Month: March 2014
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Review: Season 3 of Blue from WIGS
Season 3 of Blue from WIGS went online on Friday. It’s on Hulu, not on YouTube. It’s also available on WatchWIGS.com. While still free, even on Hulu, it has a different feel from the first two seasons. The story and Blue as a character aren’t different. Blue’s still the same mysterious and guarded mom/escort she…
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Reelz Channel Announces Dates for Bomb Girls Movie
Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy will premier in the U.S. on the Reelz Channel on Memorial Day, May 26. The Canadian drama about women working in a munitions factory during World War II began as a TV series. The two hour movie Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy is the completion of the tale. The film…
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5 Reasons to Love Scott & Bailey
Scott & Bailey is a British detective series from iTV. It’s run for 5 seasons. It makes its way across the pond to American TV on PBS. Some local PBS stations may have episodes you can watch right now, but it depends on your locality. You’ll also find every episode available on YouTube. There are…
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Review: Unhook the Stars
Unhook the Stars is from 1996, and it’s a gem. I completely recommend it to you. The film features Gena Rowlands as Mildred, the widowed mother of two adult children and the neighbor of Monica (Marisa Tomei) and her son J.J. (Jake Lloyd). When the film begins, Mildred is a buttoned down suburban housewife with…
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Killing Off the Good Guys on Scandal and Lost Girl
On Scandal, Cyrus Beene (Jeff Perry) had one good thing: his husband James (Dan Bucatinsky). James represented love, conscience, family. Cyrus is ruthless and corrupt and capable of any betrayal or nefarious power grab. James still believes in justice and good. Cyrus’s corruption finally leads to a situation that gets James killed. On Lost Girl,…
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Watch This Film: They Wore Pink
Here’s a Friday treat to start your weekend off right. Watch an entire short film. The short film They Wore Pink is from Canadian writer and director Terry Miles. He’s the writer/director responsible for A Night for Dying Tigers and Cinemanovels. The two stars of this short film were also in Miles’ other films: Lauren…
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Brain Dump from a Teeming TV Filled Mind
Random thoughts and observations on this and that as seen on my teevee. The Walking Dead Did you see the episode of The Walking Dead called “The Grove?” Brighton Sharbino and Kyla Kenedy as the two young girls were fantastic. Brighton, in particular, was 100% convincing. Very impressed to see such outstanding acting from two…
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Watch This: Season 1 of Orphan Black Recapped
Orphan Black, from BBC America, put together a recap of season one to bring anyone up to date who hasn’t seen it. If you’ve heard the hype about how stunning Tatiana Maslany is in this role as several different people – often shown on the screen together – it’s all true. She is astonishing. Her…
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Preview: Half of a Yellow Sun
One of the greatest living writers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of Half of a Yellow Sun, as well as Purple Hibiscus, and most recently, Americanah. If you have not read her books, I urge you to give them a reading.
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Two Stories About Love: Is Dorfman the Warmest Color?
This weekend I watched two movies about love. Both dealt with young women in search of themselves, young women in search of love, young women who had to struggle with loss and with being misunderstood. One of the films got great reviews and won prestigious awards. One of the films was a bit of a…