Category: tv & movies
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Story Hidden “In Plain Sight” (the TV show)
If 90% of everything is crap, that rule certainly applies to television. Most of what I see of current television series leaves me woefully unsatisfied, […]
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Examples of Alternative Conflict
I called it “alternative conflict” in Monday’s post, but a better monicker might be “problem-free conflict,” because it pops up over and over again in […]
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Mini-review: A Good Woman, starring Helen Hunt
I was in the mood for a romantic comedy, something to make me giggle and at the same time to make me feel. What I […]
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A Writers’ Rant by Harlan Ellison
Thanks to C. E. Dorsett for putting me onto this YouTube video, a rant about how professional writers deserve to be paid. Hee! I so […]
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The Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan Drinking Game
Another TV Dr. drinking game, to add to the Dr. House Drinking Game, and hopefully the second of a long series. I borrowed the Bones […]
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March of the Penguins… Again
The Discovery Channel has been advertising the “Oscar winning” film The March of the Penguins. The documentary has also won numerous other awards… Proof, by […]
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I’m Reed Fish Top-10 Review
(I originally posted this review of I’m Reed Fish at Gilmore-ism.com.) Alexis Bledel’s latest film I’m Reed Fish, also starring Jay Baruchel as the title […]
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Kickin It Old Skool Bottom-10 Review
I rented Kickin It Old Skool, because it co-stars Aris Alvarado of Gilmore Girls fame, and I’m a huge Gilmore Girls fan. But I clearly […]
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Here’s Why Rushing the Ending Would Save Gilmore Girls
As one fan put it to me recently, “I thought you would like to hear of the extremes that people love this show.” She then […]
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The Lake House Top-10 Review
The Lake House is definitely one of my all-time favorite movies. It’s marketed as a romance, but if I could make up any genre in […]
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