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ONCE UPON A TIME: The Thing You Love Most

Once Upon a Time settled into its rhythm in its second episode, focusing on the Evil Queen/Regina and her backstory. The show veered awfully close to Cheese Town for a bit, but righted itself and was back on track by the end of the episode. I’ve decided that the easiest way to recap Once Upon a Time is to analyze …

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NIKITA Recap: “Walnut Lane” (Episode 6)

Seeing Alex enter a catholic church is surreal enough, but when she walks directly into the confessional, you anticipate her meeting with someone for a nefarious reason. You certainly don’t expect her to have a conversation with none other than Nikita. Or that Alex would ask Nikita for help because “things aren’t going the way” she planned. As it turns …

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PSYCH: This Episode Sucks (Not Really)

This is one instance where you should definitely not let the title fool you. The episode is full of the fun-filled fare expected of Psych, with a pop culture bonus of guest stars like Kristy Swanson and Corey Feldman. As if that weren‘t enough, just ponder for a moment what kind of girl could capture the fancy of Carlton Lassiter. …

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CHUCK: Team Bartowski Returns for the Final Season

Here we are, at the cusp of the final season of Chuck, in varying degrees of anticipation, excitement, nostalgia, and sadness. But here’s the thing: I’ve seen the first three episodes, and you know what? I am excited! Before I get to the review, let me impart a minor SPOILER WARNING. I’m mostly giving you my impression of the three episodes, particularly …

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Advance Review: Iris Johansen’s THE KILLING GAME

Based on [easyazon-link asin=”0553581554″]the book[/easyazon-link] by New York Times best-selling author Iris Johansen, The Killing Game is a murder mystery set around the dark world of a serial murderer whose helpless victims were children. This made-for-TV movie set to debut on the Lifetime Movie Network at 9 PM on Sunday, October 30 stars Laura Prepon (That 70’s Show and October Road) …

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COMMUNITY: Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps

To be a truly Community Halloween, something awkward must occur at Greendale before our group can truly embrace the holiday. This year it starts out with a horribly lame pre-party that Britta is organizing, before it devolves into her trying to figure out who is the most likely to be a homicidal person, based on the results of a psych …

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GRIMM: Soothing Fairy Tales Not Found Here

Once upon a time, there were two brothers, Jacob and Wilhem GRIMM,  who were bent on preserving their country’s folklore. They took to telling these tales for entertainment, but when they could see how they enthralled their audiences, they decided to tame the stories and make them less frightening, so as to enchant the listener. Since then, these same stories …

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THE EDUCATION OF DEE DEE RICKS: How a Millionaire Became an Advocate for Breast-Cancer Patients

A self-made millionaire living on New York City’s Upper East Side, 39-year-old Dee Dee Ricks seemed to have it all – until she was diagnosed with aggressive stage II breast cancer. Insured and affluent, she could afford the best treatment money could buy, but was shocked to realize how difficult it is for uninsured women in the same situation, and …

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ONCE UPON A TIME: First Look at Cinderella and “The Price of Gold”

ABC released the photos for the fourth episode of Once Upon a Time, titled “The Price of Gold”, and they have me mighty curious! Warning: Spoilers Ahead! As you can see, the fairy tale story involves Cinderella and … Rumplestiltskin? Based solely on the photographic evidence, it appears that Cinderella makes a deal with smooth-talking Rumplestiltskin instead of her Fairy …

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GRIMM: It Knows What Scares You

One of the taglines for NBC’s GRIMM is “Remember the fairy tales your parents used to tell you before bedtime? Well, those weren’t stories, they were warnings.” After watching the pilot episode the line that came to my mind was from Spielberg’s Poltergeist, “It knows what scares you. It has from the very beginning. Don’t give it any help, it …

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