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Red Band trailer for I Melt With You (2011) starring Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, Thomas Jane and Christian McKay

Source: FirstShowing.net Synopsis: When four 40-something college friends meet up for their annual reunion, things start to spiral out of control. Thomas Jane AND Jeremy Piven? This film didn't exactly get the most positive feedback at Sundance, but that doesn't mean it's gonna be bad. Critics critique, they're there as a source of opinion, some people will read and heed, others will read and judge for themselves. Much like Movieville. Anyway, check out this nicely cut trailer for Mark Pellington's I Melt With You. This is scheduled to be released later this year via On Demand and theatre release.

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Kazed on TV: how i met your mother

Synopsis: The year is 2030. Ted Mosby is relaying the story of how he met his wife to his daughter and son. The story starts in the year 2005, when then twenty-seven year old architect Ted was spurred on to want to get married after lawyer Marshall Eriksen and kindergarten teacher Lily Aldrin, his best friends from their college days at Wesleyan and Marshall who was his roommate at the time, got engaged after nine years of dating each other. Ted's new quest in life was much to the dismay of his womanizing friend, Barney Stinson. But soon after Marshall and Lily's engagement, Ted believed that his life mate was going to be news reporter and aspiring news anchor Robin Scherbatsky, who, despite having had a romantic relationship with her after this time, ended up being who the kids know as their "Aunt" Robin. As Ted relays the story to his kids, the constants are that their Uncle Marshall, Aunt Lily, Uncle Barney and Aunt Robin are always in the picture and thus have something to do with how he got together with their mother. I have a lot of good things to say about this show, but there are so many negatives. The thing is, I love this show. It's hard not to watch. Sure, like all TV shows himym has it's flaws, but when you look beyond these flaws, you'll find something that's incredibly clever and intricate. I think that's what makes me want to keep watching. It's the utter curiosity that grasps me. It's the need to want to find out exactly who the mother is. Until I find out who that is, I can't stop watching. So now it's been going on for seven seasons now, and we still don't know who the mother is. Yeah, it's a little annoying, but what makes up for it are the constant back and forth moments throughout the series. The ongoing gags they have and keep coming back to are what make the show amazing. The doppelgangers, the slap bet, the recurring characters, are but three things from a bag full of clever additions to the series. In terms of performances, even after seven seasons I'm still a little unsure  as to why Jason Segel isn't as funny as he is in Forgetting Sarah Marshall or I Love You, Man. No no, it's not the writing, it's bigger than that. It's like he's physically unable to deliver anything funny. Same goes for Alyson Hannigan, even she has the same problem. It's like they've been completely restricted and aren't allowed to go beyond the boundaries of the cheesy humour they're forced to deliver. It's not their fault, because let's be honest, they can deliver. Josh Radnor, the I in how i met your mother, is a great performer. The scenarios he and the other cast members get themselves into can be funny, but quite honestly, what makes this show that much better, is the greatness that is Neil Patrick Harris. NPH epitomises literally everything that is funny in the show. Not that he overshadows everyone, but in terms of humour, his delivery and everything that comes out of his mouth just works wonders. I'm not the biggest fan of sitcoms. I can't get along with them. Two and a Half Men, Mike and Molly, and the new How to be a Gentleman are perfect examples of ones that just don't work for me. There are a few exceptions like Rules of Engagement, 30 Rock and the subject of this article. I'll be watching himym until it's run ends, because for the love of god, I WANT TO KNOW HOW HE MET THEIR MOTHER.

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Bhav on TV: I just want my pants back (2011)

