Last night I went to the see Aidan Knight in concert at The Rio. This was an all ages show and normally I hate them but us shorties managed to get a good spot and the sound in the room was great.
The opening act was one man band, who is a cross between Charlie Winston and Ray Charles, his name is Leif Vollebekk and boy does he have chops. He played the Rio's upright piano for us, hunched over and breathing in every note which was amazing. He even tuned his guitar mid way through for a special song. He had a great awkward comical presence. http://leifvollebekk.com
Aidan Knight was awesome. A experimental-folk quintent from Victoria, British Columbia. The concert was more of a comeback from touring and a soft release of their new record Small Reveal, released just on Oct. 23. Margaret Downe is my favourite song from their new album. http://aidanknight.com
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Mocking Bird Lane
A cheery blend of 60s and present day remake of The Munsters form Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies). Jerry O’Connell’s Herman a Frankenstein-like dad, wife Lily played by Portia de Rossi is a sexy spidery vamp; Eddie Izzard is the Dracula-esque Grandpa, son Eddie played by Mason Cook who has just discovered he's a ware-wolf and wants to be a vegetarian and then there's cousin Marilyn played by Charity Wakefield who is the “normal” one.
It's too bad this series didn't get green lit as it is charming, has the right amount of comic moments from Eddie Izzard and enough modern flare; like when Grandpa is drinking Eddie's scout leader to appeal to the Once Upon A Time audience.
Friday, October 19, 2012
New FALL shows in review part 6
This is a bit Grey's Anatomy but with more Bridget Jonse-y voiceovers from Mamie Gummer (Meryl Streep's daughter) who plays Emily. Emily Owens is an intern at a big hospital and is realizing that she never left high school. In fact her high school bully is there to greet her on her first day. Emily is a competent doctor who even has feelings, which is where her new boss (Emily's idol) doesn't. I thought this was an average show not something we haven't seen before but I couldn't handle all of the internal voice overs from Emily, it was a bit much. It's on a perfect network for a light and fluffy show. NO for me but if there is nothing on i can see myself watching.
World Without End, 9PM Reelz
King Edward II is dead and his son Edward III has now been made King of England. Based on the book by Ken Follett and the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth. I'm not a big fan of this genre and time period, nor was I a fan of The Pillars of the Earth. NO for me.
Hunted BBC & Cinemax
A UK version of Covert Affairs but more gritty, cinematic and less political. We start in the middle of a spy operation with Sam a spy who works for a private sector spy ring, played by the talented Melissa George. Sam is eventually shot at a little cafe, cut to a year later, Sam is back training at her childhood home on the English countryside. She now has to try to figure out how she got shot? Who sent out the kill? Sam moves into an apartment in the city and asks for her job back. The flashbacks of her mother being killed not sure where it's going yet. I like the false scenes they create to convince their targets. For most of the pilot there is no dialogue, there's something I really like about that in all films, which is probably why I like silent films. Because I love spy shows and the British really did make great spy films, and Melissa George is pretty talented this is a YES for me.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
KMIA podcast on TheAlliB Show
Here is the link to the podcast.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Crazy8s
Saturday, October 13, 2012
New FALL shows in review part 5
Arrow is based on the comic book character the Green Arrow I think this is the CW's Batman. Oliver the "Arrow" was marooned on an island for 5 years and has just come back to the city his father built. He is back with a secret and a vengeance. His vengeance is to ruin the white collar criminals of the city. This fictional world was shot in Vancouver and it's kind of funny watching it because I recognize every location. But Stephen Amell is pretty hot so YES for me.
Beauty and the Beast, 9PM The CW
Stars Kristen Keruk from Smallville as the beauty Catherine. Years later after her mother was killed and she was saved by "the beast" she becomes a NYPD detective. Her latest case is linked to her mothers murder that is "the beast". Cat figures out who "the beast" is the first episode and now wants to protect him. For a modern day adaptation it's pretty predictable, a government secret experiment. I'm not a big Keruk fan and I'm a big Disney Beauty and the Beast fan so it's a NO for me.
Chicago Fire, 10PM NBC
This reminds me a lot of ABC's Rookie Blue except it's about firefighters and paramedics. It's executive produced by Dick Wolf who created the Law & Order franchise. Unlike Dick Wolf's crime driven shows where each story wraps up neatly at the end of each episode, Chicago Fire has a continuos storyline, like the aftermath of a fellow firefighter dying. This is a more character driven show. I think I'm going to watch another episode before I decide, I mean who doesn't like firefighters. YES for now.
Nashville, 10PM ABC
Starring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere as country singers. Rayna Jaymes the household name who's fading is asked by her record label to co-headline with Juliette Barnes, the young country pop singer. Does anyone remember the film Country Strong with Gwyneth Paltrow and Leighton Meester? Rayna's scheming weasel of a father played by Powers Booth, has gotten Rayna's husband to run for mayor behind her back. The best part of the show is it's filmed on location in Nashville, Tennessee where landmark sites like the Ryman Auditorium, the Grand Ole Opry, the Bluebird Cafe, highlight the episode. I'm going to give it one more episode before I choose.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Becoming Redwood
Becoming Redwood it's a cute story about an 11 year-old boy in the 70s who's father has just been arrested and extradited from Vancouver back to California. Redwood moves in with his mom, hostile stepfather, two older stepbrothers and a "delusional" grandpa. Redwood's dream is to beat Jack Nicklaus' (the best golfer in the world) golf record and win the "magical green jacket"that will fix his troubles. Redwood learns a great life lesson that magic cant fix your problems but if you try you might get what you need. It's indie, there were some slow moments but it's worth it.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Thanksgiving
Day 1
We woke up to hundreds of flies everywhere! (it looked like a horror film) My friends dad vaccumed a lot of them up. My friend took me to a cute little used bookstore called "Betty's Books". The store is actually in someone's garage. We then went shopping for fly paper, s'mores and thanksgiving supplies. We made pies, jello and stuffing ahead of time and while we waited for everything to cook us girls played scrabble. For dinner we had steak and potatoes and s'mores for dessert. It felt like 10pm when it was only 7pm, it gets dark fast up here.
