TV Show Reviews

I have always been fascinated by Guillermo del Toro’s filmmaking prowess, especially his foreign language endeavors and own creations such as the brilliantly dark and twisted Pan’s Labyrinth. I also enjoy the two Hellboy films… Read More

It could have been worse. And I think I needed it to be worse. As Arrow wrapped up its second season, the pieces were in place for widespread tragedy to hit Oliver Queen, and… Read More

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD survived and will get a second season. It’ll even be joined by Hayley Atwell’s Agent Carter, which opens up some interesting time-travel-based crossover episodes. Oh, and this finale? It was… Read More

Wow. Just…wow. ‘Streets of Fire’ picked up seconds after ‘City of Blood’ ended and didn’t let up for an hour. There was action on multiple fronts, people died, and the focus shifted to what… Read More

One episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD remains. One episode to wrap up the whole HYDRA vs. SHIELD storyline. One episode to explain Skye’s origin. One hour, folks. Forty-four minutes without commercials. That’s all… Read More

This episode of Arrow rushes along at breakneck pace, and that’s not always a good thing. The rush waxes over Moira’s untimely death and pushes the pieces into place for the end game without… Read More

Maybe it was just Cobie Smulders guest turn, but this episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD really felt like Avengers-lite. Agents of SHIELD has tried all season to make us believe it is part… Read More

I will gladly admit that it’s been a few months since Arrow really shocked me. That streak ended with ‘Seeing Red.’ The threat of a major change hung over most of the characters, and… Read More

This is what I have wanted out of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD all season. A deep mythology that ties everything together, and an established Marvel Comics villain of the week to expand the roster… Read More

This episode of Arrow was supposed to be the story that set up the revisit/backdoor pilot for the Flash TV series. But when Flash got his own pilot free and clear of this show,… Read More