Nov 20, 2013
Oh, let’s see where we left off at the end of last week’s episode of “American Horror Story:” Madison is back from the dead, but doesn’t seem to remember that whole throat slashing incident. Myrtle is somewhat back from the dead, but seems to need a little more watering to fully sprout back to life, courtesy of Misty. Kyle is still not really chatting up with any of the ladies running after him. And Fiona got picked up at a bar by The Axeman.
And oh yes, we found out that Marie Laveau (Angela Bassett) was not the one who threw acid in Cordelia’s face. Which begs the very important question… Who the hell did?
So, Fiona (Jessica Lange) is safe from Madison (Emma R0berts) ratting on her for now, but with Cordelia’s new power of psychic vision, the preview clip makes it look like Cordelia (Sarah Paulson) is gonna be on to Fiona’s little secret, right quick. Since Madison lost her memory when she was resurrected, there’s a good chance that Myrtle (Frances Conroy) will come back without memories of exactly what happened. But who’s to say how long that will last?
So what is Fiona’s biggest threat tonight? Will Cordelia stay loyal when she knows that Fiona killed Madison? Or does Fiona have her hands full tonight dealing with that suave stranger she picked up at the bar, who also happens to be The Axeman (Danny Huston)?
Check out “American Horror Story: Coven” tonight on FX, and check out a preview video and some photos from the upcoming episode below.
Nov 13, 2013
After the big news that Stevie Nicks would appear on an upcoming episode of “American Horror Story,” dishing on what might happen on tonight’s episode almost seems anti-climactic.
Almost.
So, with the help of a few photos from the episode itself, there are a few questions that come up about what might happen. Namely, a photo of Madison (Emma Roberts) looking very alive and well. Now, that could be a flashback, but judging from that scarf around her neck, it sort of looks like she’s trying to cover up where Fiona did a number on her neck with a knife. And if Misty resurrected myrtle after last week’s bonfire, hey, why not bring Madison back.
The only question is, how much will Madison remember? Will she remember what Fiona did to her? More importantly, will she remember Spalding’s tea parties? And most important of all, will any of us ever get recover after that whole living dead girl tea party scene? Just thinking about it makes me feel dirty all over again. And not dirty in a good way.
Anyway… Another interesting photo from the episode tonight shows Cordelia looking normal without any burns or the blinding. So, is that a flashback or is Cordelia healed somehow? Healed, in this case, meaning physically healed, because I sorta like it when she can see what her dirty, rotten, no-good husband’s been up to. (And for what it’s worth, I knew exactly what he was going to do to his little girlfriend. I could see that man was far more evil than the witches in the house.)
And how about Myrtle? You know Myrtle is gonna be wanting some revenge after Fiona framed her for Madison’s murder.
I had thought it would be Nan who would step up as the new Supreme, but with all this resurrecting going on, Misty is sure looking good as a possible replacement for Fiona. Given that Misty can even resurrect herself after being burned at the stake, I think Fiona might have her work cut out for if she tries to get rid of Misty.
So let’s sum up just who all is out for Fiona’s blood here: resurrected Myrtle, Madison if she gets resurrected, Marie Laveau, and hard telling how many other people are gonna crawl out of the woodwork to try to give Fiona her due. You’d think as smart as she is she would learn to play nice. At least to people’s faces.
But then I guess she just wouldn’t be Fiona then, would she?
Tune into FX tonight for the next installment in “American Horror Story: Coven.” Here’s a preview video and some more photos from the episode that airs tonight.
Nov 12, 2013
“American Horror Story: Coven” creator Ryan Murphy dropped a major bombshell of good news on Twitter today. It looks like the original diva of all that is Gothic and witchy will be making an appearance herself on the show, not just her music: the one and only Stevie Nicks.
Don’t believe me? See the tweet for yourself:
Stevie worshippers — myself included — and “American Horror Story” witch Misty are totally fan girling right now. Like, OMG.
Okay, I love Jessica Lange, who is a legend on the screen and is one bad ass Supreme of the coven this season, but even she don’t hold a candle to the Goddess herself, Miss Stevie Nicks. I say the mystery of who is the next Supreme is solved, whether the writers agree with me or not. Because for a group of us, there can only be one supreme witchy woman: Recognize mortals.
