My hopes that Oliver would be blissfully re-united with Team Arrow were ceremoniously crushed in the latest episode, Midnight City. When we found out that Oliver was, in fact, going to live, I was nothing but elated. (Thank you, CW, for leaving…
TV Review: Agent Carter 1×04 – “The Blitzkrieg Button”
It wouldn’t be the Marvel Cinematic Universe without the Stark family keeping it running. Tony Stark’s debut film successfully launched the series and gave it the legs it needed, and now his father, Howard, is the primary catalyst for the…
TV Review: FX’s The Americans 3×1, “EST Men”
America’s favorite family of seemingly regular people who are actually Russians spies living as Americans during the Cold War are back! The acclaimed FX series, The Americans, returns to television this week and despite being a show that is not…
Women in Film Wednesday: Laggies (2014)
Laggies is a semi-depressing reminder than even when you have a sweet story, some charming performances and a story that has earned payoff, stories based on women and their everyday plights are going to be written off. Lynn Shelton’s film is…
Lauren’s Book Review: ‘I Was Here’ by Gayle Forman
When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything—so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels to Meg’s college town…
TV Review: Girls 4×03 – ‘Female Author’
Recently shown in Sunday’s episode of Girls is how formulaic it has become. This episode doesn’t differentiate itself from most, but oddly it also made me want to finish the season strong, mostly due to having this episode’s only well written…
TV Review: Bob’s Burgers (5×10) – “Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise”
One of the first things we hear Bob Belcher say to his family, in the series premiere “Human Flesh,” is, “You’re my children and I love you, but you’re all terrible at what you do here.” This line sets up…