'True Blood' rocks; 'Reading' falls short

One of the brand new shows that sees its placement on HBO is the new series 'True Blood'.  The show is created by Alan Ball, who created the HBO staple Six Feet Under and was the director behind the movie American Beauty for which he won an Oscar.  The show is very unique.  The show follows a young waitress who has the power to read people's thoughts and her relationship with a 173 year old vampire.  There are also people trying to steal vampire's blood because it will cause humans to feel healthy.  There is a new drink going around called Tru Blood which is a synthetic of real blood.  It is pretty raunchy.  There are very graphic sex scenes involving vampires and humans.  That sort of takes away from the story but is a key component.  The show keeps your attention and is really intriguing.  Anna Paquin who plays the waitress does a really good job at playing the sometimes naive Sookie.  It is a worthwhile show to check out and a detour from normal television viewing.  

I just back from watching the movie 'Burn after Reading'  and for me it disappointed.  The Cohen brothers coming off of the great 'No Country for Old Men' really let down with this sometimes quirky comedy.  The movie is a tangled mess and really hard to explain.  There is too much going on and the plot never really develops.  The only really funny scenes are the ones involving JK Simmons as the head of the CIA.  John Malcovich does a decent job as the alcoholic Osbourne Cox.  While George Clooney and Brad Pitt, fall short and are kind of annoying after about ten minutes of viewing.  The dialogue is average and rather bland while the plot never goes anywhere.  Hopefully the Cohen brothers will come back next time with a worthwhile movie, but the movie maybe is worth a watch once.