Avan Jogia (Roman Mercer* in 13 episodes) stars as Oliver in 56 DAYS, an eight-episode series created by Lisa Zwerling and Karyn Usher, based on Catherine Ryan Howardโs 2021 novel of the same name. Oliver meets Ciara (Dove Cameron) in …
LOVELAND (aka “Expired”) – a film by Ivan Sen – (SPOILERS) ⁓ In a version of Hong Kong that hasn’t happened yet, a hitman named Jack (Ryan Kwanten) follows a cop into an alleyway and in exchange for a wad …
Alba Baptista (Ava Silva, The Warrior Nun) is Penny in BORDERLINE, a dark comedy set in the mid-1990s which follows Paul Duerson (Ray Nicholson), an obsessively infatuated fan of pop star and actor Sofia (Samara Weaving). Institutionalized after breaking into …
FIELD SKETCHES – a film by Carl Bessai – SPOILERS ⁓ Peter (Vincent Gale) is visited by his daughter Molly (June Laporte) who has just graduated university, and they play a variant of Twenty Questions on the drive from the …
OLIVIA – a film by Felipe Morell – SPOILERS ⁓ At the start, Janis (Sara Mitich) wakes from a dream full of fire and music. On her way downstairs, she stops to look at a photo on the wall (which …
It’s a trippy show based on the comics by Magdalene Visaggio, and all of its adventures might possibly happen entirely inside one character’s head. Twenty-five-year-old dethroned Queen Eldaya of Arriopa (Adriyan Rae) is an itenerant scavenger, a finder of hard-to-get …
Steven Strait (James Holden, captain of the Rocinante) is Dylan in BODY LANGUAGE, which stars Christina Milian as Mariana, Director of Personnel for a major security firm. After her engagement to Nick (Gregg Wayans) is announced, her fiance’s mysterious friend …
LEVELS – a film by Adam Stern – (speculative recap) ⁓ Joe’s smart apartment (voiced by Amanda Tapping) wakes him at 7am. The camera pans across Joe’s bookshelves, and the only conspicuous volume is “Dead Time” by Stephen White, a …
Episode 110 – Rend the Veil – (speculative recap) ⁓ When Blaine Abel (Steven Ogg) was nine years old, Sheriff Cypress (David James Elliott) ran his father out of town for defrauding his followers by faking stigmata on his son’s …
REVIVAL – Episode 109 – Mother of Babylon (limited spoilers) ⁓ Ibrahim (Andy McQueen) has been captured and tied to a chair by Blaine (Steven Ogg), who asks him “What started Revival Day?” Ibrahim doesn’t know, and is terrified of …
REVIVAL – Episode 108 – A Rose and a Thorn – (limited spoilers) ⁓ Rose Blackdeer (Leenah Robinson) and May Tao (Katherine King So) were in love and planned to run away together. Rose’s father Jesse (Brandon Oakes) didn’t like …
THE SHROUDS – a film by David Cronenberg – (SPOILERS) ⁓ The Shrouds is a study in obsession and possessiveness. It is thematically similar to Lenore, and Annabel Lee, and just the sort of macabre tale Edgar Allen Poe might …
REVIVAL – Episode 107 – Too Many Secrets – (speculative recap) ⁓ The effort of healing Dana’s wounds has left Em (Romy Weltman) near death herself. Ibrahim (Andy McQueen) is surprised to learn that Em is a reviver. He tells …
REVIVAL – Season 1 Episode 6 – (speculative recap) ⁓ A flashback shows Patty Cypress (Lara Jean Chorostecki) giving birth to Em in a home water birth. In attendance, along with a midwife, is her teenage daughter Dana (Reese Finlay), …
REVIVAL – Season 1 – Episodes 4 & 5 – (speculative recap) ⁓ A hooded figure removes a thumb drive from Professor Aaron Weimer’s desk, and leaves it for journalist May Tao (Katharine King So) to find. We see him …
REVIVAL – Season 1 Episode 3 – (speculative recap) ⁓ Kay (Maia Jae Bastidas) thinks one of Dorothy Check’s sons killed Em (Romy Weltman) because she and Em visited the Checks that night to buy some drugs. While Kay negotiated …
REVIVAL – Season 1 Episode 2 – (speculative recap) ⁓ When the Sheriff (David James Elliott) finds Cooper (Hudson Wurster), the boy explains that he was drawn into the woods by a sound. “Do you hear it?”, he asks. “There’s …
PYEWACKET – a film by Adam MacDonald – (limited spoilers) ⁓ This horror thriller puts forward the idea that magical incantations could be keys unlocking little known areas of the human subconscious, and that things summoned from those depths might …
Speculative Recap ⁓ On the night of 18 December in the city of Wasau in (fictional) Mountain Bay County, Wisconsin, Journalist May Tao (Katharine King So) is putting together a piece about locals in unusual jobs, and watches Randy (Graeme …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 10 – SPOILERS ⁓ In a flashback to thirty-five years ago, a seven-year-old Luke (Remy Smith) is awakened by Elvis the Elephant (voiced by Patrick Kwok-Choon). “He turned off the TV an hour ago,” says …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 9 (speculative recap) ⁓ Rita Weiss (Alison Brooks) asks Luke (Tim Rozon) for help with a pressing problem. The father of her client Stephanie Clifford (Sarah Cleveland) is unable to inherit the house she wants …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 8 – (speculative recap) ⁓ Susan (Sarah Levy) has a dream in which she literally drives Tag (Alex Ozerov-Meyer) to his grave. Before Tag leaves the car he warns Susan to be careful because the …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 7 – SPOILERS ⁓ Things begin with the haunting of Claire Vendel (Alex Paxton-Beesley) and her husband Tim {Russell Sams). Over a span of three years, they have moved in and out of twenty-two homes, …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 6 (speculative recap) ⁓ On his way to a client’s cottage, Luke (Tim Rozon) becomes inexplicably lost. He stops at a small shack on a narrow wooded lane, and his is car keys disappear. Harry …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 5 – (speculative recap) ⁓ Jan Lowry (Kirsten Comerford) and her husband Paul (Sergio Di Zio) are selling their house. Paul is not happy, and suggests selling is “like leaving a painting unfinished”. Jan doesn’t …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 4 – (limited spoilers) ⁓ Malech (R Austin Ball), in the guise of Tyler MacNeil, tries to possess Luke (Tim Rozon) twice. First, he tires Luke out by making him jog for two hours, and …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 3 – (limited spoilers) ⁓ The name of the spirit inhabiting Tyler MacNeil (R Austin Ball) is Charismalech (Malech for short), at least that is how he is addressed by Seven (Karen Knox), a being …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 2 – (speculative recap) ⁓ The new office temp at the Roman/Ireland Agency is Audrey (Daniella Dela Peรฑa) and she seems to know what she’s doing. She spent two years temping at Leland Properties which …
RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER – Season 2 Episodes 5 & 6 – (speculative recap) ⁓ Nurse Christine (Melissa de Vries) writes to Maria (Maria Doyle Kennedy) asking for a recipe that will allow her to sleep. She has inherited …
SURREALESTATE – Season 3 Episode 1 – (speculative recap) ⁓ The first of three spirits in this episode finds Tyler MacNeil (R Austin Ball) after his fishing line snags on a submerged tackle box. Inside is a stuffed elephant with …
