Eoin Macken cast in an NBC show

Looks like Merlin really is ending in its current form - or most of the knights will be killed off in future episodes, that's a possibility too, true. Not only was Tim Hopper (Percival) cast as a regular in Black Sails, Eoin Macken (Gwaine) now got the lead part in NBC's After Hours. As Deadline.com says, the show "revolves around the graveyard shift in the ER at San Antonio Medical Center. It centers on TC Callahan (Macken), who has returned from the Army to practice his unorthodox brand of medicine, often butting heads with his superiors." I'm not into shows about doctors but this one might be interesting, if picked up, to see an army doctor used to practicing medicine in combat situations return back to normal life... Hm. And with Eoin Macken... Gwaine is my favorite knight and Eoin is simply gorgeous!

So, the end of Merlin, huh? I haven't been always a big fan, some parts of the show turn me off - I'm looking at you, wounded-doe-martyr!Gwen! - but this will be the end of an era, that's true, just like when Stargate or Smallville or House ended, shows that you got used to just being THERE...

Joe Flanigan in Lifetime's show!

According to Deadline.com, Joe Flanigan was cast as one of the regulars in Lifetime's pilot The Secret Lives Of Wives. He will be playing Salli Richardson's husband!



Yay, Syfy's stars playing a couple! What a coincidence. Love them both so much. He will be playing "Jared, unshaven and a shadow of his former self who has become passive and unresponsive to his marriage." The show might not be my cuppa but I'm glad that these two actors will have a regular spot on TV again, provided the pilot gets picked up, that is.

The Lookout

This is a really strange movie. Why? Because you really don't like the pre-accident Chris. He was an arrogant, spoiled bratt who thought he couldn't do wrong. He had everything. And in his recklessness he caused the death of two of his friends and his girlfriend's injury. So, his traumatic head injury, everything he lost, his suffering? You feel it's deserved. But then... Then you see him struggle every day with what happened, you see him struggle with the simplest things like opening a can, you see him hurting and you start thinking, is it really deserved? Because there will be no end to it, he will never be cured or serve his time and be done with it, he'll be reminded of what happened every single moment of his life. Is it a just punishment?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is incredible as Chris. And so, so gorgeous!



His friendship with Lewis is the highlight of the movie for me. Put together by the center, they became friends who depend on each other. I love how Lewis always looks out for Chris, that he cooks dinner for him so that Chris doesn't go to bed hungry when he comes back from his shift late. Or when he sits Luvlee down and asks her what she's doing there, with Chris, because girls like her don't end up with men like Chris. Or when he tells Chris he shouldn't go home anymore after attending Thanksgiving dinner with him.

Which brings me to Chris' parents. Despite everything that happened, they still love him. And they still look out for him. Yes, it's hard for them to accept that he isn't the same boy/man he used to be and he never will be again but they still look out for him - like when Chris finds out that his father is paying all the bills for him, his insurance, his car, simply everything. And I love how proud Chris' father is of him at the end.

Great movie with great actors - Matthew Goode as the bad guy, ha! - and wonderful music.