No show knows how to double down and hit hard quite like True Detective. “Church in Ruins” picks up right where we left off as Ray (Colin Farrell) bangs down the door of Frank (Vince Vaughn) after discovering the…
TV Review: True Detective (2×05) “Other Lives”
Sometimes, life at home can be just as bad as life in the field. “Other Lives” takes place two months after the grisly shootout that concluded the last episode, and nobody is doing very hot. Ray (Colin Farrell) is without…
TV Review: True Detective (2×04) “Down Will Come”
Remember that scene in The Wolf of Wall Street where the effects of the old quaaludes hit Jordan Belfort all at once and he immediately collapses into the fetal position, only able to drool and crawl his way to his…
TV Review: True Detective (2×03) “Maybe Tomorrow”
Well, now is as good of a time as any to get weird. For True Detective, it almost goes off the rails. But hey, at least something’s happening. First off, the obvious: No, Detective Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) is not…
TV Review: True Detective (2×02) “Night Finds You”
The board is set, and the pieces are moving. After an hour-long prologue in the season premiere, True Detective seems to be picking up a touch of speed. “Night Finds You” is where our four lead characters start to realize…
TV Review: True Detective (2×01) “The Western Book of the Dead”
Welp…we’ve got something to talk about. True Detective was originally an HBO mini-series starring two of coolest Texans ever to grace Hollywood today (Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey) looking for clues in the Louisiana bayou. But, surprise surprise, Harrelson and…
Movie Review: ‘Unfinished Business’
I wonder if Ken Scott’s Unfinished Business started out as a comedy; at least, I mean, the kind of comedy that it eventually became. There are really two movies at work here. The first one is a surprisingly earnest story…