Posts Tagged ‘Timothy Dalton’
Film Analysis – Spectre of a Legacy
[SPOILERS, of course] Spectre opens with an epigram that “the dead are with us.” Few things ought to be more terrifying to James Bond. His license to kill has racked up a quite a body count (362, by at least two counts) about which 007…
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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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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode Three “Resurrection”
Penny Dreadful Episode 3 “Resurrection” continues to build on the supernatural lore of the previous two episodes while introducing a couple of new elements.
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode Two “Séance”
Before moving on to the second episode of Penny Dreadful, “Séance,” I revisited the first episode since I had not seen it since March at SXSW. The episode is no longer as dark as the print we saw at SXSW and more details can be…
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