Adam Decker's The Good Wife Blog: May 2017

There is a list of six things that I am watching on DVD or tape right now. The tape option is mostly just shows that I have recorded this season on tape. Hopefully at some point, The Good Fight will be on DVD and I can watch that at some point. But I am watching the first season of Gilmore Girls now still from when I added it to review it for this blog. I will tell you what I replace that option with. It will be a bonus for people who read this blog. I’d also like to apologize for putting the wrong date in the last update. It was clearly not February. Hopefully, there won’t be any mistakes like that in the future.

Spin-off information- My review of the spin-off will follow later in this post. It will probably stay for as long as the show is still on. If the show leaves the air, then I’ll probably cut it. I do plan on creating a new blog for it in the future. I guess that I will just have to keep you updated on when it might be released in the future.

Julianna Margulies: It appears that the main actress has a movie project in the works. It is called Three Christs. I’m not sure how it sounds just yet, but I’m not sure that it’s something that I would like. She’s also in another new movie called Untouchable.

Three Christs: This is a movie in preproduction that will be released sometime in 2018. Apparently, a doctor, has to deal with three patients who all think that they are Christ due to a mental problem that they all have. Will it mock religion or be more serious? I found out that this is based off of a real life case of people with schizophrenia.

Untouchable: The plot that imdb has for this sounds very strange. Apparently a former criminal and a wealthy person in a wheelchair have some sort of comedic relationship. It doesn’t have a trailer yet, but it does have a release year of 2018. I guess we’ll see what, if anything, comes from it.

Josh Charles: He has at least two projects in the works, according to imdb. It looks like he will appear in Amateur, a sports movie. Another project mentioned is called Norman. Hopefully all of these get made and released.

Amateur: This does not have a trailer or release date yet. This one is still listed as filming, so hopefully it can be released and finished sometime. This is a basketball drama and it appears to be a coming of age drama as well. Can a young player fit in with a new team? It has a year of release: 2017. It doesn’t have a particular date just yet.

Norman: It should be out now, but not in a local region for me. It has a rating on imdb as it may have played at some film festival before an official release to the public. The plot is about The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer, as the subtitle that the movie used to have clearly mentioned. It has a trailer, which I’m talk about next.

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFCrl37HzU

Thoughts on trailer: I honestly can’t tell based off of that if this will be interesting or just plain weird. I guess that I’ll still see it, but it can be hard to make a good impression on a movie based off of a dumb trailer. Plus, it didn’t reveal much of the film. How does he fall in the film? How does he rise? How is he a fixer? There is more that the trailer could reveal that it hasn’t.

Now is the point where I would review the film, but I can’t as I’m not yet able to see it. I wasn’t able to find it in local theaters when I researched information for it online. Indeed, when I tried to find a theater showing Norman, google instead told me about the movie theater in Norman, Oklahoma. I didn’t even know that place existed. I guess that I’ll just have to wait until it comes out on DVD before I can watch it.

Graham Phillips: I honestly wasn’t sure if he’d still be in acting after The Good Wife. It appears that he isn’t doing much, if anything, in the acting world still. He is in a movie called XOXO and is available to watch on Netflix right now. I just don’t know if I can give a review of this just yet. I hope that I can eventually. I’m going to keep including it in the update until I can review it or he does something new. I hope that happens soon. Is he done with acting?

XOXO: This movie is about six people sharing some strange romantic night of some sort. It looks like a romantic drama of some sort. It should be out now as of this update. I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to see it since it appears to be a Netflix exclusive. I don’t know if it will ever be available on DVD for me to watch without Netflix. I’ll check back later for more updates. I also hope to find a guest reviewer for this movie or hope that it would be available to rent sometime at my video store. I’m not getting Netflix just to watch this. There is a trailer for the movie now.

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUN5uSu_VQM

Thoughts on trailer: It looks like an interesting trailer. I’d have to say that it was a vague trailer of some sort. I can’t tell yet if it is one of those famous controversial trailers that make a movie look better than it is. I’m not entirely sure if I have seen one of those. Anyways, it looks like the movie is a fairly normal movie of some sort although it might have some weird parts to it. The trailer does make me interested in seeing the movie. I hope that it’s not a misleading trailer.

