Author: Virginia DeBolt
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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…
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Watch This: Preview for Bomb Girls Facing the Enemy
The preview for the upcoming Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy that will appear on Canadian Global TV is available now. I loved the series about women working in a Canadian munitions factory during World War II and am happy about the movie. Not sure when Americans will be able to see it, but I can’t…
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What do you Think of the Summer Pilots?
The other day I mentioned a couple of pilots on TNT that I’m super excited about that star Jennifer Beals and Julia Stiles. The big networks – NBC, CBS, ABC, CW, and FOX – all have a full slate of summer shows lined up. You can see the full list by following the links. I…