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 – Episode 106 – Bloodlines – (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 – Episodes 104 & 105 – (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 remove his mask …
REVIVAL – Episode 103 – Reality Check – (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 …
REVIVAL – Episode 102 – Keeping Up Appearances – (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 …
PYEWACKET – a film by Adam MacDonald – (limited spoilers) ⁓ Leah Reyes (Nicole Muñoz) is a high school student whose father died not long ago. She copes with the loss by delving into occult things, including a (fictional) book …
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 Peña) 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 …
WILD CARDS – Catch Me If You Con – limited spoilers ⁓ After being cooped up for weeks with a sprained ankle, Max (Vanessa Morgan) is looking for something to do. Ricky (Fletcher Donovan) and his amateur theatre group are …
THE WHEEL OF TIME – Episode 304 – (limited spoilers) ⁓ What Has Gone Before: Leandrin Guirale (Kate Fleetwood) was summoned before the Amerlyn Seat and accused of being a darkfriend. When Egwene Al’Vere (Madelaine Madden), whom Leandrin kidnapped and …
RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER – mid-season speculative recap ⁓ Jessie (Kylie Fisher), comes home for dinner and stumbles into two new family situations. Her mother Charlene (Khadija Heeger) has a new acquaintance named Craig (Raffaele Sabatini), and her sister …
WILD CARDS – Dial ‘A’ for Alibi – (limited spoilers) ⁓ The episode title comes from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Dial ‘M’ For Murder“, but the story is largely an homage to the other Hitchcock film released in 1954, “Rear Window“. Max …
RECIPES FOR LOVE AND MURDER – Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2 – SPOILERS ⁓ Aileen McClintock (Robyn Scott) and her husband Gordon (Richard Wright-Firth) have traveled from Scotland to visit Tannie Maria (Maria Doyle Kennedy). Gordon thinks Maria killed …
WILD CARDS – Episode 203- The Lorne Identity – (limited spoilers) ⁓ It is Cole’s late brother Daniel’s birthday. Max (Vanessa Morgan) comes into the office without being summoned because, she says: “They’re setting up wifi in my condo, which …
WILD CARDS – Season 2 Episode 2 – (limited spoilers) ⁓ Cole (Giacomo Gianniotti) is having breakfast with his cat when a woman he doesn’t know (Naomi Simpson) tells him his scuppers need cleaning. He assures her that the boat …
WILD CARDS – Season 2 Episode 1 (limited spoilers) ⁓ Max (Vanessa Morgan) and her sidekick Ricky (Fletcher Donovan) were on their way out of town with a 33 million dollar Fabergé Egg until Ricky, in the course of transcribing …
Jana Morrison (Astrid) is Louisa in AURORA TEAGARDEN MYSTERIES: SOMETHING NEW. It is the nineteenth film in the series, and Aurora (Skyler Samuels), having just left university, is back in her home town working as a teacher’s assistant in a …
THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS – created by David Farr – (limited spoilers) ⁓ This is the third film adaptation of John Wyndham’s novel and it’s a good one. The screenplay is intricate and subtle, and is interpreted vividly by three directors: …
JENNY GREEN – Dead Boy Detectives – Briana Cuoco From her first moment onscreen, it is clear that Jenny, a goth butcher who rents a room to Crystal, is essential to everything. When Crystal decides to ask her ex-boyfriend for …
