Film & TV

[rating=6.00] “Tweet Tweet Tweet” The stakes are high this week on The Brink. With Walter not being able to keep up his part of the deal, the President takes executive action that will most definitely lead to a nuclear attack. And jokes, probably. Still dealing with the crazies that have taken them in as prisoners/guests, Zeke […]

[rating=5.00] “Everything is Everything” The short-lived burst of optimism I felt over the show’s brief, but notable, improvement last week (however slight) has waned slightly. Mostly due to the show’s inability to stick to a primary storyline, leaving a convoluted, messy attempt at a narrative in it’s wake. While last week’s ended on the semi-cliffhanger that […]

[rating=7.00] “Church in Ruins” Last season, Detective Rusty Coehle made mention of the sprawl of their case. What started as a relatively by the numbers serial killing investigation, ballooned into an investigation involving church leaders and state senators, indicative of a conspiracy that reached the highest echelons of Louisiana government. As massive and far reaching as […]

[rating=5.00] Assume, for the moment, you know nothing about Southpaw. That’s probably a pretty safe bet, otherwise you probably wouldn’t have found yourself here, but roll with me for a moment. You know nothing about Southpaw, and I tell you, “It’s a boxing movie.” Using this as your jumping off point, I now want you […]

[rating=3.00] A good idea is a good idea, and there’s a certain amount of credit due towards it for being a good idea. And, for this, I will credit Pixels. As a premise, it’s not that bad. The 2010 short film of the same name proved this when it first hit, showcasing, in under three […]

[rating=7.00] “eps.1.4_3xpl0its.wmv” The mystery continues as to what’s really going on in Mr.Robot this week with Elliot and co. using their resources to exploit the human condition. After the last episode’s spectacular showing, this one felt a little…well meh. However that’s not to say that the episode was bad. On the contrary; this week we […]

[rating=6.00] “Swim, Shmuley, Swim” “It may seem like three in the afternoon, but it’s five minutes until midnight.” Words that couldn’t be truer coming from Walter’s last hope at staving off the airstrikes that could begin World War three. This week’s episode was surprisingly not terrible, it seems the less they include Jack Black over acting, […]

[rating=6.00] “Machete Charge” It took a lot longer than it needed to, but Ballers finally started getting somewhere last night. Nowhere jaw-dropping or profound, but at least some popcorn-level entertainment, instead of the unpopped kernels we’ve been getting the past too many weeks. As Spencer, along with Joe, woo yet another new client (in a scene […]

[rating=8.00] “Other Lives” Last week’s explosive conclusion was a game changer in a lot of ways. It was sort of this season’s “all in” moment, where the viewer was offered their first reward for sticking with the slow burn as long as they had. For our detectives, however, the climax was a bit more devastating. As […]

So the Emmy nominations are out, and for the most part, there are no huge surprises. Game of Thrones got all the nominations, in fact, HBO cleaned up nom wise. However, even with the big names throwing punches there was still plenty of love for the streaming networks, a trend that’s definitely headed on the […]

[rating=6.00] I’ve never much been a fan of Amy Schumer’s pretty woman with a foul mouth shtick upon which she’s built her career, at least as it pertains to her stand up. I’ve seen a few of her acts, and they were okay, I guess, but her whole “I get drunk and have sex” persona […]

[rating=8.00] As much as I’ve made no bones about my love and appreciation for all things Marvel, the experience of Age of Ultron left much to be desired in my mind. It seemed, then, that the franchise was at a tipping point, where the unending cross-media saturation that Marvel has perfected over the last seven […]

[rating=8.00] “eps.1.3_da3m0ns.mp4” You know those defining moments in a series? The ones that make or break the season and send everything into a tailspin? We got one of those this week on Mr. Robot. Last episode, we were stuck between a rock and a hard place with Elliot leaning towards the destruction of “the system” […]

[rating=5.00] “I’ll Never Be Batman” This week’s The Brink played into fear. Fear of losing, fear of dying, fear of finding out you’re not good enough. Entitled “I’ll Never Be Batman” The Brink reminds us that no matter what we do, we’re always at the mercy of someone else’s circumstances. Since I’m not too fond of the […]

[rating=4.00] “Heads Will Roll” I’ll say this about Ballers, it knows how to make it’s antagonists unlikable. Granted, it doesn’t do a good job of making any of its other characters likable, but it sure does make you despise its show’s villains. This week’s installment of the steadily disappointing sports fantasy/circle jerk opens with a flashback […]

[rating=9.00] “Down Will Come” Whoa, True Detective. You need to calm down. It was an episode that should silence this season’s detractors (though it probably won’t) filled as it was with tautness and gut churning action. Characters were explored on deeper levels (even Woodrugh finally got a little interesting) as the sheer sprawl of the mystery […]

[rating=8.00] I never hopped onto the Amy Winehouse train. To my cynical mind she was merely the singer who they tried to tell to go to rehab, to which she said no with devastating effects. I never gave her a second thought, never lingered on her artistry. In fact, up until I saw Amy, I […]

[rating=1.00] Congratulations are in order for horror producer Jason Blum, of Blumhouse—the people who brought you Paranormal Activity and Insidious, as every ad campaign of every movie they release is quick to remind you—as well as the writing and directing duo of Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing and everyone involved with the making of The […]

[rating=7.00] “Eps1.2d3bug.mkv” After an exemplary showing of the initial episodes laying out the Mr. Robot world, this week’s episode was definitely on a lesser level. At least most of it was. With a few key stand out moments, and an increasingly ominous soundtrack, Robot’s consistency does not yet waver. This week the real hero of […]

[rating=3.00] “Move the Chains” It’s easy to forgive a clumsy pilot. The tone is off a bit, the characters’ importance can get shuffled around, sometimes replaced or removed entirely. It’s even easy to forgive a faltering second episode, though it’s usually done in holding out hope that a show is at least close to finding its […]