After Joker, is there any way Joaquin Phoenix could shock more with a performance? Probably only by playing a healthy, well-adjusted person. To say he has made a career out of playing darker, complicated characters is like saying tornadoes have…
Gotham Series Finale Review: “The Beginning…”
After five seasons, Gotham City has found its Dark Knight. Bruce Wayne donned his iconic costume and assumed the mantle of Batman in the final few moments of the series. This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for –…
Gotham 5×11 Review: “They Did What?”
Gotham City has lived to see another day. The warring chaos caused by Nyssa al Ghul and Bane finally got quashed during Gotham’s penultimate episode. Their plan to turn Gotham City into a steaming crater of nothingness imploded after the…
Gotham 5×10 Review: “I Am Bane”
Barbara Gordon, also known as the future Batgirl, has made her big debut on this week’s episode of Gotham. The looming birth that was expected long before FOX’s Gotham ever premiered came to be in the midst of a city-wide…
Gotham 5×09 Review: “The Trial of Jim Gordon”
James Gordon had a lot to answer to in Gotham’s court of public opinion. But in the case of “The Trial of Jim Gordon,” the entire legal facade dealt with his inner demons. There’s something about alternate psychological realities that…
Gotham 5×08 Review: “Nothing’s Shocking”
Gotham took a break from its main adventures with a trio of side stories that felt more like filler than fantastic. The introductions of iconic Batman villains are always welcome and it’s great to have new blood in the mix,…
Gotham 5×07 Review: “Ace Chemicals”
Five seasons following that fateful attack outside the Monarch Theatre, Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle finally got the redemption they sought. The missed opportunities of their shared past – in this case, the shooting of Thomas and Martha Wayne –…