This is a bit of an unusual one. When I heard the name of MTV’s upcoming show dozens of potential ideas were buzzing around my head. But in most scenarios I really couldn’t see the premise working for more than a season. The name of the show defines how it may move forward. Similar to How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM), they choose an interesting name, to draw attention, but also limited themselves in the future of the show, (the 'Mother' better be amazing after 6+ seasons of waiting). For better or worse the name attracted me to watch.   Coming from the channel that brought me Teen Wolf and Awkward, I was expecting good things. I wanted something different than the current offerings about dating (HIMYM and Friends with Benefits, not that I’m saying their bad it’s just they’re subject focused, Mother searching and sex respectively). What you get is a cross between How to Make It in America and Friends with Benefits, a show about hipsters in New York and their sex lives.   The show centres around twentysomething Jason who is ambling through life after graduating from college not sure of his next step. He has a dead-end job as midgets casting agent’s assistant (yes, seriously). Like HIMYM he is friends with a couple (people who he aspires to be like) and a promiscuous friend (female not male). To highlight this in the first episode it is quipped that she is only sleeping a guy because he has air conditioning “I like him, plus it's been really muggy lately".   I like the casting office job idea, the scenes this week with Dr Spa-cemen and midgets brought me a lot of joy (it’s wrong but I don’t care). They didn’t really get into the job other than the fact he hates and want to move into music journalism. If the casting office is for midgets only, I can see it getting a little stale but if it’s something different every week I can see it being a good source of laughs. Doing mini parodies in the same vein as Community could be brilliant.   The banter in the show was fun, particularly the Indian shopkeeper who cracked me up (a little bit of Apu from the Simpsons). I liked the how the conversation were realistic, most conversations in real life not really emotional, life affirming or changing, it’s usually about the stupid shit we get up to and the crap we get from our friends for it. Most of the jokes are cheap and quick, based on how close friends would actually be with one another. Saying that, every other included a quip or an obscure reference, though quotable and enjoyable at first it became a little tedious. It’s as if the entire cast has the wit of Diablo Cody (aaarrggghhh!) Overall I liked the show as it was an easy watch with likable characters. If the dialogue didn’t remind me so much of Juno I would have liked it a little more. Again the show has 2 of things that keep watching and interested; a hot girl and it makes me laugh. And I will continue to watch this show if only to learn new ways to pick up hipster chicks (J). The show based on the pilot can become one of my new favourite shows but I reserving judgement till I get a few more episodes in.   Pilot Rating: 3.5/5   Memorable Quotes: “I’m not touching it, I don’t pick the phone when I masturbate… unless I’m at work” “Nobody will robbed, raped or murdered in this store… not again” “So… is everything dreadlocked?.. Shush… Let me be surprised…” “Hello Tina. See I’m nice to you today because of your festering neck wound”

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Paradise Lost (2012) first concept art

With 2012 set to be one of the biggest summers for film ever, and also the year coinciding with the turning of the Mayan calendar, it makes perfect sense to create Paradise Lost. Paradise Lost is John Milton's poem, depicting the battle of Heaven and Hell, which is going to ooze into Alex Proyas' blockbuster. Proyas is the director of 'I, Robot' and 'The Crow' so expect big bold visuals with a slightly mature approach to the fantastical. Here's the first of the concept art, a teaser taste of what's to come. It's nothing much, but it gives a slight sense of what's to come. Bradley Cooper of 'The Hangover' and 'Limitless' is set to play Lucifer, with a release of Summer 2012, book yuour ticket for the end of the world.

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Kazed on TV: True Blood

Having just started it's fourth season, I figured now is as good as a time to do a little post on this. I'm a big fan of True Blood, I see it as Twilight, but for adults. Or men. Or Adult men. And Women, of course. Just adult. True Blood is a gritty, sleazy, slutty, dirty, nasty, whorish piece of work, and although all of those words basically mean the same thing, there are an unlimited amount of words one could use to describe TB in a positive light. It follows a young waitress by the name of Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who lives in a small town, Bon Temps, Louisiana. She encounters a large number of mythical creatures, and along the way discovers things about herself and her family which are quite unexpected. The show basically revolves around Vampires who actually live in harmony (kind of) with humans in this small town in Louisiana. Well, kind of. That's most definitely not the primary story of the show, there are many surrounding elements that make the show, but I guess a large chunk of the series revolves around Sookie and her relationship with the one billion year old Vampire(He's not that old, I just couldn't be bothered to Wikipedia it), named Bill Compton(Stephen Moyer). Although it can get a little slow at times, there's enough excitement in each episode to keep you entertained for the hour. With season four already started,  the first episode showed us that there are still a billion other stories to be told(not a billion, it's just safer saying a billion in case they do stuff a billion stories into one episode. You never know.). I should mention that True Blood is based off a series of books named something something southern vampire blah blah. Look it up on Google or something. Not really relevant, just thought it deserved a mention. Anyway, if you're into Twilight and you LOVE shiny vampires and R-Pattz and Bella and Edward and that gay wolf guy, then this is definitely NOT for you. Avoid this. Completely. True Blood is violent, gory, bloody, and definitely not for tweens. 7/10 Kazed