Tag Archives: Catherine O’Hara

Applesauce 1: The Weaselling

[Contains contentious catchphrases and SPOILERS!!!] “Lightning deal” sales and strong red wine are a deadly combination, especially when I have prospective Xmas money burning a hole in my pocket… last year I impulse-bought the Borgias boxset, and this year it … Continue reading

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GothWatch Prime: Lydia Deetz

On the off-chance anyone was looking for recommendations, I’d have to say that Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988) is pretty much the perfect Halloween movie… macabre, creepy, bawdy, colourful, silly, sweet, sharp, laugh-out-loud funny, and wholly unique. It’s also the movie … Continue reading

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Good Peacock To You!

[Contains tearful goodbyes and SPOILERS!!!] Finally got around to picking up the seventh (and final) season of 30 Rock (2012), and even though I’m sad that it’s over now, I was glad to see that they went out in a … Continue reading

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Life Ain’t Pretty For A Pig-Faced Girl

[Contains unconvincingly-accented SPOILERS] There were several modern reimaginings of the Cinderella story on TV this Xmas, but they largely chose to dispense with the magical elements that made the original fairy tales so much fun… whereas Penelope (2006) is a … Continue reading

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