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!

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.10: The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets
Television

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.10: The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets

By Lenny Burnham • March 19, 2018

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...

Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.14: Reunion
Television

Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.14: Reunion

By Lenny Burnham • March 16, 2018

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...

‘Corporate’ Romance: The Case for Jake and Matt’s Love
Television

‘Corporate’ Romance: The Case for Jake and Matt’s Love

By Lenny Burnham • March 15, 2018

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...

Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.15: There Will Be Blood
Television

Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.15: There Will Be Blood

By Lenny Burnham • March 15, 2018

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...

The Flash 4 Review: 4.16: Run, Iris, Run
Television

The Flash 4 Review: 4.16: Run, Iris, Run

By Lenny Burnham • March 14, 2018

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...

iZombie Season 4 Review: 4.3: Brainless in Seattle, Part 1
Television

iZombie Season 4 Review: 4.3: Brainless in Seattle, Part 1

By Lenny Burnham • March 13, 2018

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...

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.9: Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien
Television

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Review: 8.9: Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien

By Lenny Burnham • March 12, 2018

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,...

'Annihilation' is Incredible Hardcore Sci-Fi
Movies

'Annihilation' is Incredible Hardcore Sci-Fi

By Mike Bitanga • March 09, 2018

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...

Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.13: A Dark Knight: A Beautiful Darkness
Television

Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.13: A Dark Knight: A Beautiful Darkness

By Lenny Burnham • March 09, 2018

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...

Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.14: The Hills Have Eyes
Television

Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.14: The Hills Have Eyes

By Lenny Burnham • March 08, 2018

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...