Now is the point where I should post a review of the movie, but I can’t as I am not able to watch this. If anyone reading this is able to see the movie and wants to do a review of it, then let me know. In fact, if you want to do that, then just comment on this post. In the meantime, I’ll see if it ever gets released to DVD so I can actually watch it out of Netflix.

Archie Panjabi: This actress did a lot after leaving the show. Right now, she is in the show Blindspot. I finally found something else new with her. She’s doing something else called Controversy. It’s a pilot for a TV show so we will see if it ends up being picked up for a series in the future. We may have to wait until the June update to know for sure.

Blindspot: This shows airs at 8/7 Central on Wednesdays on NBC. Archie plays a character who seems to suddenly be helping with the team. A review will follow. Her character is the leader of the team at the moment, although I’m not sure I fully understand how that happened.

Review: Blindspot: Status- Currently on NBC at 8/7 Central on Wednesdays. Why I’ve seen it- I was interested in the idea of it. Description- For mysterious reasons, a woman has amnesia and tattoos all over her body and there are crimes solved based off of this. Notable People- Archie Panjabi, who was on The Good Wife, is a character on the show. Pros- The show is intriguing and interesting. Cons- The show may seem a bit scatterbrained and it seems like they are trying to do a female version of Jason Bourne. The show can seem similar to other types of dramas in a way. It can also be more violent than it needs to be. Note to Parents- I’d say that this is something that teenagers can watch, but not any younger than that. I think that all the episodes I’ve seen thus far were TV14. Recommendation- I’d say that this is worth watching. Prediction- I’m not sure that I have a high hope for the show at the moment. I could be proven wrong, but nothing NBC airs at this timeslot seems to last. Reception: positive. Grade: B+.

Controversy: The plot of this sounds very interesting so hopefully it will be picked up for a series. Since it is a pilot, it doesn’t really have a pending release date. The plot is about a person who accuses football players of rape. It will air on FOX if it airs at all.

Christine Baranski: After rejecting various pilots and other projects in the hopes of getting a spin-off from the Good Wife, she got what was wanted and will be on a Good Wife spin-off. It will only be available on CBS All Access (and hopefully DVDs in the future). The spin-off is called The Good Fight. I don’t know if there is anything else she is doing, although she apparently does stage shows.

The Good Fight: It will be put on www.cbs.com and be available to watch on CBS all access to those that want it. It is available now. Expect to see the same review over and over again for whichever people work on this from The Good Wife.

Review: Status- It is available online only at CBS all access. I’ll let you know if it is released on DVD. Why I’ve seen it- If there is something in this blog that I can review, I will. Description- Diane continues her adventures starting from scratch after losing her retirement money and starting at a new firm. Pros- The show is about the same level of quality that you would expect from The Good Wife. Cons- Apparently, there is going to be a lot of nudity in it. Like the original, this show is a bit too confusing. Note to Parents- Your kids would have to pay to watch this online so if they are seeing it, then you hopefully were the ones who let that happen, although I’d lean towards not letting really young people watch this. Recommendation- Since this is only available online for money, I would actually steer clear of this unless you really like the show. I like it, but not enough to shell out too much money for it. Prediction- This could last a while if people keep using the subscription service to watch it. It already has a second season renewal. Reception: critically acclaimed. Grade: B.

Matt Czuchry: All of this time that you’ve seen me doing updates for him in this blog, you only saw me mentioning the reboot of Gilmore Girls. Well, I can finally take that off the update list and report on something new he is finally doing. It is a pilot for a TV show called The Resident. We’ll see in May or later if it gets picked up.

The Resident: This is a potential pilot on the FOX network that could air at some point in time. I’m not sure if there’s a better way of putting it than calling it a medical drama, which is what it would be. The main thing that would make it different is it focusing more on medicine than other shows have.

Makenzie Vega: She has been working since The Good Wife ended. There’s a TV movie that she did in postproduction called Tomboy. As for any other new projects, I don’t see them just yet. There’s nothing new to report.

Tomboy: This made for TV movie is listed as in postproduction and has neither a release date nor trailer for it just yet. It is something that will be out in 2017 according to imdb. It doesn’t mention so much as a plot to it, so I guess I’ll have to figure that out for future updates. One can guess that a tomboy is central to the plot.

