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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 8×11- “Resurrection”
The Flash (08×11)- “Resurrection” Written by: Emily Palizzi Directed by: Greg Beeman We start this week with a flashback to before the Particle Accelerator explosion where we see the first time Caitlin and Ronnie meet at STAR Labs in what would become the infirmary. The pair do a little flirting while she bandages him up. Returning to the present we see Caitlin is still with the flame and it’s asking her for help to “Make us whole.” The last time I saw a big monster wanting to be made “Whole” it was on the USG Ishimura and that didn’t go well for anyone. On the bright side, there is a…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: ‘BLACK FRIDAY’
Not Worth the Bargain Black Friday is like if someone took Dawn of the Dead, Army of Darkness, and The Mist, threw them all in a blender, but somehow removed any of the ingredients that made those films so memorable. Biting social criticism? Well, it is there; it just doesn’t work. Humor and over the top, practical gore? Both are in far too short supply. Dramatic tension? Sorry, there are no real scares to speak of. This one, folks, is dead on arrival. And even if it is available for a mega sale, it’s not worth the bargain. Somehow, though, critics did not eviscerate it like one of the insatiable mutants would an unsuspecting…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 8×10- “Reckless”
The Flash (08×10)- “Reckless” Written by: Jess Carson Directed by: Kellie Cyrus We pick up where we left off, Deon has found out what’s going on with Iris and he’s determined that she’s not being affected by something that’s wrong with her, whatever is wrong with her is affected time around her and it seems to be getting worse. Now, sometimes in the DC/CW verse someone will find out there’s a problem and they try to keep it secret especially from their family or significant other. It’s really a coin flip based on how severe the problem is, Iris thankfully doesn’t do this and she calls in Barry. Once they…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: ‘ANNIHILATION’
It’s a Metaphor Annihilation is based upon a 2014 novel of the same name. And it is director Alex Garland’s follow up to his highly acclaimed directorial debut Ex Machina. Like that title, Annihilation is much more than the sum of its parts. Certainly, it is a Sci-Fi film where a team of women head into the unknown, the Shimmer as its called, to identify the source of the invading entity. But that is just the surface. Annihilation is also about marital infidelity and the cost our decisions have on the ones we love. The setting is more a metaphorical trapping for how such things irrevocably change us. Yes, listeners, this is highbrow fare, and…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 8×09- “Phantoms”
The Flash (08×09)- “Phantoms” Written by: Jeff Hersh Directed by: Stefan Pleszczynski At Barry and Iris’ loft, Deon is making sure Iris is okay and while he gives her a clean bill of health Iris is concerned enough about her losing time Deon takes a second look and sees something that could be a problem or it could be nothing so he decides to consult with the other Forces. Later at the Citizen, Sue (and her weird head-tilts and wide-eyed looks) is visiting Iris and Allegra before she heads off to Coast City to chase down a potential Meta that can phase through walls. It she hangs out with a…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 8×08- “The Fire Next Time”
The Flash (08×08)- “The Fire Next Time” Written by: Joshua V Gilbert Directed by: David McWhirter We open at O’Shaughnessy’s after closing time and it seems a guy named Stan has been left to lock up. He takes a look around before he’s attacked by an unknown assailant. Unknown to us anyway since Stan seems to know who they are. Whoever they are, Stan owes them money, they like glam rock and they have some sort of heat power. The next morning at Barry and Iris’ loft, Iris finds Barry getting ready for work but notices he is distracted and kind of sullen. She glances at the calendar and suddenly…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: ‘RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY’
Itchy, but Not So Tasty Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is the seventh live-action iteration of the storied video game franchise. Sadly, like its predecessors, it fails to live up to the legacy of the series. Yes, folks, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is yet another uninspired video game adaptation. But unlike the Paul W.S. Anderson saga, this at least sticks close to the source material. Raccoon City is a reboot, carrying no connection to the insipid six that came before it. In fact, it is essentially a narrative retelling of the first two games. In principle, that sounds like a good idea, but there’s a reason there were two of them.…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 8×07- “Lockdown”
The Flash (08×07)- “Lockdown” Written by: Christina M Walker Directed by: Stefan Pleszczynski We open this week with Chester on monitor duty on a boring afternoon and it seems his stomach is ready for lunch but it also he failed to pack his lunch and didn’t notice. (How do you not notice the second you pick up the lunch box?) He now has a minor dilemma, run off to the break room and nuke a hot pocket potentially missing an emergency they need Barry for or continue to listen to the not so soothing sounds of borborygmus. (Apparently Door Dash, Uber Eats and the delivery options even Taco Bell offers…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: ‘THE HAPPENING’
It’s Crappening The Happening is a cinematic travesty. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, it has zero in common with some of his finer work. For one thing, it lacks even the hint of a twist—a hallmark of his better movies. It’s also painfully stupid. Boasting Mark Wahlberg as high school science teacher Elliot Moore. Yes, you read that right; he’s a science teacher. The Happening is little more than a premise. What happened if the trees starting infecting people with a toxin that would rob them of impulse control? That’s the movie. Nothing comes of that. There is no resolution whatsoever. If you’re a viewer of this movie, you don’t necessarily care anyway.…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 8×06- “Impulsive Excessive Disorder”
The Flash (08×06)- “Impulsive Excessive Disorder” Written by: Thomas Pound Directed by: David McWhirter We pick up with Nora and Bart pretty much where we left them last season. Talking with their parents after their vow renewal before they return to 2049. When they arrive, the timeline adjusts before their eyes and in walks Jay Garrick. It seems their actions fighting Godspeed have caused some changes. As they sit down with him for food they start asking questions and Nora becomes worried when Jay mentions his wife, Rose. She decides they have to fix things but I’m not so sure. The last Rose I saw than hung with a time…