House of Cards

House of Cards is a political docudrama-ish show that is loaded with familiar faces including Robin Wright (formerly Robin Penn-Wright, AKA married to Sean Penn), Kevin Spacey, Michael Kelley and Kate Mara. The story essentially follows Kevin Spacey's character, a veteran senator, who pulls great power plays to gain favor and whatever he wants. He plays everyone including a hot newswoman (Kate Mara) and is thoroughly enjoyable throughout. He nails a southern accent and is just truly engaging. The plot is greatly varied and there are enough interesting characters and developments to make you feel like our government is engaging. It's available on THE, getting more impressive every day, Netflix. It's just another reason to jump on board besides the numerous great shows and some very good movies displayed proudly for your streaming at all times. Pairing this with Orange is the New Black and I'm actually very interested in Netflix's own shows that compare with anything else on TV very favorably. I do want to see "Top of the Lake" on, I think, the Sundance Channel or IFC, I'm not sure which. That's been elusive so far and garnered some Emmy interest, despite having Peggy from Mad Men as a lead character... I really can't remember the last movie I saw in theaters, but I plan on seeing a few coming up since it's $5 movies and free popcorn at Marcus Point Cinema now through Oct. 31st. GIDDY UP.