The Hunger Games

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The idea of a futuristic dystopia where people are treated like canon fodder for live-television isn’t that far-fetched. We already find ourselves fascinated by how people survive in a tank of Tarantulas and watch them run over one another simply to win a game show.

I think that is what I personally loved about The Hunger Games. It is a comment on what humans are beginning to turn into. How less we regard lives, how much we love putting on a show – no matter what the cost.

The movie stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. I last saw Jennifer in Winter’s Bone, which is a fabulous movie by the way and really touching. Now she is looking older and even though her acting seemed a little forced, the overall effect wasn’t too bad. It’s just the whole mopy, sad faced girl reminded me too much of Bella from Twilight – not a compliment.

So the movie begins with the Everdeen Sisters, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Prim (Willow Shields) living out in the post war dystopia where the general public has been reduced to mindless drones and divided into districts. The yearly Hunger Games are about to begin and Prim fears going there. We also meet Gale Hawthorne, a very small role played by Liam Hemsworth. I couldn’t help think “Brother of Thor” all through the movie.

 

Anyway, the movie turned out to be nice. I was expecting a somewhat immature making but that wasn’t true. There are hardly any corny scenes because the whole thing is filmed in a very abstract, exaggerated sort of way. I mean, its not like I have just discovered the Atlantis of movies  but hey, its a good watch. Josh Hutcherson plays Peeta Mellark, who is a participant in the hunger games just like Katniss, the non-couple who is being forcefully turned into a couple by the producers.

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New Season of TRUE BLOOD and Other Bad Things…

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It’s Friday the 13th. AGAIN. And I really cannot watch another rerun of wannabe Paris Hiltons running from some sadomasochistic murderer with a terrible back-story that doesn’t even make sense. You search vampires on Google and you get links to Robert Pattinson’s fan page.

What have we become.

We are in an age where a teenage guy with makeup and big pretentious hair gets the girls.

But hey, even I cannot help being a horror-fan. Which is to say, that I need to watch a horror flick once a week at the least to retain my sanity. I like to think it’s because of that chill you get up your spine every time someone gets chopped up or every time someone’s heart is ripped out of their chest socket and sucked upon, but it could be that my head is completely messed up.

And more than that, is the whole act – the performance – the bad actors trying to make it look like they are genuinely scared when all they really are is dumb bait. Bait for movie goers, bait with green eyes, hair in various shades of L’Oreal special blondes, and stomachs you could bounce coins off.

Someone has to be full frontal with a good looking douche and get hung up by a large meat hook.

Hence, sad as it may seem, I will keep watching horror B movies.

Because those are pretty much the only kind out there.

And even if there are some good ones, you can’t watch one movie for the rest of your life. I need material. New material.

Something about someone being in a ‘horrific’ situation is just too entertaining.

So I watch.

I watch everything there is.

I watch True Blood.

I used to watch it because it was an awesome horror show and now I watch it because there is nothing better.

I watch Vampire Diaries, which by the way, is extreme bullshit.

But I watch it because Ian Somerhalder has eyes that remind me of crystal lagoons in a sleazy part of Thailand and sometimes in the show he sucks the life out of people and randomly causes people misery. I happen to love that about him.

I watch Supernatural.

Well, that one’s kind of obvious. Even men are in love with Sam and Dean. Because they are hot and the women they sleep around with are hot and their mommies are hot, and they sometimes get tortured by demons which is kind of sexy.

I also watched Grimm. Which, by the way, is like a better procedural cop show merged with fantasy, and I dig Monroe.

So now, after a truly bad season of Supernatural, a somewhat good season of Vampire Diaries, and a fairly entertaining first season of Grimm, I am back to where it all began: TRUE BLOOD.

I liked it more when Eric was an arrogant sonofabitch and killed people for no apparent reason. Then they gave Eric some Sookie action and he became a pansy, like Bill. But since Sookie is unable to realize why the tall, massively charming, truly evil Eric is a better catch than Bill, who happens to be a little too shrewd and ostentatious for my liking, the whole affair is now sunk deep into the past four seasons of TB it seems.

