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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 7×17- “Heart of the Matter, Part 1”
The Flash (7×17)- “Heart of the Matter, Part 1″ Written by: Eric Wallace & Lauren Barnett Directed by: Eric Dean Seaton So we left off with Nora and Bart coming to 2021 from the future. This episode opens with the two still in the future and chasing Godspeed through the streets of Central City. Heart’s doing a running monologue about acquiring infinite velocity when he’s lassoed by Nora making interesting use of her lightning. Two can play at this game but Heart’s more of a traditional “UN-LIM-I-TED POOOOOOWWWWAAAARRRR!” Guy with his lightning attacks. However, just as Nora’s about to pay the price for her lack of vision, Bart quite…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: ‘LEGEND’
Glitter and Bubbles Legend is a bizarre fantasy fever dream—one rife with an excess of pollen, bubbles, and glitter. These things are literally everywhere, folks. They flood the beautiful scenery and are unrelenting. Also unrelenting is the film’s glaring lack of plot. If you kill the unicorns, the world will be cloaked in darkness. That’s the movie. Jack o’ the Green, Tom Cruise, must atone for his mistake of introducing his crush Lili, Mia Sara, to the wonderous creatures by killing the Lord of Darkness, Tim Curry, and taking back the severed alicorn. It’s pretty to look at, wildly dumb, and almost entirely remembered for Curry’s dazzling turn as the Lord…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 7×16- “POW”
The Flash (7×16)- “POW” Written by: Kristen Kim & Dan Fisk Directed by: Marcus Stokes The episode opens on Barry watching the news coverage of the Godspeeds rampaging through Central City. Only a few seconds pass before he decides to head back out. He yells up the stairs to Iris to tell her he’s leaving. (Guessing no Candice Patton again this week.) Before he can leave Nora appears to him again and tells him something’s wrong with the future before she starts fading out of existence and he starts choking. Fortunately this is just a dream but chances are it’s not a good sign anyway. Did I mention rampaging…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: ‘KRULL’
Murder Frisbee Krull is a pseudo cult classic. It’s got some kick ass box art and a host of ideas that nostalgia clouds as being awesome. But when revisiting it, neither of those two things amount to much. Why? Well, Krull is chock full world-building. It’s got a Cyclops, a cannibalistic crystal spider, horses whose speed creates a trail of flame, and so much more. But none of them are fleshed out all that well; and most of it is just ripped from better properties. And that’s because Krull was a cash grab—meant to capitalize on the popularity of those other IPs. Fantasy, in particular space operas, were kind of a thing in the late…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 7×15- “Enemy at the Gates”
The Flash (7×15)- “Enemy at the Gates” Written by: (Teleplay by) Thomas Pound (Story by) Joshua V Gilbert Directed by: Geoffrey Wing Shotz This week opens in Barry’s in CCPD, he’s hard at work when his daughter Nora appears before him with good news; Everything’s going to work out. The pair have a hug before Barry wakes up from the dream, still in his lab but Nora is nowhere to be seen. He calls Iris and tells her he thinks she might be pregnant. Well that’s certainly an interpretation! The next morning, Barry’s gathering up some samples from Iris and explaining that meta-DNA could make a pregnancy test unreliable…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: ‘CONAN THE BARBARIAN’
What’s Worst in Life? 2011’s Conan the Barbarian is as bad of a reboot of a classic film as you are going to find. It’s just a mess, folks. Its script is often witless, contradicting itself multiple times; and its cast—as distinguished as some of their careers may be—just don’t fit the roles. Worst of all, Jason Mamoa, who plays the titular hero, just didn’t appear ready to bear the weight of Conan‘s broad sword. As much as the filmmakers purported they wanted to channel the writings of Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, it more shamelessly robs better films. It should come as no surprise then that this was a massive flop.…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 7×14- “Rayo de Luz”
The Flash (7×14)- “Rayo de Luz” Written by: (Teleplay by) Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza (Story by) Jess Carson Directed by: Danielle Panabaker Episode directed by a member of the cast… Let’s see how this goes, because Tom Cavahagh directed an episode and made sure to include a scene of HR Wells nearly successfully negotiating a three-some. Anyway the episode opens with Allegra taking a beating from Ultraviolet before flashing back twelve hours to Barry and Iris taking off to the middle of nowhere for a sex vacation cause they’re trying to have a baby. However, they still haven’t told the gang so he decides to make things awkward for…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 7×13- “Masquerade”
The Flash (7×13)- “Masquerade” Written by: Sam Chalsen & Christina M Walker Directed by: Rachel Talalay We open in the West Home with Joe going over Kramer’s files while Cecile gets ready to go in for work. Job’s a little annoyed at all the blacked out stuff he’s finding (which I would assume would be pretty normal for any defense department files a retired cop could get his hands on) but Cecile has something interesting. One of her clients served with Kramer but apparently that isn’t in her file. It’s a bit flimsy but it’s a place to start. Joe leaves and Cecile immediately goes into some creepy psychic vision…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: ‘THE VOID’
Right Next Door to Hell From the directing team of Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski—the latter of which helmed indie hit PG: Psycho Goreman—The Void is a tension-fueled ride that relies heavily on practical effects and pace to maximize its sense of dread. It works. And it is worth your investigation, especially if you are a fan of Lovecraftian horror. Those inspirations are quite evident. The Void involves a cult, a small town, and the cosmic terrors that lie outside our consciousness. That conceit isn’t all that original, but its execution is what sets the film apart. From its ominous opening onward, Gillespie and Kostanski build an uneasy atmosphere—an uncertainty akin to what lurks beyond.…
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96,000 Reasons to Watch In The Heights
Lights up on Washington Heights! Mike and John review the musical event of the summer in their spoiler-free episode! Check out our review of John M. Chu‘s In the Heights. In Washington Heights, N.Y., the scent of warm coffee hangs in the air just outside of the 181st St. subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies a vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is a likable and magnetic bodega owner who hopes, imagines, and sings about a better life. Watch In the Heights in theaters now.
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