Top Chef: Undercooked Blues
Top Chef: Las Vegas Dinner Party Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish incorporating three keywords Elimination Challenge: Host a dinner party for the Macy’s Culinary Council When the show started, it showed a contestant talking about missing their family. In...
American Gangster
Directed: Ridley Scott Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe Denzel plays Frank Lucas, the top gangster in 70s Harlem, who is being investigated and pursued by the incorruptible NJ cop, the insane Russell Crowe. Through the course of the movie, Frank sets up his empire, going from a bodyguard for...
Amazing Race: Play & Destroy
Amazing Race It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars While the teams were resting at the pit stop, the river boat took up anchor and went to another location away from Cai Be. The teams left the pit stop in the following order: Gary & Matt – Pinky &...
Amazing Race: Sushi & Ducks
Amazing Race They Thought Godzilla Was Walking Down the Street (Japan/Vietnam) Each season, there are some good names for teams and then there are a million dating teams. Using their real names are boring so I like to make up new ones for them. Here is what I’ve come...
Top Chef: Deconstruction
Top Chef: Las Vegas Penn & Teller Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Duo Challenge – Angel vs. Devil Elimination Challenge: Deconstruct a Classic Dish The chefs seemed to be asking the same question I was last week. Why was Robin still there?...
Top Chef: Roughing It
Top Chef: Las Vegas Camping Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Viewer’s Choice: Cook with cactus Elimination Challenge: Prepare a high-end lunch for Chef Love & two dozen cowboys Some might complain that the camping challenge isn’t the best way to show how...
Second Chances
This summer, I watched some shows that I never gave a fair shot the first time around. I enjoyed all of them so I found more shows to watch! Uh-oh! Gossip Girl This was the show I was most resistant to watch. It looked pompous and completely over the...
Top Chef: Fancy French Cooking
Top Chef: Las Vegas Vivre Las Vegas Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish using escargot in 45 minutes Elimination Challenge: French pairing – protein & sauce I believe I read it in one of the comments on a Top Chef...
Top Chef: Whole Lot of Scrumptiousness
Top Chef: Las Vegas Thunderbirds Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create an “out of this world” dish featuring potatoes Elimination Challenge: Create a meal for 300 airmen at Nellis Air Force Base At the beginning of the episode, Preeti and Laurine were...
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
I played with my brother’s GI Joe figures when I was a kid. I didn’t watch the cartoon since I thought it was silly. I don’t really remember much about them including their names so it would have helped if some characters had more of an introduction in the...