Tag Archives: Mimi Rogers

Applesauce 3: Blondes Have More Screentime

[Contains a “divorce gun” and SPOILERS!!!] Although the third season of The Larry Sanders Show (1994) saw Janeane Garofalo appearing in more individual episode than she had in previous years, she was mostly employed as a minor ensemble player, and … Continue reading

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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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Thus Spake “The Boomstick”

This weekend Starz decided to stoke up a little fan-frenzy for its forthcoming horror-comedy series Ash vs Evil Dead by releasing a 3-minute-long (NSFW) trailer into the wild. Despite the presence of Bruce Campbell in the lead role, and co-writing … Continue reading

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Better Than (Phone) Sex?

I’ve been seeing copies of For a Good Time, Call… (2012) in supermarket bargain bins for a few weeks now, but didn’t really take much interest until I watched Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, and latched on to Ari Graynor’s … Continue reading

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 7: God Wants You Hot!

[Contains baby snakes and SPOILERS!!!] The seventh season of The X Files saw two plucky new writers joining the creative team… a couple of starry-eyed ingénues named William B. Davis and Gillian Anderson! Davis’ episode (#7.15, “En Ami”) saw his … Continue reading

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 6: Save Your Own Ass, Sir!

[Contains big piles of manure… also, SPOILERS!!!] Fight the Future was a refreshingly illuminating info-dump for viewers of The X Files, as far as the show’s shadowy “myth-arc” conspiracy was concerned, so fans can be forgiven for expecting that narrative … Continue reading

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The FBI’s Most Unwanted 5: Snaps To Scully

[Contains a syringe of sinister green SPOILERS!!!] According to Chris Carter’s master plan, the fifth season of The X-Files was going to be its last, with the TV show segueing into a series of big-screen adventures, beginning with Fight the … Continue reading

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No One Can Hear You Shrug…

I hadn’t seen the Lost in Space movie since it came out back in 1998, and all I could really remember about it was that Lacey Chabert was very cute and funny as ‘Penny Robinson’. This week it was showing … Continue reading

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