It’s that time of year again! The 2017 Emmy nominations have been announced and, while there are plenty of expected nominations, there are a few surprise (in a good way) nominations as well. Television this year has really stepped up…
Movie Review: War for the Planet of the Apes
In the opening minutes of War for the Planet of the Apes, the third entry in the rebooted franchise of the 1968 Charlton Heston-starring original, a human soldier trudges up a forested hill sporting a metal cap with an engraved…
The Fosters 5×01 Review: “Resist”
Welcome back to another tumultuous season premiere of The Fosters! Season five picks right back up with the events of the last season. We see the protest against the privatization of Anchor Beach escalating as the administrators attempt to keep…
Game of Thrones: Ranking Seasons 1-6
Game of Thrones has been a whirlwind adventure. Ever since it premiered on HBO in 2011, the show–based on the series of novels, A Song of Fire and Ice, by George R.R. Martin–has captured the attention of TV audiences everywhere. Every year, without…
Emmy Wishlist 2017: Who I’d like to see receive recognition
We talk quite a bit around these parts about how uninteresting award shows have become (aside from the massive blip that was the 2017 Academy Awards). The element of surprise is hardly there anymore. We know Claire Danes and Kevin…
NYAFF Movie Review: The Taking of Tiger Mountain
Tsui Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain is ostensibly a retelling of an actual conflict during the twentieth century Chinese Civil War where a band of 30 Communist soldiers in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) successfully infiltrated and defeated a…
TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×04, “Viktor”
To say “Viktor” brings things down a notch is not the worst thing for Preacher, but it is evident this fourth episode is one where some reorganization was needed. While a solid character-focused episode followed the one-two punch of the…