Tales of a Technogypsie

Warehouse 13: Season 1 ~ Episode 4: Claudia Director: Stephen Surjik. Writers: D. Brent Mote & Jane Espenson. Starring: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, and many others. Original Air Date: 28 July 2009. The thrills of the mysterious pseudo “Men in Black” warehouse in the middle of the Nevada desert takes a turn as [...]

Warehouse 13: Season 1 ~ Episode 3: Magnetism Director: Jace Alexander. Writers: D. Brent Mote & Jane Espenson. Starring: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, and many others. Original Air Date: 21 July 2009. By Episode 3 of the amazing series, I was hooked. I joined in on the adventure in this episode as Pete [...]

Warehouse 13: Season 1 ~ Episode 2: Resonance Director: Vincent Misiano. Writers: D. Brent Mote & Jane Espenson. Starring: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, and many others. Original Air Date: 14 July 2009. After my first viewing of this new and intriguing series, I joined in on Episode 2 where Pete and Myka are [...]

Warehouse 13: Season 1 ~ Episode 1: The Pilot Director: Jace Alexander. Writers: D. Brent Mote & Jane Espenson. Starring: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, and many others. Original Air Date: 7 July 2009. Its a blended science fiction television series of the “what if” and “after the fact” of the U.S. super secret [...]

Push (PG-13:2009)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465580/ Director: Paul McGuigan. Starring: Colin Ford … Young Nick; Joel Gretsch … Nick’s Father; Djimon Hounsou … Henry Carver; Dakota Fanning … Cassie Holmes; Robert Tsonos … Division Doctor #1; Brandon Rhea … Division Doctor #2; Camilla Belle … Kira Hudson; and many more. It’s a “Heroes” style film about groups of people [...]

Thor(PG-13: 2011)Director: Kenneth Branagh; Starring: Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson, and many more. Based on the Ragnarok mythology, the 2011 American Superhero film “Thor” is based on the [...]

Red Room* http://www.redroomdvd.com/ * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia I definitely took another look when I saw the “Red Room” video box outside of the pharmacy in Canberra. My head said “Oh, A Red Box”, but the editor in me caught the spelling differentiatiion and took a double-look. “Red Room” …. hmmm …. as I [...]

Warehouse 13: Season 1, Episode 8 “Duped” (NR: Tuesday August 25th, 2009) * See Warehouse 13 Season 1 Review for series information, actors, creators, and episode list. * As Artie assigns all the agents to do housekeeping in the warehouse, Myka and Pete accidentally tangle together Studio 6′s disco ball and Lewis Carroll’s mirror that [...]

Warehouse 13: Season 1, Episode 7 “Implosion” * See Warehouse 13 Season 1 Review for series information, actors, creators, and episode list. * Pete and Myka are tasked to chase after an Ancient Japanese Samurai Sword that creates its bearer invisible. Spoilers behind cut:

Warehouse 13* (NR: 2009) * Creators: Jane Espenson, D. Brent Mote. Starring: Eddie McClintock … Pete Lattimer; Joanne Kelly … Myka Bering; Saul Rubinek … Artie Nielsen; Genelle Williams … Leena; Allison Scagliotti … Claudia Donovan; and many others. * It’s X-files Mulder and Scully meets a spin-off of where the Lost Ark of the [...]

Stay Alive(PG-13: 2006)Director: William Brent Bell. Starring: Jon Foster … Hutch; Samaire Armstrong … Abigail; Frankie Muniz … Swink; Jimmi Simpson … Phineus; and many more. Based on the history of the Countess Blood, Elizabeth Bathory, she is brought back to life with a video game in this movie. The game’s writer incorporated magic, spellcraft, [...]

Monster Quest: Vampires in America* www.imdb.com * August 6, 2008 * NR/Documentary * The History Channel * Creator: Doug Hajicek * Writer: Joe Danisi * Starring: Stan Bernard and Konstantinos * 45 minutes * Monster Quest is a History Channel Documentary look into the strange and unknown creatures that are believed to be lurking in [...]

Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG: 2010) Directed by: Director: Jon Turteltaub. Starring: Nicolas Cage … Balthazar Blake; Jay Baruchel … Dave; Alfred Molina … Maxim Horvath; Teresa Palmer … Becky Barnes; Toby Kebbell … Drake Stone; and many more.Great classic tale of a coming-to-age young sorcerer learning his abilities and having to save the world from the [...]

Dead Alive (R: 1992)* Director: Peter Jackson * Starring: Timothy Balme … Lionel Cosgrove; Diana Peñalver … Paquita Maria Sanchez; Elizabeth Moody … Mum (Vera Cosgrove); Ian Watkin … Uncle Les; Brenda Kendall … Nurse McTavish; and many more. * A New Zealand produced zombie flick about a subservient mommy’s boy who does everything his [...]

Fuel (NR: 2008)* Director: Joshua Tickell * Starring: Joshua Tickell … Himself / narrator; Barbara Boxer … Herself – Senator – California; Richard Branson … Himself – Founder, Virgin Group; George W. Bush … Himself – President of the United States (archive footage); Jimmy Carter … Himself – President of the United States (archive footage); [...]

The Runaways (R: 2010) Director: Floria Sigismondi. Starring: Kristen Stewart … Joan Jett; Dakota Fanning … Cherie Currie; Michael Shannon … Kim Fowley; Stella Maeve … Sandy West; Scout Taylor-Compton … Lita Ford; Alia Shawkat … Robin; and many others. Its the story about Joan Jett as a San Fernando Valley teen named Joan Larkin [...]

