WILD CARDS – Episode 303 – M. D. CEASED – (speculative recap) ⁓ On her way to work, Max (Vanessa Morgan) gets three phone calls. The first is from Ricky (Fletcher Donovan), complaining about too many interruptions getting in the …
ORDINARY GIRL IN A TIARA – directed by Meeshelle Neal – (some spoilers) ⁓ Supernatural forces are never referenced, but this is a fable full of magical things. Caro Cartwright (Katharine King So) is a curator of vintage fashion. She …
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 …
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 …
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 …
THE KING TIDE – directed by Christian Sparkes – (some spoilers) โ The opening scenes are full of mood and mystery. On an isolated island off the Newfoundland coast, Grace (Lara Jean Chorostecki) has a miscarriage on a stormy night. …
BEACON 23 – Season 2 Episodes 1-3 – SPOILERS ⁓ Aster Calyx (Lena Headey), having been shot by Kier (Marc Menchaca) in the final moments of the first season, lies in a pool of blood. As Halan (Stephan James) tries …
Reality TV writer Klara Sandberg (Hanna Alstrรถm) listens to herself pitch new ideas for her show “Milf Hotelle” and is suddenly revolted by her own ideas. She suggests they should be making better television, and, inspired by the cover of …
ADULT ADOPTION – directed by Karen Knox – (some spoilers) ⁓ Rosy (Ellie Moon) works at a bank, and, as the story begins, her boss Susan (Jennifer Wigmore) is retiring. Rosy does not like change and is very fond of …
