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Author: Rachel Bellwoar

TV 

DVD Review: Rebecka Martinsson Series 1

It’s probably only easy to forget the weather when you’ve grown up in an area where it doesn’t interfere much,

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March 1, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3954 Views Acorn DVD, AcornTV, DVD
TV 

Here And Now Review – Season 1, Episode 3: “If A Deer Shits In The Woods”

[**Spoilers for Episode 3 below!] Beginning where episode two left off, there’s a moment at the start of “If A

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February 26, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 4432 Views HBO, Here and Now, Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins
TV 

Hulu Goes Pre-Apocalyptic With Its New Original Series, “Hard Sun”

We’ve got five years, stuck on my eyes / Five years, what a surprise / We’ve got five years, my

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February 26, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3388 Views Hulu
Film 

The Movie That Should’ve Been An Oscar Sure Thing: The Florida Project Comes To Blu-ray

New to Florida’s motel circuit, Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and Scooty (Christopher Rivera) offer to show Jancey (Valeria Cotto) around. Having met because

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February 21, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3451 Views Brooklynn Prince, Oscars, Sean Baker, The Florida Project, Willem Dafoe
TV 

Here And Now Review – Season 1, Episode 2: “It’s Coming”

[**Spoilers for Here And Now: Episode 2 below!] It’s not like Duc wanted his dad to write the forward to

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February 19, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 5284 Views HBO, Here and Now, Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins
Comics 

‘The Secret Loves Of Geeks’ Is A Book That Shouldn’t Stay A Secret

For fans of The Secret Loves of Geek Girls comes another personal, romance anthology edited by Hope Nicholson. Switching back and forth

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February 15, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 4205 Views Amanda Deibert, Cat Staggs, Dark Horse, Dark Horse Comics, Hope Larson, Hope Nicholson, Jordie Bellaire, Margaret Atwood, Michael Walsh, Ryan Ferrier
TV 

Here And Now Review – Season 1, Episode 1: “Eleven Eleven”

[***Spoilers for Episode 1 below!] Signs your 60th birthday party won’t be going off without a hitch: Two of your

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February 12, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 4585 Views HBO, Here and Now, Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins
Comics Crowdfunding 

Advance Review: There Are No Failures In Science In The Invention Of E.J. Whitaker #1

Making its digital debut March 5th, 2018 after a successful Kickstarter campaign, where they raised more than double their asking

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February 9, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3926 Views Kickstarter, Shawnee Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs
Comics 

Advance Review: ‘Bingo Love’ Is All The Love You Need This Valentine’s Day

“The world is finally ready for our type of love,” Mari tells Hazel, and the same is true of Bingo

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February 7, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3868 Views Cardinal Rae, Image Comics, Jenn St-Onge, Tee Franklin
Comics 

Spending A Cold Winter’s Night With ‘Chilling Adventures In Sorcery’

For those who rue the involvement of zombies and killers in the wholesome world of Riverdale as a recent phenomenon

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February 6, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3461 Views Archie Comics, Chilling Adventures in Sorcery, Gray Morrow, Jack Morelli, Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Comics 

Advanced Review: Mata Hari #1 And The Formidable Task Of Unraveling A Legend

Based on a real person, and part of Dark Horse’s new Berger Books imprint, Mata Hari #1 is the story of Margaretha Geertruida

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January 29, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3792 Views Ariela Kristantina, Berger Books, Dark Horse Comics, Emma Beeby, Karen Berger, Mata Hari, Sal Cipriano
TV 

A Review of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, Part 3

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams is an anthology series based on ten of Philip K. Dick’s short stories. Best known for

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January 24, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 4125 Views Amazon, Philip K. Dick
Comics 

Advance Review: Elena Abbott Makes A Phenomenal Entrance in Abbott #1

Before the critical acclaim, and despite his name recognition, Black Bolt’s readiness for a solo title was initially questioned before

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January 23, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3996 Views Abbott, Boom! Studios, Jason Wordie, Jim Campbell, Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivela
TV 

Good News And Bad News: A Review Of Damnation’s Season Finale, ‘God’s Body’

Tennyson Duvall (Zach McGowan) brings Creeley out to an empty field with a shovel, and asks him which he’d like

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January 19, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 12420 Views tv, USA Network, western
TV 

A Review of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, Part 2

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams is an anthology series based on ten of Philip K. Dick’s short stories. Best known for

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January 17, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3928 Views Amazon, Philip K. Dick
Comics Crowdfunding 

CORPUS: A Comic Anthology Of Bodily Ailments Comes To Kickstarter This February

Coming soon to Kickstarter from creator and editor Nadia Shammas is CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments. Physical, mental,

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January 16, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3928 Views Corpus Anthology, Kickstarter, Nadia Shammas
TV 

Damnation Review – Season 1, Episode 9: “Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground” And Disappointing Was The Cliffhanger

[*Warning! Spoilers for Episode 9 below!] Cliffhangers can be dangerous slopes, and “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground”

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January 13, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 4279 Views tv, USA Network, western
TV 

An Early Review Of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, Part 1

Premiering this Friday on Amazon, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams is an anthology series based on ten of Philip K.

