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Category Archives: Television
Review: A Question of Love: 1978 TV Movie starring Gena Rowlands
Alongside her film career, Gena Rowlands worked constantly in television (and this was true from her earliest days in the 1950s.) Her husband John Cassavetes also worked constantly in television and film, with key roles in (famously), The Dirty Dozen … Continue reading
Supernatural, Season 11, Episode 3
Due to GENA GENA GENA OSCARS OSCARS OSCARS ANGELINA JOLIE ANGELINA JOLIE I probably won’t watch tonight’s episode until the weekend. And I haven’t participated at all in last week’s thread. It’s like I’m a sickly woman holed up in … Continue reading
Supernatural, Season 11 Premiere
As always, if possible, let’s keep current season conversations separate from the conversation about my re-caps. It’s just my organizational obsessiveness. Those re-caps are a shit-ton of work (fun work, mind you!), and the discussions RULE but again, I like … Continue reading
Survivor’s Remorse: Great Interview with Mike O’Malley
aka … cousin Mike. Mike appeared on Morning Joe to talk about Survivor’s Remorse, now picked up for its third season. My brother’s on the writing staff. Very excited for everyone, very proud of everyone. This is a wonderful interview.
Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 18: “Hollywood Babylon”
Directed by Philip Sgriccia Written by Ben Edlund Published in 1975, Kenneth Anger’s cult book Hollywood Babylon: The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood’s Darkest and Best Kept Secrets tells the dirty secrets of early Hollywood: scandals, suicides, rape convictions, drugs, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Edlund, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Phil Sgriccia, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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Survivor’s Remorse Renewed for Season 3
Great news all around, for my talented cousin Mike, who created the show and is its exec. producer (along with LeBron James) as well as show runner, my brother Brendan who is on the writing staff, and my cousin Kerry … Continue reading
Survivor’s Remorse Season 2 Premiere
… cheers from the O’Malley clan spread out across the country erupted when this credit came up on the screen. Congratulations to my brother Brendan! So proud of you!
Survivor’s Remorse, Season 2
Season 2 of my cousin Mike’s show Survivor’s Remorse fast approaches. If you haven’t checked the show out yet, I highly recommend it. The first six episodes are available for free if you want to do some catch-up. Here are … Continue reading
The Mainstreaming of the Crazy: American Bandstand
Dick Clark’s American Bandstand premiered on this day in 1957. Rock ‘n’ roll had exploded into the mainstream the year before, with the stratospheric rise of Elvis Presley, culminating in three appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show in the fall … Continue reading