Bates Motel: The Deal Review

Everyone is so crazy about flash drives youd think it was 2002, in this decent placeholder episode. Because we all whitewash our parents sins because on some level, we need to. Norman would defend his mother endlessly. He shows a lot of promise as a director and Id gladly like to see him return here. He could easily be the Tate Donovan to theirDamages. You know what I mean. The fact that Dylans friend just randomly cracks the flash drives code is just puzzling though....

April 7, 2015 · 2 min · 320 words · Matthew Allen

Powers: You Are Not It Review

The latest episode of Powers gets to the good stuff a little too late. Here is our review! Its clear that Johnny and Christian are obsessed with Wolfe. Johnny even calls him sir. So the show is on the right track by setting up their separate visits to Wolfes cell. And do they get the answers theyre looking for? Johnny, on the other hand, is trying to atone for his crimes....

April 7, 2015 · 3 min · 550 words · Rachel Leonard

Ursula Le Guin talks Sci-fi Snobbery, Adaptations, & Troublemaking

Ive written some really good stuff recently! Le Guin has nourished imaginative literature for decades with fine, precise prose and political provocation. They gave her a medal. She gave em hell. [Laughs] Dont tell my government that! Was transgression your intention when you started publishing in the sixties? Looking back now, do you think you caused enough trouble? Well, let me think about that a moment. I did not set out to be a troublemaker....

April 7, 2015 · 8 min · 1593 words · Shane Wolfe

Mad Men: Severance review

It’s the end of an era, the first of the last episodes of Mad Men. Read our review of the premiere. Joan may be rich and Peggy may have a fantastic career, but theyre still not viewed as equals. In the Sterling Cooper & Partners offices, only the girls auditioning as models get the real attention. Ad content continues below But thats just one ofMad Mens many salient themes. To Dons dismay and shock, he learns that Rachel has passed away of leukemia after dreaming of her....

April 6, 2015 · 1 min · 97 words · James Bates

Mortal Kombat X: A Look at Ermac

Up next on the list ofMortal Kombat Xhistory lessons is Ermac, the crimson master of souls. Hey, theres a reason hes#6 on the Den of Geek list that ranks the entireMortal Kombatcast! Ermac began as a legend and an understandable one at that. With Reptile on the mind, people speculated that Ermac was yet another secret character. Electronics Gaming Monthlyfeatured a letter from a fan claiming that he and his friend saw Ermac....

April 6, 2015 · 4 min · 818 words · Michael Williams

Salem: Cry Havoc Review

Sometimes the best revenge is revenge. Here is our review of the Salem season 2 premiere. The first season ended with the final touches of the Grand Rite about to be performed. Salemreturns in the dark recesses of Knockers Hall. This makes it a little more frightening. The plague has come to Salem and with it accusations and a good doctor. Dr. Wainwright, played by Stuart Townsend is a scientist in a world of creationists....

April 6, 2015 · 3 min · 528 words · Claire Huang

Station Eleven: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction’s Perseverance

When it comes to post-apocalyptic fiction, weve seen it all, havent we? Even so, every scenario postulating our impending doom has been mapped out…right? Earths rotation gradually slowing to molasses pace? Karen Thompson WalkersThe Age of Miracles. Mankind succumbing to illness? If unspecified devastation is more your cup of tea, theres Cormac McCarthysThe Road. Some of the greatest novels ever written have dealt with apocalyptic, or post-apocalyptic, themes: H.G. That is, until McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 forThe Road....

April 6, 2015 · 2 min · 278 words · Jordan Marshall

Dark Souls II: Scholar Of The First Sin PS4 review

Is it more than a cash-grab, or does this remaster warrant another look? Put this next toBloodborne,and the difference is like night and day. Think you know where you’re able to get the Ring of Binding early on? Wonder whats happened to that useful Heide Knight sword you grabbed right at the start? Youll have to play on without it for a bit longer. Some of these changes are relatively minor, whilst others totally change whole areas....

April 5, 2015 · 1 min · 96 words · Candace Stone

Helix: The Ascendant Review

Helix delivers a disturbing but flat penultimate episode with tinges of hope for a blowout finale. So was the Narvik C released? How will Sarahs baby enter the mix? And who makes it off the island alive? Meanwhile, theres a cure for mycosis, and youre in the CDC! Maybe you oughta worry about that as well! Kyle continues to be the only sane one, even coming down from mycosis. But of course the true discovery was in finding the Mother tree stump under the floor of the abbey....

April 4, 2015 · 1 min · 142 words · Jessica Brown

Archer: Drastic Voyage Part II Review

Archers sixth season comes to an end with a high-stakes from foot to brain. Here’s our review… The experience of reviewingArchercan be frustrating. To borrow a metaphor from Drastic Voyage Part IIs brain setting:Archeris all left-brain. It loves to hear itself talk. This is certainly not a problem because it is so, so good at it. Drastic Voyage: Part II is an example ofArchergone right. Witness where our characters go geographically in just the span of an hour....

April 3, 2015 · 2 min · 237 words · Michelle Williamson

Ranking the Fast & Furious Movies

For the most part, the glue thats held the franchise together is its eclectic cast. So asFurious 7opens, heres my attempt to rank the films in the franchise so far. While some are inevitably better than others, Id argue that everyFastfilm has something to recommend it… Ad content continues below 7. Best action moment:the opening drag race, in which a Dodge Viper is totalled in spectacular fashion. The flashpoint for this films action is Doms main squeeze, Lettie (Michelle Rodriguez)....

April 2, 2015 · 2 min · 321 words · Denise Carroll

Supernatural: Inside Man Review

Nudity and classic gangster lines highlight a fun episode of Supernatural. Bromances, fights, and a little MacGyver action follow. The best scene between the King of Hell and Rowena comes up whenever he is embarrassed over her nudity. She makes up a story about dating a guy from Biggersons. Her description of his firm buttocks remained engraved in our brains for at least one commercial break. Dean schools him on not being taken advantage of....

April 2, 2015 · 2 min · 306 words · Steven Deleon

The Americans: Stingers Review

The nature of episodic television means a viewer can settle into a comfortable rhythm. And some expected events are so big you dont even expect them until even a season or two later. Stingers features one of those everything changes events…with three full episodes in the third season to go. Philip shuts him down quite adeptly but there is an element of truth to what Tim is saying. There is no smoking gun that Paige needs to know that something is up with her parents....

April 2, 2015 · 2 min · 306 words · Michael Owens