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Supernatural: Season 3, Episode 3; “Bad Day at Black Rock”

Posted on July 19, 2017 by sheila

Directed by Robert Singer Written by Ben Edlund Before we get down to brass tacks, let’s take a moment to list just how much this episode accomplishes in 41 minutes. 1. A continuation of the two season-wide Arcs – Dean’s … Continue reading →

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May 2017 Viewing Diary

Posted on June 2, 2017 by sheila

Chuck (2017; d. Philippe Falardeau) A movie about the “real life Rocky,” the “bleeder from Bayonne” Chuck Wepner, starring Liev Schreiber. My review for Ebert. Take Me (2017; d. Pat Healy) God, I loved this movie. Please seek it out. … Continue reading →

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Supernatural: Season 3, Episode 2; “The Kids Are Alright”

Posted on April 29, 2017 by sheila

Directed by Philip Sgriccia Written by Sera Gamble “The Kids Are Alright” is an important episode wrapped in the entertainment of a Monster of the Week. The Monster of the Week aspect (ignoring how the episode loops into not just … Continue reading →

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Two Scenes Where Actors Climb Over Fences: Compare and Contrast

Posted on March 21, 2017 by sheila

First, we have Liam Neeson jumping over a fence in Taken 3, with a total of 15 cuts in a moment that lasts seconds. (I hope the link to this Tweet works. I could not track down the Gif anywhere … Continue reading →

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February 2017 Viewing Diary

Posted on March 1, 2017 by sheila

Silence (2016; d. Martin Scorsese) I was completely flattened by this gorgeous and overwhelming movie. Most of the Oscar winners pale in comparison to what was going on in this film, directed by an absolute master. Passionate, reflective, powerful. 50 … Continue reading →

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Supernatural: Season 3, Episode 1: “The Magnificent Seven”

Posted on November 30, 2016 by sheila

Directed by Kim Manners Written by Eric Kripke The title of the episode tells us it’s a straight-up Western: villains riding into town, so-called good guys in their holdout, knowing they might die that night, and maybe one of the … Continue reading →

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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 22: “All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2″

Posted on October 10, 2016 by sheila

Directed by Kim Manners Written by Eric Kripke “There is no excellent beauty, that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” – Francis Bacon For this episode, I’ll be going over ground I’ve covered – extensively? – in two other … Continue reading →

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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 21: “All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 1″

Posted on June 21, 2016 by sheila

Written by Sera Gamble Directed by Robert Singer “Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.” — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV, Lines 677-678 The writers’ staff for Supernatural are well-versed … Continue reading →

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Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 20: “What Is and What Should Never Be”

Posted on March 21, 2016 by sheila

Written by Raelle Tucker Directed by Eric Kripke I have been avoiding writing about this episode because writing sometimes has a way of boiling things down or reducing them. I am afraid that writing about this episode that means so … Continue reading →

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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 19: “Folsom Prison Blues”

Posted on January 13, 2016 by sheila

Directed by Mike Rohl Written by John Shiban You guys. This post is aggressively insane. But I will paraphrase James Joyce who said, in re: “Finnegans Wake”: “It took me 17 years to write it. It should take you 17 … Continue reading →

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