Batman The Animated Series: Appointment in Crime Alley

"Gentlemen, Gotham City is at a crossroads. As businessmen, the choices we face is clear. It's time we decide where we stand. Are we for progress or against it? For the future or for the past. For the weak or for the strong? In short, we cannot allow the underclass to hinder us from building a better tomorrow."

This tells a very familiar story about an evil developer (in this case Roland Daggett) who is trying to drive people out of their homes so they can bulldoze them and build something new and fancy in their place (in this case a mini mall).

Billions: YumTime

"We are not uncertain."

So, here's the real question - How much of this is actually about the Scrumpets?

Agatha All Along: Season One

This is a collaborative review of the first season of Agatha All Along. Samantha M. Quinn and An Honest Fangirl talk about their thoughts and opinions. While they keep the bigger reveals mostly spoiler free, there are references to events in the show that could be considered spoilery.

This discussion also contains spoilers for WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

From Dusk till Dawn: Let's Get Ramblin'

"Eyes find eyes."

I really love the lighting in this scene. It's very pretty, especially with the pool in the background.

The Penguin: Gold Summit

"People buy from whoever is selling."

And right now, Oz is selling a lot. Bliss, promises, a vision of a grander and better future... it just remains to be seen if he can follow through on any of them. At least he got the lights back on.

Batman The Animated Series: The Clock King

"When it comes to clocks, I am king. En garde!"

Batman: The Animated Series works its magic once again and turns another d-list baddie into a memorable foe.

This Week: Do You Watch Anything Special on Halloween?

What is everyone watching this week? Do you watch anything special on Halloween? I used to watch the Buffy Halloween episodes around this time of year, since I'm not a horror movie fan.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

“Destroy. Destroy Superman now!”

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The same could easily be said of Superman IV.

The Penguin: Homecoming

"Freedom always comes at a cost, doesn't it?"

There weren't many good quotes to pull from this week, but this one felt the most applicable. After all, it's time we dealt with some of the debts that had piled up.

Megalopolis

“Time, show me the future.”

Megalopolis is the latest major film by New Hollywood icon, Francis Ford Coppola, distributed by his company American Zoetrope. This is the man behind Apocalypse Now, The Godfather trilogy, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, etc. And the marketing appeared to promise an artistic, visually unique motion picture event. There was no way I was going to miss this in the theater.

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Slow Horses: Season Two Review

"They play a long game.”

The first season of Slow Horses was grown-up fun with a decorous amount of stakes. The second season adds another turn of the screw, ratcheting up the tension with some genuinely frightening villains and a higher body count.

Bride of Frankenstein

“An audience needs something stronger than a pretty little love story. So, why shouldn't I write of monsters?”

A direct sequel to their original Frankenstein movie, this is a rare sequel that many feel is better than the sublime original, and that includes me.