Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 21st, 2016 – Finishing Last
A pair of crime comedies, one brand new and one a classic, overshadow the rest of this week’s Blu-ray release list while a sequel no one wanted, some art films, and a whole bunch of TV box sets also...
View Article‘Fear the Walking Dead’ 2.08 Recap: “Safety in Numbers”
The second season of AMC’s ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ returned from its three-month break this week. The time away left me wondering whether I really care enough about the show to continue watching. I...
View Article‘Fear the Walking Dead’ 2.09 Recap: “We’re Not Gonna Make It”
Looks like I was wrong in my assumption that the rest of this season of ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ would focus on just one set of characters at a time. This week’s episode is divided between two groups....
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Current TV Shows You’ve Given Up On
Breaking up with a TV show you used to enjoy can be difficult. Once you’ve spent a few years of commitment in it, you may not even want to admit that the relationship is ending. Unfortunately, some...
View Article‘Fear the Walking Dead’ 2.10 Recap: “The End Times Make Us Gods”
Hey, remember how those idiots on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ got themselves into a life-threatening predicament last week? Want to see how they get out of that mess? Too bad. The latest episode focuses on...
View ArticlePoll: Fall 2016 Returning TV Shows
Last week, we asked you about the fall 2016 new TV series you might want to give a look. This week, let’s see which returning shows you’ll continue to watch this season. This is a very long list. I’ve...
View Article‘Fear the Walking Dead’ 2.11 Recap: “I Have a Limited But Refined Skill Set”
After a week that devoted far too much screen time (i.e. any screen time at all) to morons Travis and Chris, ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ shuffles them back to the sidelines. We also, finally, find out what...
View Article‘Fear the Walking Dead’ 2.12 Recap: “It’s Not Safe Here Anymore”
Even by this show’s increasingly appalling standards, one of the main (allegedly sympathetic) characters in ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ behaves like an astounding dumbass this week. We’re so close to the...
View Article‘Fear the Walking Dead’ 2.13 Recap: “I Love You All, But Enough Is Enough”
For an episode focused on Travis and Chris, ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ is surprisingly tolerable this week. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean it’s free of annoyance or idiocy. The episode opens by...
View Article‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2 Finale Recap: “You Get to Die a Beautiful...
I’ve grown so disinterested in ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ that I put off watching the two-episode season finale for more than a week after it aired. Frankly, I dreaded sitting for almost two more hours...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 7.01 Recap: “Welcome to a Brand New Beginning”
Following a controversial cliffhanger that enraged half of the show’s fan base, ‘The Walking Dead’ returns for its seventh season with a premiere episode that seems almost willfully designed to drive...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of October 30th, 2016 – Battles Beyond the Stars
The biggest new Blu-ray this week boldly goes where twelve previous movies have already gone before. If that doesn’t do it for you, perhaps you’ll find some enjoyment in watching an Oscar winner...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 7.02 Recap: “This Place Is a Damn Circus”
After last week’s relentlessly dark and brutal season premiere left half of the show’s fan base traumatized, ‘The Walking Dead’ immediately shifts gears with an episode that’s dramatically lighter in...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 7.03 Recap: “For the World Is But a Treat When You’re on...
Norman Reedus fanboys and fangirls, prepare to swoon. This week’s episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ is all about Daryl, Daryl, Daryl. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration. The episode is just as much about...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 7.04 Recap: “This Is the Kind of Thing That Just Tickles...
In what has become a sad running joke, every time ‘The Walking Dead’ runs an extra-long episode, it feels like the same amount of actual content as usual with twice as many commercials. Never has that...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 7.05 Recap: “That’s a Solid Kneel”
As ‘The Walking Dead’ makes its rounds checking in with one group of characters at a time, this week brings us back to the Hilltop to reassure us that, yes, Maggie has survived. It’s not all bad news...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 7.06 Recap: “That’s a Pickle, All Right”
We’re just a couple episodes away from the mid-season finale of ‘The Walking Dead’, and I’ll be damned if anything at all has happened on the show since the sadistic season premiere. We’ve had five...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 7.07 Recap: “You Are Adorable”
The producers of ‘The Walking Dead’ have gotten terribly complacent and indulgent this season. This week’s episode once again runs an extra long 90 minutes for no good reason. It’s not the mid-season...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 7.08 Recap: “I Am Gettin’ Myself a Vacation Home Here”
In comparison to some of its other recent over-long episodes, the mid-season finale of ‘The Walking Dead’ at least has a lot of plot and incident to fill up its 90 minutes of screen time (less when you...
View Article‘The Walking Dead’ 7.09 Recap: “Let’s Change the World”
I honestly had given so little thought to ‘The Walking Dead’ that I didn’t even realize until about mid-Saturday that the show would be coming back from its winter break the next day. The first thought...
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