When the news broke this spring that Laurence Fishburne, who currently stars on Hannibal as Jack Crawford, was joining the cast of the new ABC comedy Black-ish there was some serious wringing of hands that Jack might not be a part of the third season of Hannibal. And when Hannibal ended its second season with […]
It’s rather en vogue now to take successful films, or even film franchises, and re-imagine them for the small screen. After all, television these days is a truly diverse and wonderful medium with many rich series and big name actors to pull in viewers. Even so, it doesn’t hurt to have a familiar title to […]
Well, I have to say I have been very impressed with True Blood of late. After the show’s stumble in the season’s second episode, I was fearing the worst, but things are looking up. “Death is Not the End” is the type of episode that could easily feel cheesy, as it’s full of reunions and […]
What an episode! ‘Two Boats and a Helicopter” continues to expand the world of The Leftovers in unexpected and dynamic ways. I commended last week’s episode for expanding on the world, demystifying some of the vague aspects of the pilot, and this week, the series takes even greater risks in storytelling, to great effect. In […]
“This is bad, real bad.” The Strain ventures into B-movie territory with an emphasis on cheap thrills, gore, genre tropes and not much else. When an airplane lands on JFK and goes completely unresponsive, an FAA tech approaches the plane to inspect it; the strange circumstances lead him to utter the words at the top […]
The Legend of Korra Book 3 continued this week with two more episodes: “In Harm’s Way” and “The Metal Clan”. Like last week, I’ll be reviewing these two episodes together as one. Let’s get started, shall we? SPOILERBENDING BELOW, MY FRIENDS. PLOTS! In the North, Zuko, Korra’s Dad, and her cousins attempt fend off an […]
It’s that time of year, the time for television fans to indulge in righteous indignation as a new slew of Emmy nominations are revealed. Each year we tell ourselves that the Emmys don’t really matter, that their attempts to recognize the absolute best of television are misguided and that the nomination process is seriously ineffective […]
