Who wants pizza with oatmeal, fish oil, and buttermilk? http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2015/04/27/bobs-burgers-season-5-episode-17-recap
Bob’s Burgers 5.17: “The Itty Bitty Ditty Committee”
April 27, 2015
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What Won TV? – April 19-April 25, 2015
April 26, 2015
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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.
Sunday – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Monday – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Tuesday – Around the corner, Inside Amy Schumer
Wednesday – Arrow
Thursday – Louie
Friday – Umm, some help please … (childrens hospital) Childrens Hospital!
Saturday – Orphan Black
This Is a (Quickie) Movie Review: Ex Machina
April 25, 2015
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Ex Machina posits that A.I. is most convincing when you can see that it is a machine and yet it still registers as human consciousness. This is also the formula of a certain strain of great magic: the magician explains the trick to the audience, but the illusion still stands. Accordingly, Ex Machina is interested in magic, what with the main characters thoroughly expositing their ruses. But who will prove to be the master of misdirection: A.I. impresario Nathan, his employee/mark Caleb, or shiny new robot Ava? The twists are predictable, but the exploration upon getting to them is deeply fascinating.
Oscar Isaac has given the best performance of the year so far, and not just because of this:
VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/25/15
April 25, 2015
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Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
2. Maroon 5 – “Sugar”
3. Nick Jonas – “Chains”
4. Taylor Swift – “Style”
5. Zedd ft. Selena Gomez – “I Want You to Know”
6. Tori Kelly – “Nobody Love”
7. Jason Derulo – “Want to Want Me”
8. Walk the Moon – “Shut Up and Dance”
9. Tove Lo – “Talking Body”
10. Sam Smith – “Lay Me Down”
11. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “Outside”
12. Echosmith – “Bright”
13. Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney – “FourFiveSeconds”
14. Meghan Trainor – “Dear Future Husband”
15. George Ezra – “Budapest”
16. Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
17. Andy Grammer – “Honey, I’m Good.”
18. Nate Ruess – “Nothing Without Love”
19. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
20. Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Style
2. Outside
3. Talking Body
4. I Want You to Know
5. Nobody Love
6. Want to Want Me
7. Chains
8. FourFiveSeconds
9. See You Again
10. Lay Me Down
11. Shut Up and Dance
12. Love Me Like You Do
13. Nothing Without Love
14. Budapest
15. Sugar
16. Heartbeat
17. Dear Future Husband
18. Honey, I’m Good.
19. Thinking Out Loud
20. Bright
The Middle 6.21: “Two of a Kind”
April 23, 2015
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The Donohues taught Sue how to ride a bike. http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2015/04/23/the-middle-season-6-episode-21-recap-t
Community 6.7: “Advanced Safety Features”
April 23, 2015
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Community, “Advanced Safety Features” (CREDIT: Yahoo! Screen)
This review was originally posted on Starpulse in April 2015.
Just one episode ago saw the Greendale crew at its nastiest. That conflict was not resolved so much as brushed aside. So it was quite the contrast to have the very next episode focused so strongly about everyone working to like each other. But maybe that need to be liked explained why everyone was so upset about the airing of the hurtful secrets. Or maybe everyone just learned a lesson about vulnerability really quickly. Either way, “Advanced Safety Features” showed these people more convinced than ever about the value of vulnerability.
What Won TV? – April 12-April 18, 2015
April 19, 2015
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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.
Sunday – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Monday – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Tuesday – Justified
Wednesday – Jeopardy!
Thursday – Louie
Friday – Comedy Bang! Bang!
Saturday – Orphan Black
VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/18/15
April 18, 2015
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Each week, I check out VH1′s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.
Original Version
1. Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”
2. Maroon 5 – “Sugar”
3. Nick Jonas – “Chains”
4. Taylor Swift – “Style”
5. Tori Kelly – “Nobody Love”
6. Zedd ft. Selena Gomez – “I Want You to Know”
7. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – “Outside”
8. Tove Lo – “Talking Body”
9. Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney – “FourFiveSeconds”
10. Jason Derulo – “Want to Want Me”
11. Sam Smith – “Lay Me Down”
12. Walk the Moon – “Shup Up and Dance”
13. Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
14. Echosmith – “Bright”
15. Pitbull & Ne-Yo – “Time of Our Lives”
16. Kelly Clarkson – “Heartbeat Song”
17. Meghan Trainor – “Dear Future Husband”
18. George Ezra – “Budapest”
19. Andy Grammer – “Honey, I’m Good.”
20. Nate Ruess – “Nothing Without Love”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Style
2. Outside
3. Talking Body
4. I Want You to Know
5. Nobody Love
6. Want to Want Me
7. Chains
8. FourFiveSeconds
9. Shut Up and Dance
10. Love Me Like You Do
11. Lay Me Down
12. Nothing Without Love
13. Budapest
14. Time of Our Lives
15. Sugar
16. Heartbeat Song
17. Dear Future Husband
18. Honey, I’m Good.
19. Thinking Out Loud
20. Bright
This Is a (Quickie) Movie Review: Unfriended
April 17, 2015
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Unfriended, at heart, is a typical one-by-one mystery killer story. Ergo, it is not particularly scary. So when a horror movie is not very scary, it needs to be interesting. And boy, is it interesting. Essentially the entire running time takes place on an Apple laptop. With all the Chrome tabs, Skype windows, Spotify’s, Messenger’s, Recycle Bins, and desktop icons, I at first thought it was going to be exhausting, but then I soon remembered that I am used to all that.
It succeeds at relentlessly exploiting its killer premise and withholding information until the most effective moments. While I very much enjoyed it, it is not something I would jump at watching again, as all the characters are just terrible friends to each other. The best word to describe this movie is “nasty.” It’s a cautionary tale, a nasty movie for nasty people.
The Middle 6.20: “Food Courting”
April 16, 2015
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Just a minute ago, Mike was in Axl’s seat. http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2015/04/16/the-middle-season-6-episode-20-recap-f
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