THE TOP 10 THINGS WE LOVE THIS WEEK

THE TOP 10 THINGS WE LOVE THIS WEEK

1.     31 DAYS OF OSCAR. If you can’t find a movie to watch on TCM between now and March 3, then you don’t love movies. The network is airing Academy Award winners around the clock, including its first-ever run of all three chapters of The Lord of the Rings.

2.    BETTER CALL SAUL. We were skeptical at first, but this Breaking Bad prequel is the rare spin-off that works, expanding the original show’s mythology while creating its own distinct funny-sad sense of humor. (AMC, Mondays, 10 p.m.).

3.    NOBODY WALKS, by Mick Herron The author’s eighth thriller sees Tom Bettany, a former intelligence operative, investigating the suspicious death of his son, which unexpectedly draws him back into a world of spy games and shadowy criminals he thought he’d left behind.

4.    “EGO,” Tove Styrke On the new single from her March album Kiddo, the skittish Swedish pop star (not to be confused with Tove Lo) delivers an infectiously hooky dance-pop jam about her love affair with a self-hyping jerk

5.    WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD Put another shrimp on the zombie! Mad Max meets Dawn of the Dead in this mayhemfilled Australian horror movie about gun-toting locals, undead hordes, and (although this may go without saying) beer.

6.    RESTARTER, Torche Maybe it’s the humidity or the constant threat of gator attacks, but Florida produces great metal—like the gloriously fuzzy, sludgy,  ardhitting fourth album from four of loud rock’s most adroit genre-benders.

7.    BEST IN SHELTER WITH JILL RAPPAPORT Tune in to the NBC correspondent’s halfhour special, which follows her as she travels across the country to meet lovable rescue pups. (NBC, Feb. 21, 7 p.m.)

8.    “COMING HOME,” Leon Bridges You’ll swear some rogue radio signal beamed in Bridges from decades ago—the 23-year-old Texan’s sweet throwback ballad is already earning him comparisons to soul masters like Sam Cooke.

9.    FIREBACK MOVIES Prove your cinephilic mettle with this mind-stretching mobile-based game that challenges you to link movies by their shared actors. With just 60 seconds to connect Avatar to A View to a Kill, stress is inevitable. (On iTunes)

10.THE SCULPTOR, by Scott McCloud One of graphic storytelling’s most beloved voices takes a break from discussing the philosophy of visual communication to publish his latest novel: In his final days, a young artist exchanges his life for the ability to sculpt anything he wishes.

Source : EW