Triumph’s Summer Election Special 2016 is best described as Don Rickles vs. politics – politics loses. The one-hour special, now streaming on Hulu, takes a look at the Republican and Democratic National conventions and their nominees from the point of view of a ticked off, cigar-chomping pooch – Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. It’s crude […]
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Spielberg, King and Carpenter Influence Excellent Stranger Things!
If you love the films of Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter, or the books (and filmic adaptations) of Stephen King, then you might very well love Netflix’s new series, Stranger Things. This a story of a boy who goes missing after a day of Dungeons & Dragons and the efforts of his best friends and […]
Killjoys: Immunity & Alice!
The second season of Killjoys gets off to a rollicking start with Dutch and the Real Girl – Dutch and Johnny learn there’s a unique twist required to save Davin (whom we last saw in Khlyen’s base on Arkyn). Enter the real girl of the title.
Dark Matter: The Price of Betrayal!
Dark Matter’s first season cliffhanger left us hanging with the crew of the Raza being carted off by Galactic Authority as a result of being betrayed by Six. The season two premiere (Welcome to Your New Home (this season the eps have titles!) begins with Two, Three and Four going through contamination as they enter […]
Rizzoli and Isles: Going Out In Good Form!
Rizzoli and Isles (TNT, Mondays, 9/8C) returns for its final season with a two-hour premiere as the Boston Police Department seeks Alice Sands for the shooting that put Nina Holiday (Idara Victor) in the hospital. Of course, since life carries on, there’s another case – the seeming accidental death of a university student when her […]
Orphan Black: Twisted and Complex Even When It’s Simple and Straightforward!
Even when Orphan Black (BBC America, Thursdays, 10/9C) lightens up on the mythology to go for seemingly straightforward character stuff, it’s still twisted and complex. The Antisocialism of Sex is one such episode as Sarah seeks to drown her guilt in sex and drugs and booze; Cosima attempts a bit of crazy science; Alison tries […]
Preacher, AMC’s Next Big Thing?
The home of Into The Badlands, The Walking Dead, Turn and more adds another potential hit to their solid lineup. The long awaited series Preacher, finally hits AMC Network this week. Premiering Sunday, May 22, at 10pm, Preacher tries to continue their trend of semi-greatness.
Gotham: Strange’s Plans Go Way Off Course!
The second season finale of Gotham – Wrath of the Villains: Transference – flirts heavily with going off the rails, but hangs on to provide a potentially catastrophic cliffhanger in which none of the usual suspects are actually at risk. Oh, no. This time it’s Gotham as a whole that’s in trouble.
Preacher Is Rude, Violent and Blasphemous Fun!
The first few episodes of AMC’s Preacher (Sunday, 10/9C) – adapted from the comic by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon about a preacher who, with two unlikely friends, goes looking for God with the intent of bringing Him back – is a unique series that features that unlikely trio, but does not (yet) go galloping […]
Person of Interest: Shaw’s Back!
Person of Interest (CBS, Mondays and Tuesdays, 10/9C) has taken us through rebuilding The Machine and Her problems with facial recognition and time and now, we get to see Sameen Shaw for the first time since she sacrificed herself so that the rest of the team could escape certain death. As the blurb for the […]
Gotham Gets Stranger (You See What I Did There, Right?)!
As Gotham (FOX, Mondays, 8/7C) steams toward the end of its second season, it has not fallen into bad comics goofiness like it did last year. Instead, it’s gotten darker and more twisted – we’ve even caught a glimpse of Killer Croc (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) in the dying moments of last week’s ep […]