Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode 3.2, “Purpose of the Machine”, had the team divided, but together. And while the whole team might have been in this episode, the significant emotional distance between them left the episode feeling very disconnected. Even so, that doesn’t mean the episode didn’t have its shining moments. When I first turned on […]
Fear the Walking Dead‘s freshman season was, on the whole, uneven. Out of six episodes, only last week’s penultimate episode really left me excited to see where things might go in this particular sector of the zombie apocalypse. After watching “The Good Man,” I’m more than a bit worried about where the show will take […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returned with a shout, not a whisper, with the season three premiere entitled, “Laws of Nature.” We got a look at what the team has been up to since we last saw them, and there were some noticeable holes in the group. The episode opened like many S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes do, with a […]
What a difference Colman Domingo makes. Hands down, “Cobalt” was the finest hour of Fear the Walking Dead‘s first season, and it came right when it desperately needed it. Nearly every facet of the episode worked (as always, the less said about the Chris/Alicia scenes, the better). I’m actually looking forward to watching next week’s […]
The interesting thing for me as I watch Fear the Walking Dead slog through the world-building process is how hit or miss the show can be in terms of setting mood and doling out crucial plot points. Granted, The Walking Dead often stumbles over both of these items while setting up the show’s various safe […]
The basic plot of Kurt Sutter’s new historical drama on FX is nothing new: A warrior who swore off violence has to pick up his sword once more. The Bastard Executioner is set in Wales during the early 14th Century. At this point in history, Wales is firmly under the control of England, and the Welsh […]
I would really like to sit down with someone who hasn’t watched the original Walking Dead series and see what their take is on Fear the Walking Dead. Because I have a feeling they might enjoy the series more than I am. But, here’s the strange thing: there are elements of Fear the Walking Dead […]
When writing up this review, it’s hard to look past the episode’s title, “So Close, Yet So Far,” which pretty accurately sums up my thoughts on the second episode of Fear the Walking Dead. For a series that already has to jump over the hurdle of an audience that knows what the future holds (not […]
Well, that was some finale. In edition to serving as a rather fitting end to the series, it was, by far, the most fun episode of the season. Really. Despite the darkness and the overwhelming sense of dread several characters experienced throughout (mostly through the knowledge that they were about to be thrust into dire […]
ddThe Ambition of Oda Nobuna is an alternative history anime series originally broadcast in Japan in 2012, a fun light-hearted show that has a melodramatic edge and lots of battle sequences. Yoshiharu Sagara is a Japanese high school student who somehow ends up in the middle of battle during the Sengoku Period where his life […]
