Hung is kicking off its third season this Sunday, and I wanted to make sure you all got notice of the fact. I know there is a lot going on right now, and it's hard to keep track of everything, but don't let this show slip past you. HBO COMEDY SERIES HUNG, STARRING THOMAS JANE, JANE ADAMS AND ANNE HECHE, RETURNS FOR ITS TEN-EPISODE THIRD SEASON OCT. 2 Having skirted the watchful eyes … [Read more...]
Boardwalk Empire seems to have polarized audiences and critics alike. While the first season managed plenty of viewers, and a load of award nominations, it doesn't seem to have become the next big thing everyone is talking about, and it looks like there is just as much talk about it being rather... "meh." I write a lot of the negatives off to genre bias, because I find it difficult to make … [Read more...]
HBO Films has an incredible feature coming your way beginning May 23rd. The cast is amazing, and the subject is one that is sure to grip you. Check out the info below - including a trailer and several photos - and make sure you catch Too Big To Fail. An HBO Films presentation of a Spring Creek/Deuce Three production, a film by Curtis Hanson, TOO BIG TOO FAIL is based on Andrew Ross Sorkin’s … [Read more...]
If you haven't caught HBO's Game of Thrones yet, I highly recommend that you make every effort to catch up. Already given the green light for a second season, this one has already proven to be worth watching. Of course, for the timid, Game of Thrones remains in line with HBO's True Blood/Boardwalk Empire theory that - "Hey, we're on cable, no sense in not showing a lot of sex" - but, it also has … [Read more...]
Are you ready for Lady Gaga? Or, are you ready for Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden Coming 5/7/11 Only on HBO? Well, despite the fact that HBO isn't yet giving out a great deal of info (what do you need to know really?), they have released an official poster. I'm sure you'll be tuning in, but in case you didn't already have that marked on your calendar, the … [Read more...]
The Ricky Gervais Show is an especially curious entity, but it has already gathered a host of fans. Built around Gervais' podcasts, the show largely revolves around Karl Pilkington and his unique outlook on life. Basically, the show is simply animating the podcasts in order to bring them to a wider audience, so there is some question about what you really get out of them if, say, you've listened … [Read more...]
True Blood may be over for the time being, but it's a show that can hardly pass up on Halloween's arrival. You can now enter to win some of the costumes from the show, and if that wouldn't make the perfect Halloween outfit, I don't know what would. HBO is giving “Truebies” the chance to win one-of-a-kind costumes straight from the True Blood set when they enter the sweepstakes at the HBO … [Read more...]
Eastbound & Down, the HBO comedy about Kenny Powers, the big-league pitcher whose downward spiral finds him as a High School Phys Ed. teacher (among other less-than-impressive notes), returns on September 26th for its second season. Now in Mexico, Kenny is looking for the road that's finally going to lead him back to the big leagues, but in his own unique style. Not only do I have a new … [Read more...]
You may have been around when I talked up the True Blood marketing/branding campaign recently, and now I'm finally making good on my promise to give away some T-shirts from the show. I have five shirts available, plus a special bonus True Blood comic. Leave a comment below, and you will be entered to win one of the shirts. You can give me your preference in the comment, but I can't … [Read more...]
There is little about True Blood that isn't surprising, especially once we get past the show's phenomenal success, but something that has struck me is the seemingly never-ending supply of products the show is spinning out in the hopes of enticing fans to help promote it. From the ability to actually buy Tru Blood, to T-Shirts, jewelry, and coffee mugs, to Apps and iPhone cases, the show is … [Read more...]
I've always rather admired Barry Levinson as a director, even during my dislike of certain films. Whether you had iconic classics (Diner, The Natural, or Rain Man), or disasters (Toys, Envy), or something in the middle, his movies have always been teetering on the edge. They are generally in the "just crazy enough to work" category, but sometimes they don't. Whether ultimately hits or misses, you … [Read more...]
There's a lot of good stuff this week, so much so that I'm actually putting this together when I had intended to skip this week's edition. Sadly, there aren't really enough DVDs of great interest, and the ones there are will likely be covered individually. One of the more interesting notes, or at least one that has people talking, are the recent TV adds and losses. ABC has given full season … [Read more...]
It's no surprise that I'm a pretty big fan of True Blood, even if I consider myself a fan in rather an odd sense. Early on I was a huge supporter, but as episodes rolled out I moved over into some camp that could not properly be called "avid watchers." It's rather cool and hip, but it's also really odd, and while I definitely want to see what it's going to do, I'm not quite … [Read more...]
HBO has been pushing the limits recently, and much of their effort has been in distancing their orignal programming from network television by way of becoming "that which could not be shown on network television." Now, the idea that cable networks put out content that couldn't make it to the normal airwaves isn't new, but HBO seems dedicated to kicking that up a few notches. Eastbound & … [Read more...]
About a month ago, I told Nikki Finke (the harpy) to shut the hell up about HBO's True Blood, and their quick expansion of the show for another season. Since then the show has done quite well, and I'm here to defend it again... although, I don't quite love it actually. There are a lot of reasons I stand behind the show despite my own reaction, and now there's one more... maybe nine... maybe … [Read more...]
HBO’s True Blood has been given the go ahead on a second season after only airing two episodes (well, it’s aired three now). This is, perhaps, a fairly interesting development, but in today’s world shows are cancelled after less than five episodes with great regularity. It’s not all that surprising that something might be given the green light after only two. Plus, it’s not that … [Read more...]
