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
Supergirl Season 3 Review: 3.16: Of Two Minds
Supergirl season 3 revealed Pestiulence this week in a by-the-book episode. Although most of it was too generic, the episode did have one absolutely killer emotional scene between Winn Schott and James Olsen. After people...
Television
iZombie Season 4 Review: 4.9: Mac-Liv-Moore
This week’s episode of iZombie season 4 continued to have the same problems as the rest of the season. But, it also had an adorable Clive Babineaux subplot and a surprisingly intriguing storyline for Blaine...
Television
Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.16: Are You There, Bob? It’s Me, Birthday
This week a sweet episode of Bob’s Burgers season 8 explored the best marriage on television. Bob Belcher and Linda Belcher’s love for each other always makes for strong episodes. The episode opened with Linda...
Television
Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.6: Artificial Emotional Intelligence
This week’s episode of Silicon Valley season 5 was a real disappointment. The plots felt phoned in and many of the characters seem to have become parodies of themselves. The episode got off to a...
Culture of Pop
Badass Hollywood Roles That You Could Live in Real Life
If you’re into movies, then chances are that you have dreamed of taking on the dregs of society a la Deadpool or bending the laws of nature like Neo in The Matrix . Perhaps you’ve...
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.19: Prisoners
Photo: Katie Yu/The CW I had hope for this week’s episode of Riverdale season 2 when it opened on Midge Klump’s funeral. The scene revealed that the Riverdale Vixens have special funeral uniforms just for...
Television
The Flash Season 4 Review: 4.19: Fury Rogue
Photo: Shane Harvey/The CW The Flash season 4 is nearing its end. That means right on schedule it’s time for an episode that’s mostly about Barry Allen’s feelings. Episodes where everyone else is able to...
Television
Supergirl Season 3 Review: 3.15: In Search of Lost Time
Supergirl season 3 delivered another solid episode this week. M’yrnn J’onzz proved what a valuable character he is. Also check out my review of last week’s episode of Supergirl season 3 . M’yrnn just showed...
Television
iZombie Season 4 Review: 4.8: Chivalry is Dead
This week’s episode of iZombie season 4 was mediocre with a few great stand out scenes. The way that the brain-of-the-week affected Liv Moore created distracting problems for the episode. The victim-of-the-week was a LARPer....
Television
Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.5: Facial Recognition
This week’s episode of Silicon Valley season 5 felt like a fairly competent sitcom. But, it didn’t feel like an episode of Silicon Valley . Part of this was the character work. Richard Hendricks suddenly...
