Category: Entertainment

  • Pilot Review: A to Z

    Pilot Review: A to Z

    Another new romcom this season, A to Z is the chronicling of Andrew and Zelda’s budding relationship, set to last 8 months 3 weeks 5 days and 1 hour. First Impressions OMG BUG AHHH. This show reminds me of How I Met Your Mother, and not just because Zelda was the mother. This nerdy, try-hard guy (“Meant…

  • Pilot Review: Constantine

    Pilot Review: Constantine

    Based on the Hellblazer comic, Constantine is determined to solve some new problem, in the wake of condemning himself and a young girl to an eternity in hell. Trailer Impressions My first thought on this series was “but, I saw the movie…” which sort-of still holds true after watching this trailer. Not that I remember much…

  • Pilot Review: Forever

    Pilot Review: Forever

    Dr. Henry Morgan is a mortician who can’t die. Detective Jo Martinez is investigating a crime. Along with the only person who knows Henry’s secret, Abe, they make up the trio of this new fantasy, romcom, crime drama. Intrigued yet? Despite it’s very unimaginative title, Forever isn’t boring at all. Trailer Impressions My first thought during this…

  • Book Review: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

    Book Review: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

    A SciFi tale of time travel, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August follows one man who must continually re-live his life. Faced with immortality, Harry sets out to determine ‘what it all means,’ when he is tasked with saving the future. Slow, take-your-time novel A thoughtful, exploratory story, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August isn’t…

  • Pilot Review: Criminal Justice

    Pilot Review: Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice is an HBO series. HBO doesn’t have a public trailer, but there’s one from the original BBC series that can be viewed. I’m already bored just watching this trailer. It’s hard to tell what’s going on both visually and mentally. Clearly, a guy is convicted for killing a girl and for some reason he’s…

  • Pilot Review: Galavant

    Pilot Review: Galavant

    Galavant is a hilarious, honest musical – yes, you heard that right. Actually, I sort of liked it, and I felt that I should be a bit embarrassed by that! Trailer impressions I saw this pilot before the trailer, so I was so caught off guard when it started. I absolutely thought it was a joke. But…

  • Pilot Review: Jane the Virgin

    Pilot Review: Jane the Virgin

    A modern day “miracle”, Jane is artificially inseminated – on accident. If that doesn’t make this show sound bad enough – it’s by the CW. Now that we have established that this show is probably very trashy… let’s also come to terms with the fact that I will absolutely be watching it. Trailer impressions Another…

  • Pilot Review: American Crime

    Pilot Review: American Crime

    American Crime is a drama set in California, exploring the way in which a single crime can affect the lives of many. Touching on racial issues and class politics, this new show promises to be emotionally charged from beginning to end. Trailer Impressions This show, just based on the title, was pretty low on my…

  • Pilot Review: Manhattan Love Story

    Pilot Review: Manhattan Love Story

    Another new one from ABC, Manhattan Love Story is an adorable, honest, funny Rom-Com about a newly set-up couple as they begin, and navigate the trails of, their relationship. First Impressions I get it. It’s going to be a unique style with adorable characters and humorous situations. Only, I don’t get it. These inner voices are…

  • Book Review: The Girl With All the Gifts

    Book Review: The Girl With All the Gifts

    The Girl With All the Gifts is a pleasantly surprising novel about a child and her gradual understanding over the world, and people, around her. Written by M.R. Carey and released June 2014, this book originally caught my eye on Goodreads’ “Movers and Shakers” list with the following description: NOT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING…

  • Pilot Review: CSI: Cyber

    Pilot Review: CSI: Cyber

    CSI: Cyber is the third CSI: Crime Scene Investigation spin-off, starring Medium‘s Patricia Arquette. And in case you don’t want to scroll to the bottom: it’s awful. First Impressions All I have to say about this trailer is the following quote, “it’s not the perfect crime. It’s cyber crime.” (3:23) Stop. Now. Even just using…

  • Pilot Review: Cristela

    Pilot Review: Cristela

    Cristela is a quick-witted, Latina sitcom with back-to-back punchlines and a laugh track that seems to last for the entire show, non-stop. Like I prefaced in my last review (that I love crime dramas) let me preface that I’ve watched very few sitcoms (see the list). Trailer Impressions I can’t really give “first impressions” here…