The 2024 Luso World Cinema Blogathon: Xica da Silva (1997)

This post is part of the 2024 Luso World Cinema Blogathon, hosted by Critica Retro and Spellbound. Read the rest of the posts in this event HERE! Xica da Silva was a real-life woman who lived in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais during the 18th century. She was the daughter of a Portuguese man …

Chandler Bing and Janice Litman Goralnik (nee Hosenstein)

This post is part of the Mismatched Couple Blogathon, hosted by Realweegiemidget Reviews and Cinematic Catharsis. Read the rest of the mismatched posts HERE! I never understood the Janice (Maggie Wheeler) hate on the show Friends. I LOVE Janice. Possibly because I once had a friend very much like Janice. Yes, she was loud and …

Welcome Back, Kotter: Whodunit?

This post is part of the 10th Annual Favourite TV Episodes Blogathon, hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts. Read the rest of the nostalgic posts HERE! I remember SO clearly when the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter premiered on television. It took place in a public high school in Brooklyn, New York. At the time …

Debbie’s Totally Random and Completely Insignificant Pop Culture Awards of 2023

Awards time! Yippee! As always, these are my personal preferences and just for fun. The Television Episode That Kicked the Ass of Anything in Movies Award: “Long, Long Time”: The Last of Us I came into the TV adaptation of The Last of Us completely cold. I had never played the game. If Game of …

Debbie’s Totally Random and Completely Insignificant Pop Culture Awards of 2022

It’s awards time! Yay! As usual, these are my personal preferences and just for fun! The Television Episode That Kicked the Ass of Anything in Movies Award: One Way Out - Andor Rix Road – Andor 2022 was an exceptional year for TV series. I believed back in late 2021 that nothing would surpass Station …

Devilishly Delightful Donald Pleasence Blogathon: The Barchester Chronicles (1982)

This post is part of the Devilishly Delightful Donald Pleasence Blogathon, hosted by Cinematic Catharsis and Realweegiemidget Reviews. Read the rest of the devilishly delightful posts in this event HERE! In my opinion, Victorian era writer Anthony Trollope doesn’t get the attention and acclaim he deserves. Unlike his contemporaries such as Charles Dickens, the Bronte …

Diana Rigg Kills It As The Queen of Thorns

This post is part of The Other Than a Bond Girl Blogathon, hosted by Realweegiemidget Reviews and Pale Writer. Read the rest of the posts in this event HERE! Today happens to be the ten year anniversary of this blog! Happy blogversary to me! The reason I bring this up here is one of my …

The Second Disaster Blogathon: Into the Night (2018 -)

This post is part of the Second Disaster Blogathon, hosted by Dubsism and Pale Writer. Read the rest of the world ending posts HERE! I’m a big fan of the show Lost. There’s something about a group of strangers forced to face a disaster together to survive that deeply appeals to me. When Lost became …

The Odd Couple: “Password”

This post is part of The 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon, hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts. Read the rest of the post in this event HERE! I love participating in this annual blogathon and usually plan way ahead of time what I will cover. I knew this year it would be one …

The Book of Boba Fett: From the Desert Comes a Stranger

So, yeah, after a seven month hiatus I am already back a week later with a new blog post. Because I can not NOT talk about the latest episode of The Book of Boba Fett entitled From the Desert Comes a Stranger. SPOILER WARNING: if you have not seen the episode yet, please be aware …

Debbie’s Totally Random and Completely Insignificant Pop Culture Awards of 2021

Hey, long time no see! I know it’s been a significant hiatus since my last post. As it has been for most people, the last few months have been very difficult for me, both because of the pandemic and because of various personal issues. I didn’t want to miss out on my pop culture awards, …

Debbie’s Totally Random and Completely Insignificant Pop Culture Awards 2020

I know. I’M SUPER LATE with this. I usually get this post out in December. Give me a break because of the year that just passed. Due to the pandemic, many films and television shows were delayed. But we did have some good (and not so good) things happen in the world of pop culture. …

Debbie’s Totally Random and Completely Insignificant Pop Culture Awards of 2019

Awards time! WHOO-HOO! As always, these are about my personal preferences and just for fun. The Television Episode That Kicked the Ass of Anything in Movies Award: “This Extraordinary Being” – Watchmen When this year began I was POSITIVE that Game of Thrones would easily walk off with this category. As we all know, the …

Game of Thrones Season 8: The Great, the Good, the Meh, and the Ugly

There’s been a lot of unpacking going on for what was, by a pretty strong consensus, a massively disappointing final season of Game of Thrones. Unlike other series endings that people disliked, I don’t think it’s so much how it ended, but how the story got to the end. I can’t recall one person complaining …

“A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants”

This post is part of The Fifth Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon, hosted by Terry at A Shroud of Thoughts. Read the rest of the posts in this event HERE! Many years ago I took a seminar on story structure. The teacher briefly discussed sitcom story structure, summing it up this way: "Act I: …