Purposefully languidly paced, Amanda Marsalis’s Echo Park is a lovely little jaunt into the lives of two people meeting at a crossroads in their respective lives. Aside from some rougher edges that come with the territory of directing a first feature length…
Tribeca Review: AWOL
It really is quite a shame just how detrimental a bad score can be to the overall effect of a film because aside from a few narrative redundancies, AWOL directed by Deb Shoval and based on her short of the same name…
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine Nine (3×23) ”Greg and Larry”
Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. Despite some familiar paths being taken in the season three finale of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the episode is decidedly light on its feet, hilariously…
TV Review: The Flash (2×18) “Versus Zoom”
Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of The Flash. To catch up on previous coverage, click here. And we’re back and everything has grown more stressful. Barry’s confidence (more on this specifically in a second) didn’t spell out anything…
TV Review: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season One Finale
What a whirlwind of an episode! Relationship drama persisted in the finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s first season as Rebecca took ten steps back in terms of her personal growth, which was tough to watch for this viewer. As one of the most…
TV Review: Supergirl (1×20) “Better Angels”
Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Supergirl.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. There were undoubtedly quite a lot of clumsiness in the handling of Supergirl’s first season. The series never quite discovered just how to make their…
TV Review: iZombie Season Two
*Insert witticism about The Walking Dead here. [Look at me and my pandering to the internet ways.] I didn’t cover The CW’s iZombie this year not because I had no interest in the show simply because my slate of TV writing was already erring on…