After 10 episodes, let’s check in on ‘Gotham’s’ rogues gallery
TV commentary: “Gotham” may not have a full-grown Batman, but it definitely has villains.
With 2 episodes left … whodunit on ‘Gracepoint?’ (TV commentary)
With just two episodes left on “Gracepoint” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on Fox), it seems like a good time to revisit the question I posed earlier in the 10-episode run: Who killed Danny Solano? As with my first set of theories, I’m basing this analysis not so much on detective work – that’s the job of Emmett […]
‘Rebel Heist’ tells stories of heroes from point of view of ‘regular guys’ (Comic book review)
One of the pleasures of the TV series “Rebels” is seeing a small Rebel cell do its thing within the growing Rebellion. Hera knows their contact, code-named Fulcrum (the obvious candidate is Bail Organa), but her underlings on the Ghost – including frustrated Sabine, who wants a bigger role – do not. This is so […]
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ goes out on an incomplete, but high, note with ‘Lost Missions’ and story reels (TV review)
While I and most fans will always be irked that “The Clone Wars” wasn’t allowed to bring its character threads to natural conclusions, I have to admit that “The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions”(2014), released in March on Netflix and now available on DVD, hits on several crucial elements and bows out with a beautiful grace […]
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘MedStar I: Battle Surgeons’ (2004) (Book review)
In the Season 5 finale of “The Clone Wars,” Barriss Offee goes to the dark side, driven by her frustration with the corrupt Republic and Jedi Order. It came as a surprise to most viewers, who had last seen Barriss as a doting teacher’s pet to her master, Luminara Unduli, in earlier episodes and most […]
All 22 episodes of ‘Gilmore Girls’ Season 6 (2005-06), ranked
TV review: Despite some Bizarro-Rory episodes, Season 6 is a respectable bow-out by the Palladinos.
Carrey, Daniels totally redeem themselves with ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ (Movie review)
“Dumb and Dumber To” opens with Jim Carrey’s Lloyd Christmas revealing his 20-year fake stupor to best bud Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) with a “Gotcha!” Harry argues that the gag would’ve been funny after a mere 10 years; Lloyd agrees, with the caveat “But not as (funny as 20 years).”
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Visionaries’ (2005) (Comic book review)
After the hard work of providing conceptual art for “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” 11 artists got to cut loose with short stories or other works of their choosing for the trade paperback “Visionaries” (2005), a brainchild of J.W. Rinzler (author of the “Making of” books) that came out right before the film’s release.
‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters’ and ‘Darth Maul: Death Sentence’ (2012) (Comic book reviews)
While this year’s “Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir” is a continuation of Maul’s “Clone Wars” TV arc, taken directly from unproduced Season 6 scripts, Dark Horse Comics also released two Maul stories in 2012 that nicely filled in the gap between Seasons 4 and 5: “The Clone Wars: The Sith Hunters,” the ninth of the 11 […]
Darth Maul’s ‘Clone Wars’ storyline continues in ‘Son of Dathomir’ (Comic book review)
“Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir,” a four-issue comic series now available in trade paperback, is both very cool and kind of disappointing. It’s the first continuation of “The Clone Wars” outside of the canceled-too-soon TV series, but it also screams to be seen on TV.