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Ascension review – Part Three

December 18, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Syfy

It’s time to put this miniseries to bed as Syfy’s Ascension comes to a close.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ascension, TV Tagged With: Al Sapienza, Aliyah O'Brien, Amanda Thomson, Brad Carter, Brandon P. Bell, Brian Van Holt, Ellie O'Brien, Gil Bellows, Jacqueline Byers, Jessica Sipos, John Ralston, Lauren Lee Smith, Mark Camacho, P.J. Boudousqué, Series Finale, Syfy, Tricia Helfer, Wendy Crewson

Ascension review – Part Two

December 17, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Syfy

After part one ended with a very surprising twist, it’s time to see where part two of Ascension takes us.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ascension, TV Tagged With: Al Sapienza, Andrea Roth, Brandon P. Bell, Brian Van Holt, Ellie O'Brien, Gil Bellows, Jacqueline Byers, Jessica Sipos, John Ralston, Lauren Lee Smith, P.J. Boudousqué, Rachael Crawford, Sebastian Pigott, Syfy, Taylor St. Pierre, Tricia Helfer, Wendy Crewson

Ascension review – Part One

December 16, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Syfy

Syfy’s desperate attempt to lure a hard sci-fi audience back kicks off with Ascension, a three night event. How does part one stack up?

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ascension, TV Tagged With: Amanda Thomson, Andrea Roth, Brandon P. Bell, Brian Van Holt, Gil Bellows, Jacqueline Byers, P.J. Boudousqué, Rachael Crawford, Ryan Robbins, Series Premiere, Syfy, Tricia Helfer

The Firm recap – 1×01/02: ‘Pilot’ / ‘Chapter 2’

January 9, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of NBC

The Firm is an NBC show based on the 1993 film starring a pre-couch jumping Tom Cruise (the film itself is an adaptation of the 1991 novel by John Grisham). Interestingly enough, the television series is not a remake, but a sequel to the events of the film. So how does  Mitch McDeere (now played by Josh Lucas) find himself once againworking for an evil corporation?

Let’s break it down after the break… [Read more…]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Callum Keith Rennie, Josh Lucas, Juliette Lewis, Molly Parker, NBC, Tricia Helfer

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

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