Brooklyn Nine-Nine is just a good time. The characters are inherently watchable and plots like this week with the return of the Pontiac Bandit (Craig Robinson) allow for those characters to be funny, warm and entertaining. Rosa and her task force…
Ally’s Movie Review: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
This is powerful filmmaking at its prime and in all honesty it feels above me. I loved this film and it put me through the emotional gauntlet so to speak, refusing to fall to any sort of familiar animated convention…
The Wonderful World of What’s Streaming
So, you’d rather stay in tonight? It’s easy to get lost in the plethora of films ready to stream at our disposal. The movie world is our oyster, and, having already settled into the fashionable choice of Chinese take-out alone on…
TV Review: Gracepoint (1×09) “Episode Nine”
“Back then in your own house, how could you not know?” So much of what Gracepoint is is the proof that not everyone you know is as they seem from loved ones to brief acquaintances. So, do we really believe…
TV Feature: Interview with Gracepoint’s Alisen Down
The penultimate episode of Gracepoint airs tonight before next weeks finale. I spoke with Alisen Down who plays Kathy about how she got the role, if she knows who killed Danny, and what it was like to act with Jacki Weaver. How…
Women in Film Wednesday: Waitress (2007)
I love it when a woman’s character’s first priority is herself, particularly in romantic comedies where we often see their love interests as their main source of happiness, their biggest obstacles and then their greatest awards. Waitress is so special and so…
TV Review: The Flash (1×08) “Flash vs. Arrow”
Oh my word what an exciting episode! As a fan of these characters, of superheroes in general really, who loves it when characters come together in organic but fun ways, tonight’s episode Flash vs. Arrow was more than satisfying. Part…
