s a Swedish murder mystery that I had heard a few rumblings about. It is the second novel in a series, but I didn’t realize that and jumped right in. This book is working fine as a stand alone, and while there is some back story that probably would have been better filled in, ...
Originally published in 1915, this is a fictionalised tale of the true account of the testimonials of Isobel Gowdie, of course these testimonials may indeed have been fictionalised by Gowdie herself in the first place; so we have multiple layers of fiction and truth to pick through. To tell...
and while The Northman wasn’t everything I had hoped it would be, a remake of Nosferatu seemed like the perfect pairing with such a brilliant filmmaker. The original Nosferatu is one of the first great
Kevin McGarry (Nathan) Is DatingKayla Wallace(Fiona) in Real Life. Kevin McGarry, who plays Nathan on When Calls the Heart, is dating Kayla Wallace (Fiona) in real life. So although Nathan and Fiona might not be a couple on the show, they are together in real life. Who does Abigail...
No one made more of the small screen than this dirt-poor son of Jewish immigrants whose sense of glitz, glam and story spanned 'Charlie's Angels,' 'The Love Boat' and 'Dynasty' (ABC was nicknamed "Aaron's Broadcasting Company") and is recalled
the women is either a victim, or if able to turn the tables on the monster/killer, loses her ‘femininity’ by becoming a masculinized female. To once again quote (from my earlier essay) Cristina Pinedo, “If a woman cannot be aggressive and still be a woman, then female agency is a...
I hear that the release has been held up several times. Sad … can’t wait to hear it. The show ended with their signature classics “I’ve Been Lonely Too Long,”“How Can I Be Sure,”“People Got To Be Free” and Good Lovin’.” The Rascals’ music is ingrained and it was a...
Alexis Bledel is back as Rory Gilmore and, as expected, she was filmed having a lovely little chat about her favourite books. It just happened to be with the First Lady of the United States. In the finale of the 2007 series of Gilmore Girls, Rory took off to start following Obama's...
If we expect her to be all good, and not have the tendency to slip backwards from time to time, then the series would get boring fast and most likely be over. Not to mention that people would THEN be complaining that she is “supposed to be the evil queen, how can we possibly belie...
She looks utterly wrecked as Mulder dons a bulletproof vest to go into the hospital and find Modell: There’s a good chance he won’t make it out, and the normally stoic Scully is having a hard time with that. When he passes her his gun, lest Modell trick him into using it on ...