The Flash (2014) s06e02 – A Flash of Lightning (2)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 21, 2019
It took me a few minutes to realize what’s going on with this episode of “Flash.” It’s a pretty good episode. It’s been a while since the show’s had a pretty good episode without some major qualifications—last season had way too much bad acting from the season guests and way too little read more
The Punisher #35, Barracuda, Part 5 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 21, 2019
It’s a bridging issue but also not. Actually, there are some major plot developments here, just not much involving Frank. Other than him surviving and deciding it’s time to stop screwing around with the Wall Street guys and just take them out; thanks to Barracuda, Frank’s now taking things as read more
The Punisher #34, Barracuda, Part 4 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 20, 2019
This issue makes two things very clear. First, Punisher MAX would’ve been an even more successful book if Goran Parlov had been handling the art chores throughout. His expressions—for the talking heads scenes—are phenomenal. There’s one scene where the big boss is monologuing to his flunkies read more
The Farm (1938, Humphrey Jennings) (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 19, 2019
For some reason, The Farm completely ditches what had been a very good sense of humor for the last minute or two. It runs twelve minutes. Losing the humor’s kind of rough, especially since there’s nothing to replace it, just the end of the short. It’s like Farm starts winding down too soon, never read more
The Farm (1938, Humphrey Jennings) (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 19, 2019
For some reason, The Farm completely ditches what had been a very good sense of humor for the last minute or two. It runs twelve minutes. Losing the humor’s kind of rough, especially since there’s nothing to replace it, just the end of the short. It’s like Farm starts winding down too soon, never read more
The Farm (1938, Humphrey Jennings) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 19, 2019
For some reason, The Farm completely ditches what had been a very good sense of humor for the last minute or two. It runs twelve minutes. Losing the humor’s kind of rough, especially since there’s nothing to replace it, just the end of the short. It’s like Farm starts winding down too soon, never read more
The Farm (1938, Humphrey Jennings) (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 19, 2019
For some reason, The Farm completely ditches what had been a very good sense of humor for the last minute or two. It runs twelve minutes. Losing the humor’s kind of rough, especially since there’s nothing to replace it, just the end of the short. It’s like Farm starts winding down too soon, never read more
The Punisher #33, Barracuda, Part 3 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 19, 2019
Ennis wastes no time getting Frank and Barracuda together this issue. He even goes so far to use coincidence to speed things up—Barracuda’s on his way to New York to take out The Punisher and just happens to see Frank walking off his flight. Dumb luck. And bad luck for Frank, who’s almost completel read more
The Punisher #32, Barracuda, Part 2 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 18, 2019
There’s a lot of action this issue, but it’s all Barracuda doing it. Meanwhile Frank is getting information about why a dirty cop risked it all to take out Wall Street guy Stephens. Frank and Stephens have breakfast in a diner. The diner’s called “Frank’s Favorite Diner.” Not sure if that read more
The Watcher (2000, Joe Charbanic) (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 17, 2019
I do not regret watching The Watcher, which features Keanu Reeves as a serial killer who sees the world like a shitty late nineties video camera. It might not even be a video camera. The shots might just be through a shitty video viewfinder. There’s a lot of… competency on display in the film, but read more
The Watcher (2000, Joe Charbanic) (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 17, 2019
I do not regret watching The Watcher, which features Keanu Reeves as a serial killer who sees the world like a shitty late nineties video camera. It might not even be a video camera. The shots might just be through a shitty video viewfinder. There’s a lot of… competency on display in the film, but read more
The Watcher (2000, Joe Charbanic) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 17, 2019
I do not regret watching The Watcher, which features Keanu Reeves as a serial killer who sees the world like a shitty late nineties video camera. It might not even be a video camera. The shots might just be through a shitty video viewfinder. There’s a lot of… competency on display in the film, but read more
Becker (1998) s01e11 – Scriptus Interruptus (1)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 17, 2019
I feel a little like one of those jokes about training an AI to write something because this episode of “Becker”—specifically how I write about it—is going to be very similar to the last time I wrote about an episode of “Becker” written by Ian Gurvitz. I thought having Andy Ackerman directing read more
The Watcher (2000, Joe Charbanic) (4)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 17, 2019
I do not regret watching The Watcher, which features Keanu Reeves as a serial killer who sees the world like a shitty late nineties video camera. It might not even be a video camera. The shots might just be through a shitty video viewfinder. There’s a lot of… competency on display in the film, but read more
Wait
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 17, 2019
I want to find an amusing cartoon reminding the reader not to go off their anxiety meds so I can take it up behind all my screens, home and work, and turn that incredibly stupid decision into a trope from popular entertainment set design going back to at least the 1970s. I feel like there were comi read more
Becker (1998) s01e11 – Scriptus Interruptus (2)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 17, 2019
I feel a little like one of those jokes about training an AI to write something because this episode of “Becker”—specifically how I write about it—is going to be very similar to the last time I wrote about an episode of “Becker” written by Ian Gurvitz. I thought having Andy Ackerman directing read more
The Punisher #31, Barracuda, Part 1 (of 6)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 16, 2019
Punisher #31 starts off with a couple surprises. First is Goran Parlov on the art. Parlov’s excellent. He’s the best artist the book’s had in a long time. Second is Ennis using a flashback device. The issue starts with sharks chowing down on a bunch of fresh bodies and Frank watching from a boat. read more
Night Hunter (2018, David Raymond) (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 15, 2019
The first act of Night Hunter, which is just as stupid as the film’s original title, Nomis, but has nothing to do with the movie itself—unless Night Hunter refers to “lead” Henry Cavill, who at one point tells his daughter, played by Emma Tremblay, how he was a great SWAT cop until she was born. read more
Night Hunter (2018, David Raymond) (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 15, 2019
The first act of Night Hunter, which is just as stupid as the film’s original title, Nomis, but has nothing to do with the movie itself—unless Night Hunter refers to “lead” Henry Cavill, who at one point tells his daughter, played by Emma Tremblay, how he was a great SWAT cop until she was born. read more
Night Hunter (2018, David Raymond) (3)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 15, 2019
The first act of Night Hunter, which is just as stupid as the film’s original title, Nomis, but has nothing to do with the movie itself—unless Night Hunter refers to “lead” Henry Cavill, who at one point tells his daughter, played by Emma Tremblay, how he was a great SWAT cop until she was born. read more