Jurassic World Lego: How Did I Do?
To say that I'm excited about Jurassic World is fair. To say that I'm excited for the Jurassic World Lego sets is an understatement. Not only the play sets, but also a video game that will cover all...
View ArticleHow to Steal An American Presidency
We're just under two weeks from the premiere of season three of House of Cards (after a bit of an unofficial release last week), and I really appreciate how Netflix isn't fitting us over the head with...
View Article[Review] - Better Call Saul, Season 1 Episodes 2 And 3, "Mijo" And "Nacho"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television.As the second episode of Better Call Saul opened, it was immediately obvious that, aesthetically, this was clearly the sister series of Breaking Bad. The feel of...
View Article2015: The Crappening
Last year was spectacular, if judged entirely on the number and quality of terrible films mocked live by Rifftrax. Sharknado, Godzilla '98, Anaconda and Santa Claus all took a thoroughly deserved...
View Article[Review] - Justified, Season Six Episode 5, "Sounding"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television. Where I am, it is currently winter. It is currently the butt-hurt middle of winter, with each day bringing a new lashing of either warm-and-snowing or...
View Article[Review] - Parks And Recreation: Going To The End Of The Line...
It seemed fitting that NBC would get in one last passive aggressive knock against a series that really wasn't what it wanted and never really let itself like. After six years of a plush Thursday night...
View Article[Review] - Agent Carter, Season 1 Finale, Episode 8, "Valediction"
Courtesy of Marvel Television StudiosThe season finale of Agent Carter was exactly what I expected it to be. Which, I suppose, isn't as disappointing as it might sounds. The series was working towards...
View Article[Review] - Better Call Saul, Season 1 Episode 4, "Hero"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionIf Breaking Bad was a metaphor for anything, it might have been that environment and circumstance determine personality. It was very much a "nurture" argumentative...
View ArticleMore Blackadder Than Bean, I'll Expect
ITV has announced that it will be adapting two of Georges Simenon's Jules Maigret novels into films, with an air date to be determined. This follows a previous series by the network in the early...
View ArticleLeonard Nimoy Has Died
I'm still in the process of processing the information: Leonard Nimoy died earlier this morning, "the cause was end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mr. Nimoy announced last year that he...
View Article[Review] - Justified, Season 6 Episode 6, "Alive Day"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television. It has been a concern of mine this season, a minor yet growing concern, that the show was loosing focus on the plot of this final season. Raylan had been given one...
View Article[Review] - House Of Cards, Season 3
Courtesy of Media Rights CapitalAs they say, once is a mistake, twice is a pattern, three times is a habit. Now that we're three season into the reign of Frank Underwood, some uneasy patterns are...
View ArticleReturn Of The Great Detective
I am not a Sherlock Holmes purest. I'm not one of these ones that runs about, waving his fist in the air whenever someone dares venture outside of the Doyle canon. I think it speaks to the universality...
View ArticleLast Week Tonight, Minus An Hour
I hate Daylight Savings Time. I hate it with a passion and fury that goes unmatched on this or any other Earth. Not because I'm bitter about losing an hour every spring, or randomly finding it again in...
View Article[Review] - Better Call Saul, Season 1 Episodes 5 And 6, "Alpine Shepherd Boy"...
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionWith Jimmy established, these two episodes, the middle two of the season, took the opportunity to better flesh out the other main characters of the series. Because,...
View ArticleWarrior Princess To Meet Loud-Mouthed Braggart
Most would remember that Sam Raimi was an executive producer on Xena: Warrior Princess. And many, I would hope, would remember that Bruce Campbell made infrequent appearances on the show as Autolycus,...
View Article[Review] - Agents Of SHIELD, Season 2, Episodes 11 And 12, "Aftershocks" And...
Courtesy of Marvel Television StudiosMarvel and ABC really did themselves a disservice, airing Agent Carter sandwiched between two halves of Agents of SHIELD. Because Agent Carter was good. Sure, not...
View Article[Review] - Justified, Season 6 Episodes 7 And 8, "The Hunt" And "Dark As a...
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionThese two episodes were all about transition. You'd hope and expect that from the episodes that open directly into the back end, leading us down a path towards the...
View ArticleSelina Meyer > Mariah Carey
Everyone and their cat will be tuning into to HBO on the 12th to watch the premiere of Game of Thrones, and I'll be among them, but I'm equally excited about the premiere of Veep the same night. I've...
View ArticleThe Gun Will Remain In The Dog
When Luther finished up it's third series, I thought it was a perfect end to a bizarre and thrilling show, and ended exactly the way it should have. Series creator Neil Cross apparently disagrees,...
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