Posts Tagged ‘Eva Green’
TV Review – The Luminaries
Period dramas are always going to pull me in as an eager viewer, and since we are still in semi-isolation due to that pesky virus, anything new in this genre will pique my interest. The Luminaries on Starz is just one of those period dramas,…
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Film Review – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a young adult novel by Ransom Riggs. Given that the novel’s subjects are moody, weird, “peculiar,” this seemed to be story made for director Tim Burton to adapt into a film worthy of his catalog.
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Film Review – Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
It’s supposed to be a hard punch. The film takes a swing at you and it hurts. You pick your jaw up and the adrenaline running through you is fun so you ask for some more. Instead, the swing comes limp, like John Hartigan (Bruce…
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode 8 “Grand Guignol” (Season Finale)
“I believe in curses. I believe in demons. I believe in monsters. Do you?” The lines have been uttered before, but it is fitting that the season finale of Penny Dreadful ended with a response to the lines uttered by Vanessa Ives (Eva Green). “Grand Guignol”…
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode 7 “Possession”
“What’s wrong with her?” “She has been possessed by The Devil.” “Oh, f*** me.” Episode seven of Penny Dreadful titled “Possession” begins where last week’s episode left off. Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) arrived back home to Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) and displayed a certain levitation trick.…
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode 6 “What Death Can Join Together”
Coming off last week’s flashback episode, “What Death Can Join Together” returns to the current storyline, but we now have more frame of reference to what both Sir Malcolm Murray (Timothy Dalton) and Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) are up to in the search for Mina…
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode Five “Closer Than Sisters”
“Your father loves you very much and would do anything to save you. But I love you in a different way. I love you enough to kill you.”
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode Four “Demimonde”
Episode 4 of Penny Dreadful is entitled “Demimonde.” A quick search on the internet (specifically Wikipedia) will tell you the definition is “a group of people who live hedonistic lifestyles, usually in a flagrant and conspicuous manner.” The opening scene is certainly an example as…
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