Thursday, June 4, 2015

"Bonsoir!" Hannibal "Antipasto" Season Premiere


Television's best drama returns with an appetite full of unbelievable moments.

In the season premiere of Hannibal, we watch two character Hannibal and Bedelia, now living in Europe and taking over someone's place.

We meet Hannibal riding a into town with his motorcycle, searching for someone and later follows him home. He cooks and eats the guy and surprises the guy's wife.

The episode goes back and forth on flashback, one with Gideon and Hannibal having dinner. There were multiple flashbacks as they were having dinner. They were eating Gideon's leg and arm.

Other flashbacks were those of the events after the season finale. I really was really amazed with Anderson's character as we see her dealing with Hannibal. But also that maybe she can't stand being with him after knowing what he's capable of.

We also got to see flashbacks of Bedelia when she had one of Hannibal's patients and the guy was dead on her floor and she's covered in blood.

But with one guy who Hannibal meet at a party comes by looking for a professor, he gets into Hannibal's grill and tells him that he wants to untwist things. Well, he surly got the untwisting down pat as Hannibal invited him back home and beats the crap out of him.

The guy is killed and later we see Hannibal on a train. As he looks beyond the window, he makes a heart shape paper model. We see that he left the guy's body in a cathedral. Left for Will to find as we see in next week's promo.

I think that this episode was more of Bedelia character development  She doesn't seem to be bothered but near the end she seems to not want to be around but I think Hannibal kind of changed her mind.

The visual effects were better than ever. The cooking sequence was flat out amazing and one of the thing. Overall this episode was a 10/10. Loved how it just focuses on Hannibal and Bedelia.

Next week's episode the hunt is on fro Hannibal as Will get's his message.

You can catch Hannibal Thursday nights at 10/9c on NBC.


The Tension and The Temper: Aquarius "Never Say Never To Always"


In this week's episode of Aquarius, Hodak comes close in finding Emma and family life takes a hurtful turn but comes with a sweet relief. Manson on the other hand shows his turn self to Emma.

Hodak is not only searching for Emma but he's also searching for his son who his ex-wife got him out because she wrote a letter saying she's dying. By law that's false and Hodak wants to find him before the Army searching for him.

He finds his own partner sleeping with his ex as he was searching for any clue on his where about. Upset but tells his partner about how she is but when she comes into the room, she drops the truth boom on him as well.

The search for Emma comes in when Shafe and Tully goes back to see Charlie. Shafe sees Emma but when he tells Hodak about it, he goes over there with her mother but was too late.

Kristin had a bit of reality check with all these kids that are Emma's age. She talks to one girl and she tells Kristin that her mother wrote a note and gave her a hug.

No Manson, No Emma. They were both at a wooden area, set to record his music. But when they came back, Manson's guy tells him about how the cop was there looking for  Emma. He gets angry and tells Emma and another girl that they are going somewhere.

Emma keeps asking questions, but Manson soon gets angry and angry with every question until he slaps her. He takes them to the guy who recorded they're song as a gift. He really doesn't want any cops looking for them. Trying to throw them off.

But the kicker in this episode, which I predicted that Hodak and Kristin would have a moment and take it to the next level. You can see they have a sexual tension between one another.

This episode was pretty good. I was amazed how the character of Tully took the humor from the guys in the department and the drags. She showed her true colors when she talked to Charlie and how they met.

I give this episode a 8/10 as it was good and the characters where really developed.

You can catch Aquarius Thursday nights at 9/8c on NBC or you can watch the entire series on NBC.com.

Mr. Robot: Preview




When our own democracy has been hacked, who do you turn to fight back? That's what one of summer's new show that's getting a lot of buzz is a new series on USA Network called Mr. Robot.

The series is about a young computer programmer, Elliot (played by Rami Malek from Night at the Museum franchise and 24), who's works as a cyber security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night. Soon he finds himself in a bit of a crossroad when a mysteries leader of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the same corporation that he is working and paid to protect. Pressure by his own beliefs, Elliot struggles to resist the chance to take down the multinational CEO's he believes are running and ruining the world.



