With Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. well into its sophomore year and four Netflix shows on the horizon, Marvel is looking to stake its place in a television landscape in which rival DC Comics has already firmly established itself with Arrow and…
Movie Review: The Interview (2014)
Is it worth it to make a movie that will anger one of the more dangerous world leaders out there? Is the movie even good enough to justify all the trouble it caused leading up to its eventual yet warped…
The Film Canon: Following (1998)
Once you reach the stars, perhaps it’s time to make a return trip to Earth. Writer/director Christopher Nolan’s hotly anticipated new film Interstellar has been described as his grandest and most ambitious work yet (if not necessarily his best), and…
Watch: Best Horror Heroes of Movies and Television
We talk about the monsters and villains of horror movies and television all the time, the Michaels, Freddys, Draculas, Predators, etc. It’s understandable, since the villains are often the most memorable parts of these tales, and many characters in the…
TV Review: Boardwalk Empire 5×08 – “Eldorado”
In spite of the numerous colorful characters that have popped up on Boardwalk Empire and evolved over the years (and then died brutal deaths, usually), this Prohibition gangster story has always been about Nucky Thompson. Even when the show digressed…
Battlestar Galactica 10 Years Later
Note: Yes, I’m aware that this piece is over a month late from the real anniversary. Yes, the show technically started with the miniseries in 2003. No, I don’t care, because I couldn’t resist the chance to write about this…