TV Review: Better Call Saul (2×4) “Gloves Off”

Now that’s more like it. In a show with ten episodes per season like AMC’s Better Call Saul, it only makes sense that episode #4 should be the one where things pick up in a BIG way. Spoilers ahead! I would…

How Zootopia Mastered Social Commentary

Zootopia is brimming with social commentary, racial subtext being a primary component to the development of its characters. Its protagonist, Judy, is a rabbit who despite her unmatched abilities as a police officer faces discrimination at the hands of her…

TV Review: Once Upon A Time (5×12): “Souls of the Departed”

After weeks of preamble, Once Upon a Time is back! This week’s episode delved into a bit more of Regina’s (Lana Parrilla) history and family drama, and learned what a twisted place Underworld really is. Picking up right where it left…

Movie Review: ‘Camino’

[Minor Spoilers Ahead] Avery lives behind her camera. It’s not that she wants to, she needs to. A self-proclaimed “woman without a country,” she has spent over a decade working as a war photographer, capturing an endless procession of cruelties,…

TV Review: Shadowhunters (1×08) “Bad Blood”

This week’s Shadowhunters had some interesting developments. It turns out that The Institute was in need of a new management, at least in the eyes of The Clave, especially due to the Lightwood family. In order to fix that problem…

TV Review: ‘Pretty Little Liars’ 6×18 “Burn This”

Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of Pretty Little Liars. To catch up on previous coverage, click here. Unlike most of the season, this episode of Pretty Little Liars actually gave us a few answers. A scare for…

Album Review: The 1975 – “I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It”

The early years of the British pop-rock group The 1975 are awash in an unusual amount of myth-making for a band from this decade (Ian Cohen has the basics in the first few paragraphs of his review of their first…