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Another day, another dolla here in Shitsboro, Jaw-Juh. More B.S. from GSU, but, hey, at least Daisy gets her neck collar taken off, huh?
- I was 13-2 on my NFL picks this weekend. Damn, that's good!
- I kind of liked 666 Park Avenue, ABC's new Sunday night supernatural entry that's a little bit The Devil's Advocate, a little bit Rosemary's Baby, a little bit a lot of other stuff. Terry O'Quinn lords over the proceedings as the mysterious, obviously malevolent (we know this because Quinn's jack-o-lantern grin is flashed every few minutes) owner of a Beaux-Arts Upper East Side apartment building. Dave Annable and Rachael Taylor are the naive, new-to-the-city couple who take a job - DON'T SIGN THE CONTRACT! DON'T SIGN THE CONTRACT! - as resident managers of the building. Little do they suspect the nefarious goings-on that hint at a frightening reality: Check into this building and you'll never check out. Not bad for what it is, though I wonder if it will have the stamina and inventiveness to intrigue and surprise us over an entire season.
- Dexter is back and if Sunday's smash premiere is any indication, it's going to be another fantastic season. Debra knows. She knows! And that revelation - and all the complications it will entail - will have me eagerly awaiting (as if I don't already) each week's episode.
- Homeland is pretty great too. What more can you say? Great acting, great storytelling, great set pieces, great characters...
- Happy birthday, Graham Greene! If you've never read
This
Or that
Then what are you waiting for?
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An entry for my list of the 500 Greatest Performances of All Time:
Laurence Oliver
as Hamlet in Hamlet (1948)
Before he descended into late-career camp, Olivier was, of course, one of the greatest stage and screen actors in England. In this Best Picture Winner, Oliver directs and stars as the world's most famous melancholy Dane, and Oliver makes internal conflict relevant and engaging. He was, of course, if a great verbal actor, and it's a pleasure just to hear him speak.
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Be sure to check out my other blog today. I posted some brief information on new releases and a review of T.C. Boyle's Wild Child.
http://mybookylife.blogspot.com/
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