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 – (spoilers) ⁓ 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 hands. …
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 – (spoilers) ⁓ 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 Dana: …
REVIVAL – Episode 106 – Bloodlines – (spoilers) ⁓ 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), along …
REVIVAL – Episodes 104 ‘Run Along Little Lamb’ & 105 ‘Triage’ – (spoilers) ⁓ 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 …
REVIVAL – Episode 103 – Reality Check – (spoilers) ⁓ 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 – Episode 102 – Keeping Up Appearances – (spoilers) ⁓ 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. …
SPOILERS ⁓ 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 Barrett) …
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 …