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January 12, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3563 Views Amazon, Philip K. Dick
Comics 

Two Scoops Of This Comic, Please: Advance Review Of Ice Cream Man #1

What does the ice cream truck mean to you? For me, the ice cream truck means racing to the front door

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January 11, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 4034 Views Chris O'Halloran, Ice Cream Man, Image Comics, Martín Morazzo, W. Maxwell Prince
Comics TV 

Marvel’s Runaways Ends Season One On A High Note With “Hostile”

I’ve sometimes been hard on Runaways, throughout these reviews, but I also hope I’ve given the show credit where it’s due,

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January 9, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3995 Views Adrian Alphona, Brian K. Vaughan, Hulu, Josh Schwartz, Marvel, Runaways, Stephanie Savage
TV 

“The Goodness Of Men” Is Yet To Be Proven – Damnation Episode 8 Review

Yep, they went ahead and ended the episode that way. Damnation hasn’t made a point of doing cliffhangers, so for the

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January 5, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 4325 Views tv, USA Network, western
Film TV 

‘David Bowie: The Last Five Years’ Pays Tribute To One Of Music’s Greatest Artists

When David Bowie died two days after his 69th birthday, and the release of Blackstar,  speculation over the timing of

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January 5, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3825 Views David Bowie, documentary, HBO
TV 

Is It Ever Ok To Help Someone Dispose Of A Body?: A DVD Review Of Alibi

It’s often easier to suspect the worst of people, than it is to assume the best, but is it possible

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January 4, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 6696 Views Acorn DVD, Alibi, crime, DVD, Sophie Okonedo
Comics TV 

Marvel’s Runaways Review – Season 1, Episode 9: “Doomsday” Is Here At Last

Following computer-gate last week, the children of Pride take a hard look at what they hope to accomplish if they

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January 2, 2018 Rachel Bellwoar 3888 Views Adrian Alphona, Brian K. Vaughan, Hulu, Josh Schwartz, Marvel, Runaways, Stephanie Savage
TV 

“A Different Species” And A Different Kind Of Western – Damnation Episode 7 Review

In other genres, outlaws are criminals. In westerns, outlaws are cool. Everymen, who fight dirty and protect their property, they

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December 30, 2017 Rachel Bellwoar 4205 Views tv, USA Network, western
Comics TV 

A Wave Of Questions After “Tsunami” – Marvel’s Runaways Episode 8 Review

“You can’t keep the circumstances of my sister’s suicide a secret and then blame my lipstick.” – Nico Minoru (Lyrica

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December 26, 2017 Rachel Bellwoar 6226 Views Adrian Alphona, Brian K. Vaughan, Hulu, Josh Schwartz, Marvel, Runaways, Stephanie Savage
TV 

Everyone Has Father Issues: Damnation Episode 6 Review – “In Wyoming Fashion”

If it wasn’t clear before, Damnation has father issues, as this week we get to meet Seth and Creeley’s pops, Gram Turner (Timothy

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December 23, 2017 Rachel Bellwoar 4146 Views tv, USA Network, western
Comics 

An Unusual Lead And Narrative Surprises In Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Fairies #1

After completing an arc on Giants last spring, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller goes with a smaller creature from fantasy for its

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December 21, 2017 Rachel Bellwoar 3423 Views Archaia, Boom! Studios, Dan Jackson, Jim Campbell, Jim Henson, Matt Smith
Comics TV 

Marvel’s Runaways Review – Season 1, Episode 7: “Refraction”

A “refraction” is when light changes directions. The definition is more extensive than that, but it’s enough to start discussing

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December 18, 2017 Rachel Bellwoar 4303 Views Adrian Alphona, Brian K. Vaughan, Hulu, Josh Schwartz, Marvel, Runaways, Stephanie Savage
TV 

3 Reasons To Watch Call The Midwife’s Holiday Special 2017

It’s Christmas 1962 in Poplar, London. When a blizzard puts out even the milkman from making his deliveries, the Nonnatus House

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December 17, 2017 Rachel Bellwoar 2890 Views Christmas, holidays, PBS
TV 

Damnation Review – Season 1, Episode 5: “Den Of Lost Souls”

Last episode Seth let Abigail in by telling her Creeley’s his brother, but that doesn’t mean everything about his past

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December 15, 2017 Rachel Bellwoar 3809 Views tv, USA Network, western
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