I'm pretty sure you've all heard this song by now! If you haven't then stop reading this and go on YouTube and listen to it right now!

If you're a fun of a jumpy, sing-along, hypnotic kinds of songs then "What Does the Fox Say?" by Ylvis is just the song for you. The group is two brothers from Norway who made a really silly song and video. It's just a collection of animal sounds phonetically but what has them stumped is what the fox says.

By any other means, this song shouldn't work. As mentioned, it's a bunch of sounds as they sing a ballad to the elusive fox. The extras in the music video are dressed up as the different animals mentioned and there are all kinds of proposed, outrageous sounds that the fox could make. With those sounds are different dance moves while the brothers sing, they're dressed as fox themselves. I know! It's this weird, trippy, thing and yet it kind of works.



On the first listen, you find yourself asking what the hell you're listening to. It sounds like someone singing while having a seizure with the stereo skipping. But then you find yourself listening a second time because you want to know what they're saying. And pretty soon, you find yourself singing along with it, dancing along, and making those crazy sounds as well!

Watching the video is a whole other story. On the first glance, you're asking yourself what the hell you're watching. It's two guys singing very seriously about a fox and it brings to mind moody, I'm-so-cool-without-trying teen icons from the 80s. But then it morphs to this giant dance party in the woods where everyone is dressed up and partying.



And you just don't care. After about the 16th time watching the video, I didn't give a rat's behind that these guys were singing to a fox or that everyone was dressed up as animals. All I knew was that I desperately wanted to be at that party. I'm not sure which animal I would be, but I'd like to think my spirit animal is a jaguar.

But back to the video, it's one of those electric, happy songs that knows it's being silly but really doesn't care either way. That's what makes the song kind of genius. Because really, what does the fox say? Remember those little children's wheels where you spin the arrow and different animals have different sounds? Never had a fox on it did it??



No, it didn't! So while this song pretends to be another sleeper hit/fad that has everyone loving it and then forgetting about it, you find yourself thinking about it. There are sounds you know intuitively and there are sounds you learn along the way. But no one really knows what sound the fox makes. So it's a thinking song as well as a song you annoy your housemates with.

This video is weird, it's cool, it's refreshing, it's a non-guilty pleasure that you can have and no one can say anything to you. Seriously, go watch this video. I'll provide it below so there's no excuses! And then when you're done, you can watch the SNL spoof of it which is equally as good/trippy/dumb as the original.



Enjoy!!



And here's the SNL parody:

If you're not watching this show, shoot yourself in the foot. Seriously, it's that good! But for those of you who have been hiding under a rock and don't know what this show is about, have no fear for I am here.

Nashville is a new original show on ABC about the exciting, drama filled world of country music stars and how they handle their careers, love, family, and everything else under the sun.

Now, before you go rolling your eyes, hear me out. Yes, it focuses on country music and while there is nothing wrong with it, sometimes it's not everyone's cup of tea. However, speaking as someone who has very little experience with country music, the songs on this show are completely phenomenal. They will have you singing along with 'em, going onto iTunes or wherever you get your music to put it on your media player. Because they're that good.

The show revolves around two major players, hence the picture above, which is Rayna James played amazingly by Connie Britton, and Juliette Barnes played surprisingly by Hayden Panetierre. (I'll get to the reason why it's surprising a little later.)



Rayna James is country music's star. Her career has always been clean and her music has charmed music lovers everywhere. She conducts herself in a very lady like fashion, she doesn't treat her band members as just her employees, and with that sweet Texas drawl, she still knows how to get what she wants without stepping on anyone's toes. This doesn't mean that she's some pushover. If things get tough, Rayna is more than capable of handling herself. But what makes Connie so perfect for this role is that she's able to bring a certain charm to this role. She's a middle aged country music star who hasn't really lost public affection. With anyone else, it would be too sweet or too charming. Like drinking too sweet lemonade. It just makes your teeth hurt and makes your eyes cringe.

