“Conditions,” the second episode of the BBC/Netflix series Troy: Fall of a City, was a huge improvement upon the first episode. But considering the low standards set by “Black Blood” this was not hard to achieve. Following the events of “Black Blood,” Helen’s (Bella Dayne) arrival causes a political and diplomatic crisis for the Trojans. The action […]
Annihilation is the newest science fiction thriller from Ex-Machina director Alex Garland starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez and Oscar Issac. In the opening shots of Annihilation, there is a meteor explosion from a lighthouse and the camera cuts to Lena (Natalie Portman) being interrogated by some sort of Hazmat agents […]
On August 21, 2015, an armed man opened fire inside a train on its way from Amsterdam from Paris and was heroically subdued by passengers, including American service members. The actions of Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone, Chris Norman and the other passengers and crew during the incident were truly courageous and deserve the […]
Check out Kat’s weekly comic book review show where she covers all the books she read in one show. Here is the list of books she covers: Metal #5, Deathstroke Annual #1, Detective Comics Annual #1, Silencer #1, The Beauty #19, Hack/Slash Resurrection #4, Outcast #33, All-New Wolverine #30, The Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows #15, Defenders #9, Invincible Iron Man #596, Jean Grey #11, Jessica Jones #16, Phoenix […]
Here’s a lesson for any aspiring television writers out there: Once you have spent thirteen episodes building a world and characters, you don’t need puzzle box plot devices, twists and turns in identity, or jumps between universes and through time. You can just let the characters live and breathe in a story that furthers the […]
McMafia is the latest high-quality thriller from the BBC that features a lot of talent in front of and behind the camera. Alex Godman (James Norton) is the son of a wealthy exiled Russian family in London. Despite his family’s criminal past, Alex works as a legitimate banker. But his world comes crashing down when one of […]
The first half of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery concluded with an episode that is a microcosm of the good, the bad, and the ugly of the series as a whole. For those who are reading these reviews in the hopes of my advocating that every Trek fan give the series a look, […]
November is the time when really good new shows distinguish themselves from the rest of the pack. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this years batch of new network shows has been less than stellar. However, HBO and Netflix have turned in a few winners. Here’s a (spoiler-free) look at the three best new shows of this fall. Mindhunter […]
Religious imagery and subtext (particularly from the Judeo-Christian tradition) has long been a central aspect of the Superman mythos. So it stands to reason that a system of belief would form around a beatific savior from above who figuratively and literally rescues humanity. This concept that informs the fourth episode of Supergirl, “The Faithful,” is […]
We Need to talk about Kevin director Lynne Ramsay is back with another dark and intense thriller, this time based on the novella You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Joe, a haunted hitman, on a mission to break up a sex trafficking ring. The title sets up the tone of […]
