Month: September 2013
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Recap: Last Tango in Halifax S1, E4
This is Caroline and Gillian’s episode. It’s the rainy evening when Alan (Derek Jacobi) and Celia (Anne Reid) are trapped in the spooky hall they scouted as a wedding location. Gillian (Nicola Walker) is outside with firemen who responded to her flaming Land Rover. She returns to the house, anxious because her dad isn’t home…
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Dishing About this Week’s Season Openers
All the season openers for the week have aired now. Let’s talk about how they did. The two that I thought did the best job starting the new season off with a bang were Castle and Bones. Castle jumped right out of the gate with action, conflict and new situations. Beckett is busy in Washington…
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Dream Actress Pairings
The other day Sarah Shahi tweeted a pic of her and Amy Acker working together on Person of Interest. @AmyAcker and I spending the day together pic.twitter.com/RdYVXPWge0 — Sarah Shahi (@onlysarahshahi) September 12, 2013 Sarah Shahi and Amy Acker: I think that’s an interesting combination of stars. Two people that you might not ever expect…
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Instant Judgments on Sleepy Hollow and Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Here are my instant opinions about two new TV shows that deal with fantastical unreality. Sleepy Hollow may be a bit overbearingly self-important. — OldAintDead (@OldAintDead) September 24, 2013 I watched two episodes before I formed that judgment on Sleepy Hollow. It’s too heavy handed for my taste. I feel like they are beating me…
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Two interesting documentary films about equality
A couple of interesting documentaries caught my eye recently. Even though they are very different, they are both about equality. The first, CinemAbility, is about equal treatment of the disabled. It’s about a movement to portray disabled people in film and pop culture realistically. If you read my post We Need More Young Geeky Female…
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Recap: Last Tango in Halifax, S1 E3
Last week, Caroline (Sarah Lancashire) drove off with her two boys and Celia (Anne Reid), leaving John (Tony Gardner) standing in the middle of the road at the farm. That’s where we start up this week, with Caroline having an emotional breakdown in the car as she drives erratically away. Caroline stops the car and…
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A Downton Abbey Season 4 Preview (Video)
Downton Abbey fans, I found a tiny tidbit about season 4 to help tide you over. Hope it helps with the pain of waiting. Season 3 of Downton Abbey ended with Lady Mary Crawley giving birth to a son as his father accidentally smashed his car into a tree and died. Season 4 doesn’t begin…
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Review: Now You See Me
Do you have fun at magic shows? Can you react to a trick with a 6-year-old’s sense of delight? If the answer is yes, you are going to really enjoy this magic show of a movie. Now You See Me is a magic act wrapped up in a heist movie and featuring a Robin Hood…
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We Need More Young Geeky Female Role Models on TV
In my other life as a web educator, I spoke on a panel at WordCamp last weekend. The panel was billed this way: Developer Diversity: The Mars/Venus Thing and WordPress Moderator: Karen Arnold Panelists: Suzette Franck, Alison Barrett, Daryl L. L. Houston, Virginia DeBolt, Mark Casias The discussion was about how to get more women in…
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Fringe: A New Obsession
Fringe completed its 5th and final season earlier this year. There were 100 episodes in this Sci Fi drama full of parallel universes, strange beasts, and far out science – or “fringe” science – concepts. When it first came out, back in 2008, I watched a few episodes, but my attention was spotty. It was…