Television

NOTE: REVIEW CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS An interesting thing about doing reviews is that it’s always much harder to write about something that’s good versus something that’s bad. Negative aspects are typically more glaring and conspicuous. I guess it goes back to the old Murphy’s Law adage: “Nobody notices when things go right.” With that said, […]

NOTE: REVIEW CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS At first glance, it may seem like I’ve made a mistake and accidentally repeated last week’s title. They are very similar, (much like the William Blake paintings that inspired them), but this one reads “clothed in sun,” as opposed to “clothed with the sun.” It’s obvious that Reba McClane is […]

NOTE: REVIEW CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” That passage from Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil has been quoted so many times, in countless forms of media, it’s practically the grandfather of […]

NOTE: REVIEW CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS Last time, I mentioned how “Digestivo” felt like the official ending to Season 2. A week later that feeling remains because “The Great Red Dragon” could easily work as the first episode of a completely new season as Hannibal changes gears from a globe-trotting thriller back into an exciting police […]

NOTE: REVIEW CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS Well, ladies and gentlemen, the first arc of Season Three is finally over. My experience watching “Digestivo” can be summed up by three different reactions: yelling out in shock, giggling morbidly, and asking my fellow viewers: “how in the world did they get away with that on public television?” I […]