On the other hand, you have Juliette Barnes. She represents everything new and shiny. She's the new money to Rayna's old money, if you want a Great Gatsby reference. Ha! A lot of critics have been referencing her to Taylor Swift, just because she's young, with a good voice and music that people actually want to listen to. She has a legion of young female fans who once camped out during a video shoot because they loved her that much. The surprising point comes in that it's Hayden! She's always had this sweet girl persona and Juliette is anything but. Juliette is a spoiled, entitled, delusional young woman who thinks she's bigger than she actually is. And that's what makes it so entertaining to watch! I think it was a very smart casting choice to put Hayden in this role. And I think she took it because she wants that clean girl image to go away. She wants to be taken seriously as an actress and the way to do that is to take a role such as this one.

And what a role it is! Juliette represents everything young. She loves her life, she loves boys, she loves to have sex, she loves to sing, and she doesn't care who she has to step on in order to get what she wants. And it makes for great TV. I'm completely enchanted by Hayden's choice to play this character the way she does. Juliette has come from a broken home, with a drug addicted mother, and she fought and scrapped in order to get on top. So in a lot of ways, her behavior is understandable but it's not excusable. She thinks that a woman of her caliber deserves to have everyone bending over backwards to win her over, companies should fight one another to sponsor her and have her be the face of their products. She also thinks it should just come naturally without sweet talking the execs first and it can get pretty heated when people tell her that that's not the way the industry works.



The hook of the show is these two ladies going at it. Rayna is a queen in her own right but her sales are way down. It's not enough that moms and select older women are buying her albums. She doesn't have a foothold in younger audiences the way that Juliette does. And on the other hand, Juliette has gotten completely out of control. It's gotten to the point where her manager doesn't know how to reign her in anymore. She's become this uncontrollable diva who needs to be put in her place. And by the crux of season 1, the owner of Rayna's company puts Rayna and Juliette in the same tour hoping to get Rayna a new fan base and for Rayna to show Juliette that she doesn't have to kick and scream her way to the top, she can arrive gracefully if she dishes out more sugar than vinegar.

What I would have wanted more from this show is just more interaction between Rayna and Juliette. In the very first episode, it's clear who these characters are and how it's going to be between them. Juliette is forced to talk to Rayna after her time on stage and Juliette tells her that her mom used to listen to her music while Juliette was still in her belly. That was a jab at Rayna's age as well as two jabs at her career. That is was dated and it was only for moms or people who love a classic country music song. That alone just tells you how icy the relationship is, but then they didn't really interact with one another besides very brief moments and not until the middle of the show when they had to co-headline a tour. With this much rich material to choose from, I would have liked there to be more moments where they clash heads. There was a moment when they were trying to pick a song to play and ended up writing a completely new one that was particularly memorable, it was still not enough.

Obviously, I could go on and on about just the dynamic between these two characters but there are other characters. Usually, I like my shows with a finite amount of characters so that it's one central story. If there are so many characters and storylines to pay attention to, I feel like it takes away from the show. However, there are a bigger number of characters than what is usually accepted. It's not overwhelmingly big, you can still pay attention and keep track of everyone's story, and I like that.



First and foremost, there's Deacon Claybourne played droolingly by Charles Esten. I don't know where they found him, but thank the TV gods that they did. Deacon is this scruffy, delicious guitar player who has been Rayna's rock since the dawn of time, and they are fantastic together. Rayna sings, Deacon plays. But their chemistry on stage is what draws most of the awe's from this fan because they just work so damn well. The way they look at each other as they're making music, it's hard to imagine that they're not together in real life. There's one thing I can say about this show is that it's full of delicious drama and most of that stems from Deacon and Rayna.

Rayna and Deacon used to date. But like a musician cliche Deacon was addicted to drugs and it brought them down. He checked himself into rehab and Rayna left him. Mean and cold yes, but she had her reasons. And she went off to marry Teddy Conrad played by Eric Close and don't even get me started on that man just yet! But ever since then, they'd been dancing around each other. Deacon never got into anyone else because he still loved Rayna. Now that's devotion! And though Rayna doesn't want to admit it, Deacon will always be her number one love.

But then here comes Juliette. Ever since the first episode, Juliette has done anything she could to steal Deacon away from Rayna. She's bought Deacon a guitar, offered him big money, bought him a dog, threw him a huge birthday party, slept with him, and he finally went over to the dark side, unfortunately. But  still, she went through a lot of trouble to get her claws into him. Deacon plays at this famous cafe where he used to play with Rayna and Juliette's biggest dream was to play with him. But....I'll let you watch this show what goes on there!