Alan Cumming: Here’s an actor who’s known for starring in Broadway plays and productions. Perhaps you have seen him on the Tony Awards that you always watch because you can’t afford to see Broadway any other way. It looks like he has a lot of future projects in the works. The first one is called The Surrealist. Another movie that he’s doing in the future is Battle of the Sexes. I see him in After Louie. A new one that I’ve noticed is called Show Dogs. That’s a lot of projects to look out for in the future. He also might be doing something called Instinct.

The Surrealist: This appears to be a scripted movie regarding an artist named Salvador Dali. This appears to be based off of a true story. It looks like he has issues with his wife over his obsession with the Mona Lisa. There is no release date or trailer for the movie, and it appears that it doesn’t so much as have a single year of release on it just yet. Upon doing more research, it might be in development hell since a source I found with information says that it was planned since at least the fifth upcoming season of The Good Wife. So hopefully something will eventually come of this potential project. I’m not even sure if it belongs in these updates.

Battle of the Sexes: This is listed as being in postproduction right now. This is also based off of a true story regarding a tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobbie Riggs. It has no trailer or release date as of yet, but it should be coming out on September 22, 2017.

After Louie: This movie is listed as completed. It is a drama of some sort. It appears to relate to being gay and how it has changed as of today. According to new information, it has already been released in the UK. I’m not sure if it will be out in the US at all.

Show Dogs: This project is listed as filming at the moment. The plot relates to a police dog going undercover in a dog show competition to prevent some sort of disaster from happening. It might be live action, although I can’t tell for sure at the moment. It is more than likely an animated movie. It is planned for release on November 10, 2017.

Instinct: According to the following source, this is a pilot that Alan is working on. Now just because it is a pilot doesn’t mean that it is certain to be a series just yet. There’s not much information about it just yet. Hopefully I can find out something at some time. The release date is 2017.

Zach Grenier: It appears that he is acting in a show called The Tap that would air on USA. If he’s doing anything else, I don’t see it at the moment. Maybe we’ll see more from him in the future over time. Maybe not.

The Tap: Not much is revealed about this just yet. It appears that it will air sometime in 2017. It will be on the USA network. The plot of it revolves around three individuals trying to find their new identities in Yale around 1969. Last I checked, it was just a pilot and not certain to go ahead as a series.

Matthew Goode: He has been doing a lot of projects since leaving The Good Wife. I might as well get to mentioning all of them. Projects he’s doing are The Hatton Garden Job and Magik. Another new project he’s in is called Four Kids and it. And he has yet another new project in the works called Birthmarked. He’s done so much and keeps doing more. Another thing he is appearing in is called Guernsey, which we’ll find out more about later. I’m not sure if he is still in Four Kids and it or Magik. I also don’t know if either of those last two projects are still moving forward.

The Hatton Garden Job: It has no trailer for it released just yet. More research into it reveals the plot: it is based off of a true story of a heist in London that happened in 2015. There are two other potential projects about the same heist. If this is made first, you’ll have to wonder if the others will see the light of day. Alternatively, if any of the others get made first, would this be made? It is out now in the UK. I have no idea when or if it will be released in the US. It will hopefully happen at some point. I can’t remember if I saw any promos for this or something similar recently.

Now is the point where I would review the movie, but I can’t as I’m not able to see this. I don’t know when or if I’ll be able to see it. I could keep it around until a potential US release, but I might cut it soon if I can’t find information about it in the future.

Magik: This is an animated movie in the fantasy genre. It looks like it will be a Canadian film. There is no trailer for it yet. This is in postproduction according to imdb. The plot relates to a father visiting an alternate world to find his missing kids. While the US release date remains unknown, the UK release date is sometime in 2018. Imbd no longer mentions this as a project that Matthew is in. While it looks like the movie is still moving forward, I can’t tell if he is still in this.

Four Kids and it: This looks like another in a line of kids finding some magical creature film. I liked these as a kid, although I’m not sure that I’ll still have the same fondness as an adult. Hopefully I can. There is no trailer of specific release date for it yet, although 2017 is the year it is set to come out at. I do hope that they can come up with a better name for it than what they have now. While Wikipedia still lists this as a potential project for Matthew, imbd no longer does. I’ll keep it in these updates for now until I can see for sure what’s happening and if he’s in it.

