Clint Eastwood has been directing films for 45 years. First of all… wow. Secondly, he specializes in small-scale stories that focus on character development and personal turmoil with the story acting as a mere backdrop. Those stories, known as Mystic…
Bad Girls Club: The rise of the female anti-hero
It feels so good being bad. That rush, that skin-tingling, heart-racing thrill you get when you know you’re engaging in some clandestine act. And getting away with it? Being celebrated for doing it? Having a group rallying around you, encouraging you?…
TV Review: Gracepoint (1×09) “Episode Nine”
“Back then in your own house, how could you not know?” So much of what Gracepoint is is the proof that not everyone you know is as they seem from loved ones to brief acquaintances. So, do we really believe…
TV Feature: Interview with Gracepoint’s Alisen Down
The penultimate episode of Gracepoint airs tonight before next weeks finale. I spoke with Alisen Down who plays Kathy about how she got the role, if she knows who killed Danny, and what it was like to act with Jacki Weaver. How…
TV Review: Gracepoint (1×07) – “Episode Seven”
Michael Pena is really phoning it in, and it’s beginning to distract me from the episode, so much so that it pulls me out entirely. Other than that, it isn’t a bad episode at all, if not quite as good…
TV Review: Gracepoint (1×06) – “Episode Six”
There are very few episodes left, and while we’re consistently weeding out the characters who aren’t Danny’s killer, we don’t seem to be moving any further toward who it actually is. In a crime drama, one that gravitates toward the…
TV Review: Gracepoint (1×05) – “Episode Five”
I can’t get over my dislike of Anna Gunn’s portrayal of Ellie, and that’s a major sore spot in Gracepoint. Ellie is written differently than how she’s played by Gunn. She’s written with a sense of humor, with a core…