What I Don't Like:

Then there's Teddy. He's a giant axx and I'm sorry to Eric Close, he plays him so well that I just cannot like his character. Critics were asking themselves if his storyline was even necessary. And I have to agree. He has this separate political storyline where he runs for mayor, gets in league with Rayna's estranged father, and then goes head to head with a family friend with dirty politics, and all kinds of other things. It was all a little too much and really uncessary. With just Rayna and Juliette alone, they have enough material to last at least 10 seasons.



There's also a completely different sideline story with two young musicians who fall for each other. There's Gunnar Scott played dreamily by Sam Palladino (who's really British!) and Scarlett O'Connor played by Clare Bowen. A lot of people have been saying that they don't like their storyline and they think that it's not necessary and that they believe Scarlett's voice is annoying. I completely disagree! (however her voice can get a little grating just a little.) But I like that this show not only shows what happens when you try to stay on top or try to stay current, I like that it shows hopefuls trying to break into the industry and how hard it actually is. And they're so adorable together! Don't you just love young romance?



And finally, there's Scarlett's ex boyfriend, Avery Barkley played by Jonathan Jackson. While he is sorta cute, I find absolutely no use to him. He was mean to Scarlett and he broke into the industry and he learned the hard way of just jumping in with a new manager and contract because they wanted to change his sound. I get that he's the bad side of the industry, but I still see no use to his character. And I'm that first to say that I don't like useless characters. Hopefully, this upcoming season they find something for him like going out with Juliette. That would be something!



Welp, there's another review for you. I'm sure the first season is available on Netflix or Hulu and season 2 is coming up soon so now that you're done reading, go watch it! Have a great day!

Here I am again to talk about another fantastic show that all of you should start watching like yesterday! You may have seen the promos for this little show called Perception. You may recall a review I did on Eli Stone. This show is very similar but without the whimsy. If you don't remember, here it is: TV Needs More Eli Stones!

Perception tells the story of an eccentric college professor, Dr. Daniel Pierce of neuroscience, who helps the FBI with complex cases. The type of cases that there is no clear motive or easy explanation for. These cases usually involve something to do with the brain. Maybe there's a misdiagnosed patient or most recently what's called cognitive blindness. Daniel solves these cases with Detective Moretti, a bright and smart female FBI agent who took his class and really believes in him. What I do like is that while you're watching you do learn a lot about neuroscience and he raises some pretty interesting questions about our reality.

There's just one problem however. Daniel is a high functioning paranoid schizophrenic. It's hereditary and manifested itself when he was a teenager and he's been taking medicine in order to deal with it. However, every now and again, he goes off his meds and chaos ensues. Whenever he works a case and things begin to seem too easy, he starts hallucinating representations of the case. Either it's the actual suspect or someone that just symbolizes what the case is about.



He has a live in helper in the form of Lewicki who helps Daniel by taking care of his mail, taking over his lectures, picking up groceries, and letting Daniel know when he's talking to thin air.

Can I just say that I really, really, really like this show? It takes all the hustle and bustle of a cop procedural by adding a little fun to the mix. It's not just oh there's murder, let's interview some people and blame the wrong person until the end where we finally get the right person. While that works just fine for some shows, if there isn't some kind of it factor, I truly find it boring. (Outside of Law and Order: SVU of course!!)



What really makes this show interesting is Eric McCormick who plays Daniel Pierce. Yes, he's eccentric, yes he's a little nuts, but how Eric plays Daniel is someone who is trying to be more than his disorder. He knows he has one but he still teaches and he doesn't let it get to him. He plays Daniel as a strong, prideful man who believes wholeheartedly in everything that he does. He's always at 100% and sometimes, yes, he does get burned out, but that's only because he knows what he's talking about.

If a case comes up where he thinks someone else may have did it or someone wasn't in control of their actions, he will defy any and everyone to uncover the truth. What I don't like is everyone around him. They call him in to work on these cases and when he does his job, then they want to get mad because the case isn't as easy as they thought. They believe that because he sees people who isn't there or seems to talk to himself, that he's crazy and they shouldn't listen to him. And yet, they continue to want his help. It's really stupid.

