‘Humans’, the American/British sci-fi co-production about robots developing consciousness, was one of the more promising (if flawed) series to debut in the summer of 2015. Unfortunately, even though an entire second season of the ...
For years, Paul W.S. Anderson has been dismissed as “that other Paul Anderson.” Fair enough. When you share a name with the best director of your generation and your highest profile works are adaptations of the ‘Mortal Kombat’ and...
While it’s not the greatest film ever made, ‘The Matrix‘ felt like a genuinely new and exciting IP when it first appeared in 1999. I can remember seeing it in the theater, not knowing much more than the central question: “What is ...
Last year, NBC and ABC launched ambitious primetime dramas set in the swinging 1960s (‘The Playboy Club’ and ‘Pan Am’ respectively). Both proved to be ratings duds and were canceled in the first season. (In fact, ‘The Playboy Club...
The pendulum of my feelings for this final season of ‘Chuck’ continues to swing. I don’t know if this Friday’s episode really saw a big increase in quality, or if I was just more receptive to being entertained by it that night. In...
‘Chuck’ is a fun show, but it’s also a frustrating one that too often relies on cheap gags and erratic, illogical plotting as narrative shortcuts. This past Friday’s episode featured some of both the best and the worst of the show...
Well, that’s disappointing. It was just last week when I said that ‘Chuck’ appeared to set up an interesting storyline that could be fun to watch develop over the course of the season. So much for that. Although this past Friday’s...
The final season of ‘Chuck’ is off to a pretty solid start so far. The second episode features the return of some much-loved supporting characters, and also introduces a new storyline that should be interesting to watch the show p...
