“I want to know what ‘I love you’ means,” are the words spoken by Violet Evergarden in the first episode of Kyoto Animation’s newest project of the same name. The 13-episode series, which was released on Netflix for US audiences last Thursday, follows the story of Violet, a former child soldier living in the aftermath of a civil war,...
“Arrow” has been a bit of a mess lately. As the one show that brought forth The CW to mainstream success back in 2012, and cracked open the shell for consequential superhero shows to become critical and commercial hits (“The Flash,” “Supergirl”), “Arrow” seemingly had everything built to succeed.
The show’s first two seasons effectively crafted billionaire playboy Oliver...
Silence can be a powerful act. Perhaps fear resonates through your whole body as you struggle to find the right emotion to react to a specific event, so you stay silent. Or maybe you feel powerless and overwhelmed, like the weight of the world is upon your shoulders, so you stay silent. Or worse, through your silence, you come...
This article contains light spoilers
Let’s get this straight: “The Flash” is a fun show. Its first season burst with excitement and confidence — a special kind of confidence that’s hard to come by in a show’s premiere season. It brought forth just the right mix of comedy, heartfelt drama and action coupled with an engaging cast, especially the enthralling...
When “Riverdale” first premiered in late January of this year, the CW network had largely been infested with more action-oriented superhero shows — with the network pushing the likes of “Supergirl,” “The Flash,” “Arrow” and “Legends of Tomorrow” to the forefront of the channel’s main lineup. “Riverdale” marked the first time the network has attempted to truly cater to...
This article contains spoilers for “Stranger Things” season one.
Nostalgia is a poor man’s way of romanticizing the past for cheap emotional resonance; in film, television, music, it’s pandering, bypassing a link with an audience by instead asking only for them to recall the past. That was almost the problem with “Stranger Things,” but, while the Netflix series was a...
“The Flash” absolutely brought its A-game once again in this week’s episode “Welcome to Earth-2.” All season long, “The Flash” has played with the concept of the multiverse, a system of parallel universes where other Earths exist. After seeing plenty of small glimpses of Earth-2 throughout the season, “Welcome to Earth-2” was the ultimate payoff, as we found Barry...
The harsh reality of life is that sometimes it doesn’t go the way you plan it. Events happen that you may or may not like, and important decisions have to be made. Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) voices over in the beginning of this episode that “You can either embrace the change and move forward, or fight it and be...
It has always been a staple in comic books to find superheroes fight alongside each other, and lately, this shtick has gotten more attention with the likes of Marvel’s “The Avengers” and “Guardians of the Galaxy.” DC will soon have their own big screen team up with the impending “Justice League” film that combines all well-known DC characters such...
Being a racial minority is not easy. Aside from a lack of representation, seeing your culture appropriated and your voice interpreted as either for or against the state (e.g. Colin Kaepernick) can make you wonder if your voice is valued as a minority. All too often the black artistic voice is either silenced or used to appropriate black culture,...