Blue Bloods has a comfortable feel, like the way you expect Mr. Rogers to take off his shoes, to be wearing a sweater. It stems from the (mostly) calm presence of Tom Selleck as NYC Police Commissioner Frank Reagan, who leads the protection of his city and the care of his family with the same measured… [Read More]
NCIS – The Fifteenth Season: The Loss of the Family
If you’re a fan of Naval Criminal Investigation Service 0r NCIS, then you know already that the fifteenth season of the hit CBS show will forever be defined by the departure of Pauley Paulette. While it continues to roll on with original material involving cases that touch on military life around Virginia, there will be a hole there… [Read More]
Arrow -The Complete Sixth Season: We are Family (Well, Sometimes…)
Green Arrow’s family has been expanding, but the weight and responsibility of being the patriarch, the mayor of Star City, and, of course, the masked vigilante with the nifty arrows might break him when Arrow’s sixth season rolls around. With cross-overs to the other DC properties, namely The Flash and Supergirl, the season has its fair share of explosions,… [Read More]
Strike Back – Season Five: Section 20 Finds Retribution
In the latest iteration of Cinemax’s Strike Back series (called Retribution abroad and Season Five in the U.S.), a crack team of international Special Forces types go after a terrorist and his wife. While longtime fans of the show will enjoy seeing Sullivan Stapleton (Blindspot) and Philip Winchester (Chicago Justice, Law & Order: SVU) return, fans old and… [Read More]
Like Father: A Honeymoon Cruise Like No Other
Veronica Mars Kristen Bell teamed up with Kelsey Grammer for a sometimes funny, sometimes sad, middle-of-the-road dramedy about a jilted bride who reconnects with her estranged father on her honeymoon cruise. Netflix’s Like Father is B-movie material that the streaming giant hopes will keep you home from the theater one night. Ad exec Rachel Hamilton… [Read More]
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger: Through Shadows and Light
Two lesser-known characters of the Marvel Universe, Cloak and Dagger are an African-American man and a Caucasian woman tied together by their powers revolving around darkness and light. Bill Mantlo (who also created Rocket Raccoon) spun Cloak and Dagger out of Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man in March 1982, but they have been featured in stories… [Read More]
Black Lightning – The Complete First Season: Defend Your Block
After turns in Prison Break and Hart of Dixie, Cress Williams turned in the leading role as high school principal Jefferson Pierce, who hung up the Black Lightning costume but finds himself drawn back in to defend his community. When he puts on the suit again, he becomes an inspiration to those around him, not least his own… [Read More]
Sorry, Ricky Gervais: Humanity Still Needs a Cure
i genuinely dig Ricky Gervais plenty, and i’m thankful for The Office, like, for sure i appreciate his iconoclastic approach to comedy; i relate to his atheism, tho i’m not an atheist myself, as you’ll gather below however, i noticed him make a move in his recent Netflix comedy special, Ricky Gervais: Humanity, that i’d… [Read More]
The Handsmaid’s Tale: A Future?
Based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale displays a future, post-Second American Civil War, where women forced to solely bear children. With a stunning turn by Elisabeth Moss as Offred, the ten-episode series won eight Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama, and the Golden Globes for Best Drama and Best Actress. Now, audiences can… [Read More]
The Holy Fool of ABC’s The Middle (or: What Would Sue Heck Do?)
not sure if you watch ABC’s The Middle; if not, you might consider it it’s just a family sitcom, but a pretty good one, especially if you watch with your kids, which is how we do it and how it’s intended, i’d say it’s in its 9th (and final) season, so i’ve been thinking a bit… [Read More]
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