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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 7th, 2019 – More Than One Way to Kill a Cat

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:00:02 +0000

With the July 4th holiday lull out of the way, the Blu-ray and UHD release calendar jolts back to life this week. However, those of us whose wallets are still recovering from the Criterion, Arrow Video, and other recent sales (not to mention Amazon’s imminent Prime Day) may be feeling that sometimes dead is better....

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Gotham Series Finale Recap: “Our Story Is Over, Old Friend”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:00:18 +0000

After five seasons, Fox’s Gotham ended its run last Thursday with a finale episode that tries very hard not just to wrap up its own storylines, but to tie the entire Batman mythology together. Gotham has often been a very frustrating series. Five seasons is kind of short for a comic book show these days,...

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Gotham 5.01 Recap: “Are You Sorry You Stayed?”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:00:42 +0000

After teasing it for so long, will Batman finally, actually begin on Fox’s Gotham? It looks like that could be the case as the series enters its fifth and final season. Gotham is in chaos… again. As the last season ended, the most recent Joker, Jeremiah Valeska, blew up all the bridges out of town,...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 19th, 2018 – $@%!#&

Josh Zyber — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:00:27 +0000

You thought you got all the Marvel superheroes you could take last week? One of the few who’s not (yet) part of the Avengers team follows right on their heels to both Blu-ray and Ultra HD. New Releases (Blu-ray) Deadpool 2 – Despite looking like more of the same from the first movie, audiences were...

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‘Gotham’ 4.01 Recap: “No License, No Crime”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:00:23 +0000

It looks like Batman is finally beginning on ‘Gotham’. The fourth season opens with both a schedule change to Thursday nights and a story arc none-too-subtly titled ‘A Dark Knight’. The question left unanswered is how long the show will continue to hold my interest. First, the plot: Season 3 ended with Bruce, dressed up...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 27th, 2017 – I Won’t Let You Out of My Sight

Josh Zyber — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:00:51 +0000

Hollywood is learning a hard lesson this year that not every corny old TV series can be successfully rebooted as an R-rated comedy spoof. If you didn’t bother to see the latest attempt in theaters, will the prospect of slo-mo T&A jiggling in 4k be enough to entice you to watch it at home? I...

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‘Gotham’ 3.21 & 3.22 Recap: “I’m Blaming It on the Butler”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:00:03 +0000

‘Gotham’ has worn me down. I’m exhausted by it. Frankly, I found a lot of this season a slog to get through. When I sat down this week to watch the season finale, I was both relieved that I’ll be getting a break from the show, and disheartened at the prospect of sitting through two...

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‘Gotham’ 3.20 Recap: “Let Blood Avenge Blood”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:00:58 +0000

As we come up on the season finale of ‘Gotham’, I feel like even the characters on the show are confounded by the plotting. More than one of them this week questions the motivations or logic of another, before ultimately shrugging it off and pretending that the plot makes sense anyway. I’m not sure if...

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‘Gotham’ 3.19 Recap: “Court Is Now in Session!”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 25 May 2017 16:00:41 +0000

For a guy who likes to go around judging everyone else, ‘Gotham’ former police captain Nathaniel Barnes (Michael Chiklis) really ought to look in a mirror sometime. Leather padding, buckles and black eyeliner? You sir, are guilty of major crimes against fashion. Frenemies Penguin and Nygma open this week’s episode, locked in cages by the...

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‘Gotham’ 3.18 Recap: “You Logical Bastard”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 17 May 2017 16:00:19 +0000

A lot of old characters come out of the woodworks to pay ‘Gotham’ another visit this week. I can’t say that I’m happy to see all of them. We start with the reappearance of former police captain Nathaniel Barnes (Michael Chiklis), who’s been imprisoned in Arkham Asylum ever since being driven mad by the Alice...

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‘Gotham’ 3.17 Recap: “There Is Nothing Wrong with Being a Freak”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 10 May 2017 12:00:44 +0000

The Riddler is back causing trouble, and the Penguin starts work assembling a new team of supervillains. We may also witness the birth of Catwoman. ‘Gotham’ is a pretty busy place this week. After falsely claiming to have murdered his uncle, Jim is brought to a secret meeting with Kathryn, the woman running the Court...

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‘Gotham’ 3.16 Recap: “Judgment Has Been Passed”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 03 May 2017 16:00:14 +0000

After seemingly setting up The Riddler to be the narrative driving force for the rest of the reason, the very next episode of ‘Gotham’ ignores him completely. Instead, we get an hour devoted to the Court of Owls. Does anyone really give a hoot about them? In an episode with the florid title ‘These Delicate...

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