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I’m Mexican?

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Guess who just turned ten yesterday, and who – one day, looking back – will know so much more about her childhood, so much more than I do.

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Have you ever felt shame or sadness or ostracized?

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Having answered ‘Every day.’ to that question of David Milch, actor John Hawkes landed the role of the jewish merchant Sol Star in genius HBO series Deadwood. He’s been in Miranda July’s Me and You and Everyone We Know and was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in Winter’s Bone. Films he’s in [...]

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DWARFS FOR HIRE

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Goods news for people with a high pain threshold: Ricky Gervais‘ and Stephen Merchant’s new comedy series Life’s Too Short is out. If you were able to laugh about Extras and The Office, it’s safe to recommend this new series to you. Life’s Too Short is about Warwick Davis, an actor who is 1,07 m [...]

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DREILEBEN

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

It is no secret that German TV, in general and even applying low expectations to the genre as such, in one word, sucks. No doubt about it. In spite of the many state-owned channels, that by all means should have the potential to produce some decent quality, the arrival of private television in the 80s [...]

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MCNULTY/FREAMON IAGO/OTHELLO WEST/PETERS

Monday, September 5, 2011

Detectives Jimmy McNulty and Lester Freamon who love each other’s company are re-united as Iago and Othello at Sheffield Crucible from 15 September to 15 October.

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NEW SEASONS

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Finally summer break is over. The first two episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 8 are very promising and at last, tonight Breaking Bad continues with its 4th season.

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SOME DWARFS DIDN’T START SMALL

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

In case you haven’t heard of Peter Dinklage he’s well worth checking out. I first saw him in Tom DiCillio’s 1995 film Living in Oblivion, one of my all time favourites which I’ve watched about 30 times by now. Over the years Dinklage popped up in all kinds of good films, most famously maybe as [...]

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ANGRY BOYS DEBUT

Thursday, May 19, 2011

It’s finally here! Chris Lilley’s highly anticipated television series Angry Boys made its world premiere television debut last Wednesday night on ABC TV Australia (with HBO and BBC to follow shortly). With Angry Boys, Lilley and his long-time producer, Laura Waters, resolved to take more chances. “There has to be some challenge with each series,” [...]

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Omar Comin’

Saturday, April 23, 2011

BTW: “Omar comin’!  It be Omar!”

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HENRICKSON CHURCH PLUS

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Another brilliant series has come to an end. The fifth and final season of HBO’s Big Love focused on the antiquated role of women in the world of Mormon and polygamy and arrived at a quite satisfying conclusion.

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