Month: August 2014

  • Watch This: Trailer for The Calling

    Watch This: Trailer for The Calling

    In The Calling Detective Inspector Hazel Miscallef (Susan Sarandon) realizes there’s a serial killer loose in her area of Ontario, Canada. Generally all I need to know about a film is that Susan Sarandon is in it to be interested. From the trailer the film looks grim and a bit gruesome. However, the thriller does…

  • Happy Valley, S1 E6

    Happy Valley, S1 E6

    Everything goes to hell in Catherine’s life and work in the season finale of Happy Valley. Hang on for the ride! There are spoilers everywhere.

  • Happy Valley, S1, E5

    Happy Valley, S1, E5

    Episode 5 of Happy Valley winds down a long road to recovery for Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire). The journey is as much mental as physical for Catherine, and it isn’t an easy trip. There are spoilers ahead.

  • Happy Valley S1, E4

    Happy Valley S1, E4

    Episode 4 of Happy Valley was directed by the series creator Sally Wainwright. In this episode the police finally learn about the kidnapping. And things get brutal. There are spoilers in every paragraph.

  • Anna Silk Announces the End of Lost Girl

    Anna Silk Announces the End of Lost Girl

    This message is for you, the fans and our #LostGirl family http://t.co/el18qUGwVH xo Anna. @showcasedotca @lostgirlseries — Anna Silk (@Anna_Silk) August 25, 2014 I love Lost Girl, you love Lost Girl. We all love Lost Girl. But Anna is right. It felt at the end of season 4 like Bo is poised to claim her…

  • Happy Valley S1, E3

    Happy Valley S1, E3

    By the end of episode 3 of Happy Valley everyone – the police and the kidnappers alike – are hanging on by their last nerve. The stakes go way up in this episode, and our heroine Catherine (Sarah Lancashire) is coming unraveled. Far be it from writer Sally Wainwright to ever let the tension drop…

  • Happy Valley S1, E2

    Happy Valley S1, E2

    Episode 2 of Happy Valley begins with police sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) chasing after an ice cream truck on foot. Run, Catherine, run! She’s not hungry: the ice cream comes complete with a bag of drugs in the bottom of the cone. The bad guys get away this time.

  • Happy Valley S1, E1

    Happy Valley S1, E1

    Happy Valley series 1 is a 6 episode British drama starring Sarah Lancashire as a Yorkshire police sergeant. It began airing on Netflix on August 20. I will be writing reviews of all 6 episodes over the next few days. There will be spoilers!

  • More Makers Documentaries Coming on PBS

    More Makers Documentaries Coming on PBS

    This fall the fabulous folks at Makers will air 6 new documentaries on PBS. I will watch them and hope you will, too. Makers aired a documentary in 2013 on PBS about the women’s movement. Perhaps you saw it. These six new docs will focus on women in comedy, women in Hollywood, women in space,…

  • Watch This: A Thousand Times Good Night

    Watch This: A Thousand Times Good Night

    A Thousand Times Good Night will be released in the US on October 24. It looks to be a marvelous film.