The new man on the block is Alcide, who has all my votes.

But I am sure, Sookie will mess that up nicely and find some other Supernatural chap to sleep around with. If Sam Merlot’s girlfriend’s dies, he’s probably up for grabs too. I’d give it a couple of weeks.

After five episodes gone from season five, True Blood is finally getting somewhere. The old nemesis, Russell Edgington has finally made it back from the undead, and he is live and kicking, high on human blood. Poor Alcide, who got into bed with the woman who shot the love of his life in the head, right after she shot the love of his life in the head, is probably going to face some nuisance as Russell has a mysterious edge over wolves.

Also, Bill and Eric have until dawn to find Edgington (or the EXECUTE ‘app’ will kill them) and I am pretty sure he’s not going to just get in the back of their car that easy. But hey, they have fairy power with them – quite possibly the only thing that can hold the five thousand year old vampire back.

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Supernatural 7×22: THERE WILL BE BLOOD

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Okay so now that the Leviathans have Kevin and his mother in custody, Dick Roman is busy making television appearances, talking about the new SUCROCORP investment of his – the company that manufacturers high fructose corn syrup. Kevin has to sit and translate the tablet for Dick because they threaten to kill his mother otherwise. Sam and Dean are still trying to make sense of the text. Dean says they should just go in and get it over with but Sam says it would be better if they were a little more careful, and had a better idea about what was to happen with other Leviathans even if they did end up killing Dick.

Bobby watches Sam and Dean bickering from the other side of the veil and decides to offer his two cents. He appears in front of Dean and tells him that he thinks they need Crowley’s blood and the blood of an Alpha to complete the spell. Problem is there are no alphas since they lined the alphas up for Crowley earlier and Cass ‘utilized’ them all. Bobby asks to talk to Cass and get help but Dean reminds him that Castiel is in no form to help them out. Hearing this, Bobby goes all vengeful spirit for a moment again. Dean notices it but doesn’t say anything to Bobby. As it so happens, Bobby also has a spell that can summon Crowley.

Crowley is summoned and Sam and Dean ask the demon for a vial of his blood. Surprisingly he is quite acquiescent and consents to supplying the blood but says he isn’t going to give it to them just yet, because he cannot have them carry the vial around in fear of someone getting their hands on it and putting a spell on him. He says he will be the last one to give blood, once they have all the remaining vials lined up. Sam tells him to be ready. Crowley also helps them with another thing: He says he knows where the Vampire Alpha is located. He gives them the address before he leaves and tells them that the vampire moves around a lot but for now he is located at the address. Sam and Dean decide to go in search of the Alpha.

When they stop to get gas at a fill-up joint and go inside the store to get eatables, Sam talks about Bobby going all vengeful and he is mid-discussion when Dean notices that the people eating various foods inside the store look drugged. Sam concludes that the problem is in the Corn Syrup. Since every food that Dean happens to love has some amount of high fructose corn syrup, Sam says they need different kind of food – produce that will not be laced with Leviathan ‘pesticide’. This of course means they have to stick to vegetables and fruits which makes Dean very unhappy as he comments that he might go into ‘toxic shock’ if he doesn’t get his ‘warrior food’. At the address Crowley has given, they find a girl, abducted years ago by the vampires, and kept in a secret chamber in the house.

They also find vampires dead in the house, as if they have been poisoned somehow. From what the girl tells them and from what they glean from circumstantial evidence, Sam and Dean realize this must have happened from vampires feeding on humans infected with the high fructose corn syrup – which means Leviathan pesticide can kill vampires too. The girl directs them to another address, what the Alpha calls his ‘retreat’. Sam and Dean are on the way to get there, leaving Bobby behind just in case he turns vengeful after seeing all the action. When buying stuff from a store, they remember that this time they don’t have to go to a morgue to get dead man’s blood but the blood of someone poisoned with Leviathan pesticide would work as well.

