Showing posts with label Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Review. Show all posts
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Review: 'Good Behavior' delivers a satisfying - albeit unspectacular - end to a solid first season
Some thoughts on tonight's Good Behavior finale, and the season as a whole, coming up after the break.
Monday, 12 December 2016
Review: 'The Walking Dead's' sluggish season 7A ends with a crawl in a more promising direction
A quick review of The Walking Dead's latest midseason finale - with some thoughts on the half-season as a whole - coming up after the break.
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Review: On 'The Flash', the 'Flashpoint' hype is misguided
Over the summer - and even immediately following the second season finale - much of the talk surrounding The Flash has been in regards to the impending use of the Flashpoint storyline from the comics. I've not read nor do I know anything about (beyond what I've read in articles and on social media over the hiatus) Flashpoint, but I am aware that it's a substantial story on the page.
So why, then, has The Flash treated it in such a haphazardly speedy manner?
Monday, 12 September 2016
Review: 'Son of Zorn' is surprisingly and relentlessly funny
I'd argue that the 2016-17 TV season, in its traditional and almost entirely outdated form, doesn't really start until next Monday when all of the networks bring back and premiere about seventy zillion shows. But FOX premiering Son of Zorn means that, technically, the season has now begun. It's both an exciting and exhaustingly terrible time, as while I'm relieved to have a deluge of TV to watch after a relatively quiet summer (in which I got pretty much nowhere with my watchlist), it also means that I'm going to be spending a lot of time trying to follow it all.
But I digress. Let's talk about Son of Zorn.
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Review: 'UnREAL's' second season relied on shock value, much to its detriment
Over the summer, I'll be watching and writing about a whole host of shows, ranging from beloved long-running series to those eyeballed by very few viewers. To see the articles that I've written, click here; for my list of shows to watch, click here.
Back in the penultimate scene of UnREAL's first season finale, Rachel (Shiri Appleby) and Quinn (Constance Zimmer) share the following exchange:
"We killed somebody, didn't we?"
"Yeah. Let's not do that again."
Sunday, 7 August 2016
Review: 'UnREAL's' first season is great, mostly thanks to Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer
Over the summer, I'll be watching and writing about a whole host of shows, ranging from beloved long-running series to those eyeballed by very few viewers. To see the articles that I've written, click here; for my list of shows to watch, click here.
Watching UnREAL's freshman season, there were two shows with which I drew numerous parallels: Mr. Robot and How to Get Away With Murder.
Friday, 5 August 2016
Movie Review: 'Suicide Squad' makes the DCEU zero for three [Full Spoilers]
Of late, I've made a habit out of going to the midnight screenings of some of the big, blockbuster movies - Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Batman vs. Superman, etc. - and so, Thursday night, I sat in for DC's third entry into its Extended Universe, Suicide Squad. Based on the marketing, I had high hopes for it, and in spite of the generally negative critic reviews, I wanted to enjoy it.
Full spoilers for Suicide Squad coming after the jump.
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Review: An old adversary hinders an ultimately solid 'Person of Interest'
I'll have a much longer, more thought-out review of both last night's and tonight's (100th episode) of Person of Interest up on SpoilerTV later in the week, but before then, here are a few quick thoughts on "Sotto Voce."
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Review: Did 'Banshee' need more than its fourth season to conclude?
Banshee wrapped its eight-episode fourth and final season this past Friday, and after an intense and superb run in season three, the swansong season paled in comparison to both its direct predecessor and the reputation of the show as a whole*. Most of that came from the unnecessary introduction of a serial killer who added almost nothing to the show, stealing valuable screentime from the already established arcs and characters. Perhaps more importantly, it gave Banshee a procedural element that it struggled to know what to do with.
*Obviously, that third season added immensely to the show's overall status, but focusing solely on the first twenty episodes still suggests a level of quality only glimpsed at this year. Season four, no matter what it did, was going to have a near-impossible job of topping last year's output, but that it barely scratched the surface is mind-boggling.
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Review: On 'The Flash,' Barry isn't "Invincible" as Zoom takes control
Last night's penultimate hour of The Flash's second season was quite the episode, setting the stage for a massive finale and yet finding a way to be mostly self-contained and deal with a "metapocalypse" as Zoom attempted to take control of Central City.
Many have had frustrations over this season's underwhelming attempts to emulate the critical success attained by the first season by providing a near-carbon-copy of the Reverse Flash story, but in "Invincible," The Flash took hold of the season and tried to do something differently. Yet, much of the hour instead used elements from Arrow's sophomore season to propel itself forward, and while that's not a bad thing, the frequent similarities aren't ideal, much as they may have worked for each show in the previous two years.
Many have had frustrations over this season's underwhelming attempts to emulate the critical success attained by the first season by providing a near-carbon-copy of the Reverse Flash story, but in "Invincible," The Flash took hold of the season and tried to do something differently. Yet, much of the hour instead used elements from Arrow's sophomore season to propel itself forward, and while that's not a bad thing, the frequent similarities aren't ideal, much as they may have worked for each show in the previous two years.
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