Birthmarked: Here’s another Canadian film where I’m not sure if it is coming out sometime in America. It probably will, but we’ll see for sure later. It is mentioned as coming out sometime in 2017. The plot is mentioned as scientists trying to raise kids contrary to how their genes are set up.

Guernsey: This currently has a release year of 2018. The plot relates to a writer writing about the experiences of the residents of Guernsey Island after World War II. Sounds pretty interesting, but haven’t we had enough World War II movies by now?

Cush Jumbo: In addition to doing The Good Fight, there’s at least one other project that she is doing, a short called Toads & Bluebottles. I also see her in the possibly new film City of Tiny Lights. I would guess that since she’s doing a TV show, she’d be doing less projects.

Toads & Bluebottles: This is going to be a ten minute short to be released sometime in 2017. There’s no trailer or release date for this just yet. I’m not sure how to see most shorts. I think that most of them are hard to come by. It is listed as in preproduction. I was able to find the plot: it’s an animated story about imaginary people doing a life journey in just ten minutes. Will it be good? I have no idea. I’d have to see it, or at least a trailer for it, to know for sure.

City of Tiny Lights: This is a drama that’s out now in the UK, although I’m not sure when it will be out in the US. There is a trailer released for it, so that’s pretty cool. The plot relates to a person investigating a case that may have more to it than is first thought. Hmm. That sounds a bit cliché.

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I2z4YPuMZ0

Thoughts on trailer: This looks pretty interesting, although I’ve seen enough trailers like this for movies I never ended up seeing. I guess this something that might be good, although it seems a bit vague in terms of what it reveals about the movie.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan: It appears that he joined the cast of The Walking Dead. Thankfully, while I will not be able to watch it myself, I do know someone (multiple people, actually) who can review the show for me. I just hope that someone does something. You can post one yourself in the comments. It appears that he is also in a new project called Militia. A new thing that he’s doing is Rampage. I wonder what that would be like.

The Walking Dead: This is a popular gory cable zombie drama about humans trying to save themselves from what is known as The Walking Dead. I honestly haven’t seen it, so I don’t know if it is as good as everyone makes it seem. But I’ll leave that to guest reviewers of mine to decide for you. Hopefully I get them some point soon so they can help me. If not, I’ll just mention the show until I do get a guest review here at some point. This show will return sometime in October.

Militia: It doesn’t have a release date just yet. The plot relates to a shooting at a police funeral being investigated by a militia man. Hopefully a trailer or release date shows up with it in the future. Until then, we wait.

Rampage: This is a movie based off of a video game. It is about apes and monsters destroying a city. It has no trailer yet, but it does have a release date of April 20^th, 2018. This might be good as I actually like some of these movies.

Robert King: Here is where we switch to writing credits. He and his wife are helping with The Good Fight. I’m not sure what else they might be doing besides that. If there’s anything, I can’t find it. There is nothing else new to report.

Michelle King: Since she is married to the previous person, it would appear that she would probably have the same projects in the works as her husband. This section may be redundant since any similar projects that these people have would be the same thing and thus have the same information. She is working on The Good Fight.

Schedule

Currently released movie- XOXO (on Netflix, unknown public release), City of Tiny Lights (in the UK, unknown US release), Norman, The Hatton Garden Job (in the UK, unknown US release)

Currently on the air- Blindspot is on at 8/7 Central on Wednesdays on NBC

On CBS all access- The Good Fight

Potential pilot/series: Controversy, The Resident, Instinct, The Tap

Possibly out somehow: After Louie (out in UK, unknown US release)

Currently on hiatus- The Walking Dead (returns in October)

September 22, 2017- Battle of the Sexes

November 10, 2017- Show Dogs

Unknown 2017- Toads & Bluebottles, Tomboy, Four Kids and it, Birthmarked (Canadian release, unknown US release), Amateur

April 20^th, 2018- Rampage

Unknown 2018- Three Christs, Magik (UK release, unknown US release), Untouchable, Guernsey

Unknown year/development hell- The Surrealist, Militia

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