TV Review: The Walking Dead 2.3: Save The Last One
The Walking Dead continues its upward movement of constantly improving as the season progresses, with this episode centering around Shane's character for the most part. To put it simply, he sees some shit and flirts with the dark side to save Carl's life. We last left our group in the same places they have been most of the season, divided either →
TV Without Commercials Review: Boardwalk Empire 2.6
Somehow this show manages to change things up every single week. Just when you think things are starting to move in one direction something happens that shift the momentum entirely. The females in this series took the main stage in this episode, at least in my opinion. Margaret Schroeder revealed more of her human side, something she keeps very hidden. →
ESPN Films Review: The Real Rocky
Tonights documentary The Real Rocky by Jeff Feuerzeig was the story of former heavy weight boxer, Chuck Wepner. Wepner has lived most of his life as a traveling liquor salesman and continues to earn his living through that trade to this day. Boxing was never Chuck's main priority in life but it was something he was good at. He had →
TV Without Commercials Review: Boardwalk Empire 2.5
This weeks Boardwalk Empire was outstanding. Nucky seems to be in the clear after playing golf with the attorney general but there are no guarantee's. Jimmy and Gillian appear to be working on their own now, the Commodore didn't even manage to make an appearance in this episode, which is understandable considering the shape he is in. Eli, Jimmy and Gillian continue to →
TV Review: The Walking Dead 2.2: Bloodletting
The Walking Dead's second episode of its sophomore season is a step up from the premiere and is setting up quite the confrontation next week. We last left the gang with Carl getting accidentally shot by a mystery hunter and we smash cut to Rick carrying his lifeless son through a field, heading for the farmhouse of the shooter. Well, the opening →
ESPN Films Review: Charismatic
This week ESPN film series aired Charismatic by Steven Michaels. Charismatic was the name of the horse who made a run for the triple crown in 1999. While the story being told in this documentary is called Charismatic, it is just as much a story about the horse as it is the story of the jockey who rode it, Chris →
TV Review: The Walking Dead 2.1: What Lies Ahead
The Walking Dead has returned for season 2 and the results are just fine and hopefully setting the show in the right direction. Our survivors are on the road again and, after an atrociously ADR'd catch up from Rick on an Atlanta rooftop; they are leaving the city life for a military base quite a ways from their temporary home. Along →
Good Ole Fashion Television Review: Terra Nova 1.4
So first off I have to say that I missed last weeks episode (episode three) of Terra Nova last week thanks to the ALCS. I have to work Monday nights so I record each episode on my DVR but thanks to the ALCS going to extra innings last Monday, all I recorded was the last two innings of the game →
TV Without Commercials Review: Boardwalk Empire 2.4
Last night Boardwalk Empire was an episode full of firsts. It was the first time we heard someone call the Commodore by his real name, Lewis. It was the first time we saw Gillian and the Commodore be somewhat intimate with one another which then led to seeing the Commodore suffer his first stroke. We also got to see the →
ESPN Films Review: The Dotted Line
This week ESPN Films gave us The Dotted Line by Morgan Spurlock. The Dotted Line is a documentary that gives us a glimpse into the life of sports agents. Morgan Spurlock is the man most famous for being the guy who ate nothing but McDonalds for 30 days in his documentary Super Size Me. His documentary was definitely a cultural →
TV Without Commercials Review: Boardwalk Empire 2.3
Last nights episode of Boardwalk Empire was easily the best episode of the season so far. Every single thread of story line that seemed to be skipped from episode one and two was picked right back up in episode three. Nucky is running out of options, and reaches to the White House to lend support and keep him out of →
TV Ramblings – The Secret Circle “Heather” @cinemablend
This week's episode of The Secret Circle gets us a few steps closer to some real answers to the "accident" that occurred 16 years ago with the inclusion of Heather in tonight's episode. She was a friend of Cassie's mother, but for some reason her mother did something to Heather that makes it a little more challenging for the circle →
TV Review: New Girl – 103