So they find a drugged fellow outside a convenience store and talk him into giving a syringe full of blood. The man is so out of it he barely winces when Sam takes a syringe and starts taking the sample. At the Alphas place, there are some new complications. Now that only one more episode remains, things are heated up and looking good. I doubt the finale is going to be as good as the previous seasons but nonetheless, its going to be interesting. I am sure Crowley is going to make a mess of the situation somehow though Oh and yeah, Cass is going to be a major part of the finale Leviathan-killing adventure as well.

Here is the promo for the finale:

Supernatural 7×23 Promo  “Survival of the Fittest” Season Finale [HD]

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Hottest Men on TV

Jared Padalecki

On my sexiest men list at least Padalecki gets to be on top (pun intended). His exotic features have that x-factor thing going on and even though he doesn’t always look ‘pretty’ – who wants a man to look pretty all the time, huh?

What with the longish hair, the height, an exceptionally hot body and the characteristic heavy voice, Padalecki certainly makes one a hell of a desirable combination. If you have seen the latest Jared Padalecki Rio De Janeiro pics you know exactly what I am talking about.

And if you haven’t yet, here’s what you missed!

Stuff to check out: Friday the 13th, Supernatural, Christmas Cottage.

The guy started out as a Dean Forrester on Gilmore Girls in 1999, and later went on to appear in slasher flicks like House of Wax and Friday the 13^th. But obviously Supernatural was his claim to fame in the year 2005 in which he plays the role of Sam Winchester. Since Supernatural Season 8 has been officially picked up by CW it is good news that we will surely be seeing more of Sammy next year.

You should also check out the lesser know straight-to-DVD movie Christmas Cottage (with Peter O Toole) in which Padalecki plays the role of Thomas Kinkade, the painter of light. Even though the movie isn’t the usual stuff I like to watch, I found it heartfelt and sincere. And most of all, Padalecki is shown in a completely different light – something you don’t really think he is capable of considering most of his fame comes from the horror genre.

I enjoy watching even the most ridiculous movies of my favorite actors (guilty pleasure) and that is usually a bumpy ride to say the least. But if you don’t want to waste your time, stick to Christmas Cottage and go for Friday the 13th/House of Wax only if you are into run-of-the-mill horror.

 

Joe Manganiello

Known for playing Alcide Herveaux in Alan Ball’s True Blood, Joe plays a werewolf who is secretly in love with Sookie Stackhouse, who by the way, already has her hands full of the hunkiest looking vampires in the state of Louisiana. Before that Manganiello has also appeared on shows like How I Met Your Mother, One Tree Hill and ER, but TB is by far his best performance yet.

True Blood is coming back for another season in another 34 days so hang in there! I love the fact the Manganiello has that virile look, and unlike the rest of them he leaves his hair be – rocking the whole salt-n-pepper routine. He also made an appearance alongside Ashton Kutcher, playing Alex in Two and a Half Men couple of weeks back.

Stuff to Watch Out For:

True Blood, Two and a Half Men, Til death, White Collar, One Tree Hill, Scrubs and Spider-Man 3.

Charlie Hunnam

I am not going to say he is a version of Brad Pitt because that would just be unfair. Hunnam is a lot more than just a pretty face and I suppose, he does have some very essential qualities. The minute you see him in a leather jacket, riding a Harley with his rugged charm, it will be love at first sight I warn you. If you want to see another side of him, watch Queer as Folk where he plays the role of a fifteen year old boy in love with the playboy who took his virginity. I particularly enjoyed his performance as Nikolas Nikelby which is an adorable film that you can watch over and over again. Hunnam too has that whole bad-ass routine going on about him – no wonder he was the perfect choice for Kurt Sutter’s Sons of Anarchy.

