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 ...
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...
It’s the next-to-last episode of ‘Bates Motel’ Season 3, and this week seems to be a lot about set-up as the pieces are put in place for what could be a very violent confrontation between Norman and his mother. B...
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...
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 ...
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...
Did the Daenerys Targaryen storyline on ‘Game of Thrones’ finally get interesting again? It’s been a while.
Two years ago, I found myself in the sights of James Bond fans everywhere. While ‘Skyfall’ was becoming the highest-grossing entry in the long-running 007 franchise, I scratched my head wondering how something so obvio...
For weeks, studio analysts said over and over again that the sequel to 2012’s ‘The Avengers’ would best its predecessor’s opening box office gross, becoming the highest domestic opener of all time. Now that...
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!
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...
And… we’re off. ‘Furious 7’ gave us a taste of big movie tentpoles to come, but now the blockbuster-filled summer of spectacles is upon us. Setting a high bar and christening the season is the Marvel sequel that&...
