Game of Thrones: Season Six Recap FEATURED MOVIES/TV TV/NETFLIX by Anthony Florez - May 10, 2016June 7, 2016 Article by: Anthony Florez Spoilers ahead. Oh, Game of Thrones. You hurt so good. Three episodes into the sixth season and almost entirely off the reservation at this point, with the George R.R. Martin novels no longer usable as source material -- how are we doing? I'd say fair-to-good. While the first two episodes
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY — Trailer Review FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Anthony Florez - April 9, 2016April 11, 2016 Article by: Anthony Florez Once upon a time in movie culture, it was possible to watch a new trailer and say, in a reasoned, tempered voice, "Well, that seems interesting. I look forward to its release." Today, in the age of the internet, there is only hyperbole, only emphatic praise or vitriol, more
Netflix: Daredevil Season Two Review FEATURED MOVIES/TV TV/NETFLIX by Anthony Florez - March 24, 2016March 24, 2016 Article by: Anthony Florez I had a difficult time believing that the second season of Marvel's Daredevil could outdo the first, which was mature and complex as well as intelligent and incredibly grounded for what it was. It never felt like a comic book adaptation and not simply because of its literal
Valentine’s Day And An Old Fashioned Romantic FEATURED MOVIES/TV THINK PIECE by Anthony Florez - February 5, 2016March 25, 2016 Article by: Anthony Florez Do you ignore February 14 because it's a holiday manufactured by greeting card companies? Are you a lapsed romantic that simultaneously loves Jim and Pam but secretly resents them for not being married in real life? Do you scoff at people who buy Adele's music but blast
Alan Rickman, 1946-2016 FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Anthony Florez - January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 Article by: Anthony Florez You can tell a lot about a celebrity by the first thought that comes to mind when they pass away. For me, when Leonard passed I thought, "Well..." As in, well, you can't have a better run than that man and it made that terrible sense that life and
12 Films That Put The Science Back In Science Fiction FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Anthony Florez - December 21, 2015December 21, 2015 Article by: Anthony Florez Right now the world over is drunk with Star Wars fever and that's a fun thing. JJ Abrams has successfully resuscitated the franchise with Episode 7, it's breezy and fun, nostalgic and refreshing at the same time and as an avid Star Trek fan, I'd like to
The Top 10 Weepiest/Feel Good Moments in Holiday Films FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Anthony Florez - December 11, 2015 Article by: Anthony Florez Remember the part in Dumb and Dumber when Harry and Lloyd are sitting in a fancy hotel room watching some saccharine over the top schmaltzy thing on television together, weeping uncontrollably while wiping away tears with handfuls of cash? And then we find out it was only an
Netflix: MARVEL’S JESSICA JONES – Review FEATURED TV/NETFLIX by Anthony Florez - November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 Article by: Anthony Florez "The best noir stories make you forget plot entirely by giving you characters that feel so well realized that you can't look away as they fall." -Ed Brubaker One of the ways I can tell how much I like a particular series is how long it takes me to
The X-Files To Return MOVIES/TV TV/NETFLIX by Anthony Florez - October 6, 2015October 9, 2015 I probably don’t have to explain what The X-Files is and why it's exciting that this iconic franchise is returning for a six episode mini-series run on Fox but if I do then, frankly, I weep for this generation. But only because I care. Fortunately, there is plenty of time
ON TV: “Top of the Lake” Netflix Review MOVIES/TV TV/NETFLIX by Anthony Florez - September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 Article by: Anthony Florez Spoiler free... A very good detective story benefits from subtle exposition, from the slow reveal of character depth, and a constant sense of uncertainty about the narrative as it unfolds. It metes out just enough detail to keep the listener feeling intrigued, even second guessing the storyteller as