Tag: Crime
Daredevil: Born Again “Demons” Ad is a Relief to Worried Fans
We’re not far from seeing the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen again, and while most of the lead-up to Daredevil: Born Again has been a mix of hopefulness and worry, a new advertisement is oddly reassuring. The new series, a revival of Netflix’s Daredevil starring Charlie Cox, premieres on Disney+ on ...
Read MoreDexter Franchise Expands With Dexter: Resurrection
Dexter is coming back… for real this time. If you’ve never seen it, Dexter was a crime thriller series that ran on Showtime from 2006 to 2013. Based on a series of books by Jeff Lindsay (particularly the first, Darkly Dreaming Dexter), Dexter starred Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, a forens...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 8, “A Great or Little Thing”
It all came down to “A Great or Little Thing,” a title that sums up the entire series, particularly its main character. The Penguin is a story awash in lies and myth-making, with little things – little people – becoming greater than what they are based on the tall tales we tell each other ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 7, “Top Hat”
“Top Hat” packs in enough story and character development for half a season, but the writers of The Penguin keep it from feeling rushed. Admittedly, part of that is because it’s following a bunch of stellar episodes that made the characters complex and the story a winding road of plotting, po...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 6, “Gold Summit”
The war for Gotham’s underworld heats up in “Gold Summit,” yet another fantastic episode of The Penguin that manages to add layers to some already well-drawn characters, humanizing the show’s array of monsters and graying conflicts that were beginning to look fairly straightforward. Sofia a...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Penguin – Episode 5, “Homecoming”
In a way, it’s unfortunate that “Homecoming” is following the outstanding “Cent’Anni,” as it was all but destined to suffer by comparison. But it’s another great episode of The Penguin, rocketing the story forward on multiple fronts, bringing all the major characters into the next leg ...
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