Monday, June 23, 2014

2014 Dream Emmy Nominations










The votes for the Emmy Award nominations are due soon. Looking over the very long ballot, these would be my dream nominations for the upcoming Emmys. Some of these are long shots but its fun to dream.

Lead Actor in a Drama Series
·         Bryan Cranston as Walter White [Breaking Bad]
·         Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy [The Newsroom]
·         Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson [Agents of SHIELD]
·         Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle [True Detective]
·         Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood [House of Cards]
·         James Spader as Raymond Reddington [The Blacklist]

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
·         Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson [Masters of Sex]
·         Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison [Homeland]
·         Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates [Bates Motel]
·         Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary [Once Upon a Time]
·         Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings [The Americans]
·         Robin Wright as Claire Underwood [House of Cards]

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
·         Jake Johnson as Nick Miller [New Girl]
·         Stephen Merchant as Stuart Pritchard [Hello Ladies]
·         Chris Messina as Danny Castellano [The Mindy Project]
·         Thomas Middleditch as Richard [Silicon Valley]
·         Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper [Big Bang Theory]
·         Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta [Brooklyn Nine-Nine]

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
·         Zooey Deschanel as Jessica Day [New Girl]
·         Anna Faris as Christy [Mom]
·         Mindy Kaling as Dr. Mindy Lahiri [The Mindy Project]
·         Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer [Veep]
·         Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope [Parks and Recreation]
·         Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman [Orange is the New Black]

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
·         Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister [Game of Thrones]
·         Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister [Game of Thrones]
·         Colin O’Donoghue as Captain Hook / Killian[Once Upon a Time]
·         Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman [Breaking Bad]
·         Sam Waterson as Charlie Skinner [The Newsroom]
·         Jeffrey Wright as Valentin Narcisse [Boardwalk Empire]

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
·         Jennifer Captenter as Debra Morgan [Dexter]
·         Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen [Game of Thrones]
·         Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Simmons [Agents of SHIELD]
·         Olivia Munn as Sloan Sabbith [The Newsroom]
·         Maggie Smith as Dowager Countess [Downton Abbey]
·         Bex Taylor-Klaus as Bullet [The Killing]

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
·         Fred Armisen as Various Characters [Portlandia]
·         Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy  [Modern Family]
·         Bobby Moynihan as Various Charactes [SNL]
·         Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson [Parks and Recreation]
·         Benjamin Stockham as Marcus [About a Boy]
·         Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock [Veep]

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
·         Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler [The Big Bang Theory]
·         Danielle Brooks as Taystee [Orange is the New Black]
·         Carrie Brownstein as Various Characters [Portlandia]
·         Aidy Bryant as Various Characters [SNL]
·         Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate [Parks and Recreation]
·         Cecily Strong as Various Characters [SNL]

Writing for a Drama Series
·         All In [Boardwalk Empire]
·         Ozymandias [Breaking Bad]
·         Big Man in Tehran [Homeland]
·         Turn, Turn, Turn [Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD]
·         News Night with Will McAvoy [The Newsroom]

Writing for a Comedy Series
·         The Proton Displacement[Big Bang Theory]
·         Pilot [Brooklyn Nine-Nine]
·         So Did The Fat Lady [Louie]
·         Vegas [Modern Family]
·         Moving Up [Parks and Recreation]

Drama Series
·         Breaking Bad
·         Game of Thrones
·         House of Cards
·         Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
·         The Newsroom

Comedy Series
·         About a Boy
·         Big Bang Theory
·         Modern Family
·         Parks and Recreation
·         Silicon Valley

Main Title Design
·         American Horror Story: Coven
·         Masters of Sex
·         Sleepy Hollow
·         True Detective
·         Turn

The nominations are announced on July 10th at 5:40am.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Film: Edge of Tomorrow










GENRE: Action / Sci-Fi
RATING: PG for action violence and language
RUNTIME: 1 hour and 53 minutes
STARRING: Tom Cruise (Mission Impossibles, Oblivion)
Emily Blunt (Looper), Bill Paxton (Agents of SHIELD, Aliens)
DIRECTOR: Doug Liman  (Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
WRITERS: Christopher McQuarrie (Usual Suspects, Valkyrie)
Jez & John-Henry Butterworth (Fair Game, upcoming Get On Up )
PLOT: An officer is caught in a time loop in a war with an alien race. Explosions and repetitions ensue.

FIVE OBSERVATIONS:
1 I don’t know how to explain it but Tom Cruise knows how to pick movies. With only a couple of misfires, he is always a treat to watch. You can tell that he loves what he does.
2 I thought the beach scene (starts off very Saving Private Ryan-ish) was going to get tired really fast with its Groundhog Day repetitiveness but thankfully Cruise’s Cage character and the film moves on from there.
3 The aliens reminded me of a cross between Starship Troopers and the Sentinels from Matrix Revolutions. Made me squirm a little.
4 This film had some great funny moments amongst the action. Love the breathers.  
5 I lost count of how many times the day resets. Don’t even try.

RECOMMENDATION: Exciting big screen fun.
UPCOMING REVIEWS: Emmy Dream Ballot