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Tag Archives: Jared Padalecki
Supernatural: Season 3, Episode 3; “Bad Day at Black Rock”
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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Tagged Ben Edlund, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, John Sturges, Robert Singer, SPN Season 3, Supernatural
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May 2017 Viewing Diary
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
Supernatural: Season 3, Episode 2; “The Kids Are Alright”
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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Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Phil Sgriccia, Sera Gamble, SPN Season 3, Supernatural
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Two Scenes Where Actors Climb Over Fences: Compare and Contrast
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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Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Supernatural
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February 2017 Viewing Diary
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
Supernatural: Season 3, Episode 1: “The Magnificent Seven”
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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Tagged Eric Kripke, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, John Sturges, Kim Manners, SPN Season 3, Supernatural
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 22: “All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2″
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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Tagged Eric Kripke, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Kim Manners, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 21: “All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 1″
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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Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Robert Singer, Sera Gamble, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 20: “What Is and What Should Never Be”
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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Tagged Eric Kripke, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Raelle Tucker, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 19: “Folsom Prison Blues”
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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Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, John Shiban, Mike Rohl, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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