Orphan Black 5×10 Review: “To Right the Wrongs of Many”

I’m not ready to say these words, but I must: Orphan Black is over. After five seasons of fighting Neolution and being one of many, the LEDA clones are heading into the sunset in relatively peaceful fashion. “To Right The…

TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×09, “Puzzle Piece”

I’ve spent a few weeks going on about how the mood was going to shift on Preacher. The thing to keep in mind is how this is still Preacher we’re talking about. Without the whiz-bang of immediate threats found in…

Movie Review: The Only Living Boy in New York

While he displayed flashes of inspired creativity with a slew of music videos and the clever, genre-bending (500) Days of Summer, it seems as though director Marc Webb’s inventive spark was only a fluke. After two less than spectacular Spider-Man…

Orphan Black 5×09 Review: “One Fettered Slave”

Origin stories: it’s the gift that keeps on giving for character development. Orphan Black finally treated us to the long overdue backstory of Helena. In fact, it took us all the way back before she had ever met Sarah and…

TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×08, “Holes”

The growing pattern I’ve found in this middle section of season two of Preacher is my miscalculation on when the pace is going to pick up. It helps that “Holes” is a terrific episode of television for reasons that I…

TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×07, “Pig”

This week I somewhat expected a bigger shift in momentum, now that The Saint of Killers has been (presumably temporarily) dealt with. Looking at this week’s Preacher episode, “Pig,” it actually shouldn’t have been much of a surprise to see…

Movie Review: Atomic Blonde

There is nothing new about the One Man Army action genre, but it seems to have hit a fever pitch in recent years. One man, one gun, hundreds of enemies and unlimited ammo are only a few of the distinguishing…