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Television Tuesday; The Miniaturist.

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Marion

The Miniaturist showed on PBS Masterpiece last month. You may be able to find it On Demand. The three-part adaptation of Jessie Burton’s novel and book-group favorite was beautiful, borrowing unabashedly from the visual style of the Dutch Old Masters; … Continue reading →

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Remember Me

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Marion

Remember Me aired on PBS, an import from BBC filmed in 2014. The show comprised three one-hour episodes as a disillusioned detective and a young caregiver tried to solve the mystery of a missing old man and two suspicious deaths. … Continue reading →

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Superstition Everywhere (Except on Syfy; They Cancelled it)

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Marion

Superstition aired for one season, in 2017, on Syfy. It’s already been cancelled or at least not renewed, and I watched it On Demand. If more episodes were available I would watch them. The show, co-created and co-produced by Mario … Continue reading →

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Cloak and Dagger on Free Form

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Marion

The riches of the Marvel Comic universe lie spread out like the ruins of a subaquatic treasure city, and the latest network to go salvaging there is FreeForm, (formerly ABCFamily), with its late-teen fantasy drama Cloak and Dagger. The best … Continue reading →

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Westworld; I’m Swiping Left

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Marion

I watched the entire first season of HBO’S Westworld, plus the second season opener, just to give it a thorough chance. This show is not for me. It’s not only not for me, I don’t see why the fans who … Continue reading →

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Television Tuesday, the Wednesday Edition: Krypton

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Marion

I’ve started watching SyFy’s Superman prequel Krypton intermittently. The opening episode did not impress. It seemed predictable, and Seg-El, Kal-El’s grandfather (or great-grandfather, I’m not sure) was a conventional boring male character; cocky, mostly focused on how good-looking he was, … Continue reading →

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A Wrinkle in Time

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Marion

I enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time so much. It was not a movie made from my A Wrinkle in Time. A Wrinkle in Time was read to me by my fourth-grade teacher before I read it myself. We were still … Continue reading →

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The Last Jedi. I Yawned.

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Marion

Spoiler Warning. Somewhere sort of near the end of The last Jedi, a group of rust-bucket desert speeders face off against a bushel of First Order war-machines; fliers, walkers, storm troopers, plus a big old thing called a battering ram … Continue reading →

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Annihilation the Movie; That One Scene

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Marion

Warning; Spoilers probably. This isn’t a complete review, so here’s a link to the cast and crew, if you’re interested. I saw the movie Annihilation. I liked it, and I think I will be in the minority. There were five … Continue reading →

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Counterpart: Checkpoint Charlie Still Leads to the Other Side.

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Marion

Starz premiered a new speculative fiction series on Sunday. It’s called Counterpart, starring Oscar-winning character actor J.K. Simmons as both nice guy Howard Silk, and lying tough guy Howard (Silk) Prime, in a cold-war-flavored dystopian Berlin, where a secret tunnel … Continue reading →

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