As expected, ‘Game of Thrones’ catches up this week with some characters who didn’t make the cut for the season premiere. Throughout most of its storylines, the dominant themes in this episode are failure and rej...
My TV viewing schedule is getting awfully crowded lately, and I’ve found myself struggling to find time to watch, much less write about, all the shows that interest me. I didn’t want ‘The Returned’ to fall ...
A disappointing entry in a faltering action franchise and a failed attempt at Oscar bait headline the latest batch of new Blu-ray releases. If you’re a fan of 1980s cult movies, however, this could be a big week for you.
Sometimes, an actor just needs to find the right role to suit his or her talents. In this week’s Roundtable, we discuss the actors that we used to dislike, even hate, until one project finally turned their fortunes around.
It’s been more than four months since we caught a fleeting glimpse of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ in the first teaser trailer. Not much else about the film leaked out after that, until this week’s Star W...
The rules of time travel on ‘The Flash’ make less sense the more we learn about them, and this week’s episode title ‘All Star Team Up’ perhaps implies a more epic crossover than we actually get, but t...
To be honest, when I heard that this week’s episode of ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ would be devoted to finally telling the story of how Agent May got her nickname, my expectations for it sunk considerably. I mean, w...
I guess we chose a good prize to give away last week. Turnout for our ‘Interstellar’ Blu-ray Collectible Gift Set contest was very strong, and our readers provided tons of hilarious entries. Sadly, only one can win. Le...
These extended breaks in the programming schedule are getting to be a real drag. After another month or so off, ‘Gotham’ finally returned this week with a new episode to kick off the season’s final run.
HBO’s brilliant political satire ‘Veep’ is back for its fourth season. Considering how last year ended, shouldn’t the series consider a title change?
In these days when so much television programming is dominated by mindless and repetitive crime procedurals, it’s kind of amazing that a show as labyrinthine, ambitious and often difficult as ‘Game of Thrones’ ha...
The saga of the retro-style ‘Alien’ ReAction figures is long and requires much patience from fans. Nearly a year since it was first announced and opened for preorders, the Egg Chamber Action Playset has finally arrived...
