Author Archives: Rose Shapiro

Growing up, Rose Shapiro had no idea she was a geek. She thought her childhood of space camp, anime, Tolkien, and sci-fi was totally normal. The blame should probably lean towards her parents: a couple of original Trekkies who own a small collectibles business.

When the English degree didn't satisfy her do-goodiness to save lives, Rose jumped back into school and is currently pursing a Bachelor's of Nursing in Central Florida. In her non-study time she's a veritable dabbler: a model, artist, writer, and an activist.

Rose loves surfing and traveling for surf, as well as dancing in her car to European electropop. She watches genre dramas like Kings and Dollhouse, 90s anime, and gory movies. On the sly she pens racy Harry Potter fanfic. To see the wackniness for yourself check out: grapefruit.murder

Movie Review: Alice in Wonderland

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With Burton at the helm, I was hoping for a ramped-up, psychedelic trip sprinkled with some familiar characters. Yet, in the theater with my plastic glasses on, I was so underwhelmed. This bizarre retelling and merging of texts is too hard-to-follow and creepy for kids, but takes too many cheap shots for adults to take it seriously.

TV Review: FlashForward 1.09 - “Believe”

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This week’s FlashForward had a pretty different tone than any of the other episodes so far, and I think I liked it. I say think, because while it was cheesy and sappy, I love the idea of people going out and making their visions come true by seeking out the people and places involved.

TV Review: FlashForward 1.08 - “Playing Cards with Coyote”

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Can the flash forwards be stopped? Everyone’s focus now is either proving or disproving the validity of flash forwards, no matter how far flung they may or may not be. Despite some of the cheesier elements of the show, I really like the way the momentum is developing and building now.

TV Review: FlashForward 1.05 - “Gimme Some Truth”

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Mark and the LA office’s FBI agents are the main focus of this week’s heated episode. The pressure has been turned up a notch as Demetri, Mark, and Wedeck are in Washington to defend their Mosaic project and its hefty funding.

TV Review: FlashForward 1.04 - “Black Swan”

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FlashForward is is full-on mystery mode, and Rose takes a look at the newest episode in hopes that no aliens appear.

TV Review: Army Wives 3.17 - “Fire In the Hole”

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Rose has very little love for the newest episode of Army Wives, the penultimate episode of the season.

TV Review: Army Wives 3.13 - “Duty to Inform”

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After a couple ho-hum weeks, it seems a lot has happened at once. Denise and Claudia Joy were in a car accident, Joan’s deployment is approaching closer, Trevor has a new job while Roxy’s adjusting to having a private school son, and Pamela’s on pins and needles waiting for communication from Chase. Instead of going chronologically, let’s just go family by family.

TV Review: Warehouse 13 1.07 - Implosion

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“Super intense and somewhat confusing” is how I sum up this week’s Warehouse 13 episode, “Implosion.” I was really digging all of the action, and the Warehouse history and mysteries, but I feel like so much was teased to us without explanation that now the loose ends are just everywhere.

Movie Review: Ponyo

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Ponyo is darling, bizarre, thoughtful, scary and gorgeous all at the same time. More complex than it seems, this “children’s” story is woven deep with life lessons and significant messages.

TV Review: Warehouse 13 1.05 - Elements

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Warehouse 13 this week was just an awesome overall episode. I really only have good things to say, and after some of last week’s skepticism, I’m happy to be back on an all-good vibe.