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Twin Peaks: Season 2, Episode 11 "Masked Ball" Review

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 "May a smile be your umbrella!" -Gordon Cole "Masked Ball" picks up with James Hurley (James Marshall) driving away from Twin Peaks.  He stops at a bar and meets Evelyn Marsh (Annette McCarthy), who has recently gotten into a car crash in her husband's prized car.  She offers to let James stay in her guest room if he fixes the car, to which he agrees. Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) and Sheriff Truman (Michael Ontkean) interview Betty Briggs (Charlotte Stewart) about the disappearance of her husband, Major Briggs (Don S. Davis).  She tells them that the Major disappears on occasion for work, but refuses to elaborate more apart from saying that the Major is very interested in the woods around Twin Peaks. Cooper meets with Agent Hardy (Clarence Williams III), but provides no evidence to defend himself other than the confidence that he is innocent of any criminal wrongdoing.  Hardy warns Cooper that the Canadian government could try to extradite him and that Hardy

Twin Peaks: Season 2, Episode 10 "Dispute Between Brothers" Review

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 "Now unless you gentlemen have that paperwork, I suggest you take your cooperation and stuff it." -Sheriff Harry Truman "Dispute Between Brothers" picks up on the day of Leland Palmer's (Ray Wise) funeral.  Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) does his best to comfort Sarah Palmer (Grace Zabriskie) and reiterates that BOB (Frank Silva) was responsible and not Leland. Ed Hurley (Everett McGill) and Dr. Jacoby (Russ Tamblyn) convince the high school to let Nadine (Wendy Robie) attend classes.  She tries out for the cheerleading team and gives an impressive audition due to her superhuman strength. As Cooper starts preparing to leave town, he tells Audrey (Sherilyn Fenn) how he fell in love with a witness he was assigned to protect.  He failed and she died and Cooper's partner lost his mind.  Later, Cooper is prevented from leaving when Internal Affairs Agent Roger Hardy (Clarence Williams III) and Canadian Mountie Preston King (Gavan O'Herlihy) arrive and Cooper

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Review

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 "Yesterday belongs to us, Dr. Jones." -Jürgen Voller Spoilers below! As Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is about to retire from teaching and about to divorce Marion (Karen Allen), both his goddaughter, Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), and a Nazi scientist reappear in Jones' life as they seek the Dial of Archimedes.  Jones is forced into one final adventure to stop the Nazis from traveling through time. What Works: I love the character of Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford has always been fantastic in the role.  He loves the character and it's obvious.  That definitely comes through in this film and he's really the only interesting character in the movie. There's also a few fun action set pieces.  I enjoyed the keep-away chase through Tangier and the eel sequence.  There isn't a whole lot that's super memorable compared to the original trilogy, but there are some fun moments. I'm also very relieved that Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) isn't in this movie.  H

Twin Peaks: Season 2, Episode 9 "Arbitrary Law" Review

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 "That gum you like is going to come back in style." "Arbitrary Law" picks up with Albert Rosenfeld (Miguel Ferrer) confirming that Maddy Ferguson (Sheryl Lee) was killed by the same person as Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee).  Sheriff Truman (Michael Ontkean) plans to call Maddy's family and inform them, but Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) asks for 24 hours so he can solve the case. Donna Hayward (Lara Flynn Boyle) overhears Andy Brennan (Harry Goaz) talking about Harold Smith's (Lenny Von Dohlen) suicide note and connects it to Mrs. Tremond (Frances Bay) and her grandson.  She tells Agent Cooper and they go to Mrs. Tremond's house, where they discover a completely different woman who lives alone.  She gives Donna a note that was addressed to her and Donna discovers pages of Laura's diary.  They reveal that she and Cooper had the same dream and mentions that the only person BOB (Frank Silva) is afraid of is MIKE (Al Strobel).  It also has an entry of the dat