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Muni on TV: Wilfred, Beaver Falls, Web Therapy

            Sorry Movieville folks I haven’t been keeping on top of my reviewing duties, I guess I’ve been distracted, but fear not I’m back reviewing shows and films alike. Wilfred               So I was basically stalking Rashida Jones on IMDB and stumbled across this show, which I absolutely adore. It stars Elijah Wood as Ryan who is trying to commit suicide but fails. He has a hot neighbour who asks him to look after his dog, the only thing is Ryan sees the dog as a human and thus the hilarity ensues. The really cool thing about this show is that the characters are so well put together the stories are very funny and the acting is superb. It’s a shame after Lord of the Rings, Wood hasn’t been able to get other roles as Hollywood generally typecasts a lot of actors. However I believe this will help Wood establish himself as a wonderful actor, and the fact that the show is pretty damn funny it will sell it self. I’m 6 episodes in, and there are 13 episodes so it’s definitely worth getting into. 8/10 Web Therapy             This is a show, which has just recently started in America; its co created by Lisa Kudrow from Friends fame and also stars her in the lead role as a therapist who does therapy online over a webcam. Ok so there are some annoying things about this show Lisa has an annoying accent, it sounds like she goes from posh American to British English its weird, I don’t know if she is doing it on purpose, but you can hear the difference which is a little off putting. That put aside the concept is very funny and the characters are very funny. I was laughing pretty hard at some of the stuff. I like at the end there is like a blooper bit, which alone gets me laughing, so that is enough for me to tune into it. 7/10 Beaver Falls                 So E4 has once again created a show that appeals to the audience that have loved The Inbetweeners and Skins, and I believe that they’ve created shows that are going to be successful for them. The show follows 3 guys from England who somehow lie their way to America to work with a prestigious camp with the intention of pulling girls and having fun. The first episode was very engaging and funny; it set up the characters very well and had a good pace throughout the first episode. It’s always hard to judge a show on the first episode but I believe the show will only get better. It is well written and had me engaged throughout the whole show; this is definitely worth a watch and believes most of you will like it. 7/10

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Brooklyn's Finest (2010) review

Synopsis: Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. This here is a film which bears striking similarities to Training Day, a film also directed by Antoine Fuqua. With three seperate-ish plot lines almost intertwining in the end, it was a subtler version of 2004's Crash (Review here). The 'stories' of each Police officer were each as intriguing as the last, but by the end of them all, I couldn't help but feel a sense of emptiness. Sure, they had some exciting moments in each of them(Maybe with the exception of Richard Gere's story, it seemed to lack some of the energy the others did), but ultimately just seemed fall flat at each conclusion of the respective plot lines. Despite a few hitches during the story, it was an impressive film, and had all the positive elements that made Training Day the film that it was. Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle and Richard Gere were most definitely the highlights of this film, and made it worthwhile. Good film, despite some minor flaws, Brooklyn's Finest was a respectable 'action thriller'. 6.5/10 Kazed

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Daybreakers review

Synopsis - As the excerpt indicated, it was very much an adult version of Twilight, just quite a bit more...adult. I've said before that I'm a fan of post-apocalyptic films (Book of Eli, Zombieland), and this one is added to the list, albeit quite dull and mundane, there were scenes within this film I quite enjoyed. The film had quite an interesting plot, and most of the time had my attention, but when the ridiculousness kicked in, it was all a little frustrating. The coincidences, the clichés were all too much for me to take in, the questions I had were countless, questions based on the amount of times I saw something absurd. "Why are they killing them if they so desperately need blood??" or "Why are they so effing stupid???" were questions which I asked myself numerous times. Despite being relatively interesting within the violence department, the ending and substandard effects really ruined it for me. Just an okay film, good cast, interesting concept which had potential, if a sequel does follow, it might make more sense. Hopefully it does. Gets a 6/10 from me. Kazed