Lost Girl Set Visit

  It’s a dark and dreary day as Sue and I make our way across the cityscape of Toronto, heading to the west side so that we can plunge into the mysterious, and enchanting world of the Fae. Showcase has invited us to the set of Lost Girl! We’re very eager to have a look, as…

The Mind Reels Visits Murdoch Mysteries

  It was a sweltering July day, the 15th to be exact, when Sue and I disembarked from our bus in what felt like the middle of nowhere. And even then there was a walk through more nowhere, and down an unsuspecting road, until we stumbled ont our destination for the day. From the front, this rather…

Orphan Black S01E04 – Effects of External Conditions

Wow. SPOILERS Below!! After last week’s episode amping up the mystery and the tension a bit, including the revelation that the hunter may in fact be another clone, Helena (Tatiana Maslany rocking yet another incarnation, this woman is truly amazing!). Tonight’s episode on Space kept it coming with some fantastic moments. With the hunt for…

Happy 1st Birthday for The Mind Reels!

When I was younger, physically and chronologically, not mentally, I often thought about talking and working with people in the entertainment industry. I also thought about being a starship captain like James T. Kirk or walking with dinosaurs, but hey, one dream at a time. Growing up, I was not necessarily an outsider, but I…

Michael MacLennan

It’s no lie that Sue and I were completely enchanted with the series of Bomb Girls. We’ve had some wonderful chats with the cast of the show, and now we’re taking a look behind the show with one of the show’s co-creators, the awesome Michael MacLennan. We met Michael for a couple of drinks and…

Lost Girl Season 2 Blowout!

  So we gathered last evening for the Lost Girl Season finale… Sue and I went to meet up with a bunch of Lost Girl fans including some who had traveled all the way from Alberta to be there! We met up at the Firkin on King, who had graciously allowed Curt (@Faenonymous) to take…

Tanya Lemke

  This week for our podcast we have the awesome Mistress of Props, Tanya Lemke! Tanya joined Sue and I for dinner one evening, and let me say I had this awesome meal, called the Stuffed Yorkie… YUM! Anyway, Tanya shared some great stories about working in props, making her own short film Happy Pills…

Upcoming Podcasts!

Hey folks! Our run of good fortune in terms of podcast guests continue! This week, yoiu’ll be able to join myself, Sue Maynard, and the very awesome Tanya Lemke (who’s done prop work on everything from Queer As Folk to Lost Girl!) who has some great and hilarious storiess! Then next week, we start trying…