Tag: Peter Outerbridge

  • Close to You review: a story about going home

    Close to You review: a story about going home

    Close to You is a story about love and family. Elliot Page stars as Sam, a trans man going home for the first time in several years because it’s his father’s birthday. There’s a secondary plot about an old love from Sam’s high school days.

  • Level 16, obedience won’t save you

    Level 16, obedience won’t save you

    Level 16 is the last step before the girls in the boarding school where they’ve lived all their lives graduate to placements with good families. This independent Canadian drama is a mix of sci-fi and horror. Danishka Esterhazy wrote and directed the drama, which you can see on Netflix.

  • Orphan Black: Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done

    Orphan Black: Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done

    “Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done” is episode 9 of season 2 of Orphan Black. The stakes are raised to the highest level for Cosima and Kira. Story wires stretched to breaking characterize the episode. Allison Allison (Tatiana Maslany, one of many)  and Donnie (Kristian Bruun) provide some comic relief in a fairly dark…

  • Orphan Black: Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

    Orphan Black: Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

    The Orphan Black episode “Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est” begins in Rachel’s bloody apartment. Daniel’s body litters the floor, Helena’s signature art drawn in blood decorates the walls. Dr. Leakie (Matt Frewer) thinks Rachel (Tatiana Maslany) should take a kinder, gentler approach to the situation. She thinks not.

  • Orphan Black: Governed As It Were By Chance

    Orphan Black: Governed As It Were By Chance

    The tension sizzles, everyone is sinister, and we don’t know who to trust in “Governed As It Were By Chance,” episode 4 of season 2 of Orphan Black. Everything ahead is a spoiler, but the story is not described in the order in which it happened. The episode begins at the car wreck. Sarah (Tatiana…

  • Review: Orphan Black “Mingling Its Own Nature With It”

    Review: Orphan Black “Mingling Its Own Nature With It”

    This episode of Orphan Black, “Mingling Its Own Nature With It” starts with Sarah (Tatiana Maslany), Kira (Skyler Wexler), and Felix (Jordan Gavaris) sleeping in the woods in the stolen truck. We see Sarah struggle to find safety for Kira, Allison crack under pressure, Cosima do an autopsy on a new clone, and Helena get…

  • 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…

  • Reelz Channel Announces Dates for Bomb Girls Movie

    Reelz Channel Announces Dates for Bomb Girls Movie

    Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy will premier in the U.S. on the Reelz Channel on Memorial Day, May 26. The Canadian drama about women working in a munitions factory during World War II began as a TV series. The two hour movie Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy is the completion of the tale. The film…

  • Bomb Girls the Movie: It’s a Go

    Bomb Girls the Movie: It’s a Go

    Bomb Girls was a Canadian series, canceled after 2 seasons. It was a WWII story about women who worked in a bomb factory called Victory Munitions. It ran in Canada on Global TV and in the U.S. on Reelz. It’s  available on Netflix. The show had a huge and enthusiastic following. After it was cancelled,…