But Daniel doesn't let it get to him. He continues to fight for the right person who actually committed the crime. Like in season 1 when everyone was so convinced that a man killed his wife, Daniel found out that he can't recognize faces. Or how he cracked a cipher being run in the local newspaper that was being broadcast by a serial killer. Daniel doesn't stop until he gets to the truth and I have to commend Eric for making the character so human and relatable. No one wants to get bogged down by labels and it goes doubly so for the genius that is Daniel Pierce. And his hallucinations are hilarious sometimes!



Detective Kate Moretti is played by Rachel Leigh Cook. If she looks familiar, you may have seen her in Psych or She's All That. I have to give her props. Her character isn't really all that fleshed out or even all that interesting to watch, BUT that does not hinder Rachel in any way. She plays her character with as much sincerity as any actor would approach their character. She's a strong female lead and she's pretty without being beautiful, strong without being manly, and smart without being impossibly Einstein like (not that they couldn't have gone that route, just sayin').

She actually brings to mind Beckett from Castle. Both are strong, competent women who only fail when it comes to their own love lives. But with Moretti, I don't know, I just feel like there's something missing. Compared to Daniel, she just doesn't pop as much. I feel like if I got some of her back history or saw her interact more with her personal life, I would be more accepting of her. I know the show isn't about her, it's about Daniel so most of the show is going to show his home life, his work life, his day to day operations.



In season 2, we're only now really getting into who Moretti is. Sure, in season 1, we saw her dad and everything, but the only reason we did was because she was afraid to tell her dad that she was getting a divorce. And like most divorces, it's hard on both parties. It takes a huge chunk out of people. So in season 2, we get to see her ex who is now working with her. Yeah, like that isn't awkward.

Here, I am doubly proud of Moretti. It's no secret that she broke up with him because he cheated on her with her best friend. I completely agree with her decision to leave him. I can forgive a lot of things, but I think cheating is the worst one. Cheating is so bad because someone knows that they have someone in their life, they know they love that person, and yet they choose to get with someone else. I don't buy that "It just happened" excuse. It didn't just happen. Someone actively stood/sat there and took off their clothes. They had all that time to remember that they are involved with someone and they ignored it anyway.

But anywho, enough about that. I'm glad to get a small window into Moretti's life and I'm definitely looking forward to more.



And last but not least, Natalie, played by Kelly Rowan. I'm skipping Lewicki played by Arjay Smith, because asides from being Daniel's helper, there really isn't much use to him. But there is to Natalie. Natalie is one of Daniel's longest running hallucinations. She's like his best friend and they've been friends for at least a couple of years. Daniel absolutely trusts her and loves her and why wouldn't he? He's basically talking to himself. And who doesn't love themselves?

But I will say that I love Natalie. She's the perfect calm to Daniel's storm. Where Daniel goes looking for answers, all Natalie has to do is tell him to slow down and really think the problem through and then bam! Problem solved. I just love the relationship Daniel has with Natalie. It's so cute and the story of how they met is adorable too. But it is a little tragic at the end of season 1 leading into season 2.



Highlight from star to star as there is a MASSIVE spoiler ahead and I don't want to ruin it for the folks who haven't seen the show.

* What's so tragic is that Daniel was a genius in college. And he was really cocky about it as any adolescent would be. His friends convinced him to go to a party where he saw Natalie and was so smitten with her that they ended up spending the whole night together, talking and laughing. But, he never talked to Natalie. He did see someone who looked like Natalie but he was too scared to talk to her. And his brain, finally manifesting his schizophrenia for the first time, created a version of that girl so that he could talk to her. Tragic right??!!!!

And Daniel doesn't learn this until now. Don't get me wrong, he knows that Natalie is an hallucination, but it's the same way that a child thinks their imaginary friend is real. They're a real person with their own personalities. But at the end of season 1, Daniel checks himself into a hospital where he meets the real version of Natalie. I don't really like the doctor all that much. She just rubs me the wrong way. But I do like Natalie. Go figure.

And it's just so heartbreaking, because this entire time Daniel was fine with his life, but now he realizes that Natalie never existed. It's just so sad. You know I'm a sucker for a good tragic story! *

But yeah I like Natalie..haha!

Welp, that concludes this review. I hope you all get a chance to check out this show. If you're a fan of cop procedurals and you like a little strange in your house, then by all means, watch this show!

