News

AMC’s Preacher review: The series that was too dark for HBO

A Texas preacher armed with the power of the word of God, his exceptional marksman of an ex-girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire. Just tune into AMC Sunday night at 10pm. Preacher was probably the craziest comic book of the late 90s. Created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, this creator-owned comic was

Watch Conan bust his staff secretly eating cake

Conan often covers important topics on his show — and there’s nothing more important than cake. Especially when that cake involves a secret email list that means some of his employees get to eat cake and other goodies ahead of everyone else working on his show. Unfortunately for them, Conan got wind of the secret

Scream: The TV Series – The Complete First Season DVD review

The Scream franchise finds new life with the DVD release of the first season from the MTV series adaptation. Although the season is a tad light on scares, the makers of the show make sure the gore lives up to what Scream fans expect and the writing has plenty of opportunity to tease the horror

News

United Shades of America shines spotlight on police crisis, discussion

Did you know it is National Police Week? Perfect timing for CNN’s latest episode of United Shades of America, which took star W. Kamau Bell for a ride with the police force in Campden, New Jersey, where they are trying to introduce “community policing” in a bid to build trust with residents. Kamau’s perspective is,

United Shades of America Recap: Latinos discussion

CNN’s May 8th United Shades of America focuses on Mexicans, Chicanos and less on our east coast Spanish friends the Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Argentinian-Americans. Hispanic culture is described by one interviewed Chicano musician as a “census word” … a giant catch-all term that is meant to cover all in the USA who speak Spanish.

News

United Shades of America: San Quentin discussion and recap

This Sunday on CNN (May 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.) make sure to tune into W. Kamau Bell’s United Shades of America where a level 2 prison, San Quentin, is Kamau’s focus as he introduces us to people behind bars trying to make the best of a stacked situation. There are four levels total in

Avoid Game of Thrones spoilers with Google Chrome extension

Trying to avoid spoilers for television shows and movies is one of the hardest possible things thanks to the internet — and Game of Thrones is the perfect example. As the new series begins, trying to go on Facebook — or anywhere else online for that matter — is a dangerous game if you want to avoid knowing

News

Acorn’s latest great British offerings

Acorn have an ever-growing selection of great British television shows for you to watch at home. Here are some of their latest offerings, including Janet King and Vera Series 6, which are both available at acorn.tv until their release on DVD later this year. Meanwhile, A Place to Call Home Season 3 along with And

News

Vikings Season 4, Episode 10, The Last Ship: Recap and discussion

Powerfully laced and loaded, this mid-season finale of Vikings time travelled a bit and took us back to Kattegat, with 10 more episodes to air later this year. The elapsing of time between the last Francia routing and the return to Kattegat sees Ragnar MIA until the end of the episode, and his sons now

News

Vikings Season 4, Episode 9, Death All Around: Recap and discussion

“I don’t care about Paris, I came for Rollo.” – Ragnar The Viking ant colony works as one to deliver the vision of Ragnar Lothbrok’s great fleet of Viking ships as they carve up a mountain and through the woods to end run the Frankish troops. More importantly, it will unnerve Paris and all who