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
The Flash Season 3 Review: 3.15: The Wrath of Savitar
This week's episode of The Flash season 3 was very plot-heavy. And when it comes to The Flash , plot-heavy means nonsense-heavy. They've spent a lot of time showing that Savitar is scary and unstoppable....
Television
Bates Motel Season 5 Review: 5.3: Bad Blood
Photo by Cate Cameron The third episode of Bates Motel season 5 is one of the best episodes of the entire series. The addition of Chick to the dynamic in the house worked brilliantly. His...
Television
Survivor: Still Surviving and Thriving Entering Season 34
Image Courtesy of CBS.com Something about me that only long-time acquaintances would know about me is that I've had a long-time fascination with the Reality-Competition television genre. Over the years this interest has been tempered...
Culture of Pop
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: No. 2 - George Carlin
Image courtesy of YouTube. No. 2: George Carlin What can you say about George Carlin that hasn’t already been said? You can cross apply pretty much everything we talked about with Richard Pryor for Carlin....
Movies
'Logan' is a Fantastic Comic Book Western
Logan (Fox) Hope is hard to come by in James Mangold’s Logan , which takes place in 2029, as the former X-Men rebel is beat down by life’s heaviest punches: failure and loss. Hugh Jackman...
Television
The Flash Season 3 Review: 3.14: Attack on Central City
Photo: Katie Yu/The CW I'd hoped this week's episode of The Flash season 3 would be more fun. I mean, it's an episode where gorillas attack. I loved Harry Wells being around, of course. But,...
Television
Bates Motel Season 5 Review: 5.2: The Convergence of the Twain
Bates Motel season 5 delivered another solid episode this week. Like last week, the best moment was the end. In this case, Chick walked in on Norman Bates while he was fully assuming Norma Bates'...
Movies
Oscars 2017 Predictions
It’s that time of the year again for Hollywood to hand out statues of little gold men at the Academy Awards. The Oscars don’t always get it right, but it makes it more interesting to...
Television
Powerless Season 1 Review: 1.4: Emily Dates a Henchman
Powerless season 1 really hit its stride with its fourth episode. The difference in both joke density and joke quality between this and previous episodes was enormous. It helped that it had the incredibly strong...
Culture of Pop
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: No. 3 - Richard Pryor
Image courtesy of YouTube. No. 3: Richard Pryor The Godfather of modern comedy, perhaps the easiest way to understand the importance and impact of Richard Pryor is to note that he has influenced nearly every...
