Month: June 2014
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TV Episode Review: “Orphan Black” “By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried” (02.10, 2014))
After a messy and increasingly dull middle portion of its second season, Orphan Black finally regained its footing for its penultimate episode and this finale, but it also left us in an odd place for the future. Dyad and the Proletheans appear to be threats no longer (or at least severely diminished threats–each has lost…
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TV Episode Review: “Orphan Black” “Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done” (02.09, 2014)
Bad things happen to the people caught in the crossfire of the clones’ battles with Dyad and the Proletheans. This episode was really the first time we had much of an opportunity to see the effect of the experiments on those other characters, other than Felix–specifically, Gracie, Donnie, and Delphine. Gracie Gracie has been caught…
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Movie Review: “Tim’s Vermeer” (Teller, USA 2013)
First, I will make my usual note about documentaries. My reviews of documentaries are necessarily incomplete, because documentaries should be judged not only by cinematic standards but also by journalistic ones. I am judging only the merits from a cinematic standpoint, not making any claim to be able to judge its journalistic merits. In this…
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