Filmcap: The week of May 29-June 5

This week an uncharacteristically great but now-cancelled cop and corruption show, a movie that's pretty much a religious cop and corruption movie but in the Crusades, another film set during the Crusades but this time with a main character that never says a word, and then a for some reason a chick flick that's not a chick flick. As you can see I've been reviewing a lot of television recently because they've all been ending, but this is one of the last ones out of the show I've been watching. In two more posts from now I'll review "The Killing" and "Game of Thrones" and that will probably be the last of them until at least this winter. 

Filmcap: The week of May 8-15

There seems to be much fewer things in the summer on this blog, but that's not much of a surprise for me. Family life, work life, and the addition of many more extracurricular activities in a much more urban area will have that effect. This week I saw the finales of two television series', the only connecting strand between the two being Kevin Corrigan (who has a minor role on both of them). The only film this week is an American classic I had never seen, and it did not disappoint. 

Thoughts on Arrested Development

Arrested Development (2003-2006):
I recently finished watching all three seasons of the television comedy series "Arrested Development" for the first time. It's probably most famous for being an incredibly clever show that got critics and certain fans gushing over it but then getting cancelled in its third season despite being, you know, good. Over the last few months I watched the three seasons of the show and I can attest to the fact that it's not one of those movies or shows that's got all this acclaim but is actually just okay. It's an extraordinarily fun show to watch and a very rewarding comedy.