1. I was going to start this with “first and foremost, where is this week’s Lost Girl?” but it finally showed up a little while ago, if way later than usual. I actually just got around to watching ep 8 on Sunday, and haven’t seen ep 9 yet, but having it is the most important part! Speaking of ep 8, I rather hope the Villain of the Week doesn’t ( Read more... )

31 x Angel
44 x Cleopatra 2525
17 x Coweb
28 x Fairies of Liao Zhai (Xin Shi Si Niang arc)
38 x Iphigenia (1977)
55 x The Middleman
31 x Queen of Swords
28 x The Vampire Diaries


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This is the last storyarc of this series, and probably the one with the simplest plot. Xin is a fox demon trying to earn her way into heaven by performing good deeds in a nearby town while living in the forest with her father and sisters. Along the way, she meets and falls in love with a scholar named Sheng, and the two take in a waif named Lu Er ( Read more... )

63 x Alice in Wonderland (2010)
48 x Allison to Lillia (Lillia arc)
26 x Chocolate (Thai movie)
29 x Fairies of Liao Zhai/ Liao Zhai Qi Nu Zi (Huan Niang arc)
42 x Fairies of Liao Zhai/ Liao Zhai Qi Nu Zi (Xia Nu arc)
24 x George and the Dragon
25 x The Middleman
26 x Riese: The Series


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Within the first 10 minutes, this arc had a crossdressing heroine who had to learn to fight by spying on her father because he forbade her to learn, and she spends her crossdressing time hunting demons who prey on local women. She is accompanied by her friend who is Sekritly In Love with her and is totally fine with the crossdressing demonhunting ( Read more... )

39 x Allison to Lillia (Allison arc)
27 x Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
45 x Fairies of Liao Zhai/ Liao Zhai Qi Nu Zi (Lian Cheng arc)
19 x Florence Nightingale (biopic)
27 x Foyle's War (series 7)
30 x Ryoko's Case Files
30 x St. Trinian's School For Bad Girls
48 x St. Trinian's: The Search For Fritton's Gold


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The second story in this anthology series bears too many resemblances to its predecessor to really stand on its own. They both feature two women in love with a man of lower class, with the one he’s in love with dying and the other helping him with his grief, while the dead girl haunts the living girl, and both feature an evil suitor the two women ( Read more... )

Liao Zhai Qi Nu Zi, or The Fairies of Liao Zhai is one of three relatively recent anthology series in which each story arc adapts a story from Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio, a collection of horror stories. I’ve seen the 2005 Strange Tales of Liao Zhai series, but not its nominal sequel. Because I can’t find it. I understand that the ( Read more... )