Cool Movies:
The Hangover (A comedy classic, in my opinion)
Funny People (A little uneven at times, but funny and touching)
Up (Probably my favorite movie of the year - Pixar is brilliant)
Extract (Subtle situational humor from Mike Judge, and a great supporting performance by Ben Affleck (who is much better as a supporting actor than a lead))
Cool Television:
Bill Maher most weeks he's been on
Hoarders (which is hard to watch, but good)
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Lie To Me (I love the science behind this slightly-better-than-normal procedural)
Party Down (very funny show we'll probably never see again except on DVD)
Top Gear (Makes me want an American version with the same sort of intelligent vitriol...we won't see it, though)
Cool Music:
Ponderosa - I'm Your Pistolier
Butch Walker - Sycamore Meadows (I know this is from last year...)
I didn't have time for much suckage this spring and summer...but I will say that Green Day's new album was disappointing, Adventureland wasn't funny enough to call itself a comedy, Family Guy is still way overrated, Sugarland is hideously annoying new country, Michael Jackson's music got really TIRED because my daughter went through a MJ phase in the month leading up to and the month following his death, and most radio rock I've heard is hideously overrated (I'm looking at you, Shinedown, Kings Of Leon and Silversun Pickups...)
That is all for another 9 months...maybe.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Television
Cool:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - still funny.
Colbert - still makes me laugh, though I don't feel as compelled to watch it as TDS.
Chuck - would be a shame if it gets the axe.
30 Rock - still awesome, despite Jane Krakowski (as always)
The Office - snobs who just like the British show (which was brilliant, for sure) can suck it. This show is one of the most consistently funny shows on television.
Friday Night Lights - considering how much NBC's ratings suck ass, they should consider trying to raise the quality of shows and let them grow, instead of forcing them to be stuck on DirecTV before they get a network airing. One of the most entertaining and brilliant dramas on television in the last decade.
The Rachel Maddow Show - extremely smart, insightful commentary with a touch of goofy on a 24-hour news channel? Thank you, Keith Olbermann and MSNBC for pushing Rachel on America and giving her a TV show. It's nice to have someone who is smart but not sensationalist on TV for once. (Honorable mention goes to Countdown With Keith Olbermann, but Sarah Palin thinks he's evil, so I'll leave him off the list.)
The Soup - Joel McHale has turned this show into something even funnier than its predecessor, Talk Soup. His unflinching weekly deconstruction of bad TV and pointless pop culture is truly one of the best shows on TV. Plus, it's funny as shit.
Sucks:
American Idol - BO-RING. Some really decent singers, a lot of pain, some cute girls (and some almost cute girls who can't sing in bikinis)
Heroes - crappy dialogue is killing this show more than the silly story lines. I'm just really tired of it at this point.
I haven't been watching much else - most of it is kind of boring, so it has to grab me for me to feel like writing about it...
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - still funny.
Colbert - still makes me laugh, though I don't feel as compelled to watch it as TDS.
Chuck - would be a shame if it gets the axe.
30 Rock - still awesome, despite Jane Krakowski (as always)
The Office - snobs who just like the British show (which was brilliant, for sure) can suck it. This show is one of the most consistently funny shows on television.
Friday Night Lights - considering how much NBC's ratings suck ass, they should consider trying to raise the quality of shows and let them grow, instead of forcing them to be stuck on DirecTV before they get a network airing. One of the most entertaining and brilliant dramas on television in the last decade.
The Rachel Maddow Show - extremely smart, insightful commentary with a touch of goofy on a 24-hour news channel? Thank you, Keith Olbermann and MSNBC for pushing Rachel on America and giving her a TV show. It's nice to have someone who is smart but not sensationalist on TV for once. (Honorable mention goes to Countdown With Keith Olbermann, but Sarah Palin thinks he's evil, so I'll leave him off the list.)
The Soup - Joel McHale has turned this show into something even funnier than its predecessor, Talk Soup. His unflinching weekly deconstruction of bad TV and pointless pop culture is truly one of the best shows on TV. Plus, it's funny as shit.
Sucks:
American Idol - BO-RING. Some really decent singers, a lot of pain, some cute girls (and some almost cute girls who can't sing in bikinis)
Heroes - crappy dialogue is killing this show more than the silly story lines. I'm just really tired of it at this point.
I haven't been watching much else - most of it is kind of boring, so it has to grab me for me to feel like writing about it...
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Rosie Live
Sucked.
And I LIKE Rosie O'Donnell. She's from Commack, my mom's from North Babylon - they're right next door...I've rooted for her since the 80s, through everything.
Liza Minnelli? Train wreck.
Wasting Kathy Griffin on a Nancy Grace impression? Shameful.
There were a couple of moments that weren't terrible, but for the most part, it was embarassing...it was even bad for NBC...which these days, outside of Chuck and the Thursday comedies (and to a lesser extent, Sunday Night Football's pregame show) is saying something.
What the hell happened, Rosie?
Zero stars.
And I LIKE Rosie O'Donnell. She's from Commack, my mom's from North Babylon - they're right next door...I've rooted for her since the 80s, through everything.
Liza Minnelli? Train wreck.
Wasting Kathy Griffin on a Nancy Grace impression? Shameful.
There were a couple of moments that weren't terrible, but for the most part, it was embarassing...it was even bad for NBC...which these days, outside of Chuck and the Thursday comedies (and to a lesser extent, Sunday Night Football's pregame show) is saying something.
What the hell happened, Rosie?
Zero stars.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
The third and final version of the Coolsucks Blog...
I've been tired of dealing with all the spam and crap on my hosted blog over at the actual website, so I decided to put it up here on Blogspot.
I'm going to post all the reviews I've done in the past, hopefully all my "classic" posts from the old old version of the blog (we'll see - that project seems a bit daunting), and I'll post new reviews from time to time as I experience things I have an opinion about.
So enjoy!
I'm going to post all the reviews I've done in the past, hopefully all my "classic" posts from the old old version of the blog (we'll see - that project seems a bit daunting), and I'll post new reviews from time to time as I experience things I have an opinion about.
So enjoy!
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