The Company is a 3-part miniseries that chronicles the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency over the 40-year period known as the “Cold War”. History meets fiction in this cinematic representation of the intense rivalry and conflict that existed between Intelligence Services of the United States and the Soviet Union. It’s based on a best selling novel written by Robert Little, and the adaptation for television was developed by Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down).

Oscar-nominated director Mikael Salomon brings you inside a riveting underground fight between the CIA and the KGB. It is a personalizing and individualizing narrative that manages to humanize the secretive men in black. The story revolves around the intelligent Yale graduate Jack McCauliffe (Chris O’Donnell) who is recruited into the CIA and sent to Berlin. Unknowingly his friend and former Yale classmate Yevgeny, played by talented actor Rory Cochrane (CSI Miami), is recruited by the KGB and their lives become inextricably entwined as we progress through the history of the Cold War.

Having watched the first two episodes of The Company I must admit that this is one of few miniseries that actually manages to keep the viewer’s interest throughout the entire 2-hour episodes. To some extent the series feels a bit too simplified in that it rushes through history with somewhat irreverence for its actual magnitude but do not disregard the actual perplexity facing Salomon when asked to produce a six-hour miniseres covering four decades that would shape the world as we know it. The Company is an admirable effort and I would strongly recommend you to catch-up before the final episode airs on TNT at Sunday 8:00 PM.

(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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Venezuelan Premier Hugo Chavez has recently been taking his new found friend and guest US actor Sean Penn across Venezuela in his very own jeep to show him the country side and to tell him about Venezuela.

Penn, a highly acclaimed actor from the US who has won many awards came to Venezuela unannounced as a journalist. But, all of a sudden, he was touring the country with left wing President Chavez, a controversial leader who has most openly been critical of the US government, and in particular, of President Bush.

Some see the interaction with actor Penn as a ploy by Chavez to attract more attention and garter more anti US support, yet, to show how he is open to Americans. Penn has maintained that he will not release his findings about Venezuela just yet.

(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)

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What more can one ask for in life than a bag of delicious cheese-nachos and the latest episode of the hilarious cartoon Lil’ Bush, making controversial fun of The White House through its pint-size cartoon characters.

The series that started out as a download for mobile phones attracted more than 2 million viewers when it made its debut on Comedy Central back in June. Both famous democrats and republicans find themselves in the line of fire when the show’s creator Donick Cary lets his imagination run a little bit too far from the truth; just don’t forget that it’s all good fun!

Lil’ Bush: I never thought I’d say this but invading people’s privacy actually makes reading fun!

(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)

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