Stuff to check out:

Queer as Folk, Nicolas Nikelby, Sons of Anarchy. Sons of Anarchy is a brilliant show. A fabulous creation of Kurt Sutter, who by the way, is my role model . You will fall in love with just about every character. Just sit down for season 1 and let the story develop and you will see what I am talking about. I also enjoyed watching the Brit version of Queer as Folk, and Hunnam’s role is delightfully fresh and attention-grabbing.

Jensen Ackles

Jensen is the quintessential super model face: The lips, the eyes, the high cheekbones, he is the story book depiction of good looks. When they write those Mills and Boons novels with gorgeous men, this is what they are basically describing. His smile melts mountain tops and his tears make kittens die, or so I’ve heard.

He hates his hair, so you never see him with longer hair anymore but you can get a glimpse of how long hair might have looked if you can find some episodes of Days of our Lives or Dark Angel. But of course, Supernatural is what you should be watching if you have any adoration for the guy. He plays Dean Winchester, older brother to Sam Winchester played by Jared Padalecki.

Stuff to Watch Out for:

Supernatural, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Dark Angel, Days of Our Lives. If you are really into the guy you might want to sit for Days of Our Lives, but if you are like me and not that inclined, you might want to catch some episodes of Dark Angel, in which his one-liners are a reminder of the whole Dean Winchester personality type. You can also watch Ten Inch Hero, in which he appeared alongside wife Daneel Harris (Harold & Kumar), as a punk-wannabe with odd hair and piercings who goes through the whole ugly duckling routine. The movie is, well, ahem, stupid, to say the least But its so stupid at times it will make you laugh at least for the sheer silliness of it. Warning: Daneel Harris is a phenomenally bad actress.

Jack Davenport

If you have seen the UK version of ‘Coupling’ you will know him right away. But if you have only seen the US version, then I don’t know you until you watch the British version first. Generally I am of the opinion that US versions are better off (Skins, Shameless, Being Human) but when it comes to Coupling, there is no other version that could even come close. It is without a doubt one of the funniest shows on television you have ever seen, and Davenport plays the lead role of Steve.

Stuff to Check Out:

Well FlashForward was a good show, and Davenport plays the character of Lloyd Simco. You end up feeling so sorry for him you don’t even care that he getting it on with Joseph Fiennes wife These days you can catch him in SMASH and although he looks very different from what you are used to, the role of Derek Willis is certainly a new beat. By the way, I am really loving Smash. He is also appeared in movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and the Talented Mr. Ripley.

Matthew Cohen

Oh yeah, another topper on my list! That puppy dog look is enough to make us swoon but the guy is incredibly talented as well. Even though he hasn’t exactly been in the news recently, apart from a short stint on Supernatural as John Winchester (who is ironically Sam and Dean Winchester’s father well, its in the past of course but still its kind of hilarious). Matt also appeared in the television show South of Nowhere.

Stuff to Watch Out for:

Supernatural, South of Nowhere, The OC, 90210

[That's all for now --- will update this list in a couple of days and give you more guys to drool over! Until then you can give me your suggestions as well. ]

Supernatural 7×21 Reading is Fundamental

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First of all, I think we can all break out the champagne since Supernatural Season 8 is a real thing now. Yes, they have officially announced that the network picked up the series for another run! A source also mentions that the finale will have appearances from the new prophet as well as Bobby and Cass.

Now for this week’s details.

The episode was a really good one: Castiel is back for real and the angel-demon routine is going about as well. Not to forget the one-liners were plentiful and uproarious. Nerdy ‘advanced placement’ honors student Kevin gets hit by lightening because Sam and Dean break the concrete slab they got from Leviathans. Inside the slab is a tablet, inscribed with something no one can decipher. The effect of the slab-breaking also hits Castiel who is awake from his catatonic state.

