Last night, Covert Affairs premiered on USA; and I had to watch it. In fact, when my husband saw the commercial for it he commented “I know what you will be watching Tuesday night.”; that is how ‘right’ this show is for me.
Annie Walker as played by Piper Perabo is a delight. She is funny; awkward in new situations; and a master deceiver, even on her first job. Annie hasn’t even completed her CIA training when she is pulled in for a job which sounded a little forced at first. However, by the end, it is revealed that using her had a secret second purpose, a plot within a plot. And I love those.
Auggie Anderson, the blind tech specialist played by Christopher Gorham, is a fascinating character as well. He has humor and confidence; leading Annie through the hurdles of her first day on the job with finesse that is fun to watch. Right now he is set up as the new best friend but I am hoping that there is a bit of a romance subplot in his future. The chemistry between the two characters works for me.
An obstacle to that romance appears in the form of the mysterious ex from Annie’s past. She met him in Sri Lanka and he disappeared one night leaving a cryptic note. Ben Mercer, played by Eion Bailey (I remember him from Dawson’s Creek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer) will be coming back. Count on it. And when he does, sparks will fly; and I don’t mean just the romantic ones.
There was a lot of potential in the pilot for this series and I found myself setting my DVR to record this series, upgrading it from record this episode after the first ten minutes.
Jul 05
Posted by: Candi in Movies Comments Off
Hope you all had a happy 4th. Here I am with another list of movies being released this month that I want to see. Maybe after I tell you which ones I am looking forward to, you can tell me which ones you want to see.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice opening on July 14th: I know only three things about this movie; 1. Nicholas Cage (with some cool hair) stars in it, 2. A lot of eye candy is on display in the trailer, and 3. There is magic in this here movie. Those three things are enough to get me to the theater to watch, with my mouth hanging open and my hands fisted in excitement.
Inception opening on July 16th: As I have mentioned before Leonardo DiCaprio‘s name is enough to draw my attention to this movie. Throw in the special effects revolving around a strange ability to delve into people’s dreams and I am intrigued. Include the information that Leonardo’s character is a cop trying solve some sort of mystery and I am so there.
Salt opening on July 23rd: A spy movie! I love it. Mistaken identities and action scenes; I hope that I get a chance to see this in the theater as I love this kind of movie.
Charlie St. Cloud opening on July 30th: This stars Zac Efron (who I am rapidly becoming a fan of) and looks like a tear-jerker to me. Most of the time, I am not interested in tear-jerkers but this movie, about losing a brother but holding onto his memory, hits close to home. In fact after seeing the trailer for this, I am seriously considering buying a copy of the book it is based off of despite it being outside the normal genres I am attracted to.
So what movies are you looking forward to?