The series is a psychological thrilling drama created by Sam Esmail (writer and director of Comet).

With casting along side Malek are Christian Slater (Hot Tub Time Machine 2), Portia Doubleday (Carrie), Carly Chaikin (Suburgatory), Martin Wallstrom (Simple Simon) and Gloria Reuben (ER).

You can watch the full pilot episode on VOD or YouTube right now. The series premiere airs on June 24th on USA.




Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Hannibal: A Television Appetite to Die For.



It's consider the best drama on television by critics and also was voted "Best in Show" on Hulu.com. Not to mention that it's scored a perfect 100% from Rotten Tomatoes. Hannibal is a must see and a must watch it live. Hannibal should be part of your Thursday night menu for drama.

Developed by Bryan Fuller (created Pushing Daises) takes the characters from the novel Red Dragon and make a different version of what we have read and seen in the Thomas Harris novels and movies.

The series deals with Will Graham (played by Hugh Dancy) who's tasked by FBI agent Jack Crawford (played by Laurence Fishburne) investigating and trying to catch the Chesapeake Ripper. But with the investigation weighting heavy on Graham, he's being supervised by psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who turns out to be the Ripper, himself.



That's how the series started off and from last season, Graham gets held in a psychiatric prison for he was to believe to be the Chesapeake Ripper. But by the end it everyone from Graham and Crawford knew it was Hannibal and it turned out to be one hell of a season two.

The show has added new characters since the season had started  from Gilliam Anderson (The X Files & The Fall) as Dr. Lecter's psychiatrist Dr. Bedalia Du Maurier and Raul Esparaza (Law & Order SVU) as Dr. Frederick Chilton.

It's so interesting to watch how the relationship between Graham and Lecter has gone from season one to the end of season two.

I can't say enough on how great this show is. From the compelling characters to the writing. The stories that takes these characters is like you think you know where it's going but soon they get you and it's like your shocked or stunned. You never thought that it would the way it did.


Also I can't say enough with the visual effects in the series. To put it in a way that I could possibly say it, I would describe the series as a psychological horror crime art series.

The effects just takes your breathe away and blows your mind. I have never seen a series that uses such beautiful effects on television and I've been watching television for more than 20 years.

And not to forget that the series does deal with cooking. I can't get enough of Hannibal's cooking techniques. I get hungry by the time the show is over. It's so interesting on how you would cook a human leg, but I think I'll just stick with the chicken and pork.  

This season on Hannibal, the show starts on a new slate. So if you haven't seen the series before, this might be the best time to tune in. Hannibal is on the run along with Dr. Maurier. Will and Jack are on the hunt for Hannibal and well here's a preview of season three.



I say this again, Hannibal is one of the best series on network television. There's no other show like it and I recommend tuning in this Thursday at 10/9c on NBC to see what I really mean.

Mads Mikkelsen is such an amazing actor as Hannibal, he's a different version towards Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal in the movies. And adding Anderson to regular cast will make it even better along with Lecter.

Hannibal is literally a television appetite that's just to die for and I think that everyone who has seen the series would agree. Heck, it's Entertainment Weekly's #1 Show to watch. There's nothing that can't be said about that.


You can catch the season premiere of Hannibal Thursday, June 4th at 10/9c on NBC.


Sunday, May 31, 2015

The Adventures of Going Through Time and Space.



There are television shows that sometimes we have never heard before, never seen, something so unique that it just blows your mind right out of your head and into the deep parts of space and time. I'm talking about a show that has a long history. I'm talking about Doctor Who.

Doctor Who, a British SyFy television series that has been around since 1963 (that's 51 years, making it the most extended science fiction television series of all time), has been part of mainstream culture for a long time. It was a massive hit in the UK, and soon, the US followed it, too. The theme song is one of the most recognized theme songs ever.

The 13 Doctors that we've seen in the show's history, from Tom Baker to David Tennent to Matt Smith to now Peter Capaldi.  Also, the show has some of the most extraordinary, scary, and weirdest villains, from Daleks to The Weeping Angles (the most frightening thing I've seen on the show).

