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The Righteous Gemstones

**warning spoilers**

I don’t usually watch religious series. Coming from a religious home, often these shows were considered sacrilegious, or just in bad taste. However, I’m home and sick and I decided to give the show a try. I am so glad that I did. It is a great show with John Goodman (Roseanne, The Big Lebowski, Atomic Blonde), Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down, The Disaster Artist, Sausage Party), and Adam Devine (Modern Family, Magic Camp, and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates). I name these three actors because I immediately recognized them.

S1:E1 - The matriarch of the family, Aimee-Leigh Gemstone has passed away, and from what I can gather she was the glue that held the family together. It’s funny, how Dr. Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) refers to his wife when speaking about the mission work in China, and how it was her dream that they minister to the souls there. Yet, he dismisses his daughter’s dream of being included in the family “business”. You can tell he wants to rely on his son’s but they aren’t mature enough to handle the family business. It looks like he truly misses his wife, but I can’t tell who was the true visionary for this mega church? However, while you feel for him as a widow, as a Pastor, you see that he is ruthless. You can see this in his dealings with his brother-Pastors; one of which is played by

Jesse Gemstone (Danny McBride) has a seemingly perfect life. Wife and children who come out to meet him when he returns home from abroad. Then you quickly find out that he has three children, not just two like we are first led to believe. Why the eldest child has run away from home we don’t know…we just know it is taboo to speak of him in Jesse’s home; his name is Gideon 😉. His wife is very smart and she understands her role, but there is a scene where she is about to go off on her sister-in-laws fiancee and she stops to asks for Jesse’s permission. Like hello, this was just shown in 2021 right? I digress. We immediately find out that Jesse isn’t as pious as he is expected to be when he is sent a video of him partying with prostitutes and doing drugs. Why the video? Blackmail of course! The blackmailers want $1 million, which of course he doesn’t have.

Then there is Kelvin Gemstone. He is the youngest son. It seems like he is ready for life after being a Gemstone, but he seems to keep his secrets (for now) close to his chest.

Finally, there is Judy Gemstone (Edi Patterson). She is the only daughter of Aimee-Leigh and Dr. Eli Gemstone. She seems to be completely under utilized within the church organization. Her father left her to do secretarial work in the States while the men of the family went to China to do God’s work. He seems to use her more for secretarial duties than true church/family business. However, we quickly learn that Judy is not to be underestimated when she comes to Jesse’s rescue

All in all, I give this show 📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺.

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The Mysteries of Laura

Okay, like all people who are sick I binge watch tv shows that I don't normally watch. This time around I watched The Mysteries of Laura starring Debra Messing. While not a huge fan of Debra Messing, I have to say that she won me over in this series. Sadly, the series was only on for a season and a half and it stopped with the best cliffhanger ever. U have to ask the television powers that be, "What were you thinking taking this show off the air?" The show was cute and had strong main and supporting characters. Plus I really wanted to know what happened between Jake and Laura. Did she lose him forever? Did he dump the fiancée or did he leave Laura for good? I need answers to my questions. Sadly, it will never happen.

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When I was a kid I lived this movie 🤗🤗🤗

Reblog if you've actually SEEN the movie "The Aristocats"

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Hollywood Has Some Nerve

According to The Onion, Hollywood has decided to close its doors until we as a society learn to value the movies that we already have.

“There will be no more thrillers, comedies, or any of those sequels you’ve been asking for until you can show us you’re grateful for the more than 100 years of cinema we’ve already given you,” Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara told reporters, noting that Hollywood had made tens of thousands of titles for the U.S. populace, and yet it was always asking for more. “We’ve really tried to give you films we think you’d like, but there are quite a few that you’ve never even given a viewing. These things aren’t cheap, you know?”

“For God’s sake, some of you have only seen Raging Bull once,” he added.” (Hollywood Refusing To Give Public Any New Movies Until It Can Appreciate Ones It Already Has, 2016)

Really Mr. Tsujihara? We know movies are not cheap to make. Yet, the last time I checked we live in America where one has the freedom to watch or not watch whatever movie, film, video, and/ or television show that one wants. True, I am one of those people who have never seen Raging Bull. However, I am one of those people who have watched the following franchise movies: The Godfather, Three Men and a Baby, Back To the Future, Kickboxer, Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, Toy Story, Cars, and Paranormal Activity just to name a few. Perhaps that isn’t good enough though. Let me name the classics (aren’t these movies classics because so many viewers revere them?) that that I have seen such as An Imitation of Life (1934) and the 1959 remake, Tootsie, Shaft (1971), Shaft (2000), Ocean’s Eleven (1960), DuBarry was a Lady, Ziegfeld Follies, The Big Street, Easy to Wed, Oceans Eleven (2001). I will probably even watch the all female remake of Ocean’s Eleven that is supposed to star Sandra Bullock (Ocean’s Eleven Is Getting Remade With an All-Female Cast, 2015), but I digress.

