Carnival Row Review: Amazon Serves Up an Injection of Fantasy for the Fall
Carnival Row Review: A non-traditional fantasy built around common fantasy elements. Strong on social commentary with enough solid performances, world-building, intrigue and horror elements to keep viewers who need a new fantasy injection satisfied. A Carnival Row review: On March 29, 1516, the Jews of the Venetian Republic were segregated into what has become known […]
Review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6
Review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 is in the books. The team over at Marvel Studios News Sean Gerber felt it reflected a rushed, unprepared leap into the abyss after the unexpected season 6 pickup. Queenie and Jahnya at Random Tea Podcasts, felt, well, just well, meh nonsense. […]
Review: Veronica Mars Season 4
If you were to write down the life story of Veronica Mars it would read like a Greek tragedy. Best friend killed, mother gone, and a hometown that has a great divide between the haves and the have-nots. The series, Veronica Mars, left the air back in 2007, returned with a partially fan-funded film in […]
Review: In The Boys Amazon Unleashes Social Commentary Aimed Not At Supes, But At Us
Review: The Boys Marvel delivers heroes. They may be broken and scarred. They may be damaged and ambivalent. They may even be deft killing machines. But for the most part, Marvel heroes wear their hearts on their sleeves, and that always seems to be the right place. The Boys, the new Amazon series based on […]
Review: Game of Thrones Season 8
Review: Game of Thrones Season 8— Endgame Game of Thrones season 8. If you can’t say something nice. You know how the adage goes. So I waited to review the final season of Game of Thrones (GoT). To simply state disappointment does GoT a disservice. Everyone already knows the issues of a rushed narrative, the lack of […]
Review: The Loudest Voice
If you needed more evidence that politics have become entertainment look no further than Showtime’s new limited series, The Loudest Voice. A scheme in 1995 to capture the conservative consumer manifested into the entity known as Fox News. Today, Fox News is truly the loudest voice in conservative politics and the source of anger for […]
Review: With Good Omens Amazon Brings Playfulness and Love to the End of the World
Amazon’s Good Omens Brings Playfulness and Love to the End of the World For those inclined to dislike Amazon’s Good Omens without seeing it, you have missed enlightenment and a treat. The Terry Pratchett and Neil Gamin inspired Amazon limited series penned by Gamin challenges convention. It offers up some sacrilege and brings its story to […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6 Starts Off Strong
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6 Starts Off Strong It’s nice to have S.H.I.E.L.D. back on television and its also nice to have back S.H.I.E.L.D in the ancillary MCU world that is Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (AoS). Phil Coulson dies in the Avengers and Nick Fury bring him back with Project T.A.H.I.T.I. After […]
Review: The Orville, Season 2
It’s rare to be able to say that a show is unpredictable. Most of the time a fan can guess how an episode may turn out or what twists and turns can happen along the way. They may not be right, but they will be close. The Orville is a series that has traversed so much territory […]
What We’re Watching: CuriosityStream
What We’re Watching: CuriosityStream I turn on public television, or one of the several science channels like Discovery or Science, and delight in documentaries about the world, its history, natural and human, and all manner of science and geekery. Unfortunately, even on-demand from Xfinity doesn’t make the wealth of knowledge available from various sources actually […]