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
Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.10: The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets
This week’s episode of Bob’s Burgers season 8 was a solid episode with a great final turn. The Belcher parents challenged the kids to make decent gifts for their grandparents. So, the kids set off...
Television
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.14: Reunion
This week’s episode of Gotham season 4 was a mostly bland episode, with one incredible scene. The Ivy Pepper plot continued to present problems. Early on in this episode, Ivy watched angrily as a man...
Television
‘Corporate’ Romance: The Case for Jake and Matt’s Love
Comedy Central’s sitcom Corporate just finished its first season. The goal of the show was to be an anti-workplace comedy. It portrayed work life without the tropes that other sitcoms employ to make the drudgery...
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.15: There Will Be Blood
This week’s episode of Riverdale season 2 focused on the season’s weakest plot: Hiram Lodge’s shady plans for Riverdale. Jughead Jones’ remains singularly focus on Hiram buying real estate. This just feels weirder and weirder...
Television
The Flash 4 Review: 4.16: Run, Iris, Run
Iris West-Allen gained Barry Allen’s speedster powers in one of the best episodes of The Flash season 4 so far. In this episode, Iris worried about not being strong enough, then experienced her own strength...
Television
iZombie Season 4 Review: 4.3: Brainless in Seattle, Part 1
Photo: Michael Courtney/The CW This week’s episode of iZombie season 4 had the same problem as last week . The personality from the brain-of-the-week completely overtook Liv Moore’s personality. This meant some great comedic acting...
Television
Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.9: Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien
Bob’s Burgers season 8 returned this week with a strong episode. This episode focused on the kids and did what Bob’s Burgers does best: it portrayed childhood with a unique emotional honesty. In this episode,...
Movies
'Annihilation' is Incredible Hardcore Sci-Fi
Annihilation (Paramount Pictures) From Sunshine to Ex-Machina , Alex Garland has always delivered as a screenwriter. Annihilation is another hardcore Sci-Fi script, which is a loose adaptation of a book, that really digs deep into...
Television
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.13: A Dark Knight: A Beautiful Darkness
This week’s episode of Gotham season 4 had a weak main plot, but the subplot with Jerome Valeska and Oswald Cobblepot made it well worth it. Ivy Pepper was determined to stop a Wayne Enterprises...
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.14: The Hills Have Eyes
This week Riverdale season 2 delivered its best episode. Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones traveled up to the Lodge’s lake house for the weekend. This allowed them to actually interact with...