Youth in Revolt (R: 2009)Director: Miguel Arteta. Starring: Michael Cera … Nick Twisp / Francois Dillinger; Portia Doubleday … Sheeni Saunders; Jean Smart … Estelle Twisp; Zach Galifianakis … Jerry; Erik Knudsen … Lefty; Adhir Kalyan … Vijay Joshi; and more.Another new modern comedy starring Michael Cera as the young 16 year old virgin Nick [...]

Mermaid (NR: 2007)Starring: Mariya Shalaeva … Alisa Titova (as Masha Shalayeva); Yevgeni Tsyganov … Aleksandr Viktorovich ‘Sasha’; Mariya Sokova … Alisa’s mother; Anastasiya Dontsova … Young Alisa (as Nastya Dontsova); Veronika Skugina Irina Skrinichenko … Rita – Sasha’s girlfriend; and many more. Director: Anna Melikyan. A great foreign film about a introverted little girl who [...]

Lost Girl: Season 1(Television NR: Showcase, 2010)Creator: M.A. Lovretta. Starring: Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried and Ksenia Solo; and many others. Its an expose of the Faerie world hidden within the human world where the season follows on the sensual charismatic Bo who never really felt at home with the humans tortured by not being able [...]

Dorian Gray (R: 2010) * Director: Oliver Parker * Starring: Colin Firth … Lord Henry Wotton; John Hollingworth … Patrol Policeman; Caroline Goodall … Lady Radley; Nathan Rosen … Young Dorian; and many more. * Dorian Gray is a naive young Lord, a lovelorn artist of a man who lives to paint dark pictures of [...]

Thirst (R: 2009)* Director: Chan-wook Park * Starring: Kang-ho Song … Priest Sang-hyeon; Ok-bin Kim … Tae-ju; Hae-sook Kim … Lady Ra; Ha-kyun Shin … Kang-woo; In-hwan Park … Priest Noh; and many more. * It’s an Asian tale of a Catholic priest named “Sang-Hyun” who is working on a vaccine for a deadly virus. [...]

The Portal Mystery Concert* Friday, 16 July 2010 * Boulder Theater * Boulder, Colorado * www.theportalmystery.com * http://www.facebook.com/portalmystery * I received an email invitation from the now defunct spiritual tribal-rave band Kan’nal saying “The Portal” was premiering in their home town of Boulder, Colorado. So I enthusiastically got tickets online earlier in the week with [...]

She’s Out of My League (R: 2010) * Rated: 4 stars out of 5 * Starring: Jay Baruchel … Kirk; Alice Eve … Molly; T.J. Miller … Stainer; Mike Vogel … Jack; Nate Torrence … Devon; Lindsay Sloane … Marnie; and many more. * Director: Jim Field Smith * http://www.getyourrating.com/ * A hillarious comedy in [...]

Bounty Hunter (PG-13: 2010) * Rated: 3 stars out of 5 * Starring: Gerard Butler … Milo Boyd; Jennifer Aniston … Nicole Hurley; Gio Perez … Uncle Sam; Joel Garland … Dwight (as Joel Marsh Garland); Jason Kolotouros … Gelman; and many more. * Director: Andy Tennant * http://www.thepursuitbegins.com/ * Its an action drama tale [...]

Ondine (PG-13: 2010) * Rated: 5 stars out of 5 * Starring: Colin Farrell … Syracuse; Alicja Bachleda … Ondine; Dervla Kirwan … Maura; Alison Barry … Annie; Marion O’Dwyer … Nurse – Dialysis; Tony Curran … Alex; and many more. * Director: Neil Jordan * http://www.ondinefilm.com/ * A modern Irish lyrical faerie tale about [...]

The Crazies (R: 2010) Director: Breck Eisner. Starring: Timothy Olyphant … David Dutton; Radha Mitchell … Judy Dutton; Joe Anderson … Russell Clank; Danielle Panabaker … Becca Darling; Christie Lynn Smith … Deardra Farnum; Brett Rickaby … Bill Farnum; and Many More. Its that typical, expectable, tale of a small community at the mercy of [...]

Alice in Wonderland (2010: PG) Director: Tim Burton. Starring: Mia Wasikowska … Alice; Johnny Depp … Mad Hatter; Helena Bonham Carter … Red Queen; Anne Hathaway … White Queen; Crispin Glover … Stayne; Matt Lucas … Tweedledee / Tweedledum; and many others. A fantastical re-make of the stunning classic “Alice in Wonderland” by none-other than [...]

Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven (Pippi in the South Seas) (G: 1975)Director: Olle Hellbom. Starring: Inger Nilsson … Pippi Långstrump; Maria Persson … Annika; Pär Sundberg … Tommy; Beppe Wolgers … Captain Långstrump; Martin Ljung … Jocke med kniven; and many others. Continuing my childhood walk down memory lane – here goes Pippi Longstocking [...]

På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump (Pippi on the Run) (G: 1970)Director: Olle Hellbom. Starring: Inger Nilsson … Pippi Långstrump; Maria Persson … Annika; Pär Sundberg … Tommy; Margot Trooger … Fröken Prysselius; Hans Clarin; and many others. Continuing my childhood walk down memory lane – here goes Pippi Longstocking running away with her two neighbor [...]

Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) (G: 1969)Director: Olle Hellbom. Starring: Inger Nilsson … Pippi Långstrump; Maria Persson … Annika; Pär Sundberg … Tommy; Margot Trooger … Fröken Prysselius; Hans Clarin; and many others. I loved these films and television shows when I was a young kid. Not exactly the same experience re-watching them as an adult, [...]