It's that time of the month again! Time for another movie review! But this isn't some same old movie you've seen come on TV countless of times. This is an underrated gem that a lot of people don't think to see it. And if you haven't, you should definitely start. Like right now. At this proper moment! LOL.

As you can tell by the picture, I'm talking about Down With Love starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Those names alone should make you want to watch this movie. It tells the story of feminist writer Barbra Novak in the 60s who writes a bestseller that tells women to stop falling for men's tricks and to take control of their sex lives. She goes head to head with ladies' man Catcher Block who has an assortment of international women who constantly falls for his tricks. Because women are catching wise, he vows to go undercover and get Barbra to say on tape that deep down, she does want the whole roses and rainbows things. As you can imagine, delicious chaos ensues.

This is a classic movie about women versus men and the power play between them. It has a lot of tricks, double entendres, and everything else that could go on in a power play between men and women. If you like these sort of movies that's fun and isn't too interested in women falling for men and losing themselves, having sex a lot or anything like that, then watch this. This is more like mental gymanastics than it is about physical ones. But if you're into that or it sounds like something you want to watch, then you should definitely keep reading. If not, eh, that's your choice. But for those of you who do want to, keep reading!



I'm mostly going to talk about the four main characters in this movie because if I talk about the plot at all, I know some little part of me is going to want to give the movie away. And you don't want that!



Well, Like I said, there's Barbra Novak played by Renee Zellweger. This is right up Renee's alley. She generally has this whole charm that just makes her suitable to this role. She has a very wide range of abilities. She can play a fish in Shark Tale, a star hungry singer in Chicago, and an awkward, down on her luck in love woman in Bridget Jones, and now she plays a feminist writer who has somehow commanded the attention of Catcher Block, the man who gets off on playing women and always getting what he wants.

Renee commands the screen as she deals with all of these men who tells her that her book isn't going to amount to anything. She plays phone tag with Catcher, who is a magazine writer, who's supposed to write a cover story on her but they never meet up because he's always getting distracted by all of these women. And if it were anyone else but Barbra, they probably would have picked someone else. But, because Barbra was that good, she made her book an international best seller and caused Catcher to get miffed because now he can't get laid like he wants to.

Renee just brings an enchantment to this role that just makes you want to watch. I'll admit, I have a shameless girl crush on Renne because she is just so good at what she does. A lot of people can make fun of her voice, skinny legs, and fat cheeks, but you can't deny that she is a very good actress. I will practically watch her in anything that she does because her acting is so infectious that you just have to watch. And in Down With Love, it's the same thing. She speaks her theory raised in the book in a way that anyone can understand it. It's not one of those high browed, I'm-better-than-you-because-I-can-say-a-lot-of-things-that-sounds-smart-and-look-down-on-you-because-you-don't-get-it type of books. It's like a modern day self help book with a lot of tips for women on how to take back control from men.

And honestly, Renee just knocks it out of the park. Simple as that.



Next, is Catcher Block played fantastically by Ewan McGregor. I just love when Ewan acts with his accent. No offense to his roles with an American accent, those are good too, like The Island, but I think he's just enchanting when he plays with his accent. But when you watch the movie, you get a sense of "of course" when he's talking. He's supposed to be this panty dropper, big time magazine writer. A ladies man, man's man, man about town who can do no wrong. And in the 60s, they were in full swing with the Bond movies, and that was the most exotic thing was to have an Englishman in New York. Even though Ewan is Scottish.

Ewan plays Catch like a man who's at the top of his game and has no intention of coming down. He can walk into a party and immediately someone wants to do him. Ewan has a type of face that's classic, sophisticated, and devilishly handsome that makes you think he was almost born to play this role. Which he probably was. Catcher is this suave ladies man who likes the way things are going. So when Barbra comes in threatening everything he stands for, he knows he has to do something about it which causes him to go undercover.

Ewan is such a great actor that when you watch, you come under his spell a little too. This may be a rom-com, but it's one of those rare rom-coms with something more under the movie rather than just boy meets girl, boy likes girl, boy gets girl. This movie is just a delicious social experiment with Catcher as a cocky man who can get away with anything.