New Girl has delivered it's best episode yet while continuing to grow, putting past relationships in the rearview mirror for our two leads, by getting our characters into more positive spaces for them to move forward. Plot wise there was very little here this week. Nick is the only character with a real narrative purpose and that is for him to →
ESPN Films Review: Renee
Renee by Eric Drath is the story of Renee Richards which is one of the strangest tales in sports history. This story begins with the life of Dr. Richard Raskind. Dick Raskind was born in New York City and was the second child of two renowned doctors. Dick excelled at everything he ever did. In high school he was an ace on →
Good Ole Fashion Television Review: Terra Nova 1.2
The second episode of Fox's new series Terra Nova aired tonight. While tonight's episode wasn't as exciting as last week, it still had plenty of action to hold your attention. The excitement focused more on the characters and the drama between them than hostility inside Terra Nova, but that hostility was certainly not absent. It turns out that Terra Nova →
TV Without Commercials Review: Boardwalk Empire 2.2
Hard times have gotten harder for Nucky Thompson in this weeks episode of Boardwalk Empire. While the wheels are still spinning for the Commodore's plan of reclaiming the city for himself, Nucky is now aware of not only the plan, but who is perpetrating it. This episode showed us a few new characters, but mostly brought back one from the first season →
TV Reviews: Parks & Rec 4.2 and Modern Family 3.3 @cinemablend
Hey guys, here are links to my TV writings @cinemablend. Weeks One and Two of Parks & Rec and the latest episode of Modern Family. Enjoy! This weeks episodes were lesser fare for both series, with Modern Family really digging for the bottom of the shows barrel. Parks & Rec brought some laughs but not a whole lot of substance. Oh →
TV Ramblings – The Secret Circle “Loner” @cinemablend
Week three of The Secret Circle continues to have issues with filling in the body of the episode with elements that are just as important to the story as the events that end the episode, as week two's episode also struggled with. Last week the entire time was spent towards getting the characters to perform the ritual to bind the →
TV Review: New Girl – 102
New Girl's second episode is as solid as the first and makes some needed adjustments from the premiere. First off, the transition of losing Damon Wayans Jr.'s Coach is handled smoothly and somewhat logically with their old friend, Winston, moving in to replace him. It makes Jess no longer the "new" girl though, a funny complication that the show brushes off →
ESPN Films Review: Catching Hell
The story of Steve Bartman is well known among anyone who is a fan of baseball. This incident only proved once again to fans of the Chicago Cubs that they are in fact cursed. Alex Gibney's documentary "Catching Hell" was shown as part of ESPN's film series. The ESPN documentary's are always fascinating and this one was no different. This →
Good Ole Fashion Television: Tera Nova – Pilot
Last night was the series premiere of Fox's brand new original series, Terra Nova. Whenever Fox releases a new television series people, myself included, are often skeptical because they seem to have a strange habit of cancelling shows that have incredible potential (Arrested Development, Undeclared, The Tick, the list seriously just keeps going) and giving seasons to shows that are →
TV Without Commercials: Boardwalk Empire – 201
Last night was the season premiere of the second season of Boardwalk Empire. With big names like Martin Scorsese and Mark Wahlberg attached to the executive producer roles the show immediately had high expectations. The first season most certainly lived up to those expectations and series premiere last night was far from disappointment. The season picks up a fairly significant amount of →
TV Ramblings – The Secret Circle “Bound” @cinemablend
As Zac filled you in yesterday, we are spreading throughout the internet like a disease, sharing our words of epicness with cinemablend.com now in the form of show recaps (I claim no responsibility towards how I am writing right now; I went to bed at 6:30 AM. Should make my Moneyball review fun!). If you can forgive us for not →
TV Ramblings – The Secret Circle “Pilot”
With Smallville finally bowing out after 10 seasons and my lack of enthusiasm for The Ringer, The CW actually became a channel with fewer shows adding to my viewing pleasure than CBS. Gasp! But now they are back fighting head to head with 2v2 thanks to the series premiere of The Secret Circle, a show that has found my weak →
