Category: Culture of Pop
This is Hardwood and Hollywood's section for all things having to do with pop culture - movies, TV, music, interviews with celebrities, both traditional and modern, and comic books. Keep your eyes on our words as we keep our fingers on the pulse of pop culture!
Television
Gotham Season 5: 5.4: Ruin
Credit: FOX I expected the final season of Gotham to go all out stylistically and be full of ridiculous turns. But, I’m enjoying that the episodes are more typical and focused on the character dynamics....
Culture of Pop
Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.10: The Stranger
Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW This week on Riverdale the main characters at least spoke to each other. That might be the standard for a good episode at this point. The show revealed one person who’s...
Culture of Pop
'Glass' Only Has Moments Of Greatness
Glass (Universal Pictures) Glass With Split , director and writer M. Night Shyamalan made a comeback of sorts, rising from the ashes of his poorly received films to bathe in Hollywood’s spotlight once again. Glass...
Television
The Flash Season 5 Review: 5.11: Seeing Red
This week’s episode of The Flash season 5 was a bland episode that asked viewers to care way too much about Barry Allen’s ethics. The Flash is at its best when it’s silly and fun...
Culture of Pop
Supergirl Season 4: 4.10: Suspicious Minds
This week on Supergirl season 4, Alex Danvers wondered if she should stay in a government organization that does torture. If you’ve been watching this season, the resolution won’t surprise you. Even putting politics aside,...
Culture of Pop
Gotham Season 5: 5.3: Penguin, Our Hero
This week Gotham season 5 delivered an episode entirely about Oswald Cobblepot’s ego. They know what the fans want and it was delightful. It opened by showing that in the midst of this citywide emergency,...
Television
Riverdale Season 3 Review: 3.9: No Exit
This week on Riverdale , a bear mauled Archie Andrews. While injured, he hallucinated playing a game of Gargoyles and Griffins in which the final quest was to cool himself. At the end of the...
Culture of Pop
The Flash Season 5: 5.10: The Flash and the Furious
The Flash returned this week with an episode focused on Nora West-Allen. Normally I would welcome focus on Nora, but they botched the execution. In this episode, Joslyn Jackam aka Weather Witch went on trial...
Culture of Pop
Bob’s Burgers Season 9: 9.12: The Helen Hunt
On this week’s episode of Bob’s Burgers season 9, Linda Belcher tried to set Teddy up with Helen. But, Tina Belcher became determined to set her up with a woman named Kathleen. The premise of...
Television
Gotham Season 5 Review: 5.2: Trespassers
This week’s episode of Gotham season 5 felt like a horror movie. The creepy imagery, flickering lights and jump scares added a stylistic layer. At the same time, the episode still fit in with Gotham...
