Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie takes his drag king rendition of Hercule Poirot to drippy, trippy post-war Venice. Poirot, reticent and retired, dodges potential clients and has pastries hand-delivered to his fashionable palazzo by gondola, all while being fawned over, I mean protected, by a handsome Italian tough (Riccardo Scamarcio). But alas, his 1989-style hermitage…
Nobly, I have taken one for the team. Here’s a question which may haunt viewers of Orphan Black: Echoes more than the show’s writers: if we continue a franchise with none of the same writers or core themes, characters, and continuing plotlines, is it still the same show? Orphan Black was firmly centred…
Boring. I really wish I had another first thought besides that, but these episodes reminded me of why I didn’t enjoy the first season all that much. There’s a lot of things that are forgettable. Period. Ed and Stede’s retconned personalities feel impossibly old to me. I’m not sure I can pin a defining personality…
The ladies are fighting… so is everyone else. Perhaps this time, for clarity. Episode four and five, once again, hits us with the corporate-turned-pirate metaphors… the waters are muddled. Stede and Ed (back from the grave and ??? kinda ??? okay ??? Better than I would be after being knocked out for a day…
A recap for people who wait until late to catch up on this beloved mess of a crew… The season two open, mercifully gives Leslie Jones’ Spanish Jackie a spotlight that I hope would shine for the rest of the season, but is unlikely to (also the best part of the ghostbusters remake.) Jackie’s casual…