on Krypton and is the daughter of Zor-El, Jor-El's brother. Kara possesses all of Clark’s powers and one he doesn’t yet have ─ she can fly! Kara also has a strong, rebellious streak that puts her at odds with Clark, and puts her onto Lex’s (Michael Rosenbaum) radar. In addition, she takes a romantic interest in Jimmy Olsen (Aaron Ashmore).

This is sure to be a much-discussed event among fans of the show and the comic — especially given the recent controversies surrounding the portrayal of women and girls in superhero comics. (There's far too many sites to link to on this one ... ) Whichever way the producers go on this is likely to have some kind of impact on this debate, with Hollywood either pointing the way toward a better portrayal of female characters in the superhero genre or simply reinforcing the portrayals that more and more readers — male and female — are finding objectionable. (I'd expect some kind of news/announcement on casting sometime around, oh, I don't know, maybe end of July, which is, coincidentally, the same time as Comic-Con!)

Jun 11, 2007 at 06:48 PM by Tom McLean in Television | Permalink | Comments (0)

Way Back When

I stol.....borrowed this idea from Tom the Dog's blog. I went to PopCultureMadness.com and looked for the year I turned 18 (1970) and clicked on the hit record for that year. Most I remember, a few I don't. The list definitely shows my age though. Check it out.


1.
I'll Be There - Jackson Five
2.
(They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters (I make no apologies, I loved Karen Carpenter's voice)
3.
ABC - Jackson Five
4.
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
5.
The Wonder Of You - Elvis Presley
6.
Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
7.
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
8.
Evil Ways - Santana
9.
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
10.
Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board

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11.
The Letter - Joe Cocker
12.
Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom
13.
Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
14.
Get Up - James Brown
15.
American Woman - Guess Who
16.
The Love You Save - Jackson Five (damn the J5 WERE hot that year)
17.
Venus - the Shocking Blue
18.
Make It With You - Bread
19.
I Think I Love You - Partridge Family
20.
Let It Be - Beatles
21.
Still Water (Love) - Four Tops
22.
Get Ready - Rare Earth
23.
Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
24.
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delphonics
25.
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
26.
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
27.
No Time - Guess Who
28.
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
29.
Thank You Falettin Me Be Myself Again - Sly and the Family Stone

30.
We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters
31.
Mississippi Queen - Mountain
32.
Instant Karma - We All Shine On
33.
War - Edwin Starr
34.
What Is Truth - Johnny Cash
35.
Lola - Kinks
36.
Tighter, Tighter - Alive and Kicking
37.
Yellow River - Christie
38.
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
39.
Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynne
40.
Uncle John's Band - The Grateful Dead
41.
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkle
42.
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
43.
Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard
44.
Up On Cripple Creek - The Band
45.
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
46.
Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac
47.
Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley
48.
Funk # 49 - James Gang
49.
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Hollies
50.
Our House - Crosby Stills Nash and Young
51.
All Right Now - Free
52.
Cold Turkey - John Lennon
53.
Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkle
54.
Fresh Air - Quicksilver Messenger Service
55.
Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
56.
Question - Moody Blues
57.
Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
58.
Superman - The Ides Of March
59.
Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash and Young
60
Ticket To Ride - Carpenters
61.
Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon and War
62.
Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
63.
Summertime Blues - the Who
64.
Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
65.
After Midnight - Eric Clapton
66.
1984 - Spirit
67.
Rubber Ducky - Ernie (Jim Henson, Sesame Street)
68.
Empty Pages - Traffic
69.
Big Yellow Taxi - Neighborhood
70.
Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
71.
Living Lovin Maid (She's Just a Woman) - Led Zeppelin
72.
Funky Chicken (part 1) - Willie Henderson
73.
Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
74.
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
75.
Oh My My - Monkees
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Ya know, that wasn't a bad year at all. I was expecting a lot worse.

