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
A&E Bates Motel: “Crazy” | The penultimate episode of A+E’s exhilarating drama sailed into its final hours with a return, a goodbye, a hellacious scuffle, and two close intimacy calls. After a huge fight, Caleb could collect the money owed to him and Dylan by Chick. Caleb decided to clear
Sony Pictures Television/NBC The Blacklist: Quon Zhang (No.87) | Liz inched closer to the truth about her ties to Red, finally getting some big answers. He confirmed her mother was the woman in the photograph,s that Lizwass was a Russian (named Masha), and that her mom was a KGB agent. Red tri
The CW Reign: Fugitive | Mary betrayed her husband and country again, arranging the escape of her treacherous (ex?)lover so he could avoid justice for his treason. The episodes closing scene between Mary and Bash, in which he reminded her of their romantic entanglement,t brought about Mary’s pe
The CW Arrow | Oliver completed his turn to the dark side as his loved ones attempted to get through to him one last time. Meanwhile, Laurel and Nyssa’s growing friendshihitsit a snag as Ra demands his daughter be returned to League of Assassins headquarters to face her punishment. Unwilling to
Showtime Showtime’s horror drama “Penny Dreadful” has recently returned to unleash a new season of scares, so Eclectic Pop has broken down the biggest pros and cons of the series during its run so far. Pro: Eva Green as Vanessa Ives Green has had a fabulous and selective career on the silve
The Flash | Barry and company’s plan to get Faux-Harrison Wells to confess to the murder of Barry’s mom sounded great, until you think about what they’re actually proposing. A man is going to come forward claiming he is a powerful time traveler, who killed Barry’s mom when he and The Flash trav
A&E A nerve-wracking hour of “Bates Motel” found Bob Paris tightening a vengeful grip on Norma, Emma officially breaking things off with a frazzled Norman, and Dylan risking life and limb alongside Caleb to fund Emma's medical treatment via weapons-run for Chick. After last
Overview: Gloomy, slow and heavy on atmosphere, “Penny Dreadful” swarmed with an air of gothic foreboding and visual dread. In a sort of adult twist on “The League of Extraordinary Gentleman”, famous characters from horror lit (Dorian Gray, Dr. Frankenstein) tangle with new incarnations (Vanessa
HBO Jon drew a line in the snow on “Game of Thrones.” Brienne opened up about her fealty to Renly Baratheon. Sansa agreed to a new marriage, and Tyrion experienced performance anxiety at a brothel before running into an unexpected someone with an agenda of their own. The fifth season has gotten
