TV Review: How to Get Away with Murder 3×02 “There Are Worse Things Than Murder”

Welcome to our newest method of reviewing/recapping season three of How to Get Away with Murder, where film section editor and film writer Allyson Johnson is joined by film writer Alana Jane Chase in discussing (mainly reacting to) the latest episodes…

TV Review: Empire 3×02 “Sin That Amends”

The madness of the music world continues with the latest episode of Empire. After a modest start, episode two picks up with each character continuing to fight their own battles. Lucious tries to get Cookie in his corner, Jamal tries…

Interview: Elliott Wheeler (Composer/Executive Music Producer of “The Get Down”)

Somewhere amidst the rubble fields, graffiti-marked trainyards, and disco clubs, was once the flyest, best kept secret of the entire Bronx during that late 70s era of bell-bottoms and punk. The Get Down, at least how it’s fictionally-depicted in Netflix’s latest…

TV Review: Pitch Series Premiere

I was on board with Pitch all the way up until the end. Except for the parts where Ginny Baker’s father is unusually quiet while sitting in the stands of Ginny’s first Major League game, I was surprisingly enjoying Pitch. Then…

TV Review: How to Get Away with Murder 3×01 “We’re Good People Now”

Welcome to our newest method of reviewing/recapping season three of How to Get Away with Murder where I’ll be joined by film writer Alana Jane Chase in discussing (mainly reacting to) the latest episodes live. The discussion has been edited for…

TV Review: This is Us Series Premiere

Note: Spoilers ahead! Since the trailer premiered (to record views), the actual premise for the NBC series This is Us has been kept under wraps. They introduced the characters and sparked interest with some intriguing (and a little saccharine) marketing.…

Movie Review: A Family Affair

Much like with Gayle Kirschenbaum’s Look at Us Now, Mother! (2015), Tom Fassaert’s A Family Affair uses the documentary format to confront, examine and hopefully heal family trauma. But if Kirschenbaum’s documentary borrowed the trappings of dramedy, A Family Affair…