Game of Thrones Welcome Back, Arya Game of Thrones Season 4 Episode 1 recap “Lots of people name their swords.” “Lots of c-nts.” COME ON! Welcome back to Westeros. It felt like it was an awfully long time this time, didn’t it? Every time, but especially this time, because we have been so completely sure By Duana • Apr 07, 2014 08:39 am
TV Updates Mandy, Six Years Later One of the very first pieces I ever wrote for this site was about Mandy Moore. It was called What Will It Take and I remember because A) We were in Paris, and B) because of the look Lainey gave me like “good luck with this uphill battle trying to By Duana • Apr 04, 2014 01:03 pm
Scandal Let’s talk about dicks Scandal Season 3 Episode 16 recap What? Is that too bold? Is it a bit harsh? Let’s remember that first of all, this episode was called “The Fluffer”. But secondly, this episode was really mostly about bad behavior, the people who get away with it, and the people who By Duana • Apr 04, 2014 11:08 am
Maple Leaf Days In The East I love this thing where songs just get dropped, kind of at random. When one feels like it. Keeps the fans on their toes, right ? This one is called Days In The East and allegedly, it is about the romance between he and Rihanna, now that it’s back. It By Duana • Apr 03, 2014 02:31 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Arguments for Arthur Help!!!!! Pregnant with my second, due in the middle of summer, and we are completely stuck on a name. We will be having a boy this time around so of course I had girls names all picked out! The only names we like so far are Grayson and Hudson but By Duana • Apr 03, 2014 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Please, Please, Please… Dear Holly Bario, you smart executive who wisely gave the greenlight to Eleanor & Park… Sometimes I get mad at the concept of word of mouth. It seems like such an egalitarian but inefficient system. Like, why do I have to wait that long to find things out that might By Duana • Apr 03, 2014 11:30 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Subverting the Nickname Dear Duana, My husband and I are expecting a boy this winter, and while we fundamentally agree on the types of names we like (traditional, must pass the Supreme Court test), I’m having a lot of trouble agreeing to anything because I’m afraid of what my husband is By Duana • Apr 01, 2014 11:26 am
TV Updates Fan Rage for Breakfast The summer of 2007 was HOT. One of the great things about Toronto summers is that they are sultry all day and all night. The temperature doesn’t change at all, and so days and nights flow into each other in a way that’s gorgeous and exciting. The other By Duana • Apr 01, 2014 10:02 am
Scandal Nooooooope Scandal Season 3 Episode 15 recap You know what? Bullsh*t. Everything about last night was. Some of it in decent ways that served the over the top, ridiculous, ever-more-punk-ass story. Some of it in ways that pull me out of the same story so badly I want to scream. By Duana • Mar 28, 2014 10:55 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: C, D, (not E) F Hi Duana, My husband and I are struggling a bit to brainstorm names for our first babychild. We have some parameters: We are loosely naming him or her after my mother, so we're going to use one of her three initials (D, C, and F) as the first By Duana • Mar 28, 2014 10:41 am
TV Updates The Education of Alicia Florrick THERE ARE SO MANY SPOILERS. YOU KNOW THIS. THIS IS THE JUMP AFTER WHICH THERE ARE SPOILERS. SERIOUS ONES. A friend of mine recently started watching The Good Wife. She’s behind – just finishing Season One. So when Sunday night happened, I told her to stay off Twitter (and seriously, By Duana • Mar 25, 2014 03:35 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: “Finishing” a name I am 34 weeks pregnant with a girl. After much negotiation, my husband and I have decided to name her Mira. However, we are having a lot of trouble with a middle name. Because I am giving the child my husband's last name, and I don't By Duana • Mar 25, 2014 02:57 pm
Name Nerd This is How We Do It You know when you just can't make yourself care? I remember a couple of weeks ago Lainey was trying to make herself care about Ariana Grande. That's how I feel about the Hemsworths. I try to make myself care. There's no ill-will or distaste, By Duana • Mar 25, 2014 11:34 am
Girls Adam Wasn’t Even in the First Act Girls Season 3 Episode 12 recap Oh my God, Ray used the term “assignations”. On purpose and casually. I am in love. A few – really a bunch –of years ago, the popular term to describe your character-driven, often female-oriented show, was “dramedy”. Then, as the rise of the male anti-hero… By Duana • Mar 24, 2014 10:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Live action Jem? Really? Jem. Jem is excitement. Jem is adventure. Glamour, glitter, fashion, fame. Check, check, check, check. Jem was by far the favored game to play at recess when I was a kid, mainly because there were awesome songs to sing approximately every five minutes. I favoured “Hey Babe” myself, but I By Duana • Mar 21, 2014 01:46 pm
Scandal Beginning To End Scandal Season 3 Episode 14 recap SPOILERS AHEAD Well, for all of us who didn’t think they were going to do it, they did. For all of us who thought they weren’t going to make the rougher choice, they went for it. And even though it’s all By Duana • Mar 21, 2014 11:22 am
