My 13 year old daughter does special fx! She’s attending a camp for it next week and I’m really excited. She’s self-taught so far so it’ll be interesting to see how/if she changes technique with instruction. Here’s her latest:

Let's give Shipka her due. I think she takes scenes that might be more ordinary and brings them a genuine angst that makes Sally one of the more enduring characters in a big group of enduring characters. Read more

I have long assumed that Matthew Weiner's avatar on the show was either Sally or Baby Gene. As the seasons progressed I became more and more convinced he sees himself as Sally. There is a scene in Season 2, I think, where Betty is preparing a dinner party at the Draper house and she finds a damaged chair in her dining… Read more

The character also has the stunning good luck of being portrayed by Kiernan Shipka, who acts circles around most of the people she shares scenes with and is just overall dynamite. Read more

I think the kids on The Good Wife are a great example of the issue you're talking about here – they're all over the map, character-wise, like the writers haven't known exactly what to do with them. It's only been in the past couple seasons, as they've started to leave childhood, that Zach and Grace have been fleshed… Read more

Is it just coincidence that I've also been bombarded with advertisements for these two shows over the past several weeks? Really? Read more

I know you can't tell from where you are but I rolled my eyes so hard my eyeballs fell out their sockets. I just knew there would be a comment like this somewhere in the comments section. Read more