Every week there are tons of newly released films, Blu-rays, books, comics, and CDs, but the truth is, very few of them are worth your time. That’s where this feature comes in. Each posting attempts to highlight the best new media releases of the coming week. It’s far from exhaustive, and of course it will be mostly according to my taste, but I’ll try to do my best to include a wide variety, so hopefully you’ll see something that interests you too.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson is a former Scientologist who left the cult when it became too strange for him to handle, around the time he ascended to the level where he was told the aliens inside all humans travelled here from another planet on massive 747s (I tried, in vain, to find the link to an excellent interview he gave, I believe to Vanity Fair, a few years ago on his experiences with the organization). This film has been a long time coming, but the talent behind the scenes and very promising trailers leave me quite excited to see this one. If it’s playing near you, go check it out.
Glee
Glee has been terrible for most of its three season run. What started out as a promising, dark, and funny show quickly folded under its own weight. Instead of developing any characters or ongoing storyline, it became all about making each scene more wacky than the last, throwing all pretence of continuity or internal logic out the window. With the ratings in a free fall, there’s a good chance this will be its last season, and unless it returns this year with a lot of major corrections, that will be for the best. I’m mentioning it here, not because I think you should watch it (seriously, if you’re not watching it already, there’s really no reason to bother), but because it has the honour of being the first show I’ll be watching for the fall 2012 season. Within the next week I’ll post the schedule of all the shows I’ll be checking out this year and, as always, I’ll post my thoughts on each of the pilots/premieres after they air. It doesn’t look like an overly promising crop of shows this year, but hopefully there will be some pleasant surprises.
Sleep well,
DTE
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