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Legion Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Chapter 4’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fourth episode of Legion… ‘Chapter 4’ opens with a character we’d never met in person, Dr. Bird’s husband, Oliver (Jemaine Clement), introducing the episode as a “five act play,” like this is Masterpiece Theater. More importantly, Oliver gives us something to look for this episode, a common thread to pull all […]

Movie Review – Demon Hunter (2016)

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Demon Hunter, 2016. Directed by Zoe Kavanagh. Starring Niamh Hogan, Alan Talbot, Michael Parle, and Aisli Moran. SYNOPSIS: Taryn makes a deal with Falstaff to fight demons like the one who killed her sister, but finds herself fighting for her mind instead when Falstaff reveals his true intentions. You can’t change the past but when a […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Emily Dates a Henchman’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the fourth episode of Powerless season 1… “Emily Dates a Henchman” was Powerless’ best episode yet but is cursed to be a backhanded success. For all its technical improvement, Powerless is still unsatisfying. Writing’s one of the first departments to blame when a show isn’t delivering, but already last week the premise […]

Legion Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Chapter 3’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the third episode of Legion… ‘Chapter Three’ of Legion is the middle ground to ‘Chapter One’s‘ roller coaster and ‘Chapter Two’s‘ backtracking. Waking up from memory work this episode, in a different room from where they went under, the trips are growing more dangerous instead of easy. Dr. Bird holds David to blame for […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Sinking Day’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the third episode of Powerless… Sometimes characters boost a plot. Sometimes they ruin one, and ‘Sinking Day’ could be the mark of a sinking show. Two promising storylines get used to bring out the worst in Powerless‘ characters and this is before we’ve started liking them. The charts are in and Wayne […]

Legion Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Chapter Two’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the second episode of Legion… Legion‘s pilot was about experiencing what it’s like to be consumed in David’s mind. An observer’s distance in episode two brings more work for David but a guilty relief for viewers. What’s remarkable is realizing how much of this episode is a rehash of images and events from the […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Wayne Dream Team’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the second episode of Powerless… That big idea for a product that was so elusive in ‘Wayne or Lose?’ Well, the team at Wayne Security has been hard at work since we last saw them and ‘Wayne Dream Team’ starts with them not only nursing their next big idea, but having it green lit and ready to go into production. It’s an improvement over […]

Legion Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Chapter One’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of Legion… Legion’s pilot has no qualms pulling the rug out from under you. Here are some of the arguments made for why you should put up with it. Coming off of successfully reimagining Fargo, creator, writer and director of this episode, Noah Hawley, brings the same visual inventiveness and soundtrack to a show […]

Powerless Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Wayne or Lose’

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Rachel Bellwoar reviews the first episode of the new DC sitcom Powerless… Superhero movies and shows aren’t the only culprits but collateral damage is real. Nobody talks about it. The broken windows. The buildings blown up. It’s all tucked away in the unspoken contract we’ve signed with the networks and studios. Give us more stunts […]