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Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.5: When a Stranger Calls
Riverdale usually has a strong unique voice. But, this week‘s episode of Riverdale season 2 felt like a mix between a Pretty Little Liars knock off and a Gossip Girl knock off. In an incredibly...
NFL
Sonny Talks Sports Podcast: NFL Week 10 Picks
Image Courtesy of Buffalo Bills/Facebook My cousin Paul Clark returns to the Sonny Talks Sports Podcast to pick the Week 10 NFL games and breakdown some of the league's biggest storylines, including: Are we heading...
Culture of Pop
The Flash Season 4 Review: 4.5: Girls Night Out
This week on The Flash season 4, Barry Allen had his bachelor party while Iris West had her bachelorette party. Felicity Smoak joined the episode. But, I guess Oliver Queen was busy. In the episode,...
Culture of Pop
Supergirl Season 3 Review: 3.5: Damage
This week’s episode of Supergirl season 3 was perplexing and a fundamentally bad idea. After several kids in National City got sick, people began to believe that Lena Luthor’s lead bomb had negative effects. The...
Television
Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.4: Sit Me Baby One More Time
In the past, one of my few complaints with Bob’s Burgers was how mean Tina Belcher is to Tammy Larsen. Deserved or not, her overtly cold comments undercut what a sweet character Tina is. Then,...
Television
Marvel’s Inhumans Season 1 Review: 1.7: Havoc in the Hidden Land
After being worn down by Marvel’s Inhumans , I felt impressed that stuff actually happens in this episode. In that sense, “Havoc in the Hidden Land” was a standout. But, it was still not a...
NBA
LeBron James Flips The Switch, Devours Wizards
Image Courtesy of Nick Wass/Associated Press It's unlikely that you can learn anything profound about a player or team from one single early season NBA game, but over a small sample size of a few...
Movies
Thor Ragnarok is Witty and Weird
Thor Ragnarok (Marvel) Thor, the God of Thunder, is back in Thor Ragnarok and we finally get to see what he was up to during Captain America: Civil War . Taika Waititi lends his quirky...
Culture of Hoops
Anthony Davis Soars As Mavs Drop To An Abysmal 9-1
Image/Hardwood&Hollywood: TJ Macias. As the minutes drained down in the first quarter of Friday night’s game between the visiting New Orleans Pelicans and the Dallas Mavericks, the former team, composed of DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony...
Television
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.7: A Dark Knight: A Day in the Narrows
This week’s Gotham season 4 was enjoyable but felt unnecessary. Instead of telling a self-contained story, it simply furthered the Professor Pyg plotline. It felt too similar to last week’s episode to really pop. The...
