Now that the Super Bowl is over and your favorite team has won (or lost), the real game can begin — the 90th annual Academy Awards. Specifically wagering on the Academy Awards, which will be broadcast in a few short weeks. The Oscars are just as popular as football when it comes to home and office betting pools. […]
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DIVING INTO THE OSCAR POOL
February 7th, 2018 
Steven D'Arcangelo 
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No Comments »LETTING IT RIDE ON THE LAST JEDI
November 6th, 2017 Steven D'Arcangelo “Whenever you gamble, my friend, eventually you’ll lose.” So said Liam Neeson’s wizened Jedi knight, Qui-Gon Jinn, in Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Gambling runs rampant in the galaxy far far away. And never more so it seems than in the film franchise’s newest installment — Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. Trailers for […]
THE MUSIC OF DC COMICS: VOLUME 2 review
July 12th, 2016 Steven D'Arcangelo Released this week from WaterTower Music is The Music of DC Comics: Volume 2 on CD and digital formats, with a double vinyl album coming soon for all you Jack Whites out there. This follow-up to 2010’s The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection celebrates the ongoing musical heritage of DC Comics in […]
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Episodes 2.11 – 2.14 (T.V. review)
March 27th, 2015 Steven D'Arcangelo After devoting a double-length critique to Agent Carter‘s final episode (hopefully final only for now), I’ll now go the opposite direction by devoting one critique to four — count ‘em, FOUR! — full episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Consider it my attempt to break the world record for number of shows recounted in a single […]
MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER: Valediction (television mini-series critique)
March 20th, 2015 Steven D'Arcangelo The grand finale of Agent Carter is both grand and final. The grandness comes in the form of feature film quality special effects, most evident in a climatic flight over Manhattan. Just as grand is the top-notch production design showcased in an art-deco movie palace and a hanger full of classic airplanes. As for the […]
MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER: Snafu (television mini-series critique)
March 5th, 2015 Steven D'Arcangelo “You think you know me, but I’ve never been more than what each of you have created. To you I’m a stray kitten left on your doorstep to be protected. Those are Peggy Carter’s words after self-confessing everything to fellow S.S.R. agents Dooley, Daniel, and Thompson who, despite a triple interrogation, were unable to grill […]
MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER: A Sin to Err (television mini-series critique)
February 25th, 2015 Steven D'Arcangelo In A Sin to Err, a Russian scientist is asked why his country’s Black Widow spy program is comprised solely of women. His reply: “Women are often overlooked. Taken for granted.” This statement not only explains how the Widows are so successful at espionage (No one pays attention to the so-called weaker sex.), it also […]
