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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
She-Hulk Review: "Mean, Green, and Straight Poured Into These Jeans"
My excitement for Episode 5 began seconds after Episode 4 ended, because I knew we would see Titania back again. We only received a brief glimpse of the superhuman villainess in the first episode, when she invaded the courtroom only to be taken down by She-Hulk, with the fight resulting in Jen Walters' fame and rise in stock. However, as the final moments of Episode 4 saw, Titania decided to deliver a bit of a blow to She-Hulk's popularity--in the form of a trademarking lawsuit.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Villainess Review: Audra Simonetti (Babysitter's Nightmare)
Babysitter's Nightmare (aka Kill the Babysitter) was quite a memorable Lifetime film, mainly because of the villainess involved--as well as who was playing her. More on that later. After an opening scene that features a young woman being suffocated to death by a hooded figure, the scene quickly shifts to nurse Daphne Hart, who had been tending to (among other patients), a young boy named Mason; however, when Daphne's superior stepped away from Mason just for a brief moment, the young boy ended up taking a fatal turn for the worse.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Villainess Review: Joelle (Girls' Night Out)
It's been five years, yet I still remember Lifetime's film, Girls' Night Out--especially the surprise ending, but I'll get to that. This film centered on exactly what the title says: a girls' night out--namely a bachelorette party. The bride-to-be and main protagonist is McKenzie, and the women involved in the party are her former sorority sisters: Joelle, Rebecca, and Sadie, with Joelle planning the party. A night of wild fun and a lot of drinking is in the cards, but what wasn't in the cards was a vengeful vendetta enacted by McKenzie's ex-boyfriend, Brandon.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Villainess Review: Samantha Sloan (Are My Friends Killers?)
Like with most Lifetime films, I learned about Are My Friends Killers? months ago back when it had its original title, Secrets on Campus, and I had been eagerly excited for this film ever since. Yet another gem from Marvista Entertainment, the film opens with college student Lauren Price jogging, until she suddenly collapses and passes on. Her best friend, Zoey Connors, received the tragic news from Lauren's mother, and after the funeral service, Mrs. Price made an offer for Zoey: she would pay for a full tuition for Zoey to attend Woodford--the same college that Lauren attended--doing so in memory of her daughter.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
She-Hulk Review: "Is This Not Real Magic?"
We are now in the heart of the MCU series, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and when we last saw our heroine, she was dealing with the Wrecking Crew, who she defeated easily. Despite this, and despite her powers, Jen receives worry from her father, Morris, and elsewhere, we see a magician known as Donny Blaze performing magic for a sparse (and bored) crowd. He gets a volunteer named Madisynn ("two N's and one Y, but it's not where you think") King, who is given white roses that Blaze turns red. The audience remains board and Madisynn is not impressed...until Blaze opens a portal. Madisynn goes through and (after entering a hellish dimension) ends up at Wong's palace, where she spoils an episode of The Sopranos that Wong was looking forward to watching.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Villainess Review: Norma Carter (Perry Mason)
Without question, Perry Mason has to be one of the most iconic shows in TV history. Based on the novels written by Erle Stanley Gardner, Perry Mason aired on CBS for nine seasons and 271 episodes from 1957 until 1966, with only Season Nine's "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist," being filmed in color. Raymond Burr starred in the series as the titular lawyer, with the show setting the bar when it came to legal dramas. The series spawned a short-lived reboot, The New Perry Mason, which didn't feature any of the original cast, but beginning in 1985, Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale (the latter playing Mason's secretary, Della Street) appeared in a series of Perry Mason telefilms. 30 such films aired on TV from 1985-1995, with "The Case of the Killer Kiss" being Burr's final film, airing two months after his passing, while the final four films carried on without the lead actor. In 2020, a Perry Mason reboot series debuted on HBO, with Matthew Rhys in the title role.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Villainess Review: Natalie Gale (Elementary)
I've said this before and I'll say it again: I love Elementary. I really loved that show and everything about it; the cast, the plots, the stories, and yes, the villainesses. The show had an amazing crop of evil and murderous women in the seven years that it aired on CBS, and the episode, "Blood is Thicker," was certainly no different.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Villainess Review: Patty Weyland (Crossing Jordan)
I remember Crossing Jordan, and to be honest, this was an underrated show. I've seen a handful of episodes of this NBC series, and I enjoyed what I watched; the stories were gripping, and the cast was absolutely amazing. The show had its memorable episodes, with one of them being, "Blood Relatives," which featured quite a tragic case. The episode centered on the sudden deaths of a woman, Patty Weyland, and her two young sons, Jonah and Brad--all of whom were found stabbed to death.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Villainess Review: Paula Carter (First Class Fear)
First Class Fear (aka My Terrorized Teen) is a film I had been waiting for almost a year to see on Lifetime. I had seen so many other announced films get their premiere dates but this one was still up in the air. Finally, this film hit Lifetime, and it centers on Sophie Ellis, an intelligent student with good things headed her way, but it hasn't been easy, as she and her mother, Grace Ellis (a teacher at Sophie's school), have been barely getting by financially. Regarding school, both Sophie and her best friend, Emma Austin, have been dealing with the antics of Carolyn Carter and her clique, as Carolyn had created a website that basically cyberbullied Emma for (in Carolyn's mind) stealing her boyfriend, Jack, from her.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Villainess Review: Sibella Stone (Murder, She Wrote)
I never watched Murder, She Wrote when it aired, but I remember seeing the promos on CBS back when I was a kid. The series was a huge mainstay on CBS, with over 200 episodes in 12 seasons between 1984 and 1996, and the series spawned a number of telefilms following the series' end. The centerpiece of the show (and the films) was the legendary Angela Lansbury, who played famed author Jessica Fletcher, whose expertise in writing murder mysteries has helped out when actual murders are committed, as she always puts all of the pieces together. I started watching the reruns about six years ago, and the show has had its share of memorable and amazing villainesses, with one of them being featured in the episode, "Love's Deadly Desire."
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
She-Hulk Review: "The People vs Emil Blonsky"
No, you are not seeing things. That really is famous rapper Megan Thee Stallion shown with Tatiana Maslany's Jennifer Walters on the latest episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. This is clearly one of the most amazing celeb cameos in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it was originally supposed to be a surprise, of course, but Megan's MCU debut was leaked into the public eye.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
Villainess Review: Dana Declan (Fatal Reunion)
I remember this film, Fatal Reunion, very well, and one of the reasons was the film's leading lady, Erika Eleniak. Eleniak had done her share of Lifetime films, and was coming off playing a villainess in one of them. In this film from 2005, Eleniak played Jessica Landers, a woman who wasn't quite satisfied in her marriage to Russell Landers. At the urgency of her friends, Jessica meets up with her former schoolmate, Marcus Declan, but after realizing how much she loved Russell (and vice versa), the meetings come to an end.
By Clyde E. Dawkinsabout a year ago in Geeks
