TV Review: Limitless (1X17) “Close Encounters”

Welcome back to our coverage of Limitless. I’ve been off for a few weeks talking about Agent Carter and believe me, I’ve missed me some Brian Finch. So let’s blow the dust off of our NZT bottle, and jump right…

TV Review: Limitless (1X12) “The Assassination of Eddie Morra”

Often when a show comes back from winter break, the first episode will promise some huge upheaval in the commercials and then barely deliver on it once the asses are actually in the seats. It would have been especially easy…

Movie Review: ‘Joy’

Joy continues in the semi-comedic tradition of David O’Russell’s recent directorial filmography. Your enjoyment of this film may very well depend on how you feel about O’Russell’s divisive style. The majority of his stylistic flourishes are in full form from…

TV Review: Limitless (1X10) “Arm-ageddon”

It seems as though Brian’s decision to tell his father about what’s been going on with him has bit him in the ass a little at the beginning of Arm-ageddon. Usually a kind-hearted and even-tempered man, Dennis did not take…

TV Review: Limitless (1X09) “Headquarters!”

Well then, so much for this show being boring. After a couple weeks of dreary, generic procedural episodes, Limitless aggressively shook things up this week. As Brian said, he needed a some more “cool and fun stuff to do” and…

TV Review: Limitless (1X08) “When Pirates Pirate Pirates”

Blah. Is that alright to say in a review? I never checked. See, here’s the problem with a show like Limitless having such a long 22 mile road to run. There will always be episodes like “When Pirates Pirate Pirates.”…

Movie Review: ‘Burnt’

Burnt had me salivating for much more than the food that was constantly prepared on-screen.  It’s literally “food pornography” throughout most of the film’s flashy montages. There’s plenty of instances where I felt desire in my stomach for a well…