Category: Television Reviews
REVIEW: Snowpiercer – Season 1, Episode 1 “First, The Weather Changed”
Tomorrow Studios is a company I’ve been following ever since I heard they were going to make adaptations of Cowboy Bebop and One Piece. When I found out they were behind this new adaptation of Snowpiercer, I knew I had to check it out. I finally moved Bong Jong Ho’s 2013 film up to the … ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Penny Dreadful: City of Angels – Season 1 Episode 2, 3, and 4, “Dead People Lie Down,” “Wicked Old World,” and “Josefina and the Holy Spirit”
*SPOILERS* “Dead People Lie Down” finds Tiago’s mother praying for Raoul as he lies in a hospital bed, unresponsive. Tiago escorts Lewis in to have his arm patched up as another officer spits on the self-described Chicano officer. Lewis tells Tiago that he’ll be fine and insists that he go f...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 6, Episode 19 “Success is Assured”
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, “Success is Assured” is the makeshift finale for season 6 of The Flash, and it certainly feels that way. It doesn’t finish the main storyline, and it doesn’t feel particularly epic or important, just more connective tissue. That makes it a letdown as a fin...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hollywood (2020)
I’ve always been enamored with stories of Tinseltown, particularly of old Hollywood. Whether it’s things like Entourage or Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, they’re always presented as stories of following your dreams and triumphing over impossible odds. So, when it was announced that Ryan...
Read MoreREVIEW: Westworld Season 3 Episode 8, “Crisis Theory”
*SPOILERS* In “Crisis Theory,” Bernard and William fight, but they’re interrupted by a policeman who turns out to be Lawrence, now another copy of Dolores. He gives Bernard a suitcase. Meanwhile, Caleb puts Dolores’ mind into a new body. Once she’s alert, Dolores tells ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 6, Episode 18 “Pay the Piper”
After “Liberation” got things moving, “Pay the Piper” slows The Flash’s momentum down considerably, centering on a subplot introduced early in the season and then mostly forgotten till now. The main plot is on everyone’s minds, but the focus is on a pair of lesser villains while the hero...
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