Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers. Very little left out as nothing is insignificant within the Order Of The Dork. The first episode of Game of Thrones Season Five left us with no clues to the welfare of Arya Stark. We last saw her on the prow of a ship headed towards Braavos. We know she has safely arrived as she stands on board staring into the harbor at mammoth statue of a soldier … [Read more...]
Game Of Thrones -The Wars To Come – Season 5, Episode 1 (Plot Recap and Review)
The Games of Thrones Season 5 premiere was back on HBO this past Sunday night and Lily is recapping episode 1 for you! Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers. Very little left out as nothing is insignificant within the Order Of The Dork. A new episode of Game of Thrones. Thank you HBO for not taking any longer. Two young girls, one blonde and one brunette are walking in a foreboding … [Read more...]
Season 1 of HBO’s True Detective Available at Best Buy
The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free. My husband and I are addicted to crime dramas. We watch them all. This past January we knew that True Detective, which stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harelson (that pretty much seals its success right there), would be one that we … [Read more...]
New HBO Comedy, “Getting On” Premieres This Sunday
HBO has produced many a great comedy over the years (and by the way, when is “Curb Your Enthusiasm” coming back?) and it looks like they may have come up with another one. “Getting On” is based on a British series and is set in a geriatric care facility. It was created for American television by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, who have impressive resumes, having previously … [Read more...]
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley On HBO
HBO Documentary Films debuts a provocative new film on Monday, November 18. Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley takes a look at the groundbreaking and controversial comedian. Born Loretta Mary Aiken in North Carolina in 1897, Jackie “Moms” Mabley (her name was taken from an early boyfriend and the nickname “Moms” added as she gained a reputation as a mentor to younger … [Read more...]
Influential People Share Their Stories in HBO’s ‘The Out List’
June is LGBT Pride Month, and HBO is observing the occasion with the debut of a new documentary called The Out List. From acclaimed documentary filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Thinking XXX, About Face: Supermodels Then and Now), The Out List debuts on the 44th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots – this Thursday, June 27, at 9:30 p.m. The Out List is one in a series of … [Read more...]
Pageant Spotlights Young Girls With Disabilities
By Pam Buttikofer One weekend a year, Kewanee, Illinois, hosts a pageant that spotlights young girls with disabilities from around the country. This pageant gives an opportunity for little girls with a "can-do" attitude to be celebrated for their inner beauty and spirit. The pageant is called the Miss You Can Do It pageant and was founded by Abbey Curran. Abbey Curran … [Read more...]
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Kicks Off HBO’s Summer Series
HBO Documentary Films heats up the summer with compelling new films on Monday nights, kicking off a new ten-week anthology series Monday, June 10, exclusively on HBO. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer kicks off HBO's Summer Series. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer is a story of the controversial Russian feminist art collective and the trial that rocked a nation. On Feb. 21, 2012, … [Read more...]
HBO’s Emmy-Award Winning “Girls” Premieres January 13th
Season 2 of HBO’s Emmy-nominated and much buzzed-about series Girls premieres January 13. By Jennie Season 2 of HBO's Emmy-nominated and much buzzed-about series Girls premieres January 13. The trailer has just been released - click on the video to get a sneak peek at the show lauded by critics as a more realistic, less glitzy (and younger) version of Sex and … [Read more...]
In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye
For Immediate Release IN VOGUE: THE EDITOR’S EYE, CELEBRATING VOGUE’S 120TH ANNIVERSARY, DEBUTS DEC. 6 ON HBO IN VOGUE: THE EDITOR’S EYE, coinciding with the 120th anniversary of Vogue, debuts THURSDAY, DEC. 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. The documentary film takes a look at some of the world’s most influential fashion images as conceived by the magazine’s … [Read more...]