Welcome back to my reviews and recaps of “Casual.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. The term “friend crush” is more than appropriate in Vals’ situation but also is a term that applies to real life scenarios more…
TV Review: BrainDead (1×02) “Playing Politics: Living Life in the Shadow of the Budget Showdown – A Critique”
Welcome back to my reviews and recaps of “BrainDead.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. “Do you think anyone in this town were ever idealistic?” Heads are exploding at an alarming rate. Credit where credit is due. I…
TV Review: Casual (2×02) “Trivial Pursuit”
Welcome back to my reviews and recaps of “Casual.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. Immediately winning points for it’s creative utilization of Cyndi Lauper, the second episode of season two of Casual hits all the right notes after…
TV Review: BrainDead Series Premiere
“There’s plenty of reasons to be paranoid in this town.” Despite more options due to the era of Peak TV it still always seems as if the television schedule grows slighter as summer arrives, although that just be a personal…
TV Review: Casual (2×01) “Phase 3”
When we last left brother and sister Alex (Tommy Dewey) and Val (Michael Watkins), they had struck some form of truce after Val had slept with Alex’s girlfriend while tripping. Things were, obviously, precarious between the two as Alex’s suicidal…
Movie Review: The Fits
Eagerly defying genre labeling while bucking coming of age storytelling convention, The Fits directed by Anna Rose Holmer is a rallying cry for girls everywhere and a true success. Evocative and exploding onto the screen with gusto, Holmer has directed a film…
Pushing Daisies: Finding Beauty in Death
Before showrunner Bryan Fuller cast his eye towards the majestically macabre in NBC’s Hannibal, he dabbled in somewhat lighter fare. Clearly holding intrigue for death and the stories surrounding it as demonstrated with his first series Dead Like Me, its…