Episode 2: “Night Finds You” | Opening with a monologue from Vince Vaughn’s Frank, the second episode of HBO’s anthological series got off to a meditative start, filling in some of the backstories for the reformed crime boss with a tragic tale of neglect he endured during his terrible childhood.
The cultural zeitgeist that surrounds HBO’s premier series is unlike most of the water cooler shows currently airing. What revs people up over one storyline’s direction, can be equally bold in another capacity and go entirely ignored. Amid its fifth season, “Game of Thrones” found itself facing th
FX Tyrant | Episode 2: “Enter the Fates” | Jamal survived an assassination attempt, Barry roamed the desert, Molly mourned and Leila proceeded with business as usual. The two big stories playing out in “Enter the Fates“ was Ahmed’s attempt to prove himself amid growing pressure to assume more r
In “Don’t Look Now”, the name of the game was unlocking the mystery of Charles. After last week’s episode ended with Ali and Jason demanding answers from their father, they finally got them. Among the girls other exploits was Hanna alienating Caleb, Spencer jonesing for drugs, Emily helping Sa
HBO HBO’s anthology series kicked off its second season and got off to a relatively good start. Having widened its scope from the more intimate pairing of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson’s detective duo in the first season, "True Detective" has lost a bit of its synergy. Tradin
Showtime With Ethan and Vanessa absent for an entire episode, “Penny Dreadful” shifted its focus to Sir Malcolm and the problematic situation of his enchantment. Thankfully, he shook it off and shared a chilling showdown with his crazy, presumably-ex paramour. Timothy Dalton’s performance was
Marie Naffah is a busy woman. The London based, singer-songwriter was the winner of MTV’s 2014 Unsigned Artist award and is currently at work on her debut EP, which is expected to be released sometime later this year. On top of that, 22-year-old Naffah has found time to joined forces with the RN
Tyrant | FX’s sensational drama returned for its sophomore season and showed every evidence of thriving on the creative inroads made in its debut season. Picking up a relatively short time after the finale, Barry’s fate hung in the balance as Jamal had to decide whether to execute his brother
HBO In the words of Jesse Katsopolis: “Have mercy,” or at least a little. “Game of Thrones” went full-blown “valar morghulis” in its fifth season finale, so it might be a shorter list to detail who survived the closing hour instead of naming those who perished. Out of the six deaths, four were no
Showtime In “Little Scorpion,” Vanessa and Ethan head back to the home of the Cut-Wife to hide from the unrelenting evil stalking Miss Ives in London. It all seemed like the set-up to a dream episode. Vanessa and Ethan bonded as the hint of romance swirled amidst a deepening relationship and u
Pretty Little Liars | Still reeling from their abduction, the Liars dealt with its aftermath in very different ways. For Spencer it was trying to get a drug fix, for Hanna it was redecorating her defiled room, for Aria it was denial and trying to get justice by making a false statement to polic
Game of Thrones: "The Dance of Dragons" | Not backing down from portraying the absolutely despicable, “Thrones” gave viewers the most disturbing and awful death of the entire series; the murder of Shireen, the adorable daughter of Stannis. Easily the most innocent character the series
Freeform Pretty Little Liars: “Game On, Charles” | Picking up where last season left off, the Liars were being held captive by Charles in his dollhouse lair. Apparently, he knows something viewers don’t because the Liars and Mona haven’t done anything that comes close to deserving the punis
Since the Showtime series has yet to be covered in the TV Rundown this season, let’s begin with a slight refresher on the first 4 episodes before we jump into this past week’s installment. Where we are now: Vanessa is being hunted by a coven of Satan worshiping witches. Ethan is helping to
Since a review can only examine the flaws of a movie so deeply, this companion piece aims to delve further into the major flaws that burdened “Mad Max: Fury Road”. #5 The State of People In the post-apocalyptic future of “Fury Road”, people are in really bad shape. Obviously lacking suste
A caravan of crazy roams the desert, leaving in its wake a chaotic free-for-all of frantic neuroses. There’s no way to soft sell this review, so let’s just get to it. The latest “Mad Max” is an assortment of cockamamie pandemonium that leaps from one lurid explosion to the next in a momentum-less
Who was on the jury? Among the big stars serving on jury duty for the Main Competition were the The Coen Brothers, actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Sophie Marceau and Sienna Miller, singer-songwriter Rokia Traore and directors Xavier Dolan (one of last year’s big winners) and Guillermo del Toro
For all the fan fare surrounding its highly publicized source material, the adaptation of E.L. James’ worldwide best-seller offers a sedate spin on a subversive modern romance. “Fifty Shades of Grey” has its good points and its bad ones, somehow offering a film which lands somewhere in between. It
Arrow | Ra’s was defeated, Oliver declared his love for Felicity and formally resigned as the Arrow and Malcolm took his place as “heir to the demon”. The only question left afterwards was…is the show over? No seriously, is the show over? Oliver literally riding off into the sunset with Fe
Opening the pilot episode of ABC’s primetime drama was the Confucius quote: “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” It is pretty apparent to whose graves he is referring; the avenger and the avenged. Not the father of said avenger dying due to cancer and being let out to enjo
Wayward Pines | M. Night Shyamalan’s first foray into television is this 10-episode event series led by Matt Dillon, who is accompanied by a slew of recognizable faces from Terrence Howard to Melissa Leo. “Wayward Pines” is a mystery thriller in the vein of “Twin Peaks” and follows a Se
Reign: “The Siege” | Conde laid siege to the castle and demanded Francis hand over his crown, before Mary went behind enemy lines to drop a bombshell. As the royal family prepared to leave the castle for their own safety, Catherine stayed behind to support her son and wreak a little havoc on
Arrow: “This is Your Sword” | This episode could’ve been titled “Yee of Little Faith” and it would’ve been an accurate description of Team Arrow’s bungling loyalty. It’s been brought up before in this column that Team Arrow has a bad habit of losing faith in their supposed leader at the drop o
The CW The Flash: "Grodd Lives" | After putting together that Barry was The Flash towards the end of last week's episode, Iris went on the confrontation war path, first with Barry and then with Joe. Hurt that she was kept in the dark, she wasn't moved by her father or bes