Jericho WILL Be Back

CBS One-Ups God, Rebuilds Jericho! (Holy Frak!)
Categories: jericho

You did it! Holy frak, you did it!
Not since Family Guy's miraculous resurrection has a fandom actually been able to bring a show back from the dead...until now. Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, just posted on the official message boards that Jericho is coming back! Here's what you need to know:
CBS has ordered seven new episodes.
There could be more, but only if the ratings improve.
-->-->-->-->The DVD is out Sept. 25.
The creators will be "continuing the story of Jericho in the digital world until the new episodes return."
-->-->-->-->Nina likes you! "On behalf of everyone at CBS, thank you for expressing your support of Jericho in such an extraordinary manner. Your protest was creative, sustained and very thoughtful and respectful in tone. You made a difference."Skeet Ulrich himself has weighed in, and he downright loves ya: “I’m so thankful to our fans for not only their passionate support but their tireless efforts to revive our show. The whole cast and I are thrilled to have the opportunity to be together again, and I look forward to the chance to give back to the fans with more of the story that brought us here.”
I couldn't be more thrilled, and I do believe this is thawing out my cold, cynical reporter's heart. I never thought I'd see the day!
Now, Dawn Ostroff? Your move...

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"The Riches" Review

from ew.com

The Riches (2007)
A-
FOR 'RICHES' OR FOR POORER Scam artists (Driver and Izzard) steal a family's identity in FX's arresting take on the American dream
Prashant GuptaCredits
Start Date: Mar 12, 2007; Genre: Drama; With: Minnie Driver By Gillian Flynn
Fueled by regret and ambition, the Malloy family is seeking a shinier identity. ''I'm going to get us the life we deserve, whether we want it or not,'' proclaims patriarch Wayne Malloy (British comedian Eddie Izzard). FX's The Riches is the most precise of the spate of dramas addressing the American quest for constant improvement and boundless materialism. On HBO, The Sopranos has Carmela's terrified money-squirreling; Big Love's plural family is crushed by credit-card debt. Showtime's Weeds forces a suburban mom into drug dealing to maintain her upscale lifestyle. They're all clever thrusts at the costs of consumerism. But The Riches — which wraps its first season on June 4 — is even more excruciating and fascinating: The Malloys are Travellers, Irish-American gypsies working scams in the Deep South. Inherent outsiders, Wayne, his wife, Dahlia (Good Will Hunting's Minnie Driver), and their kids have gone way inside, assuming the identities of a deceased family — the Riches — in an exclusive McDevelopment called Edenfalls.

The Riches is only loosely interested in the culture of the Travellers — codes and traditions surface here and there, but it'd be nice to see more. Instead, it's primarily concerned with the true cost of upward mobility. Wayne, conning his way into a job as a high-stakes lawyer, finds himself jammed into an alien conformity. (One of The Riches' many ironies is that the once-rootless Wayne works for a real estate firm — and one that discriminates against outsider types.) Dahlia, newly released from prison, rebounding from meth addiction, is trying to shift into a life that requires more deceit than her old grifter existence ever did. Young son Sam (Aidan Mitchell), a kid who's most comfortable in dresses and lip gloss, finds himself crammed into suits — clipping on an occasional barrette for comfort. The weight on this family is palpable; just keeping their new lifestyle afloat is overwhelming. ''Is that what's going to be on my tombstone: Here lies a guy who came up with $19,876.74 a month?'' asks Wayne.

The Riches is a crystalline look at our current societal tug-of-war: We're encouraged to scale back, simplify, live contentedly...but also demand the absolute best for ourselves and our families. The drama is also an acting showcase: Driver is heartbreaking as a woman trying to mend a broken spirit in bewildering surroundings; Izzard gives a tense, spirited performance as a guy too sharp for his old life and too decent for his new one; and Margo Martindale is a gem as a boisterous neighbor with sorrows of her own. In fact, everyone on The Riches has private sadnesses to brave, which ultimately makes the show a wellspring of empathy — for insiders, outsiders, and in-betweeners. B+

Posted May 30, 2007

Can't Wait For This

from tvsquad.com

Tek Jansen comics are coming
Posted Jun 4th 2007 6:41PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows

Annie told you not long ago that Oni Press wanted to create a comic book series based on Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen character. Well, it looks like it's actually going to happen. Indie Comics News has an audio interview with artist Scott Chantler about the upcoming five-issue series.

Chantler states that the comic series will be a little "less goofy" than the animated shorts featured on The Colbert Report, but it doesn't sound as if the comics will stray too far from the basic idea of Tek Jansen being an idiot in super hero clothing. In the first issue, Tek manages to turn a peaceful visit from aliens into an all out intergalactic war.

Chantler is a freelance commercial illustrator who's previously worked for such clients as McDonald's and Reebok.

[via CC Insider]

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What I'm Reading

I love this book and I'm only 75 pages into it.