My Top 5 Obsessions This Week

Update: Schitt's Creek season finale was heartwarming and everything I wanted. There might have even have been happy eye moisture on my part.

Greetings to all my semi constant readers and a busy few months are ahead and I am happy to share a few new things and  personal favorites. Summer is just around the corner and the days are getting longer and warmer but there is always something new to be found. That new trailer for Stephen King's IT is already scaring the pants off me. 

1) Tom Ford's " Nocturnal Animals " starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon. A stunning story of a gallery owner who receives a very disturbing manuscript from her ex-husband played by Gyllenhaal. The film is immensely watchable as it cuts back and forth to the enfolding  manuscript as a story within a story . Gripping and dark and deeply satisfying. Available on DVD or Streaming.

2) Schitt's Creek I may have mentioned before is a a favorite of mine . Although season three is almost over I am left wanting it not to be over yet. This show is sharply written and the characters are even more developed than ever and I am finding myself rooting for the Roses. I want to see David fall in love and the will they/ won't they chemistry between Patrick and him is so endearing and well acted I am constantly waiting for their scenes together. Dan Levy has perfect comedy timing and Eugene Levy , Catherine O'Hara and Annie Murphy seem like a real family to me. A modern more realistic Green Acres that has many years of stories worth telling.

3) A recent visit to The Punchline in San Francisco was to see comedians Paul Mecurio and Carla Clayy. Paul a former writer for The Daily Show had a great set and much to my chagrin ,  I got hauled up on stage for a bit but all in good humor. Carla Clayy a San Francisco native and Punchline favorite was uproariously funny. She has hilarous stories and kept the audience rolling in the aisles with a very tight set.

4) It is that time of year again! Three's Company Live at Oasis featuring Heklina, Darcy Drollinger and the irrepressible Matthew Martin as Mrs. Roper. Featuring all new episodes it will be running all month long. Oasis keeps putting out quality "Only in SF" entertainment and this is no exception. Get your tickets immediately!!

5)  A literal calvacade of comedy stars show up in this new half hour scripted comedy Nobodies about a group of writers  (Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, Rachel Ramras) who write for a children's show and are trying to get meeting for a script they are shopping around town. Utilizing everyone they know in the business for help and bumbling their way around as each turn gets them in more trouble. I would love to see this show get better and better because it has much potential. Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Nate Saxon, Maya Rudolph, Jason Bateman and a host of others show up in versions of themselves.