The Handmaid’s Tale Shatters You, Sorry I’m not sure I can recommend The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s amazing, fantastic, brilliantly acted, scripted, and is one of the best shows I have seen in maybe decades. Gut churning and yet riveting, this show is—no hyperbole—a masterpiece of tension. However, it’s also nearly impossible to sit through an episode….
Osmosis Started Out Really Strong, Too Osmosis makes me look back more fondly on 3% because while that was also a foreign show that used a weird dubbing method over real lips, it was at least an interesting story that explored the depths of its premise. Osmosis seems to have forgotten that its core scientific…
What’s A Cartoon Has A Shaky Definition Time to divide the readers of this article: is a movie that’s almost entirely CGI just a cartoon with real-life actors in the middle of it? I realize the knee-jerk reaction to that idea is “no, surely not,” but, well, let’s explore this out a bit, shall we?…
Now that Game of Thrones Season 8 is here, let’s take a look at a glimpse of what it takes to pull off these epic scenes. HBO has released several behind the scenes micro-docs that take us behind the scenes with the crew who bring it all together. We’ve rounded them up for you here….
The Order Is A Slurry Of Other Shows The Order wishes it was The Magicians. It would love to be Harry Potter—and I’m pretty sure it thinks that maybe we might enjoy a new helping of some Twilight werewolves. What I’m getting at here is that it’s a show that’s an amalgamation of so many…
The Twilight Zone Is Back And Incredible! The Twilight Zone, the venerated and beloved speculative fiction series that inspired other anthology shows in the sci-fi genre, the forerunner for Black Mirror and Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, and the benchmark show for twists in television, is back and it’s like it never left. And, before…
First Aired March 24th, 2019 A couple is shown surviving a walker attack on their anniversary and discovering Hilltop the same day. Several of their anniversaries are shown leading to the day of the community fair as they and others head out to the Kingdom, but Alpha (played by Samantha Morton) murders the group on…
In just a few short days, Game of Thrones Season 8, the final season, will begin. Since it’s been two years since we’ve seen Game of Thrones, we may not remember the details of the intricate story. So, as we wait with baited breath, here is a pretty complete recap compilation of what’s happened so…
First Aired March 17th, 2019 Daryl (played by Norman Reedus) brings Lydia (played by Cassady McClincy), Connie (played by Lauren Ridloff) and an injured Henry (played by Matt Lintz) to Alexandria. Michonne (played by Danai Gurira) is hesitant to trust Lydia and their arrival sparks a flashback of Jocelyn (played by Rutina Wesley), a woman…
Strowlers was a good idea, I’m sure. A wholesome idea. Creating a world of urban fantasy that people can contribute to is a cool way to let lesser-known creators and new talents get their feet wet. Conceptually, I really like Strowlers. But you can only get so much goodwill. And, no matter how nice an idea,…
Kiss Me First Is More Than Romance Kiss Me First is what might happen if you take the plot of a Black Mirror episode and expand it out into a full show. It’s looking at the Oasis and its avatars from Ready Player One and deciding to scale that down for television. It’s a blend…
Invader Zim: Something Dark And New In honor of the new movie, it seemed logical to go back and review the first episode of Invader Zim and see what got us to where we are now. To see if the show is as good as we all remember and worthy of the nostalgia. And, put…
