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
The State of Christmas
Image Courtesy of History.com Back in April, Hardwood and Hollywood’s odd-couple, Dalton Baggett and Sonny Giuliano, discussed the state of the National Basketball Association . Today they discuss the state of the Christmas Season. Sonny...
Movies
'Darkest Hour' is a Showcase for Gary Oldman
Darkest Hour (Focus Features) When a man insists on taking over the world, those that oppose him must elect a man equally as bold to put him in his place. Darkest Hour, directed by Joe...
Movies
'Star Wars The Last Jedi' Makes its Own Path
Star Wars The Last Jedi (Disney) Hope is always present if you believe in it, but doubt is always there as well. Rian Johnson takes a seat in the director's chair in a galaxy far...
Movies
'The Disaster Artist' is an Amusing Offbeat Comedy
The Disaster Artist (Point Grey Pictures) The Room is a special kind of bad movie that can never be imitated. However, James Franco tackles the challenge of making a movie about the creation of the...
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.9: Silent Night, Deadly Night
Photo: Katie Yu/The CW In the frustrating Riverdale season 2 mid-season finale, Archie Andrews unmasked the Black Hood. They janitor character that they just introduced did it. Also, Jughead Jones cut up a person. There...
Television
Bob's Burgers Season 8 Review: The Bleakening
The Bob's Burgers season 8 Christmas episode was a special hour-long musical. It went all out and even featured Adam Driver as a guest voice. Driver was fantastic as Art, holding his own with the...
Movies
'The Shape of Water' is One of Del Toro's Best
The Shape of Water (Fox Searchlight Pictures) The need to truly understand something unknown is strongest with the lonely, but usually drowns in the shadows of the common man obsessed with superiority. Guillermo Del Toro’s...
Television
Gotham Season 4 Review: 4.11: A Dark Knight: Queen Takes Knight
Michael Shannon in The Shape of Water The Gotham season 4 midseason finale was a satisfying chapter in the story. The way that the war between Sofia Falcone and Oswald Cobblepot played out hit a...
Television
Riverdale Season 2 Review: 2.8: House of the Devil
Photo: Katie Yu/The CW This week's episode of Riverdale season 2 was more fun than most episodes this season. The incredible romantic chemistry between Alice Cooper and FP Jones went along way in redeeming the...
Television
The Flash Season 4 Review: 4.9: Don't Run
Photo: Katie Yu/The CW It was Christmas on this week's episode of The Flash season 4. Clifford DeVoe isn't the most interesting villain, but this episode moved quickly. It had enough fun scenes to make...
