Happy Wednesday! I am back on U.S. soil with a sickness that I could have only gotten from being trapped in a plane with germs and strangers for several hours. But on the bright side, there’s nothing cute guys love more than a wet, hacking cough. … This is The Toast‘s last week and I’m very sad to see it go. NPR wrote a touching goodbye to the site and I may or may not have … Continue reading Links: The Toast, Crime Novels, and a Congratulations! →
Before We Go is marketed as a drama, a comedy and a romance, and it marks Chris Evan’s debut as a director. When the film opens we see Nick Vaughan (Evans) sitting on the floor at Grand Central Station, fiddling with his trumpet. No, like an actual trumpet. Get your mind out of the gutter. Brooke Dalton (Alice Eve) goes running by, dropping her phone and breaking it. She makes it to the platform, but … Continue reading Movie Review: Before We Go →
WE’RE BACK Previously: Douche Number 2 got killed, everyone is upset. In a train year, Jarvis is meeting with some shady as fuck people, with a briefcase of money (with $1K bills) to get a “package.” They try to get more money out of him, which a third loser tosses a ball at a dark wall to pass the time. The ball fails to come back, and it’s Peggy, who beats the shit out him … Continue reading Agent Carter Episode 4: The Blitzkreig Button →
Peggy gives us a moment to catch up on everything that’s happening- she loved and lost Steve, works for the SSR, Howard Stark asks her to find his stuff and clear his name, leaves her a butler (HEY JAMES D’ARCY HEY) and time is running out. At Peggy’s New Apartment Building of Well Defended Virginhood, a guy watched ominously from the shadows while Peggy starts researching the symbol James Frain left her. This is pre-Google, … Continue reading Agent Carter, Episode 3: Time and Tide →
“Now Is Not The End” We start with Peggy remembering Steve getting fridged to further Peggy’s story, and reminding us of the awesomeness that is Peggy Carter, and how lucky we are to get this on our television screens. Also some gratuitous Chris Evans, that adorable meatball. She is upset, so she makes some tea. She is British, after all, and reads a newspaper article about Howard Stark being summoned to Congress to explain how … Continue reading Agent Carter, Episodes 1 and 2 →
