Game of Thrones Episode 4: The Spoils of War
“I had forgotten what a small and noisy people they are…I would bring them dragons, and they shout out for grapes.” “Grapes are real. A Continue Reading
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Game of Thrones Season 7: The Queen’s Justice
And now the rains weep over his hall, without a soul to hear. “Rains of Castamere” is best known as the Lannister anthem, but it’s Continue Reading
Game of Thrones Season 7: Stormborn
It’s been said by many characters, in many words, all the way back to Robert Baratheon in the second episode of Game of Thrones. “There’s a Continue Reading
Game of Thrones Season 7: Dragonstone
Fitting a show with the finish line in sight, the season premiere of Game of Thrones was pervaded with melancholy. From siblings remembering their dead Continue Reading
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 20 Years of Bite
Into every generation… I got into Buffy the Vampire Slayer around 2002. Back when I still owned a TV. Netflix was DVD-only (and it’d be a year Continue Reading
The Fall: Men Who Hate Women
The evolution of television means that concepts get revisited every few years, adapted, improved upon. Sometimes when TV returns to an idea it makes the Continue Reading
Dead Set: Big Brother is Eating Your Brains
Fun fact: I’m stingy with my Netflix ratings. Few movies or TV shows get five stars; most get three or four. A quick review of Continue Reading
The Punisher (Jon Bernthal Edition)
Today, in what I never expected to become the latest in a series of posts that started with Dolph Lundgren and continue with Thomas Jane, I’ll be Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 13, Finale
Warning: Spoiler-y Spoilers As I’m writing my final thoughts on Season One of Jessica Jones, it’s the end of January and the show has just been Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 11
For all the intensity Jessica Jones puts out, there are episodes that feature more stillness than most. Chances where the story gets the chance to breathe and Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 10
I know I’ve been harping on the intensity of the last several Jessica Jones episodes, but with good reason, I feel. From episode 7 on Jessica’s attempts Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 9
Once the gloves come off, they stay off, at least in Jessica Jones’ world. Episode 9 “AKA Sin Bin” takes the intensity of the last Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 8
It finally happened. Eight episodes in and Jessica Jones finally calls the trauma she suffered at Kilgrave’s hands what it was: rape. Only Kilgrave doesn’t see it Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 7
This episode changes everything. Jessica Jones episode 7 “AKA Top Shelf Perverts” is the proverbial point of no return. This episode isn’t for the squeamish. It contains Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 6
I must admit, I took a break from watching Jessica Jones. While it’s some of the best television currently out there, it’s too dark for the holiday Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 5
It must be the timing, or lack thereof, that gives Marvel its villain problem. With the exception of Loki, all of Marvel’s movie villains have Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 4
The deeper into our non-binge of Jessica Jones, the more we’re drawn into her world, and the more we learn to feel what she feels. After Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 3
Episode 3, “AKA It’s Called Whiskey” continues my episode-by-episode review of Jessica Jones for people like me who aren’t binging the series. Although I Continue Reading
Not Binging Jessica Jones: Episode 2
Making myself write episode-by episode reviews of Jessica Jones is a great way to combat binging. I’ve said before I have too many life obligations that preclude Continue Reading
Not Binge-Watching Jessica Jones
This past Friday, Netflix dropped the second Marvel series in their planned lead-up to a Defenders miniseries: Jessica Jones. All 13 episodes are available to stream, in keeping with Continue Reading
Star Wars Rebels: You need to be watching this!
With season 2 of Star Wars Rebels just around the corner (June 20th 2015) I wanted to give a run down for those who haven’t Continue Reading