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!
Culture of Pop
'American Crime' S1 E9 Review: Intensity Rising
American Crime opens up its ninth episode with Barb practicing at the shooting range. She coldly fires away toward a target with the keen instruction from the man providing supervision. Is this merely a hurt...
Culture of Pop
One Big Happy Review: 1.6: Wedlocked
One Big Happy continued its perfect streak of being an unbelievable pile of garbage with "Wedlocked." The main conflict of this episode is the possibility that Luke won't marry Prudence, when they've only known each...
Comic Books
iZombie Review: 1.7: Maternity Liv
iZombie came out with another strong episode this week. "Maternity Liv" had one of the most interesting procedural plots the show has ever had, as Liv and Clive tried to solve the mystery of who...
Culture of Pop
The Final 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Trailer
Mad Max: Fury Road has successfully created hype behind its heart-stopping trailers. A previous, more exhilarating trailer was covered by yours truly here , but this new installment still manages to bring the action. The...
Culture of Pop
Community Review: 6.8: Intro to Recycled Cinema
This week's Community had a great opening that looked like a real ad. At the end when Ken Jeong showed up, I genuinely thought it was just an ad with Ken Jeong and it was...
Culture of Pop
Early Season 5 'Game of Thrones' Thoughts
Game of Thrones has always been a fascinating show, carefully picking its spots between slowly formed storylines and horrific violence. Season 5 has been no different. For example, in episode three of this season, we...
Culture of Pop
Bates Motel Review: 3.8: The Pit
Bates Motel season 3 continued last night with a new episode. Perhaps the most notable thing about "The Pit" is that it gave us the most frank discussion Norman and Norma have ever had about...
Comic Books
Daredevil Review: Episodes 9-13
The final episodes of Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix provide a drama-filled, satisfying conclusion. Things become truly bleak for Matt Murdock in episode 10, "Nelson vs. Murdock." In this episode, Foggy finally discovers Matt's secret and...
Culture of Pop
Johnny Depp is Back in 'Black Mass' Trailer
Johnny Depp is taking a nice break from playing quirky characters, as he's flexing his acting chops once again to play Whitey Bulger, the most infamous, violent criminal in South Boston. It's been a while...
Culture of Pop
'Ex Machina' is a Fresh Take on Frankenstein's Monster
Was Victor Frankenstein more of a monster than his own creation? Alex Garland’s first directorial effort, Ex Machina , is a Sci-Fi film that portrays an original interpretation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. When a...
