It seems like The Walking Dead is really pulling it all together. That’s a fun thing to say in a show’s fifth season, but it seems like it is true. Generally a show may be reaching for new ideas and…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham 1×4, “Arkham”
So that’s a lot better. Following last week’s setback with “The Balloonman,” this week’s episode of Gotham finds the show closer to hitting a desirable stride. “Arkham” is definitely more of a plot-focused episode, rather than one set on showing…
TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×01, “No Sanctuary”
“You’re the butcher or you’re the cattle.” That is a line that could define The Walking Dead as a whole, but because The Walking Dead has never been a fan of subtlety, it is a line that is repeated, making…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham 1×3, “The Balloonman”
This week, Jimmy & The Bulls pursue a supposed vigilante who is attaching well-known members of the Gotham community, who happen to be corrupt, to weather balloons. The idea certainly seems like something lifted out of a comic book, but…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham 1×2, “Selina Kyle”
Episode two of Gotham follows a pretty traditional path, as far as follow-ups to pilot episodes go. Grander theatrics are dialed down a bit, but a lot of information is repeated, to catch new viewers up on how things work,…
Interview: Ben McKenzie Talks ‘Gotham’
Gotham premiered on Fox on September 22 and was met with a surplus of great reviews. I was a fan of the pilot episode, let alone the idea for this new series that works as a sort of pulpy police…
TV Review: Fox’s Gotham 1×1, “Pilot”
We get a lot of different kinds of television shows these days, and with the new fall season upon us, high concept ideas are certainly running rampant. This has led to the development of a number of comic-based TV shows,…
