Cathy Leaves
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Cathy Leaves' Cellar Door Blog
http://cathyleaves.blogspot.com/
Reviews of current television shows, Orphan Black, The Good Wife, Orange is the New Black, and complete reviews of Bomb Girls, Skins, Popular, Caprica, My So-Called Life, Dollhouse. Pop Culture and Politics.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 894 )
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"JFC, This Just Happened on 'The 100' " - Ongoing List.
Spoilers, probably. Humanity puts all hope of survival into group of 100 hormonal teenage delinquents. Space stations are running out of resources and more... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Orange is the New Black – There’s Something Wrong with All of Us, Otherwise We...
Orange is the New Black: 2x10 Little Mustachioed Shit.Can people change? It’s a central question raised in this episode and it also dominates the season as a... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Orphan Black – Tell Me I’m Doing the Right Thing.
Orphan Black: 3x02 Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis.We face a hostile ideology - global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: April.
Non-Fiction: Kate Millett: Sexual Politics.Fiction:Mary Gaitskill: Veronica.James Baldwin: Giovanni's Room. Films: Citizenfour (2014, Laura Poitras).Going Clear... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 29/4/15
Politics: In Baltimore, a look into several cases of undue force used by the police, Logos with "After Ferguson: Notes on Oppression", and an interview with Noa... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Power and Influence
Warren is not running for President. But she is mounting a campaign to insure that Clinton and other prominent Democrats adhere to her agenda of reversing incom... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 23/4/15
Politics: openDemocracy on Europe and migration in the light of the deaths in the Mediterranean. Defense One talks to multidisciplinary experts about what we ca... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Orphan Black - I Had to Choose.
Orphan Black: 3x01 The Weight of This Combination.In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Orange is the New Black - I’m Just Telling You How to Survive.
Orange is the New Black: 2x09 40 OZ of Furlough.Piper’s dad: I’m sorry honey, I just can’t see you like that.Piper: Like what?Piper’s dad: You’re my little girl... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 16/4/15
Politics: Is Iran's foreign policy revolutionary? After all, it’s not Ayatollah Khamenei who sent hundreds of thousands of troops to overthrow an Arab regime... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Two Candidates
Hillary Clinton finally announced that she would run in the 2016 Presidential election, and it looks like she might not have to face a serious primary contest,... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Pretty Little Liars Goes Down the Rabbit Hole in ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’
When I was about eleven years old, one of my aunts gave me a book for Christmas or my birthday: House of Stairs, by William Sleator. As far as dystopian YA... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Random Mixtapes - So i Shut It All Off.
Isabel O'Toole [via tumblr]sleater-kinney | no anthems. laura marling | false hope. tv on the radio | happy idiot. the mountain goats | werewolf gimmick.... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Play in the Play (in the Play)
The key element in the film is that Juliette is playing someone who is similar to Juliette, but not herself. She’s using who she is. I’m using what she is,... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Clouds of Sils Maria
If a film based on a William Gibson novel is ever made (disregarding the existence of Johnny Mnemonic), Olivier Assayas would be an excellent choice for... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 8/4/15
Politics: What does it take for the public to care about the surveillance revelations? John Oliver interviewed Edward Snowden in Russia, and the only question... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Proxy Wars and New Deals
openDemocracy argues that Saudi Arabia's attempt to save the government of ousted President Mansour Hadi in Yemen is doomed, as he lacks any significant... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Charlie Foxtrot
The situation in the region is unprecedented. For the first time since the World Wars, virtually every country from Libya to Afghanistan is involved in a... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 2/4/15
Politics:"ISIS hardly fits that description, and indeed, although it uses terrorism as a tactic, it is not really a terrorist organization at all. Read more
Posted on 02 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Transparent - Table of Contents
Season One: PilotThe Letting GoRollinMoppaWedgeThe WildernessSymbolic ExemplarBest New GirlLooking UpWhy Do We Cover the Mirrors Read more
Posted on 01 April 2015 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO
