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Thor: The Dark World is Perfectly Enjoyable and Unremarkable
There was darkness.
There was darkness.
“I did it for me.” After Walter White utters these words, the rest of “Felina,” the final episode of Breaking...
Breaking Bad is not a series generally noted for its lightness of tone, but Vince Gilligan and his collaborators have...
Holy bloody damned hell. First, some (mild) vindication. I mentioned last week that there was absolutely no way this week’s...
Remember a couple of weeks back, when it seemed like Breaking Bad couldn’t milk its cliffhanger tendencies any more than...
“He’s smarter than you. He’s luckier than you.” “Rabid Dog” is more or less all talk, no (explicit) action, but...
Let’s talk about Anna Gunn and Betsy Brandt. Since the very beginning of Breaking Bad, these actresses have been tasked...
Some series offer neat, tidy payoffs week-to-week, making sure to leave viewers satisfied while leaving them with enough plot and/or...
It’s important to keep expectations in check at all times, but especially with beloved TV series. There are so many...
A Brief History of Hannibal the Cannibal Doctor Hannibal Lecter was first introduced in the 1981 novel Red Dragon followed...
Panic feeds on fear. For whatever reason, very few auteurs have emerged from the genre of the found-footage film. The...
Six films into his career, it’s clear that Paul Thomas Anderson’s ambitions outstrip those of almost all of his American...
Looper Ultimately Loses Steam but Provides Thrills and Invention Along the Way You can’t blame a guy for trying. When...
At this point in its run, it’s plain that there is no better-made show around than Breaking Bad. In terms...
Death, and endings: let’s talk about them. Even before we see the gun in Mike’s getaway bag, it seems inevitable:...