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The Night Manager on AMC

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Marion

AMC adapted John LeCarre’s novel The Night Manager into a six-hour miniseries. It airs on Tuesday nights at 10:00.  I am commenting on it now having seen four of the six hours, but unlike shows I’ve seen on other networks … Continue reading →

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Wynona Earp; Supernatural with Girls? Not Exactly.

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Marion

This is Syfy’s new offering based on the comic book written and drawn by Beau Smith and Joan Chin, published by IDW.  I caught the premiere. I’m sure many people will say (or are already saying), “It’s just Supenatural with … Continue reading →

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Now You See Me

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Marion

I was so happy to see a trailer for this … and to see that Daniel Radcliffe is in it! According to IMDB.com, there is a Now You See Me 3 already in production. Now You See Me, the first movie, … Continue reading →

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Star Wars, a Spoiler Free Reaction

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Marion

Long ago, in the final days of 2015, in a cinema not that far away, I saw Star Wars; The Force Awakens. The Rialto has opened their café, and they have a liquor license. They haven’t changed any of the … Continue reading →

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The Imitation Game

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Marion

This holiday season’s biopic, The Imitation Game, gives a good overview of the lives of one of the 20th century’s most interesting people, Alan Turing. Turing was a computer scientist and mathematician, computer inventor and pretty much the man who … Continue reading →

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Dominion on Syfy –Update

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Marion

Dominion, Syfy’s new the-angels-hate-us-and-want-to-kill-us-all series, premiered on June 19. I only watched about half an hour of it. Let me put that another way; I managed to watch about half an hour of it before I couldn’t take any more. … Continue reading →

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Orphan Black; Just Who is the Smartest Clone?

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Marion

“… but you’re not the smartest clone, are you, Sarah?”                                                             … Continue reading →

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We Used to Be Friends; The Veronica Mars Movie Rocks

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Marion

The Veronica Mars movie, Veronica Mars, is the first theatrical release I have seen that is purely, unabashedly for the fans. This is what happens when 91,000 plus fans support a project on Kickstarter and raise over $3 million. Rob … Continue reading →

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The Wind Rises

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Marion

Yesterday I saw  THE WIND RISES, an animated fictional biography of Jiro Horikoshi, a Japanese airplane designer. The film, conceived and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from a short graphic novel by Tatsuo Hori, is stunningly beautiful, with well-developed if … Continue reading →

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Underworld: Awakening

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Marion

On Wednesday I had a really productive writing day, which meant that I was too wound up to go to sleep early. I decided to watch Underworld: Awakening on FX. The Undeworld movies are Kate Beckinsale vehicles, based on an … Continue reading →

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