‘Gotham’ 3.15 Recap: “Villains Do Not Have Teachers!”
Does ‘Gotham’ really have more episodes this season? I suppose I knew that, but the show is so overstuffed that it already felt like three seasons crammed into one. The return from its latest break...
View Article‘Gotham’ 3.16 Recap: “Judgment Has Been Passed”
After seemingly setting up The Riddler to be the narrative driving force for the rest of the reason, the very next episode of ‘Gotham’ ignores him completely. Instead, we get an hour devoted to the...
View Article‘Gotham’ 3.17 Recap: “There Is Nothing Wrong with Being a Freak”
The Riddler is back causing trouble, and the Penguin starts work assembling a new team of supervillains. We may also witness the birth of Catwoman. ‘Gotham’ is a pretty busy place this week. After...
View Article‘Gotham’ 3.18 Recap: “You Logical Bastard”
A lot of old characters come out of the woodworks to pay ‘Gotham’ another visit this week. I can’t say that I’m happy to see all of them. We start with the reappearance of former police captain...
View Article‘Gotham’ 3.19 Recap: “Court Is Now in Session!”
For a guy who likes to go around judging everyone else, ‘Gotham’ former police captain Nathaniel Barnes (Michael Chiklis) really ought to look in a mirror sometime. Leather padding, buckles and black...
View Article‘Gotham’ 3.20 Recap: “Let Blood Avenge Blood”
As we come up on the season finale of ‘Gotham’, I feel like even the characters on the show are confounded by the plotting. More than one of them this week questions the motivations or logic of...
View ArticleR.I.P. Adam West and Glenne Headly
Holy mortality, Batman! The last few days have brought a couple of major losses to the entertainment industry, including a beloved TV icon. Due to the timing of our blog schedule, this post won’t run...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of July 23rd, 2017 – Shell Shock
Among other releases, the subject of Hollywood’s latest whitewashing controversy comes to Blu-ray and Ultra HD this week. It flopped in theaters, but will the appeal of Scarlett Johansson in a...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of August 27th, 2017 – I Won’t Let You Out of My Sight
Hollywood is learning a hard lesson this year that not every corny old TV series can be successfully rebooted as an R-rated comedy spoof. If you didn’t bother to see the latest attempt in theaters,...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Ninjas Ninjas Ninjas!
In the words of eminent philosopher Robert Matthew Van Winkle: “The power of the ninja is strong\ Fightin’ all crooks until they’re all out cold\ Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!\ Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!” Indeed,...
View Article‘Gotham’ 4.01 Recap: “No License, No Crime”
It looks like Batman is finally beginning on ‘Gotham’. The fourth season opens with both a schedule change to Thursday nights and a story arc none-too-subtly titled ‘A Dark Knight’. The question left...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of October 15th, 2017 – Back in the Swing of Things
Are any exciting new Blu-rays headed our way this week? My spidey sense is tingling… New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming‘ – People complained when Spider-Man got rebooted with Andrew...
View Article‘Justice League’ Review: A Superhero Mashup/Mess Up
Warner Bros.’ big, bloated ‘Justice League’ has been the subject of so many sneering editorials and clickbait news stories about reshoots that it’s almost a shock to see the movie even make it to...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Cast the Next Batman
Even as his gargantuan ‘Justice League’ movie hits theaters, rumors abound that Ben Affleck wants out of his contract playing Batman in future DC Comics movies. If he leaves, what currently working...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of February 4th, 2018 – Not a Mother Was Stirring
Last week’s biggest Blu-ray title was a leftover Halloween movie. At least we move up to Christmas this week. I guess that’s some sort progress, even if it makes for another unexciting batch of new...
View ArticleContest: Win ‘Justice League’ on Blu-ray!
Holy freebie, Batman! We wound up with a spare Blu-ray copy of the DC Comics superhero crossover epic ‘Justice League‘ and we’re giving it away to one lucky reader. Enter now for your chance to take it...
View Article‘Justice League’ Contest Results
The time for justice has come. Specifically, it’s time to announce the winner of last week’s ‘Justice League’ Blu-ray contest. Let’s do it, super friends! As explained in the original post, we...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of May 6th, 2018 – Young, Wild & Free
Hey everyone, get excited. That record-breaking big hit movie that everybody loved comes out on Blu-ray next week! This week though… Ehhhhhhhh… New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Fifty Shades Freed‘ – It’s the...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of September 9th, 2018 – Behind the 8 Ball
Two years after the Ghostbusters fiasco, the latest attempt to reboot a previously male-dominated franchise with an all-female cast was met with a little less virulent misogynistic outrage (though...
View ArticleReview: DC Universe Streaming Service
On September 15th (actually a couple days earlier if you were paying attention), Warner Bros. and DC Comics launched the new DC Universe streaming service, promising a one-stop shop for all things DC...
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