iTunes users: There are now free episodes of the Blade TV series and something called Beyond the Break available for download for a limited time.
We don’t get Spike TV, or whatever it’s called, so this is my only chance to see Blade until/if the show gets put on DVD.
| In addition to being the executive producer of the world’s most popular comic book fan site and community, my boy Jonah was, once upon a time, a radio producer in the LA market. This week, he returned to radio, when stations from Albuquerque and Los Angeles interviewed him about the upcoming Superman Returns movie.
You can check out Jonah’s interview by looking up the 7 o’clock hour of the Bill Handel show for KFI AM 640 on Tuesday, June 27 either on the KFI site or via the podcast directory in iTunes. |
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iTunes has a short scene from Superman Returns available as a free download this week. I’m sort of nervous about how this film will be (not loving the awful haircut they’ve given him, for instance), but the scene sure works for me, especially the choice to use the music from the Christopher Reeve films.
- There are also free episodes of Everyone Loves Philadelphia, Kyle XY and not-working-at-the-moment Invader Zim.
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Although it doesn’t quite scale the same heights as The Shield, The Closer has to be one of the smartest and most interesting police shows on television.
Kyra Sedgwick’s often-unlikable deputy chief careens through Los Angeles crime like a bull in a china shop, with a bemused (or outraged) crowd of law enforcement officials in her wake. She’s ably supported by a great line-up of actors, including veterans like J. K. Simmons (who will eventually appear in every crime/cop/law show) and James Avery.
The middle of the season lags at times, when Kyra’s character is implausibly romanced despite not being the only woman in Los Angeles, but the crimes are always interesting and the ways she deals with seemingly intractable suspects is always worth watching. By the end of the season, it’s clear the creative team has found their voice, suggesting that season two will be even better.
Strongly recommended for fans of cop shows, Kyra Sedgwick or J. K. Simmons.
J. K. Rowling is hard at work on the final Harry Potter book, which readers can’t expect until at least 2007. I’d bet a chocolate frog on 2008, myself. (The article has some solid speculation, though.)
In the meantime, there is a new Harry Potter book out, If Harry Potter Ran General Electric. Although such business books do very healthy business as a rule (and this one may well do even better, given the HP cachet), it’s hard to imagine many 10-year-olds getting excited about this one.
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