Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie’s The Changeover, based on the award-winning 1984 novel of the same name by famed New Zealand children’s author Margaret Mahy, has a bit of a timeless energy to it. Planted firmly in the realm of…
TV Review: Ash vs Evil Dead 2×01 “Home”
Season 1 of Ash vs Evil Dead was everything an Evil Dead franchise fan could ask for. Each episode stayed lovingly true to the blood-soaked mayhem and twisted humor of the original trilogy, but also delved deeper into the personal demons of beloved…
TV Review: Ash vs Evil Dead 1×01, “El Jefe”
There is only one word that can aptly describe Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s latest collaboration, Ash vs Evil Dead. That word is… Groovy. The tone is undeniably nostalgic. The Raimi brothers have successfully recreated the movie magic of their first…
TV Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2×2, “Heavy is the Head”
Earth_199999//Recap 0202//september_30_2014 Last week, Coulson and company reemerged from the shadows to retrieve a mysterious object referred to by HYDRA as the Obelisk, and had their first encounter with Carl Creel, the Absorbing Man. This week’s chapter “Heavy is the…
TV Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2×1 – “Shadows”
I’m going to be upfront about this: I was torn on season one of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I stuck with it for the first six episodes, and kind of gave up. It takes a lot for me to tune into…