Category Archives: On The Screen
Cringe Yet Captivating
Have to start by saying that we’re REALLY enjoying both of these shows – different as they are. Having gotten that out of the way, we also can’t help but find ourselves cringing a bit at certain points in every … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Monkey, Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, Natalie Martinez, The Old Man, Vince Vaughn
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Me, She & We
I was thinking yesterday, after I finished the final episode of “Penny Dreadful”, that you can separate the content that passes across our screen into “Me Shows”, “She Shows” and “We Shows”. I suspect others might be able to identify … Continue reading
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Tagged All Creatures Great & Small, Bad Monkey, Billions, Downton Abbey, Emily In Paris, For All Mankind, Gilmore Girls, Lessons In Chemistry, Lucifer, Madam Secretary, Reacher, Shrinking, Suits, Ted Lasso, The Crown, The Diplomat, The Gentlemen, The House of the Dragon, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Morning Show, The Old Man, The Queen's Gambit, The West Wing, The Wheel of Time, The Witcher, Tulsa King
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Penny Dreadful – Finalis
Sorry – one last post on this program. My wife was out of town for the weekend, so I poured most of my Saturday and part of my Sunday into watching the remaining 15 episodes, making it to the exceptionally … Continue reading
On The Screen – The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives – 9/20/2024
Three quick statements / caveats before I actually get into this: Here’s my message. If you watch and find yourself enjoying this show, please step back and take a little time to re-evaluate your life choices. I have never, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Hulu, MomTok, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, TikTok
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On The Screen – The Rings of Power – 9/17/2024
I have to start by saying that there’s nothing terribly wrong with “The Rings of Power” – it’s a decent show – and that’s likely the problem. LoTR has always been very special to me – one of those works … Continue reading
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Tagged #hobbit, #lordoftherings, #LoTR, #ringsofpower, #thehobbit, #tolkien
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On The Screen – Penny Dreadful Redux – 9/16/2024
One final post and then I’m off to a Village Meeting – I finished S1 of Penny Dreadful this morning at around 12:30 AM. It DID NOT disappoint! If you haven’t taken a look – highly recommend. On to S2.
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On The Screen – Penny Dreadful – 9/15/2024
I always seem to be late to the party with new streaming content and Penny Dreadful is no exception. I saw an article yesterday about the 3rd season of this show and how they’d successfully transitioned from Victorian England to … Continue reading
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On The Screen – Tag – 9/8/2018
“It Is One Of The Blessings Of Old Friends That You Can Be Stupid With Them” Ralph Wald Emerson “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw It never ceases … Continue reading
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On The Screen – Annihilation – 7/26/2018
This is kind of a rubber band post – it bounces me back to books I read and posts I published around the end of February. Over the course of about two weeks, I read all three of the “Southern … Continue reading
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On The Screen – Chocolat – 6/3/2018
This may be going back a ways but I saw “Chocolat” for the first time this week with my wife and I enjoyed it so much that I just had to put up a quick post. I think it was … Continue reading
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