Pride and Prejudice
{5/5} “Oh, my goodness. Everybody behave naturally.” Mrs. Bennet is doing her best to marry off her five daughters to the richest men possible. Things are looking good for Jane, her eldest daughter, who has caught the eye of wealthy Mr. Bingley. Elizabeth has some interaction with Bingley’s friend Mr. Darcy, but he seems arrogant […]
The Great Buck Howard
{4.5/5} “I love this town!” Troy doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life — he only knows he doesn’t want to be in law school any more. He finds himself accepting a job as Buck Howard’s road manager. Buck is a mentalist who travels a lot doing shows in smaller venues — […]
The Brothers Bloom
{4.5/5} “He writes his cons the way dead Russians write novels — with thematic arcs and embedded symbolism.” Stephen and Bloom are brothers. They have been con men since they were kids and, along with their associate Bang Bang, they’re very successful at it. But Bloom wants out — he wants to live an unscripted life. […]
Parks and Recreation (season 4)
{5/5} “Turns out when you think the world’s ending you don’t aim so carefully in the porta potties.” Leslie runs for city council, a dream of hers since she was a child — Ben is her campaign manager and her other friends all help out too. Ron’s first ex-wife pays a visit, Andy takes a […]
Quick Change
{4.5/5} “‘Is that our plane?’ ‘No, if it were our plane it would be crashing.’” Grimm robs a bank dressed as a clown — he has a clever scheme to get away with the money without anyone knowing who he is. The problem is, once he gets away from the bank he has to make […]
Parks and Recreation (season 3)
{5/5} “I won’t publicly endorse a product unless I use it exclusively and I really believe in it. My only official recommendations are US Army issued moustache trimmers, Morton’s Salt, and the C.R. Lawrence fine two inch style oscillating knife blade.” The entire Pawnee government shuts down because it’s out of money, but after 3 months everyone is […]
Parks and Recreation (season 2)
{4.5/5} “The mural that normally resides here is called ‘The Spirit of Pawnee.’ And it’s very controversial. We’ve had someone throw acid at it, tomato sauce. Someone tried to stab it once. We really need better security here. We also need better, less offensive, history.” Leslie marries two penguins in the zoo for publicity, and […]
Parks and Recreation (season 1)
{4.5/5} “This is where the rubber of government meets the road of actual human beings.” Leslie is the deputy director of the Parks and Recreation department in Pawnee, Indiana. When she discovers a pit that’s been abondoned she vows to turn it into a park. Ann, a nurse and the girlfriend of a man who fell […]
Grosse Pointe Blank
{5/5} “They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they’ve all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? ‘I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How’ve you been?’” Martin is a professional killer. Initially […]
God, the Devil and Bob (season 1)
{4.5/5} “Some mornings you don’t feel very evil but you get out of bed every day whether you like it or not and you destroy souls because… that’s your job.” In “Date from Hell” the Devil dates Bob’s daughter — of course, Bob is the only one who knows it’s the Devil. In “The Devil’s […]