Day 2
This was our lazy day. We had pancakes for breakfast. Did some fly killing. Watched some "retro" cartoons. My friend's brother came by for Sunday dinner. For dinner we had carrots and peas, brussle sprouts, mashed potatoes, stuffing, Yorkshire pudding and of course turkey. For dessert we had jello with peaches inside and homemade pumpkin pie.
Day 3
Hotdogs for breakfast. Cleaning up the cabin for the winter, which means turning off the water, covering the beds, brining in the deck furniture etc. We had turkey buns for lunch then off we went home. When it was dark we stopped in Chilliwack at Mr. Mike's for dinner. I got home around 9:30.
It's been a nice quiet weekend. I just want to thank my friend and her family for letting me tag along on their thanksgiving weekend.
Friday, October 5, 2012
New FALL shows in review part 4
Vegas: After watching the second episode, I'm going to stop watching, there just wasn't anything exciting to watch. This attempt to be the new 1960's show just doesn't cut it. To have the young cop coincidentally stop a hit on the led in the casino case; I mean really? As much as I like Quaid, Chiklis and Moss I wont' be watching. NO for me.
More reviews to come in the next couple of weeks.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
American Horror Story: Asylum
I am so excited to watch the second anthology from Ryan Murphy. I was addicted to AHS last year I even bought the first season on Bluray.
At first I was hesitant about the show but keeping my rule of watching new shows I watched the pilot episode and fell in love. Being a big fan of Jessica Lange's, a horror fan and also a fan of Nip Tuck I continued to watch the show. Now my only concern is that Ryan will start to neglect the story because he has a record of moving onto other projects and screwing up his other ones for example the last couple of seasons of Nip Tuck and Glee. I'm hoping that working with a great cast and the continued accolades he will stay focused on this coming season.
The second season is said to have aliens, mutants, nazis and is set in 1964 Boston where Jessica Lange plays Sister Jude who runs the asylum with an iron fist. Also starring Sarah Paulson as “Lana Winters”, James Cromwell as “Dr. Arthur Arden,” Evan Peters as “Kit Walker,” Lily Rabe as “Sister Mary Eunice,” Lizzie Brocheré as “Grace,” Zachary Quinto as “Dr. Oliver Thredson,” and Joseph Fiennes as “Monsignor Timothy Howard.”
Here are a couple teasers to keep all of us fans guessing. For more got to http://www.fxnetworks.com/ahs or www.facebook.com/americanhorrorstory
At first I was hesitant about the show but keeping my rule of watching new shows I watched the pilot episode and fell in love. Being a big fan of Jessica Lange's, a horror fan and also a fan of Nip Tuck I continued to watch the show. Now my only concern is that Ryan will start to neglect the story because he has a record of moving onto other projects and screwing up his other ones for example the last couple of seasons of Nip Tuck and Glee. I'm hoping that working with a great cast and the continued accolades he will stay focused on this coming season.
The second season is said to have aliens, mutants, nazis and is set in 1964 Boston where Jessica Lange plays Sister Jude who runs the asylum with an iron fist. Also starring Sarah Paulson as “Lana Winters”, James Cromwell as “Dr. Arthur Arden,” Evan Peters as “Kit Walker,” Lily Rabe as “Sister Mary Eunice,” Lizzie Brocheré as “Grace,” Zachary Quinto as “Dr. Oliver Thredson,” and Joseph Fiennes as “Monsignor Timothy Howard.”
Here are a couple teasers to keep all of us fans guessing. For more got to http://www.fxnetworks.com/ahs or www.facebook.com/americanhorrorstory
Looper and End of Watch
On Tuesday I decided to go to the theatre and take advantage of cheaper Tuesdays. I went tithe 2pm showing of Looper. I have to say I wasn't that impressed. Here's the synopsis. "In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self." - IMDB
As soon as Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character started talking about what a looper is, that a guy in the future was ending loops and he meets Emily Blunt's character I knew the ending. The movie also felt very long. I do have to say Bruce Willis was pretty badass.After Looper I did some shopping and I called up my friend Brandon and we went to go see End of Watch starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena. I enjoyed this movie a lot more. Normally I'm not a big fan of cops movies but it was full of emotion and made me laugh in places. It's about "Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel, during a routine traffic stop." - IMBD
Jake's character decides to film his daily activities at work for some class he's taking. The character POV camera work was a little hard to handle but a great story vice. The name of the film is a euphemism for being killed in the line of duty which is exactly what happens in this film. By the end of this film I felt horrible that the things Gyllenhaal and Pena came across actually happen in real life.
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