del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ deliciously dark and stylish
First episode impressions (TV review): The novel and comic book series now gets a small-screen adaptation.
First episode impressions (TV review): The novel and comic book series now gets a small-screen adaptation.
There are several grim and violent shows on TV, especially the cable networks, but “The Bridge” (9 p.m. Central Wednesdays on FX) started its second season with an hour so incredibly bleak that 1) it confirms that […]
“Extant” (8 p.m. Central Wednesdays on CBS) unveiled a tasty hodgepodge of science fiction ideas in its premiere episode. For now, they are comfortable clichés, but I hold out hope that the show will coalesce into […]
TV review: “Gilmore Girls” gets complicated as Rory goes through her last year of high school.
TV review: Rory enters her Bad Boy phase as Jess joins “Gilmore Girls” in the second season.
TV and movie commentary: The “X-Men” saga and recent episodes of “Fargo,” “Hannibal” and “24: Live Another Day” have suffered from plot holes.
The recent return of “24” further solidifies that this is an age of shock-value TV, where the body count of main characters is more valued than good character building. But TV’s reputation as a character […]
“24: Live Another Day” (8 p.m. Central Mondays on Fox) comes along four years after the eighth season, but Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub slip back into their iconic characters of Jack Bauer and Chloe […]
Commentary: In one last 30th anniversary “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” post, I look at all the different continuities, from movies to TV to comics to games.
Disney has been doing a great job of sucking the fun out of “Star Wars” since it purchased Lucasfilm in October 2012. First, it canceled “The Clone Wars,” leaving many storylines dangling. Now, to judge […]