Pan’s Labyrinth opens with a shot moving in a reverse: It’s night and a young girl lies on the floor as blood streaming from her nose begins to shrink back in. It’s striking, haunting, horrifying and tragic, when you see…
TV Review: The Shannara Chronicles 1×10 “Ellcrys”
Well team, we’ve made it to the end of the season. After 10 episodes, The Shannara Chronicles had its finale this week and so far there’s no word on a second season, so this could very well be the end of our…
TV Review: The Shannara Chronicles 1×09 “Safehold”
With the first season of The Shannara Chronicles ending next week, it was anyone’s guess as to how they would set up the final conflict. The theme of the second-to-last episode ended up being mind games of every variety, which…
TV Review: The Shannara Chronicles 1×08 “Utopia”
As The Shannara Chronicles revs up to its first season climax we spend a little time this week exploring the post-apocalyptic wasteland of this world rather than fighting demons, and it made for an interesting ride! Spoilers ahead! Rather than…
TV Review: The Shannara Chronicles 1×07 “Breakline”
While “Breakline” turned out to be one of The Shannara Chronicles busier episodes, juggling four different plot lines, it also ended up being one of the more enjoyable episodes of the series so far. Quite a bit happened, so let’s jump…
TV Review: The Shannara Chronicles 1×06 “Pykon”
The sixth episode of The Shannara Chronicles will forever go down in history as the Mines of Moria episode. No, there weren’t any orc hordes or magical armor, but there were a few moments that seemed to call right back…
TV Review: The Shannara Chronicles 1×05 “Reaper”
Our main trio is officially on their way toward actually doing something quest-like! But of course things aren’t going all that smoothly. Let’s jump into “Reaper,” and as always, there are spoilers ahead. When at the end of last week’s…