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September 23, 2015September 23, 2015

GOTHAM [Season 2 Premiere]: BLAM!ed if You Do…

The Gotham gang is back, and a lot has changed since we left everyone last spring. In case you forgot, when we last left the City of Villains, Maria Mercedes "Fish" Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) had taken a dive off a building with a little help from Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor); Bruce Wayne (David …

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September 17, 2015

THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER [Pilot Review]: True Blood.

Now that the "Men of Mayhem" have been laid to rest, Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter takes us across the pond to the land of Wales for his new sword-slashing creation. After the "passed its expiration date” final season of SoA, I’m very excited to see this talented writer come up with some new …

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September 10, 2015September 10, 2015

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY [Series Premiere]: Alienbusters.

I’m an old person –- I freely admit it. I’m old enough to remember the period where everything cool was in cartoon form: X-Men (92-97), Beetlejuice (89-91), Ninja Turtles (87-96), and Ghostbusters (86-91). And that’s where the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series appears to be headed: the first 10-minutes really felt like I was …

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August 28, 2015August 28, 2015

FROM DUSK till DAWN [Season 2 Premiere Review]: Hot Bites.

If you geeky couch potatoes know me already, or have read all the TV scripture I’ve thrown at you over the years, then it won’t be a surprise that your Divine One is reporting in from the ATX Festival in Austin. Oh wait….that was in June! Let me explain. I’ve been sitting on my monkey …

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August 24, 2015August 24, 2015

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD [Series Premiere Review]: Pretty Ugly.

What better way to cover AMC's new spin-off series of the smash-hit The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, than a pair of reviews from...a married Los Angeles couple? Scary. Into a world where people have not yet learned to walk into abandoned buildings shouting “Hello, anyone here?” (or, go near people you …

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August 23, 2015August 23, 2015

WHY SO SERIOUS? [Essay]: Grit, Grime, and The Importance of Tone

*This was originally an overview of the second season of True Detective, but wound up becoming much more than that, as you will see...* Tone. It is one of the most difficult aspects of a story to master, yet plays so heavily into the enjoyment for the audience. Two weeks ago saw the airing of …

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