Category Archives: Movies

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Black Summer

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Linda Andrews

Like many other people, when Black Summer came across my Netflix feed, I thought it was related the Z Nation. I spent the first 2 episodes trying to figure out where we were in the zombie apocalypse. Then I read … Continue reading →

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Time on my hands

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Linda Andrews

I was one of the fortunate few who had President’s Day off. After spending a very long time collecting all of my tax items and dropping them off at the accountants, I decided to spend the rest of the rainy … Continue reading →

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There can only be one

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Linda Andrews

No, I’m not talking Highlander. Oooh, Highlander. Wait. What? Ahem. Let’s begin again. We bought a Firestick because we are cheap and didn’t want to buy a smart TV. I enjoy my firestick to watch our Apps like Netflix, Hulu, PBS, … Continue reading →

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I should have known better

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Linda Andrews

Last Wednesday was Halloween. I love Halloween slightly more than I love scary movies. The first scary movie I remember watching at a theatre was the original Friday the 13th for a birthday party. I was 12 or 13 at … Continue reading →

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Halloween Movies

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Linda Andrews

I’ve been binging on Halloween movies since September. I have to say I love them, even the bad ones. I especially enjoyed Netflix’s rebooting of the Haunting of Hill House. Wonderfully done (although the Hubbinator didn’t like it as much … Continue reading →

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Rewriting

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Linda Andrews

I love mysteries. And the queen of mysteries is Agatha Christie. Naturally, when one of Dame Christie’s mysteries are remade I’ll watch it. Such was the case this last weekend with the amazon prime series Ordeal by Innocence. I had … Continue reading →

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Is This How It Ends

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Linda Andrews

I have Netflix. I watched it. I had to. I love end of the world scenarios. And I admit that for the most part it was a darn good story. But then it ended. Not an end, really. You know, … Continue reading →

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Great Expectations

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Linda Andrews

I watched 2 pieces on Netflix the other day. One was a short, part of a Halloween series, dedicated to the horror genre. The other was a murder mystery set in Victorian London about a serial killer and the marginalized … Continue reading →

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Friday Futurecast: The Immersive Experience

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Linda Andrews

Back in the day, the VR (virtual reality) experience was the up and coming thing. Through a pair of glasses, the wearer could become part of the game being played. This later evolved into real-life experiences where the viewer could … Continue reading →

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Do you remember…

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Linda Andrews

Do you remember when radiation what the alpha and omega of everything? Spiderman got his powers from a radioactive spider. Of course, my favorite use of radiation was the belief that radiation made everything bigger. Anyone remember the classic Gilligan’s … Continue reading →

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