Meg calls Dean and tells him about Castiel’s waking up and she also mentions that he isn’t exactly as he used to be and asks them to drive over. The guys cancel their trip to Rufus’ cabin and instead head over to where Castiel is placed. In the meantime, Kevin is going through a weird phase where his eyes light up and he finds himself hearing directions.

He gets redirected from his SAT exam to where Castiel is located so he can get his hands on the tablet. Castiel, who is acting strange to say the least, remembers some things but is also having constant psychotic delusions; not to forget he’s yet again feeling a certain affinity for Meg. Meg says she needs to know more but when Sam and Dean both don’t seem like they should trust her, she threatens to take Castiel away.

Castiel manages to tell them that the tablet is actually ‘the word of God’, not designed for angels but for prophets, the only ones that can read the language. When Kevin comes in the middle of this and tries to take the tablet away Sam manages to catch hold of him but he doesn’t let go of the tablet. Soon it is revealed that two angels were giving Kevin the directions and he is the new prophet.

Meg, Sam and Dean all fight the two angels when they get violent. One of them decides to side with Castiel but Meg has to kill the other one before she kills Cass. When Kevin tries to read, he barely manages the words “Leviathans”. Sam and Dean ask him to translate the text which is a time consuming process even for a prophet. So they decide to take Kevin away to Rufus’ cabin where he would be safe and where he can do the decryption.

Well, finally the guys have a way to ‘ice’ Leviathans – but the spell is very specific and calls for particular items, which is what they will be doing in the next episode apparently. Meg has already suggested that Crowley is still going to create problems and if the promo is any indication we are going to see Mark Shepherd and a very angry and powerful Alpha Vamp (back from when soulless Sam got Dean turned by a vampire in Season 6.)

Here is the promo and official description for the next episode.

Supernatural 7×22 Promo | “There Will Be Blood” [HD]

Supernatural 7×22 Official Description

“There Will Be Blood” (May 11, 2012)

SAM AND DEAN SEEK OUT AN ALPHA — In order to defeat Dick Roman (guest star James Patrick Stuart) and the Leviathans, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) must locate three key items.  Castiel (Misha Collins) helps with one but for the last objects, the Winchesters must face two of their strongest opponents – an Alpha (guest star Rick Worthy) and Crowley (guest star Mark Sheppard).  Meanwhile, Bobby (guest star Jim Beaver) tries out a new ghost trick that ends up being very dangerous.  Guy Bee directed the episode written by Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin (#721).

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Supernatural 07×20: The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo

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The episode was so dumb it was hilarious. They even brought some of the oldies back including J-squared in airport security uniforms.

So the guys find out that Dick Roman has his hands on Frank’s hard-drive thanks to a program Frank had installed in his HD to send Sam an email in case someone tries to break into it. Bobby tells Sam and Dean about everything he knows on Roman from before he died, and they now know that he is planning to make humans slaves and rule over everything. Bobby of course wants to be in on the hunt but Dean suggests that he stay down because seeing Roman might turn him into a vengeful spirit.

Dick Roman has hired lesbian nerd hacker Charlie to do look into Frank’s drive and gives her a three day deadline. When Charlie actually does break in she sees all the information on it, thinks the man might be crazy talking about monsters. Her opinion changes drastically when she witnesses Dick Roman’s assistant eating her boss in the parking lot and shape shifting into him. She is about to elope from all this when Sam and Dean catch up to her and tell her about the whole deal.

They ask for help with erasing the data on Frank’s drive and to hack into Dick Roman’s email account and forward them the information. Now Roman’s email is on a private server which means the only way Charlie can hack into it is if she is in his office. With the help of the Winchesters, she goes into the office, flirting with a burly security guy on the way just so he would allow her in. Bobby of course has hitched a ride in Charlie’s tote bag, by sneaking the flask in it at some point.