Ask any writer and they will tell you that the easiest way to build conflict is to put two opposite characters in the same room and see what craziness can ensue. After all, that's what basically every workplace and home comedy is based upon. But there's a reason that it works so well! Because it's funny as all get out! I'm talking of course of Peter McManus played amazingly by David Hyde Pierce. I'll admit, I haven't seen a lot of David's work or if I have, I don't remember which only speaks to his acting chops. He's able to disappear into his roles, where if you see his movies, you see the character first, not the actor. And never is it more true for David.

Peter is this highly neurotic, worry wart who is the complete opposite of Catcher. Let's put it this way, he's everything Catcher isn't. He fumbles, he stutters, he worries, and he tries way too hard. He even says himself that he has 20 diagnosed neuroses. But then again, it's the 60s so what constituted as a neurosis then could be something small today. Anywho, Peter is the dutiful friend who makes excuses for his friend's bad behavior and he keeps Barbra's friend, Vicki, occupied as they undergo their own rom-com.

Peter is adorable in that he just can't catch a break. He was one of those guys that could never get a date in high school, who had trouble talking to girls, and got picked on incessantly by the jocks which only further lowered his confidence. Not to mention his father is a self-made man, who went out and worked for his fortune so there's that added idea that Peter never really got a chance to handle things for himself and grow up and grow a pair.



And finally, there's Vicki Hiller played by Sarah Paulson. And yes, that's the woman from American Horror Story. Vicki is almost Barbra's opposite. She exemplifies what the book is trying to accomplish. She's a woman who's making headlines in the work force and the men don't like it. But she's also a little of a control freak who doesn't really get what Down With Love is. Deep down, she knows she wants a husband, she wants to be romanced out of every principle she holds dear, she wants someone to respect her success and still love her.

She's a focused person who goes full throttle, 100% in everything she does, whether it's getting Barbra's book noticed, or getting with Peter even if he was a raging homosexual. Yeah, you need to watch the movie in order to figure that one out! Sarah plays Vicki very well, as a woman of the 60s. She exemplifies the ideas of that time. Women were starting to branch out into the work force, they strove for equality with men, and they wanted a real man at home who didn't try to put them down because of it.



This movie is a fun little yarn about why men and women are so different and why there's always drama between two goal oriented power players. If that sounds like your kind of movie, then by all means, watch this movie! If not, you should still give it a chance. I can't exactly name any movies that are like Down With Love because so many have been soley focused on the guy getting the girl by doing outrageous things.

In this movie, Ewan doesn't have to do outrageous things to get a laugh or to get the girl. It's a romping good time and honestly, the best two hours you'll ever spend of your life watching this movie. You won't regret it and it'll be a fun way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon.



Hope you enjoyed the review! Go on and watch the movie! You know you want to by now!

I'm usually the first to hop aboard a new show, especially if it's got a good enough cast and plot. The CW has steadily been getting better with their selection of shows and how ambitious they are in only getting the best possible content to share with their teenage/young adult/college student demographic. And their shows have steadily increased my thirst for TV.

And the CW's recently cancelled show, Cult, was no exception. They had a really cool/interesting plot line and I know critics really don't like the show within a show concept because it's rarely done so well, but who listens to critics anyway? Most of them are white tired guys who are too cynical to accurately comment on a show or movie. All in all, Cult wasn't a completely bad show. They had good, well established actors who brought an extra cache to the show and the storyline was interesting enough to at least pique people's interests.

However, they did drop the ball in plenty of areas. I'm going to talk about the characters first, and then the plot, and then where they went wrong and why the CW ultimately cancelled it and the reasons it could have done better. Sounds like a lot but it isn't!

Why am I such a sucker for well written, well acted, deliciously dramatic shows with creative twists? Recently, I had a healthy argument with my friend over the type of shows we each watch. She prefers the fluff comedy shows like Modern Family, Parks and Rec, and so on and so forth. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure these are great shows, but I was trying to tell her to expand her horizons and experience shows that make you think, are visually creative, and that inspire people in the film industry (like what we're trying to be) into making your craft better. And I have found another little morsel for you guys to consider watching!

Keep in mind I've never gotten a chance to see the first season of this show. Only like two episodes and I started watching the second season and beyond. That alone should tell you volumes about this show even though I'm one of those anal types who likes to watch every episode in order before jumping in. I still want to and in the back of my mind it's bothering me, but that's no reason to not enjoy it.



