• ‘Ballers’ Tackles Issues of Racial Identity in its Latest Episode

    Ballers Season 4, Episode 2: “Don’t You Want to be Obama?” Most of us will never know what it’s like to be a professional athlete. Only a tiny fraction of the population are gifted with just the right combination of talent, opportunity, and drive that allow them to reach the top-level of their chosen sport….

  • ‘Castle Rock’ Recap S1E03: “Local Color”

    Season 1 – Episode 3: “Local Color” While the secrets that murk the waters of Castle Rock are still hidden beneath the surface, there is still much revealed. In Castle Rock episode 3: “Local Color,” a few of our questions are answered but so many more crop up in their stead. Molly Strand Young Molly…

  • ‘Castle Rock’ Recap S1E02: “Habeas Corpus”

    Season 1 – Episode 2: “Habeas Corpus” Castle Rock is a town wrought with sin. Every nook, every cranny holds the secrets and sins of those who came before. In a town this small nothing goes unnoticed, but some sins are forgotten more quickly than others. Take Warden Lacey for instance. In the fall of…

  • Here’s What I Appreciates About ‘Letterkenny’ Season One

    The Canadian comedy television show, Letterkenny, was picked up by Hulu and released to viewers only months ago. The show is now in its fifth season but Hulu only currently has seasons one and two streaming. We have no word on when season 3 will be available to us. However, if the show becomes as…

  • ‘Better Call Saul’ S4E2 Recap: Jimmy’s Tired of Pretending

    Better Call Saul, Season Four, Episode Two: “Breathe” We all wear masks from time to time. It’s a skill we learn at a young age—we’re taught not to let people see who you really are. We learn to let them see what we want them to see. It’s safer that way. We’re afraid that, if…

  • ‘Castle Rock’ Recap S1E01: “Severance”

    Any horror geek will tell you that Stephen King is one of the greatest horror novelists of all time. He is known for creating a world in which monsters are real and live within us. A born native to Maine, many of King’s storylines are centered around fictional towns that lie within the borders of…

  • Why Jurassic Park Rules at More Than Just the Box Office

    Like video games, most casino slots have a shelf life. After a while, players will get a little bored and move on to the next best thing. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule, such as games that have a timeless quality, or games with which you keep on discovering something new. Jurassic…

  • Spencer and Joe Get Extreme as ‘Ballers’ Hits the West Coast

    Ballers Season Four, Episode One–“Rough Ride” Season Four of Ballers kicks off (pardon the pun) with a game-changer (and that one) that’s going to rock (I promise—that’s the last one) Spencer Strasmore’s world. After winning his battle with the NFL last season but ultimately losing the war, Spencer seemed ready to settle back into the…

  • The Week in Geek Entertainment for August 10

    Your one stop shop for all geek entertainment news generated this week on the internet. Patrick Stewart is returning to his role of Jean-Luc Picard in a new series and 11/10 we are definitely going to watch this. –io9 The CW has cast Ruby Rose as Batwoman in spinoff that is still in the scripting…

  • The iTunes $0.99 Movie of the Week: ‘Revenge’

    Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. This week, a romantic getaway goes horribly, horribly wrong in Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge. The Desert Is Sublime … When…

  • ‘Better Call Saul’ Recap Season 4, Episode 1: “Smoke”

    Better Call Saul has a fairly obvious premise: how did Jimmy McGill become Saul Goodman? And, to a lesser degree, what was life like for a few of the other characters in the Breaking Bad universe—Mike Ehrmantraut, Gus Fring, and even Hector Salamanca—before Walter White turned their lives upside-down (and actually ended them)? However, at…

  • The Week in Geek Entertainment – Links – 8-03-2018

    Catch up on an entire week’s worth of the very latest in geek news right here. Lots of reboot stuff this week. I feel like we were all over the whole reboot thing a decade ago but here we are, still watching reboots, which just gets us more reboots. Ah well. Movie Pass CEO apologizes…

  • August Movie Preview: The Late Summer Drought

    Well hopefully you enjoyed the summer blockbusters while they lasted. There are a few intriguing titles hidden among the August movies, but nothing that will have you running out to buy advanced tickets. That is unless you’re a Winnie the Pooh superfan. Here’s our full August movie preview. August 3rd– The Darkest Minds, Christopher Robin,…

  • What’s Coming To and Going From Netflix August 2018

    It is SO hot. The plan for the next two months, in hopes to wait out the heat, is to find the deepest, darkest and coldest corner of my apartment to hole up in. Add some popcorn, a pillow and headphones. Then, the final ingredient, Netflix. All that sounds a bit depressing, no? Luckily, Netflix…