POP A RECAP: AMC’S HALT AND CATCH FIRE – EPISODE 6 ‘LANDFALL’
Last week I spoke about the motto for AMC being ‘something more’. In the opening moments of Landfall we find Joe and Cameron having sex again (snore) and I thought to myself ‘more like something...
View ArticlePOP A RECAP: THE LEFTOVERS – SEASON ONE – EPISODE TWO: ‘Penguin One, Us Zero’
The dust has settled after the impressive Pilot and it’s time to settle into Mapleton but first it’s time for a bit of brutal law enforcement with a police raid on Holy Wayne’s property in the opener....
View ArticlePOP A RECAP: The Strain – Season One – Episode One: “Night Zero”
Full disclaimer, I’ve read the Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan book series The Strain is based on, I enjoyed the trilogy a lot. The debut episode of the television series, not so much, but that’s...
View ArticlePOP A RECAP: AMC’S HALT AND CATCH FIRE – EPISODE 7 ‘GIANT’
After the impressive ‘Landfall’ last week I was hoping Halt and Catch Fire would continue a hot streak with lucky number seven. The series cooled in quality a little as ‘Giant’ meandered between...
View ArticlePOP A RECAP: THE LEFTOVERS – SEASON ONE – EPISODE THREE: ‘Two Boats and a...
The first two episodes of The Leftovers have focused on Police Chief Kevin Garvey Jr (Justin Theroux) and the characters within his orbit in Mapleton. One of those characters is a Reverend, Matt...
View ArticlePOP A RECAP: THE STRAIN – SEASON ONE – EPISODE TWO: “The Box”
There’s always a day section at the beginning of most horror movies where the characters are introduced and you’re eased into the situation in the comforting light of day. Then the sun goes down and...
View ArticlePOP A RECAP: AMC’S HALT AND CATCH FIRE – EPISODE 8 ‘The 214s’
Desperate times called for desperate measures in The 214s as Cardiff Electric prepared to take their PC, The Giant, to COMDEX (Computer Dealers’ Exhibition, a real event that ran from 1979-2003) in Las...
View ArticlePOP A RECAP: THE LEFTOVERS – SEASON ONE – EPISODE FOUR: ‘’B.J. And The A.C.”
The Leftovers did a Christmas episode but it was far from merry. A nativity scene has been set up to celebrate Christmas in Mapleton but someone has stolen the baby Jesus. We’re back in the company...
View ArticlePOP A RECAP: THE STRAIN – SEASON ONE – EPISODE THREE: “Gone Smooth”
By now it’s pretty clear that a select number of characters on The Strain are turning into vampires, heck, even all the press Guillermo del Toro has done for the show has been insistent upon the return...
View ArticlePop a Recap: Fox’s Gotham – Episode One – Pilot
Fox is going back to the beginning of one of the icons of the Batman universe, James Gordon (The O.C and Southland’s Ben McKenzie) to see how the city warped into the rotten petri dish we all know and...
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