I never heard Doctor Who until 2011, when the Doctor was played by Matt Smith in season six. I heard of the series maybe a few months before the season started. I listened to the podcast "Talking TV with Ryan and Ryan," and they discussed the series. As I listened to this on my iPod in the library at my community college, I became very interested in this series.

I learned before watching a single episode that I didn't have to go back to the beginning, which was probably a better thing to do than to do it.

I started with Season Five, and after watching each episode, I was very much hooked on the series.

Smith was just hilarious and made me realize that bow ties are cool. Who wouldn't want to travel with a man in a blue box through time and space?

Soon, I became a Whovan, and so did my brother, Alex, too. And then, we started watching other Doctor Who episodes, from the classics to the series reboot in 2005.

My favorite villain is between the Daleks and weeping angels. Both scare me, but the angels frightened me to death when I saw them in season five.

Since watching Who, my favorite companion is Amy Pond. The girl who waited was the story that stole my heart, and when she was taken away from the Weeping Angels in season seven, I was sad. But now I'm getting attached to Clara Oswald, The Impossible Girl, as she is known to the Doctor. She's fun and clever.

She has a soft side and yet stands up for what she knows.

As I wrote this, I've seen the first episode of the new season and thought that it was terrific. Peter is the Doctor. He has the look, the style, and the accent for it. He is a man who is lost. I was very moved and thought seeing Matt Smith calling Clara was a great closure. It was something that I think we all needed to see.



This series is a series that regenerates, like the Doctor himself, with new stories and new characters.
Now, with the start of the new season and the new Doctor, I'm looking forward to new adventures into the darkness of time and space and what becomes of the Doctor and Clara as they travel off.

Geronimo!!!!!!!!!!

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Kimmy Makes Waffles" Season Finale




In the season finale of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kimmy and the mole women are in the bunker trying to find any evidence to get Rev. Wayne G. Wayne.

They've found a video tape that contains clips of Rev. Wayne doing karate kicks, DJ Wayne and his application for The Apprentice. To Kimmy, there was nothing there to get him on.

Tensions rises between the girls of finding nothing. But when leaves, the wind and a motorist touches or rides on the bunker door, it starts to close and the girls are trap again.

Meanwhile, Titus who's been embarrass from his interview, gets a phone call from his agent. The agent loved the YouTube video of Titus and wants him to go on The Soup and other things.

Lillian and Jacqueline take a trip to see Kimmy. These two are a pair of Thelma and Louise, they have chemistry no doubt about it. Riding in the car, talking with each other in Jacqueline's kitchen and almost about to have fun with a couple of sailors.

Even Jacqueline doesn't know how to drive, she turns to her family and remembers certain things like which way the wind blows or that big hair dogs are buffaloes.  But when she sees an Indian mascot come off the bus, she starts attacking it.

As Kimmy and the girls are still trapped, Kimmy has an idea of how to get out, same place where the rat came and went: the air vent. The Kimmy and the other two girls help boost up the vent but needed the other one (who's on the Rev. Wayne's said) for help. After Kimmy made a promise to her, she boosted up all there and soon just before making a phone call, Randy comes with help after rescuing what he says is the Mayor's cat.

The Kimmy and the girls comes back to court and Kimmy takes the roll of asking questions. She tries to be slick but with time running out, she puts in the tape. There might be nothing there until Gretchen was stun to see what was on the tape. Apparently the Rev. Wayne made an audition tape the day before the Apocalypse.

That winning the case and taking Wayne to jail. Kimmy and Cyndee made up their difference. Lillian and Jacqueline get there and Jacqueline makes a decision to travel to her home town without her contacts. Ah..she can't drive that well with them.

Not to mention that Dong has been calling Kimmy more than eight times, but when Kimmy called back Dong was married to another person that was in their study group. Awkward!!

But probably as not awkward as Titus coming to Kimmy and all of the sudden, his wife shows up. Total awkward. Boy, oh boy oh boy, next season is going to be juicy.

