It’s awards time again! Yippee! As always, these are my personal preferences and just for fun. The Television Episode That Kicked the Ass of Anything in Movies Award: “Who Are You?” – Andor Released in chunks of three episodes, Season 2 of Andor was like watching a new Star Wars movie every week. All the … Continue reading Debbie’s Totally Random and Completely Insignificant Pop Culture Awards of 2025
This post is part of The 12 Annual Rule, Britannia Blogathon, hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts. Read the rest of the smashing posts in this event HERE! Recently, I was watching an episode of one of my favorite shows, Upstairs, Downstairs. It was a sad episode. Hazel Bellamy was dying of the Spanish Flu. … Continue reading The 12th Annual Rule, Britannia Blogathon: Far from the Madding Crowd
This post is part of the Fifth Annual Luso World Cinema Blogathon, hosted by Critica Retro and Spellbound. Read the rest of the posts in this event HERE! Last year, I covered the Brazilian telenovela Xica da Silva for this blogathon. Like many Latin American telenovelas (their version of our soap operas) it is very … Continue reading The Fifth Annual Luso World Cinema Blogathon: Tune in Tomorrow
This post is part of the Adventure-a-thon, hosted by Realweegiemidget Reviews and Cinematic Catharsis. Read the rest of the thrilling posts HERE! The 1959 adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel Journey to the Center of the Earth was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. I thought it would be fun to revisit … Continue reading Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
This post is part of the 11th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon, hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts. Tune in to the rest of the posts in this event HERE! All in the Family, the breakout TV show from the 1970s, is something many people today like to point to as the “kind of … Continue reading All in the Family: “It Was a Freak Accident!”
This post is part of The Journey to Italy Blogathon, hosted by Realweegiemidget Reviews and Speakeasy. Read the rest of the molto bene posts HERE! Yes, you have read this correctly, this is a post for a blogathon focused on Italian films. How is The Battle of Algiers, a story about the 1950s revolution in … Continue reading The Journey to Italy Blogathon: The Battle of Algiers (1966)
It’s that time of year again! Awards! Woo-hoo! As always, these are my personal preferences and just for fun. The Television Episode That Kicked the Ass of Anything in Movies Award: “The Red Dragon and the Gold” – House of the Dragon Were there better shows this year than the second season of House of … Continue reading Debbie’s Totally Random and Completely Insignificant Pop Culture Awards of 2024
This post is part of the On the Spot Blogathon, hosted by Taking Up Room. Read the rest of the posts in this event HERE! The idea behind this blogathon is that we pick the first movie or TV series that pops into our heads as something we would like to write about. I had … Continue reading The On the Spot Blogathon: The Tourist (2022-2024)
This post is part of the So Bad it's Good Blogathon, hosted by Taking Up Room and Realweegiemidget Reviews. See the rest of the participants in this event HERE! When I heard about this blogathon topic, I knew right away what my choice would be: the 1964 adaptation of Harold Robbins' potboiler novel The Carpetbaggers. … Continue reading So Bad It’s Good Blogathon: The Carpetbaggers (1964)
This post is part of the Rule, Britannia Blogathon, hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts. Read the rest of the ripping posts in this event HERE! When I picked director Danny Boyle’s debut film Shallow Grave for this blogathon, I had not seen it in 30 years. I remember loving it the first time. I … Continue reading Shallow Grave (1994): A British Twist on the Neo-Noir
This post is part of the It’s in the Name of the Title Blogathon, hosted by Realweegiemidget Reviews and Taking Up Room. Read the rest of the eponymous posts in this event HERE! The 1941 novel, Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain, is one of my favorite books. I’ve read it many times. There’s something … Continue reading A Woman Named Mildred Pierce (1945 & 2011)
This post is part of the 2024 Luso World Cinema Blogathon, hosted by Critica Retro and Spellbound. Read the rest of the posts in this event HERE! Xica da Silva was a real-life woman who lived in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais during the 18th century. She was the daughter of a Portuguese man … Continue reading The 2024 Luso World Cinema Blogathon: Xica da Silva (1997)
This post is part of the Mismatched Couple Blogathon, hosted by Realweegiemidget Reviews and Cinematic Catharsis. Read the rest of the mismatched posts HERE! I never understood the Janice (Maggie Wheeler) hate on the show Friends. I LOVE Janice. Possibly because I once had a friend very much like Janice. Yes, she was loud and … Continue reading Chandler Bing and Janice Litman Goralnik (nee Hosenstein)
This post is part of the 10th Annual Favourite TV Episodes Blogathon, hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts. Read the rest of the nostalgic posts HERE! I remember SO clearly when the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter premiered on television. It took place in a public high school in Brooklyn, New York. At the time … Continue reading Welcome Back, Kotter: Whodunit?
Awards time! Yippee! As always, these are my personal preferences and just for fun. The Television Episode That Kicked the Ass of Anything in Movies Award: “Long, Long Time”: The Last of Us I came into the TV adaptation of The Last of Us completely cold. I had never played the game. If Game of … Continue reading Debbie’s Totally Random and Completely Insignificant Pop Culture Awards of 2023
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