Well, now that they are getting closer to close, only three more to go to finish the season, things are getting hotter by the minute. Castiel is supposed to make an appearance in the next one so let’s hope its something monumental. Here is the official description for the next one:

Supernatural 7×21“Reading is Fundamental” (air date May 4, 2012)

CASTIEL AWAKENS FROM HIS COMATOSE STATE — Meg (guest star Rachel Miner) calls Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki) and tells them Castiel (guest star Misha Collins) is awake and talking.  Meanwhile, a teenager named Kevin (guest star Osric Chau) gets hit by a bolt of lightening and is turned into a reluctant prophet.  Sam and Dean believe Kevin holds the key to defeating the Leviathans but must fight off two Archangels who want him for their own purposes.  The episode was written and directed by Ben Edlund (#721).

Here is the

Supernatural 7×21 Promo – “Reading Is Fundamental” (HD)

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Supernatural Episode 7×19: OF GRAVE IMPORTANCE

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So the episode  begins with Dean commenting on fast food. That’s when an old Hunter friend Annie gives Dean a call and asking the brothers to meet her at some restaurant in the town she is in for a hunt. Meanwhile, a young couple is making out in a haunted house, which is where Annie goes hunting. The couple hears noises and then they see a massive-looking silhouette in the shadows. Annie comes into the house shortly thereafter and looks around for ghosts and finds the dead bodies of the couple lying on the floor, bloody.

The next day, Sam and Dean are waiting for her at lunch, and Dean reads the newspaper saying Dick Roman is funding another archeological dig but they don’t know what exactly he is looking for. When Sam discloses that he knew Bobby and Annie once had a ‘thing’, and as he puts it, it was a ‘Hemingway foxhole’ situation. Dean confesses somewhat ashamedly that he once ‘went Hemingway this one time too’ with Annie himself. At Sam’s reaction, Dean asks him ‘You too?” As Sam puts it, “she was stressed, and I… didn’t have a soul?”

They wait long enough for Annie but she never turns up. They keep calling him and there is no response. Bobby’s liquor case is still haunted by Bobby, and Bobby isn’t too happy that the boys cannot see the small little shifts he is making in the room. But he is unable to do much else to get their attention. Sam and Dean start finding Annie and they decide to begin with the haunted house she said she was hunting. They find out about the owner of the house who had housed a criminal accused of murder and things had gone pretty violent in later years, when many people were killed in the same structure.

Bobby ends up going to the haunted house and he finds Annie – only she is a ghost which means she is dead. But they cannot find her body or the body of anyone who died. They see a lot of ghosts around them who don’t appear to be very social. Bobby ends up having to struggle with moving objects and finally finds a ghost who gives them some vague information about moving things. Gradually, he ends up writing message in fog on the boys’ mirror which finally catches their attention. The ghost of a courtesan who was also killed in the same house reveals some awful secrets about the killer but she says she cannot do anything about it.

Finally she does decide to help Bobby and Annie and makes herself visible to Sam and Dean and tells her the story. But before she can finish, she gets ‘ghost killed’ into oblivion. The killer ghost comes for Bobby and Annie when they interfere with his plans. I am not happy that the back story didn’t go any further, considering these are the last few episodes I was really hoping for a good dose of Leviathan and Dick Roman conspiracy, but hey, at least Bobby’s talking right?

The Next Episode is titled “The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo“. Here is the promo:

Supernatural 7×20 Promo – “The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo” (HD)

Supernatural 7×20 Official Description

“The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo” (airs Apr. 27)

FELICIA DAY (“THE GUILD,” “EUREKA”) GUEST STARS — Dick Roman (James Patrick Stuart) acquires Frank’s hard drive that contains sensitive information about the Winchesters and gives it to an unsuspecting brilliant hacker named Charlie (guest star Day) telling her she has 48 hours to crack the firewall or she is fired.  Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) are tipped off that Dick has the hard drive and race to get to Charlie before she breaks the code.  Meanwhile, Bobby (Jim Beaver) tries to help the brothers, but his rage towards Dick for killing him starts to get in the way.  John MacCarthy directed the episode written by Robbie Thompson.

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