‘The Strain’ is breaking out to become great, lights-out horror TV
TV commentary: The battle against the munchers is becoming must-see TV.
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del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ deliciously dark and stylish
First episode impressions (TV review): The novel and comic book series now gets a small-screen adaptation.
‘Hannibal,’ ‘Walking Dead,’ ‘Bates Motel’ provide 1-2-3 TV horror punch (TV commentary)
I have a friend, Shaune, who’s a big horror movie fan, but he has found the current character stuff on “The Walking Dead” rather boring. This is understandable: Television has never been able to be […]
Did anyone else think Rick was dead? (TV commentary)
With Rick lying on a sofa without moving, Carl puking up his breakfast and bizarre dream sequences popping up (albeit from Michonne, not Carl), Sunday’s mid-fourth-season premiere of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” obviously called to mind the […]
‘Hannibal’ makes tasty transition to the small screen
First episode impressions (TV review): Horror’s most famous cannibal gets the TV treatment from Bryan Fuller.
Where does ‘The Walking Dead’ rank among the all-time greats? (TV commentary)
I swung in for a sandwich at the local Jimmy John’s the other day, and as often happens, my chat with owner Jon Oja quickly switched from sandwiches to movies and TV. We both said […]
Norman Bates’ backstory updated, explored in ‘Bates Motel’
First episode impressions (TV review): Norman Bates gets a more robust backstory in this remake of the “Psycho” saga.
‘Talking Dead’ like a hug for ‘Walking Dead’ fans (TV commentary)
Can we talk for a moment about what a great show “Talking Dead” (9 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC) is? No, not “Walking Dead,” “Talking Dead” — the show that airs immediately after the zombie drama and dissects what […]
Does anyone else think ‘The Walking Dead’s’ Rick is a jerk?
TV commentary: The ridiculous behavior of lead character Rick Grimes has been a low point of “The Walking Dead” Season 3.
‘Walking Dead’ winter finale thrilling, but filled with conveniences (TV commentary)
The situation “The Walking Dead” has set up this season, with the Woodbury camp versus the prison camp and all the conflicting allegiances and misunderstandings, provides almost inevitable thrills. And Sunday’s winter finale was no exception; in many […]