Sandman Meditations – The Kindly Ones: Part 7
In the seventh part of The Kindly Ones, the growing sense we’ve had that Lyta’s story and Dream’s will intersect climactically is solidified by this chapter’s many parallels and apparent omens. Ominous parallels and forboding omens.
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: “No Pressure” – RECAP
When I started watching “No Pressure” I was very much aware it could turn into a giant disaster. It was dealing with such a touchy subject (Ted revealing he loves Robin) that if it wasn’t handled properly it could have ruined the flow of the season. Thankfully, How I Met Your Mother stuck the landing [...]
THE WALKING DEAD: “Triggerfinger” – RECAP
If I was to describe “Triggerfinger,” I would liken it a balloon. From the very beginning, the balloon is being inflated, getting bigger and bigger. It reaches a point where the size is so big it must be about to pop, and you’re anticipating that moment more than anything else. Instead of hearing that satisfying, [...]
SUPERNATURAL: “Repo Man” – RECAP
It has been a long time since Supernatural has been able to make me cringe, but it’s also been a long time since it’s been able to really surprise me. “Repo Man” opens up four years ago on a job we’ve never seen the Winchesters do, involving torturing a demon for information. They speak with [...]
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: “The Drunk Train” – RECAP
After last week’s major disappointment, How I Met Your Mother had nowhere to go but up. “The Drunk Train” wasn’t a huge escalation in quality, but when compared to “The Burning Beekeeper” the difference is staggering. It follows a typical sitcom format, giving it a simplicity that allows it to focus on the stories it [...]
THE WALKING DEAD – “Nebraska” – RECAP
When you come back after a long break in between new episodes, as The Walking Dead has done, you run the risk of losing any momentum built up. TWD left things on a truly harrowing note, with all peace on Hershel’s farm having broken down, the reveal of Sophia’s zombification and subsequent death at Rick’s [...]
SUPERNATURAL: “Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie” – RECAP
There was once a time in my life when I would eagerly await the latest episodes of Supernatural. Each week I would find myself glued to the TV, deeply invested in Sam and Dean’s adventures, from Yellow-Eyes to the apocalypse. There was a growing sense of purpose to the show’s proceedings as mythology quickly became [...]
WRONG – World Premiere @ Sundance Film Festival Movie Review
From the writer and director of Rubber, absurdity meets levity meets love in Quentin Dupieux’s WRONG. An office with a rain problem, socially uncomfortable speaking distances, a suspiciously Caucasian-looking “Master Chang,” a neighbor in denial, and most importantly, a man’s dog whose gone missing, WRONG comprises a wide array of strange characters, plot lines, and [...]
Sandman Meditations – The Kindly Ones Part 6
We have reached a sort of middle: the sixth part of The Kindly One’s thirteen parts. Thirteen, of course, being an odd number does not split evenly in two. Fans of Part 7 might find it more comfortably middle-ish, being for all intents and purposes the beginning of the second half, while fans of Part 6 might [...]
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: “The Burning Beekeeper” – RECAP
Over the years How I Met Your Mother has been able to create a number of fun, gimmicky episodes that take advantage of it’s narrator based storytelling to play around with time and show events out of order and it usually does so with great success. Some of the shows best episodes, such as “Brunch,” [...]