I've found this episode to be totally out the mind hilarious. Felt like it picked off where we left off which is great for binge watchers. Jon Hamm, amazing!!! That tape of him was just mind blowing funny. Give the guy an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He won that this year I think.

Felt like the show tied loose ends and also very much opened the door for more. I can't wait to see more Titus and his wife that's going to be something. What will Kimmy do next after the trail is all done? I wonder and I surely can't wait for season two.

Overall, I give this episode a 10/10. It closed it up and opened season two with so many possibilities.

For overall this season, I give this season a 10/10. I can't see any thing other that this series is truly one of the best. Literally one of the best comedies to binge watch online. I won't be surprised if this series starts to win a lot of awards because this is a show of talent that's all over.

You can catch the entire first season of the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix now and season two will be in Spring of 2016.  

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Kimmy Rides a Bike" & "Kimmy Goes to Court"




In episodes 11 and 12 of the hilarious Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kimmy has been summoned to testify in a court of the Mole Woman trial. She doesn't want to go, but after finding an activity to take the trail off her mind, Kimmy is in the same situation again. Will she go and testify in court?

In the episode "Kimmy Rides a Bike," Kimmy gets a letter from her hometown in India that she's been called to testify against Ravened Richard Wayne G. Wayne (played by Jon Hamm). It turns out that Kimmy doesn't want to go, and when she mentions it to Titus, all he can think of is when the trial is on and what channel he can watch it.

Much to his liking, he tries to be a good friend but goes to the library and watches the trial unfold. As Kimmy goes to see Jacqueline, they both head to the gym for a cycling class. The instructor (played by Nick Kroll) has a certain appeal with the ladies and guys in the class.

Kimmy enjoyed the class so much that she goes back for more, and it takes the thought of going back to Indiana off her mind. As Titus has been watching the trail, it's not looking good as Rev. Wayne is winning. Heck, the prosecutors aren't as good as Wayne, but they do make a cute couple.

Titus returns from the library and starts to freak out from what Wayne has said, getting all crazy and seeing the devil Lillian smoking. He comes home and sees Kimmy on the bike. Kimmy realizes that after falling on the floor, she's back in a cult.

Kimmy decides that she's going to go back to Indiana and testify. But first, she had to stop at the cycling class. The instructor is a fake who has a video screen for half his body as he is sitting on the toilet. That was a real shocker and unbelievably funny.

The episode "Kimmy Goes to Court" is one of the weirdest and most hilarious episodes yet continues the arc of Kimmy and the trial. Kimmy comes back home, and the river is now a parking lot.

As Kimmy walks into court, reporters hoover around her, asking questions. But Titus saved her as he began to ask questions if they wanted to know about the environment.

Later, he takes the attention away from Kimmy and onto himself. Titus is Kimmy's PR manager.

The trial goes on, and Kimmy is asked questions. There were simple ones, but when Wayne started asking questions, he got the whole thing to turn around on Kimmy as if she was the bad one. Kimmy had a chance to let one of the girls go out, but she backed off.

With everyone hating Kimmy, Kimmy had no idea what to do. She talks to Titus as she hasn't seen him mostly all day. After talking about it, she decides to return to the bunker and take the girls, too.

They searched the place to see what they could find, and they found where the Reverend was staying most of the time. A room full of electronic stuff powered by the crank that the girls had to work.

But then Kimmy finds curtains hiding a safe, and they've found something to turn the trail around as that will lead up to the season finale.

These two episodes were excellent and very weird, as well. I was stunned and moved by the performance of John Hamm, who played the great Reverend Wayne G. Wayne. I believe that he stole the episode.

One of the hilarious parts is when Titus is about to be interviewed by a news anchor from WTHR 13 but is too busy to notice that he's on life. He sings his heart out until he realizes he's alive and freaks out. And up it's a YouTube hit.

Overall, I give "Kimmy Rides a Bike" an 8/10 and "Kimmy Goes to Court" a 9/10.

You can catch every episode of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix now.