Month: April 2014

  • Watch This: The Fosters Summer Premier Preview

    Watch This: The Fosters Summer Premier Preview

    The Fosters starts up for the summer on June 16. There will be new babies, new drama, new hair. Here’s a teaser for the premier episode. I love that sigh Teri Polo makes over Mariana’s hair – it is the perfect mom of a teen sigh.

  • Review: Orphan Black, Governed By Sound Reason and True Religion

    Review: Orphan Black, Governed By Sound Reason and True Religion

    Episode 2 of season 2 of Orphan Black, “Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion,” launches a brand new day, to quote the new character Henrik. New plot lines, new characters, and new developments everywhere you look. I’m going to mention a few key points. One of the more interesting developments in this episode is…

  • Cosmos: Pickerings Computers from “Sisters of the Sun”

    Cosmos: Pickerings Computers from “Sisters of the Sun”

    The “Sisters of the Sun” episode of Cosmos featured stories about female scientists who helped us understand the composition and classification of stars.

  • The Brain Dump: Random Short Thoughts

    The Brain Dump: Random Short Thoughts

    A brain dump is one of those things I do when I have just a thought to share on something. It’s a random mess. Neil deGrasse Tyson is so genial and agreeable on Cosmos. He states the science in the friendliest possible way. But, underneath his low-key style is the knowledge that he’s showing all…

  • Joss Whedon Announces Direct Distribution to Viewers of In Your Eyes

    Joss Whedon Announces Direct Distribution to Viewers of In Your Eyes

    Joss Whedon announced that the film In Your Eyes will be available to everyone worldwide for $5 via Vimeo. No waiting, no big bucks at the multiplex. Just watch the film whenever you want. When you rent the film, you get to use it for 72 hours. The times, they are a changin’. This is…

  • Review: Orphan Black: Nature Under Constraint and Vexed

    Review: Orphan Black: Nature Under Constraint and Vexed

    Season 2 of Orphan Black begins with “Nature Under Constraint and Vexed.” It’s a rip-roaring beginning to the new season. Every moment of the opening show was exciting, dangerous, tense, high-stakes, fast paced drama. Watch a preview of the first episode. I’m not going to recap the episode, just offer a few remarks. Spoilers ahead.…

  • Polyamory and Lost Girl

    Polyamory and Lost Girl

    Did you watch Half Pint: Emerald City Comic Con 2014 Report at Drinks at the Dal? In this interview, Zoie Palmer and Kris Holden-Ried from Lost Girl were on stage for about an hour answering questions. In response to one of the questions, Kris Holden-Ried commented that he liked the idea of polyamory for the…

  • Watch This: Season 2 Trailer for OITNB

    Watch This: Season 2 Trailer for OITNB

    This makes me so happy! I love these people, I love these faces. “You an’ me, we goin’ be friends.” Here’s the new season in 3 words from the cast.

  • The Baby Bump

    The Baby Bump

    Everyone has something to say about the way Scandal has tried to hide Kerry Washington’s pregancy. Here are a few of the articles on the topic: 12 Worst Ways ‘Scandal’ Hides Kerry Washington’s Pregnancy (Photos) The 14 Most Ridiculous Ways Scandal Has Hidden Kerry Washington’s Pregnancy See How Scandal’s Been Hiding Kerry Washington’s Pregnancy The…

  • Enjoy Every Second of Warehouse 13

    Enjoy Every Second of Warehouse 13

    I’ve loved Warehouse 13 since first I spied the steampunk version of a facetime phone that Artie uses to communicate. Every gadget and artifact in Warehouse 13 continues to enamor me. The premise of the show is that artifacts from the past – say Lewis Carroll’s looking glass or Alfred Hitchcock’s shower head – contain…