‘Penny Dreadful’ 2.02 Recap: “I Understand the
This week’s episode of ‘Penny Dreadful’ brings back a couple of characters I didn’t much care for during the first season. One of them is growing on me, but the other, unfortunately, still bores me.
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‘Game of Thrones’ 5.05 Recap: “Long Sullen Sile
I need to keep reminding myself that ‘Game of Thrones’ has always been a slow burn. We’re halfway through the current season now and most of the storylines have had very little movement. Watching week-to-week, it...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 10th, 2015 – By Your Comman
Could the most interesting Blu-ray release of the week be a famously cheesy television series from the 1970s? If so, what does that say about everything else?
Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movie & TV Moms
With Mother’s Day coming up this weekend, this might be a good time to praise some of our favorite fictional moms. Problem is, we already did that a couple years ago. Failing that, let’s flip this around and look at so...
‘The Flash’ 1.21 Recap: “It’s Your Monkey
For as many things as ‘The Flash’ does right, the Iris situation has been a major drag on the show this entire season. This week’s episode finally takes big strides toward righting that wrong. It also gives us a ...
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ 2.20 Recap: “Cards on
Before returning to ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ this week, many viewers may ask whether it’s safe to watch the latest episode if they haven’t seen ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ yet. To that, I can offe...
‘The Returned’ 1.09 Recap: “You Screw Like the
This week brings us the first season’s penultimate episode of ‘The Returned’, and forces me to accept that this show is simply not going to go where I expect or want it to go. Is that necessarily a bad thing? I h...
‘Gotham’ 1.22 Recap: “The Least Worst Option
Before ‘Gotham’ started last fall, the show seemed almost destined for failure. That it turned out to be much better than expected was a very welcome surprise. This week, the first season blazed to a close with a very ...
‘Penny Dreadful’ 2.01 Recap: “You Can’t C
As much as I enjoyed Showtime’s horror series ‘Penny Dreadful’ last summer, I’ll admit that I hadn’t paid much attention to its return date until I happened to spot my DVR recording a new episode on S...
‘Game of Thrones’ 5.04 Recap: “All Sinners Are
Did the Daenerys Targaryen storyline on ‘Game of Thrones’ finally get interesting again? It’s been a while.
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 3rd, 2015 – Mr. Grey Will S
Aww, how thoughtful. Just in time for Mother’s Day comes that embarrassing S&M sex movie your mom’s been wanting to watch with you. What a great gift. Savor the awkwardness!
Weekend Roundtable: Collecting Movie Franchises
It seems like every movie Hollywood makes these days has to be part of an epic multi-part franchise of endless sequels and prequels and reboots. As home theater fans, what movie franchises do you feel compelled to collect in their...