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TV Review: Minority Report (Pilot)
Minority Report | Pilot review In case that it’s not obvious for everybody, I cannot dissociate the series and the film since the series is clearly follows the events from the movie. So I’m going to - sort of - compare the two. The series leads from the 2002 Tom Cruise movie, set 10 years … Continue reading TV Review: Minority Report (Pilot)
TV Review: The Whispers: an old recipe that still works?
The Whispers came to my attention as a friend recommended that I read Ray Bradbury’s “The Illustrated Man”. I had just started the book - I have yet to finish it - when I learned of the show’s connection it. With Milo Ventimiglia, Barry Sloane, & Lily Rabe as the leads, the premise, and who the … Continue reading TV Review: The Whispers: an old recipe that still works?
Outlander (S1 Review) | Soppy, Cheesy & Dark but it’s so Riveting
Premise: Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited … Continue reading Outlander (S1 Review) | Soppy, Cheesy & Dark but it’s so Riveting
TV Review: Wayward Pines (Pilot)
Wayward Pines | Pilot The ShamHammer - it’s OK, It’s OK, don’t be scared - has brought to television Blake Crouch’s book series Wayward Pines. M. Night Shyamalan is only the executive producer *sigh of relief* but he did bring is particular brand of film making to the pilot *Nooo*. All jokes aside the pilot … Continue reading TV Review: Wayward Pines (Pilot)
TV Review: Bitten (S2)
Based on the eponymous book Bitten from the series of books Women of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong. The show was adapted for television by Deagan Fryklind and stars Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk, Paul Greene, Genelle Williams, Michael Xavier & Steve Lund. Premise: When she left Stonehaven - ‘for good this time’ - Elena Michaels … Continue reading TV Review: Bitten (S2)
Eye Candy (S1) | Season Review
Based on R.L. Stine’s eponymous best-selling novel, Eye Candy stars Victoria Justice, Harvey Guillen, Casey Jon Deidrick, Kiersey Clemons, John Garet Stoker, Marcus Callender & Ryan Cooper. Premise: Lindy is a 21-year-old hacker with a gift for seeing clues and connections in the digital world that others can’t. Persuaded by her roommate to try online dating, … Continue reading Eye Candy (S1) | Season Review
The 100 | Season 2 Review
Based on The 100 by Kass Morgan and brought to television by Jason Rothenberg. The series stars Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Paige Turco, Isaiah Washington, & Marie Avgeropoulos. Premise: Set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization when a spaceship housing humanity’s lone survivors send 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth in hopes of possibly … Continue reading The 100 | Season 2 Review
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TV Review: Bitten (S2 Premiere)
The premiere broadened the scope of the show by introducing a new “race”, the witches and more importantly by expanding the hierarchy among the werewolves. The pack doesn’t seem like a lonely entity anymore but rather part of a larger organisation shrouded in mystery. The secrecy among the werewolves and the witches introduced in the … Continue reading TV Review: Bitten (S2 Premiere)
Worn Out Spines 