Tag Archives: Allison Janney

Relapse

[Contains Lemon Zest and SPOILERS!!!] I was happy to see Mom return for a second season last week… until I got to the end of the premiere episode, and remembered why I’d grown so frustrated with it the first time around. To … Continue reading

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Stoners & Snoggers

As a Brit, I wasn’t able to watch the Emmy Awards ceremony this week (or rather, I couldn’t be bothered downloading the whole thing, just for a few moments of interest), so I’m grateful to HelloGiggles for posting a handy summation … Continue reading

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VP-Hell 2: The Softening?

Although frequently hilarious, there was something slightly dispiriting about the first season of Veep, which (much like its British forebear, The Thick Of It) left me feeling slightly empty and depressed once the laughter had died down. Strangely, that wasn’t … Continue reading

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Hellooo, Nurse!

I’d become so used to seeing Renée Zellweger in cosy romantic comedies, it was a little jarring to see her facing off against gun-wielding maniacs in Nurse Betty (2000)… even if she did so in a typically adorable and upbeat fashion. For … Continue reading

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What A Drag…

I went to see the musical remake of Hairspray, back when it was first released in 2007… the blog post I wrote at the time is lost to the tubes now, but I can still remember the general gist of … Continue reading

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Choking On Swan Gas

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) is a little too mean-spirited and trashy for me to ever be able to recommend it unreservedly, but I’ve seen it three times now over a span of several years, and there are still plenty of … Continue reading

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The Last of “Lost”

[Contains mild SPOILERS] I got hooked on Lost back when it was on proper (i.e., terrestrial) TV, and then got mighty pissed off when satellite-station Sky swooped in and stole it away from me (to add insult to injury, Ch4 … Continue reading

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