Boardwalk Empire Review: “King of Norway” (5×05)
How do you know what you are? That’s the question that the asylum’s doctor levels at Gillian Darmody, who claims to recognize the insanity that overtook her, and to have now overcome it. It ironically is the most rational we have seen her in quite some time. But the doctor doesn’t believe her. There must…
Sons of Anarchy Review: “Poor Little Lambs” (7×04)
This week’s episode of Sons of Anarchy is, for a while, business as usual. Jax’s murder of the reverend comes back to haunt him, Juice finally agrees it’s time to skip town, and Gemma realizes she’s accidentally framed Nero. But then, with twenty or so minutes to go, things escalate, and fast. When the club…
Scandal Review: “The State of the Union” (4×02)
This week’s episode is aptly titled, as the show continues to take stock of its characters and where they stand in the wake of the carnage that closed out season three. The episode is very much painting a portrait of broken people, and now we are watching them attempt to piece themselves back together, with…
Broadway Fall Preview
The 2014-2015 Broadway season is upon us. Sadly the first show to open (Holler If Ya Hear Me) was also the season’s first casualty. But fear not theatre fans: I have a compiled a comprehensive guide to this Fall’s shows on the Great White Way. So whether you see a Broadway show once a year,…
5 Reasons Why Shailene Woodley Can Receive an Oscar Nom for “The Fault in Our Stars”
According to Richard Roeper Woodley is a lock and I'm inclined to agree. Actually, I've thought Woodley could get an Oscar nomination since the beginning of this year, however with the strong reviews The Fault in Our Stars is getting it seems that that prediction may become a reality. 1. Her career is on a roll Many…
Benjamin Booker Album Review: “Benjamin Booker”
Benjamin Booker’s powerful self-titled debut album is less of a kick in the teeth and more of a push off of a massive cliff into a deep, clear ocean. Its sound is raw and menacing at times, but its construction couldn’t be more tightly controlled. The New Orleans-based Booker burst onto the music scene with…
Boardwalk Empire Review: “Cuanto” (5×04)
“How much?” is a question asked regularly by this show. . How much is enough? How much of yourself will you give up? How much that you love will you sacrifice, and to what end? So far, Boardwalk Empire’s answer to this question is two-fold: eventually you will lose everything, and your loss will be…
Scandal Season Premiere Review: “Randy, Red, Superfreak, and Julia” (4×01)
Scandal’s fourth season premiere is something of re-pilot, and it functions that way for the bulk of its running time. When we first meet Olivia again, she’s living it up on a private island “a hundred miles off the coast of Zanzibar,” with Jake. She’s completely off the grid and pretending to be happy. The…
The Good Wife Review: “The Line” (6×01)
I was both excited and concerned coming into the sixth season premiere of The Good Wife. Excited because they were coming off their best season yet and concerned because they were coming off their best season yet. It would be an understatement to say that season 5 was a game changer. We saw who was essentially the male…
Sons of Anarchy Review: “Playing With Monsters” (7×03)
Nothing much happens this week on Sons of Anarchy, and yet, I can’t help but feel like this is the best episode of the season so far. As things plummet further into darkness, the show gains a surety of narrative that it hasn’t had in a long time. Now that there is no question as…