Television
TV Review – Secret Invasion
Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) has been the supporting character in many Marvel superhero films. He came the closest to a starring role in Captain Marvel (2019) playing a younger version of himself, and the audience could see what approached the origin story for the…
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TV Review – Loki
The first episode of Loki premiered on Disney+ this week. I don’t subscribe to that streaming channel, so I was pleasantly surprised to see screeners for the first two episodes in my inbox earlier this week. Having not watched WandaVision or The Falcon and the…
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Film Review – Inside the Mind of Leonardo
Da Vinci has been a subject that has been dealt with several times in film, television, books, you name it, so Inside the Mind of Leonardo‘s idea of taking Da Vinci’s own words (spoken beautifully by Peter Capaldi) and drawings to get across more about…
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode 8 “Grand Guignol” (Season Finale)
“I believe in curses. I believe in demons. I believe in monsters. Do you?” The lines have been uttered before, but it is fitting that the season finale of Penny Dreadful ended with a response to the lines uttered by Vanessa Ives (Eva Green). “Grand Guignol”…
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode 7 “Possession”
“What’s wrong with her?” “She has been possessed by The Devil.” “Oh, f*** me.” Episode seven of Penny Dreadful titled “Possession” begins where last week’s episode left off. Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) arrived back home to Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) and displayed a certain levitation trick.…
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode 6 “What Death Can Join Together”
Coming off last week’s flashback episode, “What Death Can Join Together” returns to the current storyline, but we now have more frame of reference to what both Sir Malcolm Murray (Timothy Dalton) and Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) are up to in the search for Mina…
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode Five “Closer Than Sisters”
“Your father loves you very much and would do anything to save you. But I love you in a different way. I love you enough to kill you.”
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TV Review – Penny Dreadful Episode Four “Demimonde”
Episode 4 of Penny Dreadful is entitled “Demimonde.” A quick search on the internet (specifically Wikipedia) will tell you the definition is “a group of people who live hedonistic lifestyles, usually in a flagrant and conspicuous manner.” The opening scene is certainly an example as…
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