Pop Culture Episode Analysis The Last of Us: Infected The second episode of HBO's The Last of Us shows Neil Druckmann's directing chops as well as the challenges of translating a video game into live action.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis The Last of Us: When You're Lost in the Darkness The first episode of HBO's The Last of Us proves beyond a shadow of a doubt why Craig Mazin was the right showrunner for the job.
Pop Culture 2022 Year End Review: Which Movies and TV Shows Aged Like Milk? Which recent movies and TV shows have aged like milk (and which have only gotten better)?
Pop Culture How AMC's Interview With the Vampire Can Teach Good vs Great Costume Design What is it about the costumes of AMC's Interview With the Vampire and other shows and movies that makes the difference between awful and amazing?
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "The Thing Lay Still" The highs (and lows) of the first season of Interview With the Vampire as well as a dive into the real history behind that Mardi Gras parade.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "Like Angels Put in Hell by God" Episode six of Interview With the Vampire has good moments but struggles to understand its own genre.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart" Episode five of Interview With the Vampire continues having problems translating Claudia for the TV screen.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood With All A Child's Demanding" Episode four of Interview With the Vampire takes on the challenge of introducing Claudia with mixed results.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "Is My Very Nature That of the Devil" Episode three of Interview With the Vampire brings strong story highlights and reveals the real life madam Louis is based on.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Whose Show is This? The final episode of She-Hulk sadly reveals the many ways the show failed to live up to its potential.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: "...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self" AMC's Interview With the Vampire's second episode continues to bring quality storytelling along with an excuse to talk about how to get rid of a body.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Ribbit and Rip It She-Hulk's penultimate ep gives a great reintroduction to Matt Murdock even as the quality of the show itself continues to struggle.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: In Throes of Increasing Wonder Interview With the Vampire's first episode is strong on story but weak on history.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: The Retreat She-Hulk's seventh episode is great until it goes off the rails with an ending that brings the entire series into question.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Just Jen She-Hulk's sixth episode shows more of its sitcom strengths but still has a way to go.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Mean, Green, and Straight Poured Into These Jeans She-Hulk's fifth episode had good bona fides but sadly did not live up to its potential.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Is This Not Real Magic? She-Hulk's fourth episode brings sweet sitcom fun (and we talk about that episode three backlash).
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: The People vs Emil Blonsky She-Hulk's third episode had one thing that really worked and two that weren't quite up to snuff.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Superhuman Law She-Hulk's second episode continues the fun even if it doesn't delve too much into details.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: A Normal Amount of Rage She-Hulk: Attorney at Law's first episode sets a high bar for quality (no pun intended).
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: No Normal How does the final episode of Ms Marvel stack up against its comics counterpart? (Hint: pretty good, actually!)
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: Time and Again Ms Marvel's penultimate episode stuns as it brings history to life, while hinting that there's much more story to come.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: Seeing Red Ms Marvel's fourth episode has interesting set pieces but doesn't quite stick the landing.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: Destined Ms Marvel's third episode brings great dancing and some interesting character choices.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: Crushed Ms Marvel's second episode shows off its love for the comics while continuing to tell a great story.