Attention, fans of The Wire. Showrunner David Simon is back with his new six-part miniseries Show Me a Hero, debuting on Aug 16th with the first two episodes. Oscar Isaac, one of my very favorite new actors (I'm telling you, if Hollywood was making the kinds of movies they did in the 1970's he'd be a new Al Pacino) is a young mayor forced to build low income housing in middle class neighborhoods, and the show deals with the ramifications of how that affects race relations in the city. Kind of timely, don't you think? It's directed Crash's Paul Haggis, but I'm sure this is David Simon's baby all the way. Looks good.
