Somewhere out there in the multiverse is a timeline where Community never got made. There’s a timeline where it only ever got made in a sterilized, more traditional fashion, and every year was a gas leak year. There are surely several timelines for it getting canceled at various points in time — … Get hard
It should go without saying, but SPOILERS for season 1 of Broadchurch follow. When I received a request to review the Broadchurch season 2 DVD, my first reaction was: THERE’S A SEASON 2 OF BROADCHURCH?! The first series seemed like a complete entity, a nearly perfect and gripping eight episode mystery that was … Get hard
It blows my mind sometimes to think of how far we’ve come in my time as a superhero fan. The genre started as a niche market, then grew steadily in popularity in movies until they now dominate the big screen; and now, we’re in the midst of a full-fledged TV … Get hard
We come to perhaps the funnest installment of these rankings: the bad guys. While it’s certainly possible to survive on the strengths of a likable lead hero and a strong supporting cast even without a memorable villain (more than half of the MCU films prove exactly that), a great villainous … Get hard
As I go through my season wrap-up of the 2014-15 superhero shows, I looked yesterday at a long list of supporting characters. Today, we move on to the lead heroes. The villains were originally planned to be in this post as well, but there were, like, a LOT of villains … Get hard
By the time we reach the gut-wrenching opening credits for Heaven Knows What, the New York filmmaking brothers Benny and Josh Safdie’s newest, it’s clear we’re in for an intensely realistic, stomach-churning, depressing movie. If you can even call it a movie. Heaven Knows What blurs the line between fiction … Get hard
If there’s one thing I know how to do, it’s taking a so-so idea and running it into the ground by repetition. So, just like I did before the season and at the halfway point, I’m out to rank the many superhero shows we’ve seen across television (and streaming services). … Get hard
Oftentimes, I wish that movies and TV could be my life, that everything else could melt away as I was finally watch Rectify, You’re the Worst and hundreds of other shows that hang over my pop-culture obsessed head. Be careful what you wish for. For the kids of the Angulo … Get hard
SPOILERS FOR AGENTS OF SHIELD & THE MCU FOLLOW While Joss Whedon hasn’t directed an episode since the pilot, and certainly has ceded the leadership (and creation) of the show to showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. feels very much like a Whedonverse show, not only for … Get hard
Increasingly, TV casts are trumping the casts of even the biggest blockbuster movies (non-Marvel division). Strip away all the bullshit (and glorious) philosophizing, and True Detective‘s first season was essentially a dark and murky playground for Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey to play in. Game of Thrones is Shakespeare with the finest British … Get hard