“Twice Upon a Time” is a Doctor Who Christmas special that marks not just the end of the Capaldi era, but also the end of the Moffat era—and as the swan song of both a Doctor and a showrunner, it’s a remarkably unremarkable and an unusually subdued episode. Whereas the last two regeneration stories were […]
“The Plan” was a busy episode that attempted to pack all its characters and storylines in a 43-minute package. After the failed attempt to recapture York from the Vikings, Bishop Heahmund (Jonathan Rhys Meyer) convinced Aethelwulf (Moe Dunford), King of Wessex, to lay siege to the city and starve them to death. Bjorn Ironside (Alexander […]
Vikings is one of the most action-packed shows currently on TV and, when it is at its best, can rival many movies let alone its rivals on television. “Homeland” is another fantastic action-packed episode from the show. After losing York to the Vikings, the Saxons, led by Aethelwulf (Moe Dunford) and Bishop Heahmund (Jonathan Rhys […]
Due to a mix-up with screeners, I’ve spent the last 48 hours mainlining the second season of The Crown in an effort to complete my review prior to its December 8th premiere, and I have been successful. Having watched the full ten-episode season, I can happily report that the series remains just as successful on […]
Vikings is back for its fifth season and starts off with two episodes titled “The Fisher King” and “The Departed.” The fifth season picks up where the fourth season left off: the Lothbrok Vikings have defeated Wessex in battle and as a part of the peace deal they have been given East Angelia. But tensions are growing within the […]
Whatever happened to having fun? When Season 4 of The Flash began, the showrunners appeared determined to deliver more fun superhero fare than the bummer that was Season 3. Perhaps the showrunners were a bit too eager to course correct in the early going, but the show hit its lighthearted stride with episodes like “Luck […]
When the holidays roll around, people tend to reflect on the year that was and look forward to the year to come. So too for showrunners putting together their midseason finale episodes. Judged on that basis, “Reign” encapsulates Season 3 of Supergirl: imperfect yet promising. The episode’s climax features a brutal (yet festive) confrontation between […]
If you read my Supergirl review from yesterday, then you know the basic setup of “Crisis on Earth-X”: Nazis from a parallel Earth crash Barry and Iris’s wedding, and the assembled heroes fight them. “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3” picks up where Part 2 (as seen on Arrow) left off, with several of the heroes […]
Within comic book fan circles, superhero crossovers often get a bad rap. Annual DC Comics events like Doomsday Clock have become de rigueur, thereby robbing the crossover of its specialness. Thankfully, this hasn’t (yet) been a problem for the mini DC Universe set within a quartet of CW shows: Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, […]
In the “Streaming Wars,” it isn’t really clear which site is winning the battle, but it is pretty clear that Amazon is losing. While Netflix tends to get the most buzz, with shows like Stranger Things taking over the pop culture discourse for weeks at a time, Hulu has managed to grasp the brass ring in the […]
