Category: CPE and Em
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Corner Gas, Episode 22: Bingo Night
The Writers – Brent Butt and Andrew Carr Director – Robert De Lint A brief synopsis – Karen is suspended for failing her drug test (after using allergy medicine). As a result, she starts to occupy Hank’s space in Brent’s life. An unexpected day off has Wanda joining Emma playing Bingo. Soon she finds herself calling…
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Corner Gas, Episode 21: Security Cam
The Writers – Brent Butt and Mark Farrell Director – Trent Carlson A brief synopsis – Brent’s installing a security camera to save money on his insurance and it causes a ripple in most of the cast’s daily routine. Emma and Oscar take a trip and find it to be underwhelming. Davis gets a new stun gun. The…
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Corner Gas, Episode 20: Hero Sandwich
The Writers – Brent Butt and Andrew Carr Director – David Storey A brief synopsis – Wanda contemplates getting a tattoo, until he gets an offer from Emma to design the image. Lacey’s new Ruby Club sandwich is too big of a hit. Everyone is up in arms over the proposal to put in a stop light in…
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CPE & Em review Mirror Mirror: Bread is meat
Mirror Mirror – 2012 Director Tarsem Singh Starring Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Lily Collins, Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Sean Bean, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Danny Woodburn, Martin Klebba, Sebastien Saraceno, Jordan Prentice, Mark Povinelli, Joe Gnoffo, Ronald Lee Clark Screenplay by Marc Klein and Jason Keller CPE’s Review: Julia Roberts has waited for a role like this…
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Corner Gas, Episode 18: Lost and Found
The Writers – Paul Maher and Kevin White Director – Robert De Lint A brief synopsis – Brent and Hank work a delicate balance of trying to do things for one another, without having to owe one a favor. Lacey and Wanda find this behavior to their advantage. Oscar is relegated to walking when he finds himself unappreciated…
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Corner Gas, Episode 17: Whataphobia
The Writers – Brent Butt and Mark Farrell Director – David Storey A brief synopsis – A surprise birthday for Lacey brings the revelation that she has Globaphobia. Wanda finds that she just may have no phobias. Oscar and Emma get into a dispute over cooking after they both run afoul of the local mini golf. Karen helps…
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Corner Gas, Episode 16: The Smell of Freedom
The Writers – Kevin White and Paul Maher Director – Robert De Lint A brief synopsis – A bad joke by Brent reveals that Davis has no sense of smell. He soon regains it with Oscar’s help. The world of smell opens up to Davis, including the rancid smell of Karen’s perfume. Brent is then brought up to…
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CPE and Em: The Amazing Spider-man may not be necessary, but it is good.
The Amazing Spider-Man – 2012 Directed by Marc Webb Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, Embeth Davidtz, Chris Zylka Screenplay by Alvin Sargent, Steve Kloves, James Vanderbilt There is a moment when Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) takes the obligatory bullet early on, but not early enough,…
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CPE and Em (and El): You don’t have to save the world to be Brave
Brave – 2012 Directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman Starring (voices) Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Craig Ferguson, Kevin McKidd, Robbie Coltrane, John Ratzenberger Screenplay by Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Irene Mecchi Expectations for Pixar lowered significantly over the last year. Cars 2 was the kind of film released when a company is out…
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