2014 Emmy Predictions

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. The Emmys. I don't even get my hopes up anymore for my favorite shows to win or even get nominated. There will always be hideous snubs and abhorrent inclusions, and I have no idea who votes for these things or how anyone can possibly definitively say "this actor is better" or "this show is better." The Emmys are entirely subjective and honestly don't even matter, so why do we care so much about them? I have no idea. With that being said, here are my predictions along with my very biased opinions. Enjoy.

Review: "Please Like Me" (Season 1)

"Please Like Me" is a fantastic Australian comedy created by Josh Thomas, who also stars in and writes every episode. The series begins with Josh getting dumped by his girlfriend Claire (played by Caitlin Stasey) who tells Josh that she thinks he might be gay. Afterwards, Josh goes to his friend Tom (Thomas Ward) at his work and meets Tom's gay new co-worker Geoffrey (Wade Briggs), who ends up having dinner with Josh, Tom, and Tom's somewhat insane girlfriend Niamh (Nikita Leigh-Pritchard). Geoffrey insists on staying the night with Josh, who starts to realize that Claire was right and that he is attracted to Geoffrey. And so, Josh begins the process of coming out and getting comfortable with himself, as well as trying to maintain a working relationship with Geoffrey, which is one of the main focuses in the season. The other focus would be the relationships among Josh and his family, especially between Josh and his mother (Debra Lawrance), who attempts to kill herself in the first episode, prompting Josh to move in with her since she can no longer be alone. Josh's parents are divorced and his father (David Roberts) has found a new wife in Mae (Renee Lim) who moved from Thailand to be with him. Josh's strict, christian Aunt Peg (Judi Farr) has a close relationship with both Josh and his mother after the suicide attempt.

Hello and welcome to whatever this is!

   Hello there! My name is Wade and I am an avid cinephile who watches all kinds of movies and television. On this blog I hope to post many movie and TV reviews, and also maybe some opinion pieces occasionally. I should say now that I am absolutely terrible at computers and really have no idea what I'm doing, so this thing might end up a complete and total mess with no organization or cohesion to it at all and you may often find yourself thinking "Dear God, did Michael Bay make this blog?" but don't worry, we can get through this. Hopefully, my computer skills will improve with time and maybe even reach the point where I can figure out how to change the font of a word without deleting an entire page.
   So I suppose I should begin by pulling a Kanye West and talk about myself a lot more than I deserve. I live in a very boring place in the United States and would love to travel more, but unfortunately I've been diagnosed with poorness and an extreme lack of motivation to do anything other than sit around and watch TV and movies all day. Some of my favorite movies are Manhattan, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Dr. Strangelove, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Pan's Labyrinth, and Inglorious Bastards. Some of my favorite TV shows are 30 Rock, Twin Peaks, Lost, Game of Thrones, Veep, Arrested Development, and Mad Men. I like cats and the color green and Scooby-Doo Fruit Snacks. Here's a pic of me from this morning (#nofilter #nomakeup)

  I'm hoping that I'll be able to keep up the motivation to do something like this and ideally post at least two or three things a week, but honestly I've never done anything like this before so I have no idea how it will turn out. For all I know right now, this could very well end up being the only thing i ever post. But don't worry, I love procrastinating and living in constant denial of my responsibilities, so this should be great fun.