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True Blood review – 6×01: ‘Who Are You, Really?’

June 17, 2013 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of HBO

True Blood returns for a sixth season of twisted sex, bloody gore and political shenanigans. So how will this show go on without the calming <snicker> hand of creator Alan Ball (who stepped down to focus on his new series, Banshee)?

Judging from the first episode, it’s business as usual.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: True Blood, TV Tagged With: Alexander Skarsgård, Anna Paquin, Chris Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, HBO, Janina Gavankar, Joe Manganiello, Kelly Overton, Kristin Bauer von Straten, Lucy Griffiths, Nelsan Ellis, Rutger Hauer, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Stephen Moyer

True Blood review – 5×12: ‘Save Yourself’

August 27, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of HBO

Well, we were promised a bloodbath! And since this is True Blood – the show that has yet to kill off a main character – we probably should have known that our favourites were safe. So what did ‘Save Yourself’ do right…and what didn’t work quite as well?

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: True Blood, TV Tagged With: Anna Paquin, Chris Bauer, Denis O'Hare, HBO, Janina Gavankar, Joe Manganiello, Kristin Bauer von Straten, Kristina Anapau, Lucy Griffiths, Michael McMillian, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten, Season Finale, Stephen Moyer, Valentina Cervi

True Blood review – 5×11: ‘Sunset’

August 20, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of HBO via MyNerdBlog

It’s a race to the finish for True Blood: with only two episodes remaining, the death toll is really starting to ratchet-up.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: True Blood, TV Tagged With: Alexander Skarsgård, Anna Paquin, Chris Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Denis O'Hare, HBO, Joe Manganiello, Kristin Bauer von Straten, Lucy Griffiths, Robert Patrick, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Stephen Moyer, Valentina Cervi

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I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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