The Strain 1.08 Review: “Creatures of the Night”
‘Bottle’ episodes are a great opportunity for television shows, young or old: it essentially forces characters to interact with each other on deep
Author: Randy Dankievitch
Since 2011, Randy Dankievitch has written about television, film, video games, and pop culture all over the internet, including Sound on Sight, Geeks Unleashed, and SLUG Magazine. He currently writes for TVOvermind and TVRoundtable, where he also co-hosts the TVRoundtable podcast.
The Strain 1.07 Review: “For Services Rendered”
Though “For Services Rendered” isn’t exactly a great episode of television – constructed around Setrakian’s idiot plan to nail
Orange is the New Black 2.12-2.13 Review: “It Was the Change”/”We Have Manners. We’re Polite.”
Orange is the New Black‘s second season begins in extreme isolation: focused on a singular character and a journey separated from the rest of the show,
The Strain 1.05 Review: “Runaways”
Well, the plot is finally starting to move along in The Strain, as people are very, very slowly starting to realize that not all is well in the Big Apple.Va
Orange is the New Black 2.10/2.11 Review
An ever-present theme on Orange is the New Black, the concept of family permeates every single scene of both “Little Mustachioed S***” and “
The Strain 1.04 Review: “It’s Not For Everyone”
Through the first four episodes of The Strain, the best moments have come when nobody is talking, and the show’s focused on the visual aspect of its ho
The Strain 1.03 Review: “Gone Smooth”
Oh, The Strain. For every cool, unsettling visual or virus-related anecdote you’ve given us in your first three hours, you’ve addled us with doz
The Strain 1.02 Review: “The Box”
Without the visual panache of Guillermo del Toro’s eye behind the camera, The Strain‘s second episode “The Box” has to turn elsewhere
The Strain 1.01 Review: “Night Zero”
Outside of showing off a fancy hair piece for star Corey Stoll and introducing an extremely unclear zombie/vampire hybrid tale, I’m not sure what The
Orange is the New Black 2.08-2.09 Review: “Appropriately Sized Pots”/”40 OZ of Furlough”
So far, season two of Orange is the New Black feels much like the homemade lighters Vee has (re)introduced to Litchfield: based on its construction, we can
