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Finding "Blood Brother(s)" in CW's "Supernatural:" A Television Review Posted: 04 Nov 2012 05:00 AM PST *spoiler alert Director: Guy Norman Bee. Writer: Ben Edlund. Cast: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Ty Olsson, Liane Balaban, Athena Karkanis and Patrick Stafford. By definition, a blood brother is an individual with an unyielding loyalty to another. That is sometimes concentrated in a blood pact or in how a team survived against all odds in a do-or-die situation. "Supernatural's" fifth episode, "Blood Brother," encompasses that definition plus more, namely a kinship between man (Dean) and beast (Benny). This episode also explores what can separate a band of brothers too. Through a series of flashbacks, Dean's (Jensen Ackles) life in Purgatory is explored some more, Sam's relationship with Amelia (Liane Balaban) finally gets some meat, and Benny's place in the vampire hierachy is examined. At the episode's start, this resurrected vamp explores his old haunts perhaps to tie up loose ends. Fellow vampires recognize him as a changed man. But little do... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Day is Catastrophic in More Ways Than One: A Movie Review Posted: 03 Nov 2012 11:42 AM PDT Director: Douglas Aarniokoski. Writers: Luke Passmore. Cast: Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell, Michael Eklund, Cory Hardrict, Dominic Monaghan, Shannyn Sossamon, Brianna Barnes and Kassidy Verreault. Tagline: "Fight. Or die." The tagline for The Day (above) sums up the film well. It is simple and ungrammatical, or poorly written. Characters are drab and motivations are sparse. This indie production is also very static in setting. Almost all of the film's runtime is spent on a dilapidated farmhouse. A cannibalistic antagonist adds little menace and even less intelligence compared to five survivors who are constantly on the run. A post-apocalyptic set semi-thriller, The Day is almost a non-event. The story focuses on five characters. They are survivors of an unnamed global catastrophe. Writer Luke Passmore seems to be taking some license with Cormac McCarthy's The Road. With that aside, these characters have been surviving for 10 years with little to eat and little time for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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