Month: December 2013
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Recap: Lost Girl S4, E3 Lovers. Apart.
Bo (Anna Silk) is back in command of most of the scenes in Lost Girl this episode, but she’s not quite in command of her memory yet. I’m usually the queen of willing suspension of disbelief, but this episode strained even my willingness to gloss over strange plot points. Oh, who cares, Bo is back!…
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Recap: Lost Girl S4, E2 Sleeping Beauty School
Trick (Richard Howland) talks to a photo of Bo. “Please, my darling granddaughter, just tell us. Where are you?” The question on everyone’s mind starts off the episode. Lost Girl still has a lost girl. Dyson (Kris Holden-Ried) gets off his motorcycle at the spot where Tamsin drove off the cliff. The spot he’s been…
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Review: The Sapphires
The delightful film The Sapphires is based on a real group of Aboriginal women from Australia who performed soul music in Viet Nam in 1968 for the troops there.
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Teaser for Downton Abbey’s Christmas Show
Downton Abbey begins airing in the U.S. on January 5. The 2 hour Christmas special will air at the end of the season. In the UK, this episode will air on Christmas day. Small spoilers in the trailer reveal that Shirley MacLaine will be back and that Paul Giamatti will be about (playing Cora’s brother).…
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Trailer for John Sayles Latest: Go for Sisters
Go for Sisters is the latest film from writer and director, John Sayles. The movie’s web site describes the story like this: Bernice (LisaGay Hamilton) and Fontayne (Yolonda Ross) grew up so close people said they could “go for sisters”, but time sent them down different paths. Twenty years later, those paths cross: Fontayne is…
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Recap: Lost Girl, S4, E1 In Memoriam
A truck rolls into a warehouse with Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) hanging on underneath. She creeps out and watches some dudes put a wicker basket full of something (perhaps the Una Mens) in storage. Someone catches her just as Dyson (Kris Holden-Ried) and Hale (K.C. Collins) come to the rescue. She tries to convince the dude…
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Announcing Lost Girl Recaps
Thanks to a friendly reader, I found a way to watch episodes of Lost Girl before they come to a U.S. network in January. I’ll be recapping season 4. I’m about a month behind the starting date for season 4 in Canada, and about a month ahead of when they will air in the U.S.…
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Recommended: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries is an Australian series that just appeared on Netflix and Amazon. Season 1 is available on Netflix, season 2 is currently airing in Australia. Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries takes place in 1928 Melbourne. Essie Davis is Phryne Fisher, a feminist and free spirit who becomes a detective. The music, the sets,…
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Trailers for Orphan Black, season 2
They are keeping the Orphan Black cards pretty close to the chest with these teasers. They fall into the “is that all there is” category. This one tells us even less. In spite of this pitifully lacking look at what season 2 promises, I cannot wait to see what Tatiana Maslany does with the multiple…