Category: News
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Trailer: House of Cards, season 2
If you have Netflix and haven’t watched the first season of House of Cards I recommend you watch it. It’s excellent in every possible way storytelling and acting can be excellent. The first season won 3 Emmy awards. Season 2 will be released February 14, 2014. Here’s the trailer from Netflix. Among the many featured…
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What a Year for Woman over 40 and the Golden Globes
The Golden Globe nominees for 2014 were announced last week. It’s worth mentioning the number of names in the female categories that are women over 40. There were at least 2 of the 5 nominees in each category who are over 40. I have to confess that one of my favorites, Tatiana Maslany, is in…
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Teaser for Downton Abbey’s Christmas Show
Downton Abbey begins airing in the U.S. on January 5. The 2 hour Christmas special will air at the end of the season. In the UK, this episode will air on Christmas day. Small spoilers in the trailer reveal that Shirley MacLaine will be back and that Paul Giamatti will be about (playing Cora’s brother).…
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Trailer for John Sayles Latest: Go for Sisters
Go for Sisters is the latest film from writer and director, John Sayles. The movie’s web site describes the story like this: Bernice (LisaGay Hamilton) and Fontayne (Yolonda Ross) grew up so close people said they could “go for sisters”, but time sent them down different paths. Twenty years later, those paths cross: Fontayne is…
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Announcing Lost Girl Recaps
Thanks to a friendly reader, I found a way to watch episodes of Lost Girl before they come to a U.S. network in January. I’ll be recapping season 4. I’m about a month behind the starting date for season 4 in Canada, and about a month ahead of when they will air in the U.S.…
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Trailers for Orphan Black, season 2
They are keeping the Orphan Black cards pretty close to the chest with these teasers. They fall into the “is that all there is” category. This one tells us even less. In spite of this pitifully lacking look at what season 2 promises, I cannot wait to see what Tatiana Maslany does with the multiple…
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Watch the Trailer for The Invisible Woman
Coming in December, The Invisible Woman stars Ralph Fiennes as Charles Dickens. Fiennes also directed the film. The title character is Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones), a young actress whom Dickens met at the height of his fame and had a secret affair with. The costume drama also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander, Michelle Fairley…
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That Wasn’t an Earthquake
That was the impact of 500 million lesbians all over the globe fainting at the sight of this tweet. Some selfies attract more attention than others, ya know. @IAMLenaHeadey and myself hanging out at @SupanovaExpo , she’s lovely :))) pic.twitter.com/hvfJT2XRGg — Zoie palmer (@ZoiePalmer) November 10, 2013