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As somebody who hasn’t seen probably 99% of the films that even the most casual movie buffs would consider essential viewing, I sympathize with this girl.  And I would guess that I could probably do equally terrible retellings of Rocky, any Godfather, Rambo, and Scarface… to name a few.

Eastbound & Down is pure comedy gold.  It’s a new series on HBO starring Danny McBride (Pineapple Express, The Foot Fist Way) and Will Ferrell’s an executive producer.  If you click through to that link and watch the preview video it looks like he’s also acting in the series.

I just grabbed a rough cut of the pilot episode by torrent and it is FUCKING FUNNY.  Everybody needs to PVR this shit immediately – looks like it’s coming out in February. This alone might be reason enough for me to finally bow down to (i.e. bend down in front of) the cable company and subscribe to HBO.

Maximum bonus points for using Freddy King’s “Going Down” for the show’s opening… in the pilot I saw at least.  I’m so pumped about this track that I’m going to include it here for your listening pleasure.  Possibly the most bad-ass Freddy tune ever recorded.

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Definitely one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long, long time.  Here’s hoping Mickey gets an Oscar nod next week. Check the trailer.