Admittedly, about four or five of my articles so far this summer have amounted to, “Gee, they don’t make ‘em like they used to.” And on the grounds that those articles have been hugely popular, with a downright unprecedented readership, I have decided that this week, not wanting to rock the boat too much, you…
This year, Netflix dropped one of its greatest original series, and before long I found myself hooked. In 13 episodes, I got swept up in the story of an indomitable hero overcoming a painful past on the wrong side of New York City; a story about standing up in the face of overwhelming odds, doomed…
This past Sunday Fox premiered the first episode of The Last Man on Earth, its new comedy from producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the guys behind The Lego Movie, 22 Jump Street, and pretty much every other funny movie of the past few years, to no small amount of early hype and a fair…
You know those moments in life where you have to do something you’ll regret because it’s the only way you can learn? Sure, plenty of warning signs might have been put in place as you went bombarding through them. Friends and loved ones may have advised you against your destructive actions and maybe you wanted…
This past Saturday, the world got its introduction to Peter Capaldi’s as the 12th Doctor on the legendary British series, and the Internet’s Favorite Show*, Dr. Who, with the Series 8 opener “Deep Breath”. The extended first episode (roughly 104 minutes with commercials), attempts to balance asserting its mission statement and telling a rousing sci-fi…
