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Commentary – ‘Marry the Night’ video – Lady Gaga

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Lady Gaga’s 14 minute long epic music video for her newest single Marry the Night has everything from bedazzled jean jackets, nudity, dancing in the streets, and the oh so delicious Mark Kanemura. All things we have come to expect from a Gaga video. This is the first video that she has directed and has said that it represents a dark chapter in her life when she was dropped from Def Jam records. So let’s start dissecting the highs and lows, because we have 14 minutes to cover.

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Awards Derby – Dec 2: ‘Hugo’ is Best Pic for National Board of Review, Spirit Awards nominate ‘The Artist’

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Courtesy of IFC.com

With the start of December, that means that awards season has truly begun as different voting bodies release their top picks for the year.  This week the National Board of Review and the Independent Spirit Awards started building buzz for a few high profile potentials.

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December Forecast: What to expect this month

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Courtesy of FX

With so many of our favourite shows on hiatus until after the holiday break, now is the time to catch our breath and make some plans (in between bouts of seasonal cheer and festive black-outs). So without further ado, here’s what you can expect to see on bitchstolemyremote in the coming weeks… [Read more…]

Ringer recap – 1×10: ‘That’s What You Get For Trying To Kill Me’

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Well, that was…something. After 10 episodes of varying quality, we come to the (more or less) half-way point of the season. On the eve of the holiday break, you hope your favourite shows will break out the big reveals, epic showdowns and maybe just a touch of exposition. Instead we got a blah episode that tried to be daring and exciting, but mostly felt like a letdown after last week’s far superior effort. It’s almost enough to make you hit yourself in the eye with the medicine cabinet door handle.

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Being Erica Recap – 4×09 ‘Erica’s Adventures in Wonderland’

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Courtesy of CBC

It’s time to start the countdown folks. With only three more episodes to go in the series, this week’s episode of Being Erica attempts to clean up the sloppy mess the show has created for itself for the better part of this season.

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Homeland recap – 1×09: ‘Crossfire’

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Courtesy of Showtime

With this episode we move into the third act of the season’s best new show and go flashback heavy into Brody’s (Damian Lewis) time in captivity. Meanwhile Carrie (Claire Danes) flirts with a career in conflict management as she attempts to diffuse tensions in the wake of last week’s mosque attack.

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He Said/She Said – The Walking Dead recap – 2×07: ‘Pretty Much Dead Already’

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Courtesy of AMC

Well, that’s that. The Walking Dead is done for 2011 and will remain off the air for 2 months (returning February 2012). And here at bitchstolemyremote, we’ve got to tell you: it’s going to be a long wait. [Read more…]

Once Upon A Time recap – 1×05: ‘That Still Small Voice’

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Courtesy of ABC

With the end of our beloved The Walking Dead until February (sob), Sunday night opens up a bit here at bitchstolemyremote. As such, let’s lighten the mood a tad with some family fare courtesy of new hit Once Upon A Time. We join our season already in progress, though admittedly the show is only getting warmed up as it continues to explore the connections between Storybrooke, Maine and its fairy tale alter ego. Up this week, resident therapist Archie Hopper (Raphael Sbarge) aka Jiminy Cricket.

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Happy Endings recap – 02×08: ‘Full Court Dress’

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Courtesy of ABC

Ok so let’s just get this out in the open and not dance around the subject, this week’s episode was pretty lackluster. And by lackluster I mean probably the worst of this season. Coming off of last week’s classic episode probably didn’t help, but not much worked for me this week. This episode made me go back to my first recap and how the show just wasn’t scoring high on the funny meter. And boy did this episode rate low on good jokes. [Read more…]

Revenge recap – 1×09: ‘Suspicion’

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Courtesy of ABC

The gloves came off in this week’s Revenge as two principal antagonists solidified their status as threats to Emily’s (Emily VanCamp) scheme of REVENGE. At this point it seems to me that Tyler (Ashton Holmes) is a bigger villain than Faux-manda (Margarita Levieva). At least with Faux-manda Emily knows what she’s dealing with, even if it is a childish tease prone to wearing bikinis and short-shorts. But Tyler – who knows what he’ll do?

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