SPY GENRE CLICHÉ #86 — THE ROGUE AGENT. A former spy goes rogue and battles the hero who works for the same agency that, in the rogue’s eyes, did him wrong. Torn between loyalties, hero spy must defeat rogue spy/villain despite personal connections. Every espionage franchise eventually gets to the rogue agent trope. Tom […]
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MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Ep. 4: Eye Spy (T.V. Review)
October 16th, 2013 
Steven D'Arcangelo 
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1 Comment »ABC’s “ONCE UPON A TIME”, S3, Ep.3 (TV Review)
October 14th, 2013 Cody Thompson Previously on Once Upon a Time, Peter, oh yes that Peter, threatened to Emma that not only would she lose Henry to him, but that she would lose her parents as well. With that Emma and her band of mythical fairytale allies set off to rescue Henry; however as the episode starts off they are […]
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Ep. 3: The Asset (T.V. Review)
October 9th, 2013 Steven D'Arcangelo As season one progresses, Marvel Studios’ first foray into live-action T.V. is beginning to show its strengths and weaknesses, both of which are on display in last night’s episode. The plot rotates around a kidnapped S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist whose contribution to the Periodic Table of Elements is a theoretical particle that controls gravity fields and is […]
Posted in ABOUT US, NETWORK, RANTS & REVIEWS, Steven D'arcangelo, T.V., TELEVISION & CABLE 2 Comments »Robot Chicken Season 6 (Blu-ray Review)
October 8th, 2013 David Chase As a dad, I love infusing my kids with pop-culture, especially people, places, things and events of my day, my youth…because…well it was cool. So of course besides letting my kids occasionally play with some of my vintage collectible toys and action figure figures, I expose them to classic television shows I grew up on […]
Posted in ARTICLES BY AUTHOR, BLU-RAY, David Chase, DVD, RANTS & REVIEWS, TELEVISION & CABLE, VIDEO No Comments »MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. episode 2: O-8-4 (T.V. review)
October 2nd, 2013 Steven D'Arcangelo Last night’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode, entitled 0-8-4 (not to be confused with OU812), continues the small screen exploits of everyone’s favorite fictional global protection agency. As led by Agent Coulson, the team investigates an 0-8-4, which is a S.H.I.E.L.D. prefix for “object of unknown origin”. Considering that the last reported 0-8-4 (not to be […]
New Girl: The Complete 2nd Season (DVD Review)
October 2nd, 2013 David Chase “Who’s that girl? Who’s that girl? It’s Jess!!!” Any fan of FOX’s hit comedy television series “New Girl” will be happy to know that the Complete Second is now out on DVD. If you’ve been a loyal fan of the show since the beginning, then you know this is a show that’s grown in leaps […]
Posted in ARTICLES BY AUTHOR, David Chase, DVD, NETWORK, RANTS & REVIEWS, T.V., TELEVISION & CABLE, VIDEO No Comments »ABC’s ‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ Season 3 (TV Review)
September 30th, 2013 Cody Thompson Spoiler Alert: The themes, storylines, and production elements below are for a previously aired episode. Read at your own discretion. After a climactic Season 2 Finale of ABC’s hit fantasy-drama series “Once Upon A Time”, Creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis, left viewers on the edge of their couches with the fates of Neal, Rumpelstiltskin, […]
