Monthly Archives: June 2012

The Robinson Sisters

As ever, I’m loathe to link to the accursed Daily Mail website (boo!), but they do have a rather good (if slightly short and random) interview with Morgana Robinson up at the moment. Of primary interest to this blog, are … Continue reading

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“What Do We Say To Death?”

To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this week, I’ve been working my way through the first season boxset of Game of Thrones… a timely reminder of how exactly royals get to be “royal” in the first place: Arranged marriages, inbreeding,  … Continue reading

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And The Devil Makes Three

Roman Polanski’s The Ninth Gate (1999) was on TV a few days ago, split into two parts with a news bulletin in the break… for some reason my digibox chose to clip off the end of the first part, and … Continue reading

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Draggin’ City

She’s the Man (2006) was on TV yesterday, so I thought I’d give it another spin… mostly because I recently discovered that Alexandra Breckenridge actually has quite a substantial (though uncharacteristically chaste) role in it. For those who don’t know, … Continue reading

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Necromantic Comedy

[Contains silver-bound SPOILERS!!!] The fifth season of True Blood will be starting in the US next week… and here in the UK, I’ve just finished working my way through the shiny new season four boxset! A number of quality actresses … Continue reading

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