Month: January 2014
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Hit the Lights, Lost Girl
Can you see K.C. Collins in the screen shot above? He’s there, down at the end of the line, next to Ksenia Solo, who is also hard to see. Here’s another image with K.C. Collins that presumably involves outside light. Still hard to see, isn’t he? Maybe it’s because of budget issues, as mehlsbells suggests,…
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Vimeo Tries Out a New Video On Demand Idea
Vimeo is moving into a new area of video on demand that may change the way films are released. If you are a member of Vimeo PRO ($199 a year) you can see certain films released there long before they are in wide release. In VOD for Everyone? Vimeo’s Blake Whitman Tells Us About Opening…
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Monday Night Madness
Now that the new TV season brings back some of my favorite shows, there are so many shows on Monday night I want to see that it took me two days to watch them all. Here are some quick reactions to what I watched. Join in with a comment if you have a different Monday…
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Recap: Lost Girl S4, E9 Destiny’s Child
In the Lost Girl episode “Destiny’s Child,” we learn some long-held secrets and unravel some of season 4’s mysteries – or do we? On the midnight train to some other plane of existence a welder works as the train falls to bits around him. The crown inscribed Isabeau sits beside him. Does this welder have…
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Review: August: Osage County
There are many films that can make you feel as if you’ve been assaulted by life, by pain, by damage and abuse, by hurt. August: Osage County is one of these. It peers into the way abuse and pain carries down, almost intact, from one generation to the next. In this particular story, the damage…
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Watch This: Trailer for August: Osage County
August: Osage County opens in wide distribution today. Are you going to be there? I can’t wait!
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First Impressions of Intelligence and Killer Women
Intelligence and Killer Women both opened their seasons this week. Here are my first impressions. Intelligence Intelligence touts Josh Holloway as the lead character, Gabriel Vaughn. He’s a government operative with a computer embedded in his brain and is considered the government’s most valuable asset. It’s on CBS. Behind this computer-man are Riley Neal (Meghan…
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Recommended: McLeod’s Daughters
McLeod’s Daughters ran for 224 episodes in Australia, lasting for 8 seasons. A show that popular for that long must have something going for it. It’s a female-centric drama. The original premise of the show was that half sisters Claire and Tess McLeod run a farm after their father’s death. The help that works the…
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Recap: Lost Girl S4, E8 Groundhog Fae
People are crazy and times are strange. – Bob Dylan In “Groundhog Fae,” episode 8 of Lost Girl, Bo kisses Tamsin about 50 times while Kenzi kisses Hale about 500 times. Lauren, Dyson and Vex become besties on Bo’s bed while discussing Bo’s box. It’s the Lost Girl Christmas show! In the Lost Girl universe,…
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Downton Abbey season 4: Comments are Open
Downton Abbey returned to PBS for season 4 last night. I’m not going to recap it here, but I did want to open up this post to reader comments about season 4. As the weeks go by, please feel free to use the comments here to share your thoughts with me and other readers. The…