GET FIRED UP: AUGUST

Well, I took a little break, had a pretty crazy July, but I’m back. Sorry! I’ll try to work my way back into writing, but I’ll probably be a little rusty. Together though I think we can knock off the rust. And now onto what to look for in August:

TV

The guy from GLEE loves Sbarro. That’s definitely what this show is about. (via AMC)

Rubicon- AMC, Sundays- Those of us who pay attention to AMC have already seen half of the pilot (it’s a full two hours) and it was a subtly done, gripping start. I know I’ll be setting my watch to these episodes in expectation. I hope the series lives up to the AMC standard and if it does, we’re in for a great ride. Rubicon follows a government employee as he traces a secret arm of the government. Here we go rabbit hole!

MUSIC

The Burbs never sounded so good.

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire- August 2- Can’t wait for this. Their releases have been epic in scope and sound and The Suburbs looks to be another in the line of hits.  So far we’ve heard a few tracks and I think it’s safe to say that we are getting more of the awesome from Arcade Fire. AHHHH. I haven’t been this excited about singles from an upcoming album in a LONG time and if there’s one thing AF does really well it’s composing a whole album.
Also look for: Land of Talk’s Cloak and Cipher

MOVIES
The Expendables and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World- Looks like August 13th is gonna be pretty epic.
The Expendables is every guy my age’s dream movie. All of our favorite action stars from our youth coming together for one epic body-counting, compound-detonating, gun-playing romp. Just get ready for everything over the top. It’s the third film this year featuring a group of specialized commandos. We’ll see what happens and if this group can pull it off any better than the previous two. My vote’s on YES.


Scott Pilgrim vs. The World- I’ll admit I haven’t read this comic and have had literally every intention of doing so since I first read about it about 2 years ago. It for some reason has slipped through my cracks. But I think I’m going to pick it up and read it before I see the film.  There is so much going for this film, the cast and director alone are enough to get me in the mix. Combine that with the way people are talking about it and I can’t even contain myself. Looks fun, funny, and COMPLETELY unique. I may just have to have a double feature on August 13th.

That’s it for August, should be a pretty great month guys, so buckle up. Now I’m going to watch Children of Men again after I get some WaWa. Go on be jealous.