As you can probably tell by the date, I ignored Superman & Lois when it premiered last month. A few years ago, I officially gave up on the Arrowverse outside of Arrow and The Flash. It wasn’t just that the formerly fun franchise had devolved into overbearing identity politics and woke hectorin...
Read MoreOfficially, “Central City Strong” is the fourth episode of The Flash’s seventh season, but it was supposed to be the season premiere, and it shows. This week deals with the fallout from the Mirrorverse arc and acts mainly as a checkpoint for the characters to get them back on superhero track. ...
Read MoreThe first season of Doom Patrol left plenty of loose ends for its follow-up to focus on. How would everybody get back to normal size after shrinking to fight Mr. Nobody inside the painting? Would Rita ever gain control of her unique anatomy? How can the team ever forgive the Chief after his dark sec...
Read MoreWhen I saw Justice League in theaters back in 2017, I liked it fine. It feels like an eternity has passed since then for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that the past year has felt like a decade. The first week or so after seeing the original Justice League cut, …
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“Mother,” the season finale that is no longer a season finale but still feels like a season finale, is the perfect encapsulation of The Flash in its later seasons. Parts of it are great and harken back to the best of the show’s heyday; other parts are bad, tedious, and make you check your watc...
Read MoreAfter last week’s episode made me wonder why I keep watching The Flash, “The Speed of Thought” reminded me. This give and take has been going on for the last few seasons, and while it’s frustrating, the good stuff makes it worth sticking out, at least for me. There are still some stumbles, b...
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