It seems inevitable that Showtime would find a period in history to adapt that was most like itself.  They don't do a great job, but you're going to watch it for the gratuitous nudity anyway, aren't you?  No need to crucify yourself over it.

They should make a drinking game out of the deus ex machinae in this season, but that doesn't make it any less entertaining.  I mean, if you buy Jen Garner as a multi-linguial superspy, your disbelief is beyond suspended; it's incarcerated without the possibility of parole.

Speaking of spies.  For as small a movie as this is, it's surprisingly entertaining, and Chris Cooper is better here than in almost anything I've seen him in, which makes sense since he had to fool the CIA for years.

Finishing out the spy trifecta, we have a case of the worst actor in history posing as someone in a profession built around acting.  Yes, it's yet another movie in an entire series you can just go ahead and skip the fuck out of.

The blueprint for how to take every element George Lucas used to make Star Wars, and turn it into one of the worst movies ever made.  No, that's exactly why you should see it!

I am perhaps biased because I love watching pranks, but no other show makes me laugh so hard or as often as this one.  Candidly.

Documentary about a corrupt preacher (is there any other kind?) bilking the faithful idiots (sorry, another redundancy) and then explaining behind the scenes precisely how he does it while he literally counts up the cash.

Entirely too short, but it's a good fix of Sttar Wars by filling in some of the events leading up to Revenge of the Sith.  Not great, but better than good if you're a Star Wars geek (Guilty!).

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