‘Gotham’ 1.08 Recap: “Tell Me There Aren’t Any Monsters”
The first rule of Gotham Fight Club is: Don’t talk about Gotham Fight Club. The second rule of Gotham Fight Club is: Don’t talk about Gotham Fight Club. Ah hell, I’m going to tell you about Gotham...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.09 Recap: “A Trustworthy Lawyer… in Gotham??”
For perhaps obvious reasons, this first season of ‘Gotham’ has avoided crossing paths with Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy too much. The show has focused more on ‘Batman’ characters (like The...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: What Are You Thankful For in 2014?
Next week is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Because our blog will be closed on Thursday and Friday for a long weekend, we’ll use today’s Roundtable to express our gratitude for the...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.10 Recap: “Bad Stuff Happens”
Thanksgiving week is typically a slow time for television, as many shows opt to go into reruns until after the holiday. Fortunately, Fox aired a new episode of ‘Gotham’ on Monday night, which was a...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of December 7th, 2014 – Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga
I have a feeling I can guess which movie the majority of our readers will buy this week. That’s right, Michael Dudikoff’s ‘Avenging Force’ is finally available on Blu-ray! Suh-weet! Get your orders in...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of December 14th, 2014 – Gnarly, Dude
Last week brought us the Blu-ray release of one of the most popular and well-liked movies of the year. This week… doesn’t. But it has Michael Bay’s latest attempt to cynically exploit a 1980s...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.11 Recap: “Think You Can’t Fall Any Farther?”
After a month off, Fox’s Batman prequel series ‘Gotham’ returned on Monday with a winter premiere that tries to shake things up a bit with a change of setting. If not quite as exciting as the fall...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.12 Recap: “Nice Shoes”
I guess I needn’t have worried about ‘Gotham’ getting bogged down in the Arkham Asylum setting for too long. After just two episodes, that storyline is effectively wrapped up. Now I’m disappointed that...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.13 Recap: “Only My Friends Call Me Fish, Darling”
This week’s episode of ‘Gotham’ answers a particularly nagging question: What kind of parent would name a child “Fish Mooney”? Apparently, none. In episode ‘Welcome Back, Jim Gordon’, we learn that her...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.14 Recap: “I Love a Road Trip”
‘Gotham’ introduces one of Batman’s most famous foes this week. Well, it sort of does. Honestly, that’s not even the most interesting part of the episode. The episode is called ‘The Fearsome Dr....
View ArticleOn the Table: ‘DC Comics Deck-Building Game: Crisis Expansion Pack 2′ Preview
No, that strange smell lingering in the air isn’t coming from Aquaman. The dead have returned with a vengeance in Cryptozoic Entertainment’s upcoming expansion set for the ‘DC Comics Deck-Building...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.15 Recap: “We Are All Afraid”
As I mentioned in my last ‘Gotham’ recap, I found the introduction of future Batman foe The Scarecrow to be perhaps the least interesting thing about last week’s episode. The show wraps up the...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.16 Recap: “It’s Simple Economics”
This week’s episode of ‘Gotham’ could prove to be one of the most important the show has aired so far. Or maybe it won’t. It’s hard to say. Honestly, this entry is overpacked with storylines and is a...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.17 Recap: “He’s Just a Kid, a Good Kid”
What… the… living… hell…?! I can’t even process what happened in this week’s balls-out crazy episode of ‘Gotham’. That’s eyeballs-out! Holy frikkin’ crap. A lot more happens in episode ‘Red Hood’, but...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.18 Recap: “Know When You’re Beaten”
I have to say, I’m a little disappointed with ‘Gotham’ this week. I was really hoping to see Jada Pinkett Smith rock a badass eye patch for a while. She could totally pull that look off. The Fish with...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.19 Recap: “You’re a Man with a Reputation”
These extended breaks in the programming schedule are getting to be a real drag. After another month or so off, ‘Gotham’ finally returned this week with a new episode to kick off the season’s final...
View ArticlePoll: The First ‘Batman v. Superman’ Trailer
You told us what you think of the new ‘Star Wars’ trailer. How does the first ‘Batman v. Superman’ teaser look to you? From what I can determine, the general consensus among those in my online circles...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.20 Recap: “You’re Not Who I Imagined You’d Be”
Although it still seems that ‘Gotham’ plans to stop short of ever introducing Batman as a fully-formed character, this week’s episode finds young Bruce Wayne making his first significant step toward...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.21 Recap: “I Saw the Real You”
As much as I enjoy ‘Gotham’, I think that 22 episodes is a bit much for the first season. This show would have been better served with a shorter 12-episode season to reduce some of the bloat and...
View Article‘Gotham’ 1.22 Recap: “The Least Worst Option”
Before ‘Gotham’ started last fall, the show seemed almost destined for failure. That it turned out to be much better than expected was a very welcome surprise. This week, the first season blazed to a...
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