The Flash (2×09 ) – “Running to Stand Still” Written by: Andrew Kreisberg Directed by: Kevin Tancharoen Okay, we’re back.  No more crossovers or Legends prep, just some good old Flash goodness before we go into the Christmas Break.  And speaking of being back, Zoom is chasing Wells through STAR Labs.  Well, it’s a bit generous to call it a chase, it’s more like he’s toying with his food.  When Zoom finally corners Wells he wishes him a “Merry Christmas.”  Awwww, Zoom! You big softy! At Jitters, Iris and Joe are taking a break from Christmas shopping and playing a fun game called “Joe unknowingly drops a mega guilt trip…

The Flash (2×08) – “Legends of Today” Written by: Aaron & Todd Helbing Directed by: Ralph Hemecker As the turkey coma wears off, we get back to things.  Barry is running to try and muster more speed.  But it doesn’t seem to be working, he can’t seem to come anywhere near what Zoom can do.  Wells has an idea to solve that. That night a freighter captain turns over a stowaway to the port authority.  The man quickly turns out to be a knife wielding badass with the power of magic.  And he seems to be looking for our Hawkgirl. The next morning, Barry, Joe and my one and only:…

  The Flash (2×07) – “Gorilla Warfare” Written by: Aaron & Todd Helbing Directed by: Dermott Downs After the recap, we open on Barry’s latest physical therapy session and considering he’s going from quote Charles at the end of X-Men First Class to a Doctor House impersonation in a little over a week I’d say Barry’s doing really, really well.  However, we are all our worst critics and after he stumbles Barry slumps into Eobard’s old wheelchair feeling defeated.  Speaking of people who aren’t the original Harrison Wells, Earth-2 Harrison is ready to go home to fight Zoom.  He just needs Cisco to take him down to the Speed Cannon,…

The Flash (2×06) – “Enter Zoom” Written by: Brooke Eikmeier and Gabrielle G Stanton Directed by: JJ Makaro After teasing a battle between Barry and Dr. Light, we travel back in time three days to find Barry questioning her in the Pipeline.  She explains that she was supposed to kill him then throw something of his through the breech and Zoom would take her home.  Barry asks for her help stopping Zoom, but much like Jay, she wants no part of Zoom. Barry goes with to the team with a plan that essentially uses Light as bait and unsurprisingly everyone save Wells think it’s a bad idea.  Wells even believes…

While Charles Roven says that filming is going to start towards the end of November, there’s been a lot of signs that production began on Wonder Woman this week.  On November 9th, DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer, Geoff Johns made a pair of tweets; one a photo from a location in Ricksmanworth, England and the other “@PattyJenks It’s THE DAY!“ Both could be dismissed as playful subterfuge on Johns’ part, however this is more concrete.  French actor, Saïd Taghmaoui (American Hustle, Lost) took to his Facebook page to post a pair of photos.  One of three director’s chairs with his name as well as the only confirmed members of the…

  The Flash (2×05) – “The Darkness and the Light” Written by: Grainne Godfree and Ben Sokolowski Directed by: Steve Shill Now that Firestorm is on his way to Pittsburgh it’s time to start dealing with Zoom… But first we find ourselves on Earth-2 eight months earlier.  Harrison Wells is introducing a new line of technology to detect metahumans.  In the audience is Harrison’s daughter and what looks to me to be Kal-El’s golden age rocket (bonus points for that set designers.)  The Flash shows up and the two have an argument about who’s more responsible for the Villain’s rampage.  However, before anyone can say “Boys, boys! You’re both pretty!”…

If all is on schedule, sometime in the next few days Patty Jenkins will call action on Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine.  According to The Wrap one of the other actors on set may be Academy Award winner, Nicole Kidman. As is becoming the norm with the DC Extended Universe, the production is shrouded in secrecy even as filming is about to begin.  Beyond director Patty Jenkins, Gadot and Pine and some possible filming locations we know almost nothing.  Not long ago there were rumors that Eva Green and Sean Bean were being looked at for villain roles and last week there was a rumor that plot…

The Flash (2×04) – “The Fury of Firestorm” Written by: Kai Yu Wu and Joe Peracchio Directed by: Stefan Pleszczynski After a flashback to the night of the Accelerator Explosion to establish that Jefferson Jackson was a high school football star on the brink of playing college ball before he was injured in the blast we learn that in the present Professor Stein is dying. Cisco and Caitlin stabilize him but they need to find someone to merge with him or his body will come apart completely (as in Boom!)  Caitlin has been researching on her own and has found two candidates; Jefferson Jackson and a man named Henry Hewitt. …

With the hulking figure of Star Wars: Episode VII on the horizon and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice looming over its shoulder you would be forgiven if you forgot that we’re less than a year from David Ayer’s Suicide Squad.  Readers of Empire Magazine are in for a hearty reminder as they open their mailboxes this week in the form of Jared Leto’s Joker. As for the rest of us, the internet has saw fit to show the cover off and we at Watchtower news are sharing with you.  So, let’s start this Monday off right: There you have it, a full body look at the new Clown Prince…

  The Flash (2×03) – “Family of Rogues” Written by: Julian Meiojas and Katherine Walczak Directed by: John F Showalter After a fantastic cold open featuring Barry and Iris, the show starts at STAR Labs where Team Flash has discovered the large breach beneath the lab.  Jay, Cisco, Barry and Caitlin discuss the breach along with Dr. Stein and after Barry determines that the breach is too unstable for him to simply speed into Jay hypothesizes that they will have to find a way to stabilize it before he can use it to go home. Presumably at the same time, Joe meets his estranged wife at a Central City bar…