"The Closer" premiers Monday at 9PM Eastern time on TNT

Finished Smokin Aces. The violence was very graphic at times but not overwhelming. It continued to be pretty funny. There were some surprises but the obligatory plot twist felt contrived. Seeds for it had been planted throughout the movie, so it wasn't forced - just had a soap-operatic feel about it.

Started watching "Spirited Away" but since this is technically anime will post impressions in Anime Thread

Spirited Away is awesome...as is Howl's Moving Castle - my two favorite Miyazaki films.

I just watched "You and Me and Everyone We Know"...which was great (love indie movies). Tonight I think I'll watch "The Corporation".

Dr Who of course, and this Saturdays episode sees the return of Capt Jack Harkness, last seen vanishing from Torchwood.

Turns out there is a usenet group just for Dr. who. Found everything except the Runaway Bride special. Looks like hi-def avi files too - I only get scifi channel in regular NTSC resolution.

Just saw the first Lexx episode "I worship his shadow". After watching the entire series a few years ago, this was very interesting and explained a lot the history behind some of the plot elements. The major items are covered later in the series in flashbacks but it was nice to have the story told in chronological fashion. Now if I can just get to the dvd extras . . .

Also watching second season of Rome and still in love with the story. I'm at the split between Octavian and Marc Anthony (the final one) and Vorenus is still managing to pick the wrong side to be on.

I'm almost caught up on Dr. Who. Just finished "Blink" - probably one of the best episodes I've seen so far. Of course the science was a little shaky, but you can't get hung up on that - the concept was still excellent.

Not sure how I feel about "The bill". The characters have depth and there's always a lot going on so it's never dull. It also seems realistic but then I don't really have much to compare it to. At one point, I did work as a records clerk at my local police station, but it's a pretty quiet community so that probably doesn't count for much.

It gives you a much different view of things than other UK police dramas such as "A touch of Frost", "Taggart", "Inspector Morse", etc. But I think it's starting to grow on me.