Month: May 2015
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Review: Beyond the Lights
I can’t say enough great things about Beyond the Lights. It is an exceptionally good film. If you haven’t seen it yet, I encourage you to do so. I had the idea that it would merely be a love story. It was a love story, but it has so much more depth than that, which…
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Who’s A Critic Now?
I found this when I was cleaning a file cabinet of old writing. I wrote it almost 20 years ago. I thought it was a hoot to read. Little did I know that one day I would be a blogger doing her best to change the situation.
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Review: The Homesman
The Homesman showed up recently on Netflix. I watched immediately. The movie annoyed me. And the more I think about it, the more annoyed I become. Spoilers ahead.
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The Fosters Upcoming Season
The new season of The Fosters begins on June 8 on ABC Family. Jake T. Austin will not be returning as Jesus. Jesus and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) were in the car with their birth mother Ana (Alexandra Barreto) at the time of the cliffhanger accident at the end of season 2. One fatality in the…
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Orphan Black: This Thing with Shay
Ksenia Solo’s character Shay is a disruptor in the Orphan Black world. She’s appeared in two episodes now and you can see trouble coming. And then THIS happened… Friends or Foes?! OH the mystery!!! @EvelyneBrochu #OrphanBlack #Season3 A photo posted by Ksenia Solo (@therealksolo) on Jan 20, 2015 at 2:55pm PST In Ksensia’s Instagram photo…
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Orphan Black: S3 E6 Certain Agony of the Battlefield
Episode 6 of season 3 of Orphan Black is “Certain Agony of the Battlefield.” Lots of plot twists and huge developments mark this episode as a turning point in several ways.
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Watch This: Lifetime TV’s new series UnREAL
UnREAL starts on Lifetime TV June 1. This behind the scenes look at a reality show modeled after The Bachelor stars Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer. The shows creators are Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro. Appleby as Rachel and Zimmer as her boss Quinn are joined by Josh Kelly as the main characters responsible…
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Sally Wainwright will Write and Direct Drama About Brontë Family
According to The Guardian, Sally Wainwright snagged the writing and directing gig for a new drama currently called To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters. It will be a two hour drama on the BBC. No casting news has been announced. The film will center on the Brontë family: Charlotte (who wrote Jane Eyre), Emily (who…
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Watch This: Trailer for Advantageous
Advantageous, which took the SXSW Special Jury Prize for Collaborative Vision, will be streaming on Netflix starting June 23. The film is from writer and director Jennifer Phang. I first became interested in this sci-fi drama when I read Emily Yoshida’s SXSW report about it in The Verge. Here’s how she described the film at…
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Feminist Frequency: Positive Female Characters in Video Games
Feminist Frequency has released another in its series on Positive Female Characters in Video Games. This one discusses the character Jade from the game Beyond Good & Evil. Jade is a wonderful character – an outstanding example of a positive female character. She’s also an example of what is needed from ALL characters in terms…