Nov 8, 2013
If you’ve seen the preview clip for tonight’s “Grimm,” is sorta give you the impression that Monroe gets shot. Well, he does get shot tonight. Sorta.
You don’t really think I’m going to give you any more than that do you? Tonight’s episode is what happens when the Three Little Pigs gets real. Those Blutbats and Bauerschwein just cannot get along, can they?
Also check out “Dracula” after that, and tonight’s episode is previewed in glorious photos below.
And last, but not least on these busy Fridays, make sure to tune into or DVR “Haven,’ that fabulous little sleeper on Syfy. Everybody’s hooking up over there… romance, or a reasonable facsimile, is heavy in the air. And we left off with a helluva cliffhanger last week. Did Audrey really shoot Nathan, just as the gang figured out that wouldn’t stop the Troubles?
I don’t know the answer to that one because I haven’t seen it. And let’s face it, I wouldn’t tell you even if I did know. Just watch it already, ‘kay?
Grimm Photos
Dracula Photos
Haven Photos
Nov 6, 2013
Brace yourself for an action-packed episode of “American Horror Story” tonight on FX. When we left off last week, Cordelia (Sarah Paulson) was blinded by acid thrown in her face by that evil Marie Laveau (Angela Bassett), who also conjured up the whole yard full of zombies to come after the girls at the charm school for witches.
Which is to say… it’s on between Fiona and Marie. (Sorta sounds like a Vegas lounge act doesn’t it?)
Of course, there ain’t a whole lot of kindness and gentleness on the other side of the fence in Fiona’s camp either. Let’s not forget that Fiona (Jessica Lange) just killed off poor little mean girl Madison (Emma Roberts) because she was afraid she was going to be the new Supreme: A theory dispelled by Cordelia, as the Supreme is supposed to be of good health, and Cordelia revealed that Madison had major health issues she hid from everyone.
And speaking of theories about who the real upcoming Supreme is, here’s mine.
Judging from previews for this week, Miss Fiona is far from done racking up the death toll. The previews show her and her band of teenage witches — dressed entirely in black, of course — toasting up somebody with a little bonfire, and rockin’ it old school Salem style.
Who do you think they’re torching in that preview? How do you think the girls will escape the zombies? Andt perhaps the most important — and disturbing — question of all is how long will the dead Madison be the life size tea party doll for Spalding (Denis O’Hare?)
There’s good creepy, and there’s bad creepy, and that last one is of the latter variety. Ew.
“American Horror Story” airs Wednesday nights on FX.
Nov 6, 2013
Even before Tuesday night’s finale on “Face Off,” seeing the previews that the final challenge involved ballet, I went in thinking it would be Laura who won. I love Roy and Tate, but those big brutes creating makeups for “Swan Lake?”
Or, as Roy said more succinctly, “Oh, crap. Ballet.”
Hmmm… that challenge sure seems geared to Laura’s wheelhouse of elegant, beautifully painted makeups. But was I right or did one of the boys show they could pull it off and take home the top prize? Well read on…
Like on previous season finales, former contestants came back to help out with the final creations, although only six returned for the finale, split between the veterans and the newbies. Then the finalists had to choose their teams: Tate chose Alana and Lyma, Laura chose Miranda and Eddie, and Roy picked Scott and Frank.
Each team had to create the maiden in mid-transformation to swan and the evil sorcerer, with four days and two assistants. Laura’s theme for her makeup was the Italian Renaissance. (Boy, there’s a match made in heaven.) Roy chose the Ming Dynasty, and Tate chose the Industrial Revolution, which could give his makeups a harder edge to balance the girly concept of ballet.
Yep, that could work. But can the horror guy keep the makeup beautiful and not go too far into horror? Uh… yeah. See below.
Meanwhile Roy still seemed to be psyched out about the fact that it was a ballet makeup, and not having any ideas for concepts. Even after Frank chimed in to get the team started with some ideas about incorporating alchemy, he was struggling to lead his team. Then he had problems with cracks in the molds, putting him behind more.
