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
Silicon Valley Season 4 Review: 4.2: Terms of Service
Silicon Valley season 4 gave us the gift of an episode centered around Dinesh Chugtai and I'm extremely grateful. There wasn't a ton of deep character development in the episode, but it was still fun...
Culture of Pop
The Flash Season 3 Review: 3.19: The Once and Future Flash
This week The Flash season 3 opened with Iris West asking Barry Allen to promise her that if Savitar does kill her, he won't let Joe West push him away. Then, he travels to the...
Television
iZombie Season 3 Review: 3.4: Wag the Tongue Slowly
Well, Peyton Charles' relationship with Blaine DeBeers seems to be happening in full force in iZombie season 3 and we all just have to live with that. And now that he's taken Ravi Chakrabarti's memory...
Television
Bates Motel Series Finale Review: 5.10: The Cord
The Bates Motel series finale was a strong episode. It focused on emotional scenes that were a natural extension of the story. There were no huge surprises in this episode because there didn't need to...
Television
Silicon Valley Season 4 Premiere Review: 4.1: Success Failure
There have always been two things that make Silicon Valley a great story. First, Richard Hendricks' paradoxical ability to be both an underdog and a satire of entitlement. Second, the surprising yet character-driven plot turns....
Television
Powerless Season 1 Review: 1.9: Emergency Punch Up
Powerless season 1 episode 9 was the strongest episode so far thanks to the simple premise. It made the strong choice to bring the whole cast together. The team was trapped together after Dr. Psycho...
Television
iZombie Season 3 Review: 3.3: Eat, Pray, Liv
This week's episode of iZombie season 3 was bogged down in the dynamic between Peyton Charles, Blaine DeBeers and Ravi Chakrabarti. There was one real highlight to this mess. Peyton laying into Ravi about how...
Television
Bates Motel Season 5 Review: 5.9: Visiting Hours
On this week's episode of Bates Motel season 5, the evidence against Norman Bates all came to light and started piling up. Despite this major change, the episode still mostly repeated beats we've felt before....
Culture of Pop
Powerless Season 1 Review: 1.8: Green Furious
This week's episode of Powerless season 1 was all about Natalie Morales as Green Fury. In the episode opening, Emily Locke saves her life so she says that she owes her a favor. Emily decides...
Television
iZombie Season 3 Review: 3.2: Zombie Knows Best
This week's episode of iZombie season 3 was one of the strongest of the series so far. The episode focused on Clive Babineaux's backstory, revealing much more of his character. This was a great choice....