No, this show is not about men's or women's business wear. And no, this show is not about government agents. This is a show about lawyers. Yes, I know, the same old cliched lawyer show that seems to be steam rolling out of the studio factors on its little assembly lines. But let me assure you that this isn't any regular old tv show about lawyers. First, it's about a cocky, bored kid who has the unique gift of photographic memory. He can memorize the entire law book and quote it verbatim.

Recently getting into trouble, the kid, by the name of Mike Ross, runs into Harvey Specter, the most famous closer in the lawyer universe. A college drop out, Mike impresses Harvey and ends up working at the best law firm in the business but as episodes go on, it's clear that Mike is a brilliant associate but he's always a whisper away from getting caught and both him and Harvey going down in a fiery pit.

If that sounds like a lot, don't take it that way. This is a show that's light without being too light, funny without being campy, but it can be serious without seeming like it's rubbing your nose in its moral high road. The chemistry, dynamics, and storylines are so rich and perfectly executed that I continue to tune in every week because it's just that good.


At its epicenter, this is a show about Mike Ross played perfectly by Patrick J. Adams. He could so easily fall into one category. He could be a stoner, a low life, a criminal, an arrogant jack ass, and could easily be seen as a modern day Sherlock Holmes. He doesn't solve crimes with his awesome powers of deduction, BUT he does use his natural observation, intuition and photographic memory to get out of sticky situations.

But Mike is about so much more than that. He's a loyal grandson, (because his parents were murdered by a drunk driver), he's a loyal friend, he helps his friends out whenever they need it and when his friend went after a girl he liked, he stepped back, and he's a hard worker. He's ready to help Harvey with whatever he needs done. This doesn't make a boyscout though. He'll whine, moan, and complain about doing Harvey's work for him or when things don't go his way on a case, he'll make it known that he's not happy. But if someone's having a bad day, Mike will step up to do what he can to make it better. He's just that type of guy. Did I mention he was loyal?



Because Harvey took a chance on him, Mike will stand by Harvey day and night no matter if he sometimes comes off as a disapproving father figure. Since Harvey gave him a chance, cleaned him up, gave him some responsibility, Harvey could very well be seen as a father figure (but I assure you, he most definitely is not).

But that's not to say that Mike isn't without his flaws. He can come off as a cocky little kid who wants to stomp his feet whenever things aren't working out the way they should. And since brains and looks are a serious rare thing to come by, he is a ladies man and can pick up women. But, he's also a jerk to them sometimes. Not on purpose, but there are times where I want to cringe because I know he shouldv'e done the right thing and he didn't. Mike is one of those rare characters that can't fit into any paticular mold and it makes him that much more interesting to watch because partly, you don't know what to expect, and partly because he's more closer to human than just a name on a page or an actor on the screen.

And I have to give a huge digital standing ovation to Patrick J. Adams because he really does play this complicated character with a sort of ease as if he'd been born for the role. Also, he's one of those actors where you see the character first, not the actor. It took me a while to remember where I've seen his face before. He had a guess spot on Lost and on Pretty Little Liars and I'm sure while watching, I was like hey! That's so and so, but all I remember is the character, not necessarily him. And that's the greatest an actor can get.

Unfortunately, The Cinema Files url was taken. Bummer, I know, but I'm not going to sit and cry about it. So the new title of the blog is Recap. Rewind. Rewatch. And the new URL is: recap-rewind-rewatch.blogspot.com.

As you can see, the layout of the template has been changed. There are now lists of what I've been binge watching that will later have links to the recaps. There's also a recent movie watched list that will constantly change. You should pay attention to that list. Those movies are really good! And there's an obsessed with list which has the tv shows and/or movies that I'm completely obsessed with at the moment. As in, as soon as it's done recording or as soon as I get home, I watch the current episode. Because they're THAT good!

The blog archive is back on the blog, sorry for it's absence. And there's a small tidbit about what you should know about me so that I'm not a complete stranger to you all.

I'm not completely done with changing this. There may be new items being added all the time as I think of them or they become necessary.

I hope I don't lose any of you in this confusion! Remember, it's Recap-Rewind-Rewatch.blogspot.com!

Enjoy! And tell me what you think of the new design!