Megan Applegate recaps episode 5 of Vikings season 2…. Like most family reunions, Lagertha and Bjorn’s return to the fold was a little awkward and a heap sentimental. The episode doesn’t take long to get into the full swing of things and soon Ragnar and a Bjorn (along with two sacrificial Vikings) set out to […]
Vikings Season 2 – Episode 4 Recap
Megan Applegate recaps the fourth episode of Vikings Season 2… So, I’ll just come right out and say that the only thing that ruined this week’s episode, which featured (finally!) a reunion I’d been dying for, was a very-near dying of a favorite character and a crucifixion. But more on that later. Episode 4 starts […]
Vikings Season 2 – Episode 3 Recap
Megan Applegate recaps the third episode of Vikings Season 2… “Hide the good silver, the Northmen are coming” When we last left Ragnar and his merry men, they’d had gone a-Viking and landed a little off the mark—in Wessex and in the kingdom of a rather menacing Ecbert. “Treachery” opens with our band of Vikings […]
Vikings Season 2 – Episode 2 Recap
A Scandinavian Fast Forward… Megan Applegate recaps the second episode of Vikings Season 2…. Holy time warps! The writers wasted no time in this week’s episode and splashed a “Four Years Later” before the opening credits were cold in their graves. This week’s theme seems to be about temptation — the lusty kind, the political […]
Ripper Street Series 2 – Episode 2 Recap
Megan Applegate with a recap of the second episode of Ripper Street series two… The season’s second episode tugged viewers into the underground freak shows of London after a woman with a protruding tail was found murdered in a hospital and her infant son missing. The woman was poor, but obviously well cared for. Detective […]
Vikings Season 2 – Episode 1 Recap
No Fury Like Lagertha Scorned – Megan Applegate recaps the first episode of Vikings season 2… Well, not so much fury as agonizing heartbreak, but we’ll get to that in a moment. So Long, One Eye The eye-patched Viking rides across the battle field, reminding Rollo (Clive Standen) how they’ve fought bravely many times together, […]
Movie Review – August: Osage County (2013)
August: Osage County, 2013. Directed by John Wells. Starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper. Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Juliette Lewis, Abigail Breslin, and Benedict Cumberbatch. SYNOPSIS: A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings […]
Movie Review – Her (2013)
Her, 2013. Written and Directed by Spike Jonze. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Olivia Wilde, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need. Spike Jonze is such an interesting Director. One of those […]
The Newsroom Season 3 Episode 6 Review – ‘What Kind of Day Has It Been’
Gary McCurry reviews the sixth episode of The Newsroom season 3… Friends, Cheers, and more recently, True Detective. These shows all come with an unforgettable theme song. I mean, who hasn’t done the claps during “I’ll Be There For you” or sang along to the immortal lyrics “making your way in the world today takes […]
Movie Review – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, 2013. Directed by Justin Chadwick. Starring Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Terry Pheto, and Riaad Moosa. SYNOPSIS: A chronicle of Nelson Mandela’s life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. It’s almost too easy to […]
