I apologize for being late with this week’s installment of “obsessions” but I was incredibly sick yesterday. So here they are, a day late, my “obsessions of the week” Scott Foley: I’ve been re-watching season 1 of Felicity and simply can’t get over the incredible charm of this guy. Katee: I can’t recall any dancer […]
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As you all probably know by now, the most shameful of my many shameful TV loves is a certain trashy reality show called Big Brother. I argue that it’s Orwellian, that it’s psychological, that it’s a behavioural study… but really, it’s a trashy reality show. I love it though, and will, no doubt, devote hundreds […]
Friday Night Lights rules for realism. Friday Night Lights rules for realism. The characters don’t speak like articulately witty brainiacs but are never played as idiots for the cheap laugh. They live in houses that they could realistically afford and drive cars that don’t wreak of product placement. They work at car dealerships and Applebees. […]
Every Wednesday I bring you a list of my current obsessions. This week the winners are… Mia Michaels A long-time favourite of mine, So You Think You Can Dance choreographer and judge Mia Michaels can always be relied upon for fair, tough and constructive judicial comments, a quirky turn of phrase, unique fashion choices […]
As the couples tackle 2 dances for the first time, Joshua and Katee stay close to the top of the pack, Jessica scoots buy once again on Will’s coattails, Twitch and Kherington finally prove that they truly deserve the popularity that their charisma has earned them, Courtney and Gev save themselves with incomparable solos and […]
Popular on DVD. This satire of high school soaps was a favourite of mine back when it originally aired and still manages to make me laugh, even now that I’m older and more cynical. Though Sam and Brooke drive me insane, Harrison and Carmen remain two of my all-time favourite television characters and Nicole Julian is one […]
David and Darla shine in the brilliantly plotted, character driven, perfectly cast and uniquely toned first season of Dexter. The character of Dexter Morgan could not be further from Michael C. Hall’s famous role as David Fischer on Six Feet Under; while David was golden hearted yet socially awkward, Dexter is a charismatic sociopath. It’s […]
10. My epic facebook TV debate with Rachael from “I watch movies then talk about them”. Daily we exchange ideas on topics ranging from our favourite TV sidekicks to which female characters make the best case for feminism. 9. Late Canadian stage legend William Hutt’s performance of King Lear in the series finale of Slings & Arrows […]