Entertainment
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Who’s Your Favourite Mad Man?: Breaking Bad and Dexter are two dramas about some heavy subjects and dark leading characters (a meth cook and a serial killer) that I can’t help comparing. I’ve been a long-time fan of Dexter, but I only just started watching Breaking Bad this summer (I’m caught up now). This weekend, we…
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Yay: Despite getting cheesier, more over-the-top and ridiculous this season, this past Sunday’s season finale of True Blood was actually really good. Interesting character development, good intersecting drama between the characters and lots of sadness. Keep it up next season! Nay: The premiere of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s long-awaited (sort of) comeback to television, Ringer, was…
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Day 1: Wednesday, July 20 (preview night/registration) Lowlight: After a long train ride from L.A., checking into the hostel and walking down to the convention centre, we get a text from the SDCC official Twitter feed saying that registration is closed for the day. It was only around 6:30 p.m. and registration was supposed to…
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I never really know exactly how I feel about a movie immediately after seeing it, unless I absolutely loved it or hated it. The rest of the time, if the movie has underwhelmed in some way, I only have a vague sense of what I’m feeling, a restlessness that I’ll ponder over for days until…
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One year ago, Lost aired its final episode. And though I had never seen a single episode before (that’s a lie, I saw the last five minutes of the season 1 finale when it was on TV for some reason), I live-blogged the whole thing. Since then I’ve gone back and watched all six seasons…
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In honour of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 opening tonight, I’m re-posting a recap of the final HP book, which I wrote on my old LJ when it came out in 2007. Enjoy! [Please note: as this is basically a summary for the entire final book, it has spoilers for both parts…
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Joss Whedon doesn’t have the best luck with television shows (or with Fox *shakes fist*), but he does have an amazing track record with fans. Even though Dollhouse only lasted two seasons, there was enough leftover fanatic fervour to inspire an anthology of fan-written essays. Smart Pop Books gave fans (like me!) a chance to…
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What does “ultimatum” mean to you? This is just one of the complex questions Colleen and I address in this month’s action-packed edition of Love This Movie, Hate This Film. Enjoy! Love this movie, hate this film #5 (29.6 MB) Topic: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum
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For the August edition of Love this movie, hate this film, Colleen and I chose to dissect Cameron Crowe’s (arguably) best movie: Almost Famous, ’cause the line between cheese and cinematic glory is so, so very fine. Listen, and witness just how wrong Colleen can be. (Mwahaha…). Love this movie, hate this film #4 (32.5…
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Random movie association: 8 reasons why the Twilight series is like Pretty Woman I know it’s a stretch, but listen! Edward (in Pretty Woman) never eats or sleeps (almost never sleeps). Neither does Edward (in Twilight). In fact, Edward watches Bella eat in that restaurant, and Edward watches Vivian eat breakfast after their first night…
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