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Tag Archives: Charles Beeson
Supernatural re-watch, Season 2
If you’re following along: Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12-15 Plus: my season recaps from back in the day: Season 1 Season … Continue reading
Supernatural re-watch, Season 3
If you’re following along: Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12-15 Plus: my season recaps from back in the day: Season 1 Season 2 Season … Continue reading
Supernatural re-watch, Season 4
If you’re following along: Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12-15 Plus: my season recaps from back in the day: Season 1 Season 2 Season … Continue reading
Supernatural re-watch, Season 5
If you’re following along: Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12-15 Plus: my season recaps from back in the day: Season 1 Season 2 Season … Continue reading
Supernatural re-watch, Season 6
If you’re following along: Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12-15 Plus: my season recaps from back in the day: Season 1 Season 2 Season … Continue reading
February 2025 Viewing Diary
Twin Peaks: The Return (2017; d. David Lynch) There’s nothing else like it in all of God’s green earth and I am just so grateful it exists. It’s so pure. Suze (2025; d. Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart) I liked … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Angela Lansbury, Canada, Cary Grant, Charles Beeson, David Lynch, drama, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, George Stevens, Germany, Ginger Rogers, historical drama, Howard Hawks, Jared Padalecki, Jean Arthur, Jensen Ackles, Judy Garland, musicals, Only Angels Have Wings, Oscar Wilde, Phil Sgriccia, Rita Hayworth, Robert Singer, romantic comedy, Sissy Spacek, sports movies, Supernatural, Thomas J. Wright, Thomas Mitchell, Twin Peaks, Vincente Minnelli, women directors
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June 2019 Viewing Diary
Once again: if you’re not a Supernatural fan, this might be a tough read. I’m so busy with work, this is how I unwind. Supernatural, Season 14, episode 4 “Mint Condition” (2018; d. Amyn Kaderali) I loved this episode. Perfectly … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Ben Edlund, Bob Dylan, Charles Beeson, comedy, documentary, drama, England, Jared Padalecki, Jean Arthur, Jensen Ackles, Joel McCrea, Martin Scorsese, Mike Rohl, Myrna Loy, Phil Sgriccia, Robert Singer, screwball comedy, Supernatural, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Thomas J. Wright, westerns, William Powell, women directors
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Supernatural: Season 3, Episode 4; “Sin City”
Directed by Charles Beeson Written by Robert Singer, Jeremy Carver Welcome to the team, Jeremy Carver. We love you and miss you! Let’s get right to it: I wish the sin in “Sin City” was sin-nier. As it is, Trotter-ville … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged Charles Beeson, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jeremy Carver, Robert Singer, SPN Season 3, Supernatural
54 Comments
March 2016 Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 2, Episode 20: “What Is and What Should Never Be” (2007; d. Eric Kripke) My 300-page re-cap here. At Any Price (2012; d. Ramin Bahrani) Inspired by the recent conversation Mitchell and I had about Zac Efron (Part … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Brad Pitt, Charles Beeson, David Lynch, England, Eric Kripke, France, Fritz Lang, Harriet Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Ireland, Jensen Ackles, Jeremy Carver, Kim Manners, Liv Ullmann, Martin Scorsese, New Zealand, Ramin Bahrani, Richard Linklater, Ridley Scott, Robert Singer, Supernatural, Sweden, Thomas J. Wright, X-Files, Zac Efron
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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 16: “Roadkill”
Directed by Charles Beeson Written by Raelle Tucker I’m going into the hospital this week, and then will have to go in again in the weeks after that. It’s going to be super-fun, but I did want to get this … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Beeson, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Raelle Tucker, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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