Episodes
Bullock delivers campaign pitches in Sturgis; Trixie decides to take matters into her own hands; Langrishe has a falling-out with Hearst.
Published 12/13/21
Published 12/13/21
We watched and reviewed Deadwood season 10 episode 5. Hearst reveals his cruel intentions for the upcoming elections, and tensions mount between Langrishe and his troupe over his interest in a newly arrived performer. Meanwhile, an attempt on Alma's life prompts Swearengen to take her into protective custody, but who is responsible for the attempted murder?
Published 07/30/21
We reviewed Deadwood Season 3 Episode 9: Amateur Night. Merrick answers for his publication of the Sheriff's letter, and Hearst's hired muscle terrorize the camp. Can anyone stop his ruthlessness?
Published 06/02/21
We watched and reviewed Booksmart. Stay tuned for the next episode where we compare and contrast it with Superbad!
Published 05/17/21
Leviathan Smiles. Wyatt Earp and his brother ride into town as heroes when they save a sabotaged stagecoach. Is there more to the newcomers than meets the eye? Elsewhere, the plan to deal with Hearst is put into action, as Bullock's letter is published in `The Pioneer'.
Published 05/05/21
We reviewed Deadwood Season 3 Episode 7: Unauthorized Cinnamon. The camp elders hold a meeting to map out a strategy to deal with the dastardly Hearst. Will they be able to outwit the ruthless gold baron? Elsewhere, Langrishe's theatre renovations are delayed, and Blazanov violates a communication credo for the supposed good of the camp.
Published 04/21/21
Office satire about three female secretaries who decide to get revenge on their tyrannical, sexist boss by abducting him and running the business themselves. The trio, one of whom has been passed over for promotion because she is a woman, spend a night together having drug-induced fantasies of killing the slave-driving chauvinist. One of them panics the following day when she suspects she really has poisoned the tyrant.
Published 04/07/21
We watched and reviewed Mulan! To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China.
Published 03/24/21
Bullock and Swearengen contemplate a pre-emptive strike against Hearst, whose anger has recently been inflamed. However, the ruthless mining baron is preoccupied with Alma. Will he get the better of Mrs Garret?
Published 03/24/21
Nancy Drew is a female icon who has inspired many renowned feminists like Ruth Bader Ginsberg. But how do the books hold up now?
Published 03/05/21
Alma reverts to her bad habits of old, Swearengen finds a use for Farnum, and the troupe prepares to transform the Chez Ami into a theatre. Are the filthy locals ready to accept such progression?
Published 03/05/21
Rachel and Pam discuss the film The Glorias- the story of Gloria Steinem from her childhood in 1940s Ohio to her leading role in the women's liberation movement.
Published 01/29/21
Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, people of color, non-straight people are telling other versions, and white people and men and particularly white men are trying to hang onto the old versions and their own centrality. In Whose Story Is This? Rebecca Solnit appraises what's emerging and why it matters and what the obstacles are.
Published 01/12/21
Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement.
Published 01/12/21
They are a mass migration of thousands, yet each one travels alone. Solito, Solita (Alone, Alone) is an urgent collection of oral histories that tells—in their own words—the story of young refugees fleeing countries in Central America and traveling for hundreds of miles to seek safety and protection in the United States.
Published 01/12/21
Alma opens the town's first bank amidst as much fanfare as Deadwood's grimy inhabitants can muster, and as George Hearst threatens to destroy everything that has been established in Deadwood, Swearengen chooses Adams to be his deputy.
Published 01/12/21
A stage promoter and old friend of Swearengen arrives in town; Alma offers Hearst a claim deal; Bullock discovers the truth about the Gem killings.
Published 01/12/21
A cryptic note tips off Swearengen; Hearst makes his intentions known; Alma's health raises the issue of Sofia's stewardship.
Published 01/12/21
Al Swearengen and the rest of the seedy lowlifes return for a third series, as Deadwood is on the threshold of its first elections.
Published 01/12/21
George Hearst arrives in camp; Swearengen's manipulations extract a counteroffer from Yankton; Tolliver seeks to improve his position with Hearst; tensions in Chinaman's Alley boil over.
Published 01/12/21
Jarry fears Bullock and Hearst have thrown their support behind Montana; Swearengen uses a camp tragedy to delay an altercation between Wu and Lee.
Published 01/12/21
The final chapter in the Dumb County saga. It’s a movie so insane and expensive to make that we want you to experience it somehow. With an ensemble cast including the disgusting, racist town sheriff, his wife, Evelyn who will do anything to get away from him, the too-cool-for-school preacher who just wants to get to the big city, the car-f*****g, out of work mechanic literally named Cornfed, and the yankee couple whose car broke down on the edge of town. It’s a script written over the course...
Published 08/13/20
The thrilling second installment of Dumb County, It’s a movie so insane and expensive to make that we want you to experience it somehow. With an ensemble cast including the disgusting, racist town sheriff, his wife, Evelyn who will do anything to get away from him, the too-cool-for-school preacher who just wants to get to the big city, the car-f*****g, out of work mechanic literally named Cornfed, and the yankee couple whose car broke down on the edge of town. It’s a script written over the...
Published 08/13/20
It’s a movie so insane and expensive to make that we want you to experience it somehow. With an ensemble cast including the disgusting, racist town sheriff, his wife, Evelyn who will do anything to get away from him, the too-cool-for-school preacher who just wants to get to the big city, the car-f*****g, out of work mechanic literally named Cornfed, and the yankee couple whose car broke down on the edge of town. It’s a script written over the course of 7 years that’s more pertinent now than...
Published 08/13/20