Perhaps I should direct my disdain toward filmmaker David Fincher who was quoted as saying, “Sure, we could give you a bunch of new romantic comedies, but first you’re going to have to at least try to appreciate The Philadelphia Story and Harold And Maude. If you can’t learn to respect the talents of great leading men like Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, and Henry Fonda, then you don’t deserve any new Chris Pratt vehicles for a long, long time” (Hollywood Refusing To Give Public Any New Movies Until It Can Appreciate Ones It Already Has, 2016). Well Mr. Fincher, I have watched Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember, Houseboat, and To Catch a Thief. I have seen Marlon Brando in The Godfather, Superman, The Freshman, Julius Caesar, and The Chase. Then there is Henry Fonda who I have been mesmerized by in movies such as Yours, Mine and Ours, 12 Angry Men, and War and Peace.

Then there are the hundreds, if not thousands of movies that I have watched just because. Movies such as Tombstone, The Hunt For Red October, My Stepmother Is an Alien, The Mummy, Blacula, Foxy Brown, Addicted to Love, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Practical Magic, The Others, While You Were Sleeping, Speed, Constantine, John Wick, Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters (2016), Honey, The Haunted Mansion, 13 Ghost, The Long, Long Trailer, Sorrowful Jones, The Paleface, Bestfoot Forward, and Mother, Jugs, and Speed just to name a few off the top of my head.

Hollywood wants us to show them gratitude for the hundreds of thousands of movies they have made. However, by deciding to close up shop as a way of teaching the watching public a lesson they have actually shown us that they have no respect for us or the money that we have spent watching their movies. The actors who we, the public, have catapulted to stardom are saying that we the movie-goers are no longer worthy of seeing them on the silver screen. Perhaps we should take this as a sign to relegate movie theaters to the same fate as drive-ins. With media such as Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon perhaps the days of going to the movies are over. Perhaps now movies will be brought to us in the comfort of our homes were we can choose to watch what we want, when we want and what is being watched can be catalogued to determine future spin offs, sequels, and new movie ideas.

Bibliography

Hollywood Refusing To Give Public Any New Movies Until It Can Appreciate Ones It Already Has. (2016,, September 16). Retrieved September 17, 2016, from www.theonion.com

Lodi, M. (2015, November 1). Ocean's Eleven Is Getting Remade With an All-Female Cast. Retrieved September 17, 2016, from http://Jezebel.com/ocean-s-eleven-is-getting-remade-with-an-all-female-cas-1739832328

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iZOMBIE

by:  Kendlee Brunson

Campy, delightful, and definitely PG-13.  These are the thoughts that come to mind when watching iZombie; a clever new series on the CW.  While the show may not be a shining success, with either fans of the DC comic for which the show is based on, or horror fans, it is a television show one can watch, laugh, and even have a momentary shock at some of the twist and turns the episodes take.  This could be why the CW has yet to cancel the show or renew it (at the time this review was written).

Reminiscent of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I can see this show building a loyal fan base.  The show is about a very goal-oriented medical student who takes a chance, and against her better judgment goes to a boat party - after a hard day of saving lives at the hospital - with a co-worker to blend in, socialize and blow off some steam.  However, during the course of the party some drugs help to unleash a zombie attack that erupts into a blood bath and which is of course the cause of our heroine turning into a pale-faced, white haired zombie. 

Meet Liv, our zombie medical student who takes a job at the morgue just so she can get her hands on tasty brains to survive.  Of course she believes that she is the only Zombie in existence and that there will never be a cure for what ails her.  So, she breaks up with her fiancee, Major, and eats her way through work, until one day she realizes that the recent brain she has eaten belongs to a murder victim, and she can see his memories and feel his essence.  Armed with a renewed sense of purpose and hot sauce, Liv helps the local detective solve his first major homicide case, and learns that her boss has found out her secret and most importantly, he wants to help her by finding a cure.

Will they find a cure?  Will she ever tell Major the truth?  Is there another Zombie out there or is Liv all alone?  Check out the cool trailer below, and Watch the CW on Tuesdays 9pm/8c and catch up on past episodes on Hulu.com.  

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YOUNGER

One can only love a show that captures one’s attention.  One man who knows how to capture the attention of television viewers is Darren Starr.  Best known for creating delicious story lines and sexy characters for shows such as Melrose Place, Beverly Hills 90210, and Sex and the City; he is once again re-inventing television with the television show “Younger”.

Darren Starr is leaving the City behind, and bringing the sex to Brooklyn, NY.  “Younger” stars Tony Award winning actress Sutton foster as Liza - a 40-something divorcee who has lost her house and her ability to find gainful employment in the publishing industry due to her age.  While sulking in a bar with her best friend Maggie (Debi Mazar) she is hit on by the sexy tattooed 20-something Josh (Nico Tortorella).  He immediately grabs her phone and makes a date for them to meet back up at the bar.  While explaining the appearance of the sexy hunk to BFF Maggie, who agrees that she looks great for her age and could pass as a twenty something, they decide to give her a 20-something makeover and send her back out into the publishing world.  Of course, she lands a job with bitter 40-something Diana Trout (played by Miriam Shor) in the field of her dreams.  She is immediately taken under the wing of fellow 20-something Kelsey (Hilary Duff) and starts to learn the hip new side of the publishing world while juggling her ex-husband, daughter and a budding relationship with Josh.

This show bridges the age gap and makes it appealing to all age groups.  So if your watching, stay tuned, and if you haven't seen an episode, head over to Hulu or iTunes and catch up.  Then set your DVRs to TVLand on Tuesday nights 10pm/9c for new episodes.