The Trailer Park: What You Missed at Comic-Con
The post title is pretty self-explanatory. Here are a few trailers from last weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con 2015, along with one extra to remind readers of a movie set to release in August. ‘Batman v....
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie from the Year You Turned 15
We played this game last year when we discussed Favorite Movies from the Year You Turned 10. For this week’s Roundtable, let’s move ahead a little to identify our favorite movies from the year we each...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Movie Reboots
With a new ‘Transporter’ reboot in theaters and the ‘Mad Max’ reboot hitting Blu-ray this week, now seems like a good time to evaluate some other famous movie franchise reboots. Which ones worked out...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.01 Recap: “Sometimes the Right Way Is Also the Ugly Way”
After a first season that was often uneven but generally a pleasant surprise, Fox’s Batman prequel series ‘Gotham’ returned this week for another go. With the subtitle ‘Rise of the Villains’, the new...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.02 Recap: “There Is Nothing More Contagious Than Laughter”
Not that the first season didn’t have its silly excesses (remember the guy who tied people to balloons?), but it appears that the second season of ‘Gotham’ is unafraid to embrace a little of the...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Weird Science
Ridley Scott’s new film ‘The Martian’ may put up at least some appearance of presenting a plausibly realistic depiction of science in its sci-fi story, but that isn’t something Hollywood often concerns...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.03 Recap: “Your Legacy Will Be Death and Madness”
‘Gotham’ certainly had a surprise in store for us this week. I guess this answers at least one lingering question. Ever since Cameron Monaghan was introduced as psycho nutbag Jerome last season,...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.04 Recap: “You’re the King of Garbage”
Ever since ‘The Shield’ ended, star Michael Chiklis has struggled to find a suitable vehicle for his talents. The short-lived series ‘No Ordinary Family’ and ‘Vegas’ certainly weren’t it, nor was a run...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.05 Recap: “I Know Who’s Boss Now”
Ever wonder where supervillains get the weapons and supplies they use for their diabolical deeds? One of the highlights of this week’s episode of ‘Gotham’ answers that question in hilarious fashion....
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.06 Recap: “Just a Girl in the Neighborhood”
Perhaps in response to complaints about the villain-of-the-week nature of its early episodes, ‘Gotham’ later started giving its guest villains slightly longer arcs. Three episodes for The Ogre at the...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.07 Recap: “You Were Always Such a Good Boy”
This week’s episode of ‘Gotham’ is filled with back-stabbings and double-crosses that move the show’s plot forward in some big ways. In contrast to last season, I feel like some of the storylines may...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.08 Recap: “It’s Option B, Baby”
This week, ‘Gotham’ trots out a Very Special Wedding Event episode and puts its own crazy spin on that time-honored TV tradition. Episode ‘Tonight’s the Night’ opens with Barbara dreaming about the...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.09 Recap: “I Believe in the Beauty of Extreme Measures”
This week, a league of eccentric assassins come gunning for Jim Gordon, two emerging supervillains team up, and evil monks invade the city. That’s just how things go on an average workday in ‘Gotham’....
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.10 Recap: “The Best Liars Always Tell the Truth”
Would you look at that? Just last week I complained that this season of ‘Gotham’ has turned the Bruce Wayne character into a lovesick dope. The very next episode, the show course-corrects and rectifies...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.11 Recap: “Thank Goodness for Simple Men of Principle”
After this week’s episode, ‘Gotham’ will take a break until late February. Fortunately, unlike some other popular shows, this one actually delivered a pretty exciting and satisfying mid-season finale...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Apocalypse Next Summer
Hollywood’s obsession with adapting popular comic books is not slowing down in the slightest. In fact, it only seems to be growing and expanding to the point of bloating cinemas with superhero...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.13 Recap: “Be the Goose”
When ‘Gotham’ introduced new villain Mr. Freeze last week, I assumed that he’d be the primary antagonist for the rest of the season. Now I’m not so sure. I realize that this season is subtitled ‘Rise...
View ArticlePoll: The Battle of the 2016 Superhero Smackdown Movies
This summer brings us to a strange point in the proliferation of modern comic book movies. The superheroes from both major franchises, Marvel and DC, have beaten so many of their most famous villains...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.14 Recap: “Ain’t No Point in an Unloaded Gun”
This week’s ‘Gotham’ has the most wonderful episode title I’ve ever heard. Is ‘This Ball of Mud and Meanness’ a reference to something? I have no idea (my perfunctory Googling was inconclusive), but I...
View Article‘Gotham’ 2.15 Recap: “?”
Holy worlds colliding, Batman! A cast member from the old Tim Burton movie franchise reprises his character in this week’s episode of ‘Gotham’. Does this mean that young David Mazouz will grow up to be...
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