Tate seemed to be a little more tense than usual, and while he maintained his patience, he commented that Lyma needed to stop thinking for herself and follow his delegation more. He gave his team very specific directions, but his team faced another disaster when the inside of one of his molds was full of holes. Tate scrambled to try to save his maiden mold as there was no time to redo it, and as a consequence, he was unable to finish his sorcerer mold that day.
Tate was not a happy camper.
Meanwhile, Laura made sure she gave Miranda a strict timeline of three hours to finish her cowl sculpt. Very good idea, Laura. But it had some serious seam issues causing a loss of about an hour to correct. But Team Laura seemed to be running pretty smoothly. And Laura, crafty veteran that she is, covered some of the seams with a beautiful multiple-row pearl choker that covered the whole neck. Smart way to cover those glitches, and cool in its own right.
Then Roy’s team seemed to start pulling it together and getting a lot done. Not too surprising given the position he found himself in last week, but he managed to hold it together and pull things out.
Likewise, Tate’s team came together, or at least seemed to from the edit of the show, and we didn’t see any temper tantrums from Tate. But who are we kidding… can you really imagine him or Roy or Laura going diva at this point? Rhetorical question.
Now, Tate wasn’t completely out of the woods yet, as he still has almost all his painting to do during final looks. So that was not good. And Roy was still trying to put on feathers… Yet the veterans came through and got all their work done and were ready to go. All that Tate was still sweating was whether or not the latex crown would stay intact throughout the dancers’ performances.
The dancers in makeup put on a breathtaking performance for a full audience, including the former contestants: Scott and Frank wore hats like Roy’s to pay homage to their team leader. There were no major makeup mishaps noted during the performance, but hard telling what may have been knocked loose her messed up during the performance before the judges moved in to take a closer look.
Judge Glenn Hetrick loved how Roy’s couple worked together but noted that the transition between feathers and skin on his swan maiden could’ve been a little smoother. Neville Page felt Roy had created his own iconic look, and “that’s one of the greatest things you can ask for in character design.”
Tate’s maiden had a stunning beauty makeup that made the judges gush, with all three expressing that they felt it was the best swan of the group, particularly Ve Neill. Page lauded his bold choices that created “exceptionally strong characters” and “unique silhouettes.” But Hetrick felt his sorcerer makeup needed to reflect a bit more of the architecture of the Industrial Revolution.
But oh man, Laura’s makeups were beautiful and immaculately detailed as always. That evil sorcerer… evil but oh-so-elegant. The judges felt the maiden could use some more feathers on her head because it was a bit “helmet-y,” but otherwise loved it. And you knew Hetrick would just soil himself at that Italian Renaissance makeup, noting the “savage grace” of the designs and that when her dancers took the spotlight, it was the highlight of the dance performance. But let’s face it, he’s loved Laura all season.
After the judges took a closer look, I was thinking it was down to Tate and Laura, as Roy’s was rock solid, but not quite reaching the “wow factor” of the other two. But I was still leaning towards Laura: Her two makeups were equally mind-blowing, whereas Tate’s sorcerer was just a little too weak. More “derelict” than sorcerer, according to Hetrick.
So the makeup artists had make-upped, the dancers had danced, the judges had judged and all that was left was announcing the winner. And the winner of Season 5 of “Face Off” is…. cut to commercial. Finally, at the finale, I remember that they’re gonna cut to commercial right before they announce the winner. Just in time to forget that again before the next season rolls around in January.
But anyway… the true winner is, without any further ado, without any further dragging this out in anticipation so that you’re just saying would you please tell us already instead of just rambling on and delaying the moment just give it to us already girl stop playing games…
Laura.
But don’t feel too bad for Tate, who is directing his first feature film as we speak (including his pal Norman Reedus), and even Roy didn’t seem too disappointed at the loss. “Sometimes you have to eat your cake without icing, but it’s still cake.”
Indeed.
Judging from the previews for the next season, it looks like not only is “Face Off” going bigger, but they’re going international and doing a little traveling. It’s sorta like “America’s Next Top Model” without the douchey drama, and with way cooler contestants, host, and judges.
Eat your heart out, Tyra.
See y’all for the next season of Syfy’s “Face Off,” which debuts in January 2014.
