I definitely had that feeling about Jessica Jones and this new season of Daredevil. Both shows started out strong and started to drag near the end, though I did generally enjoy both. I think JJ's problem was that it was probably 3-4 episodes too long for the story it was telling, so the last few episodes were full of…

Man. I really liked Dr. Denise. She wasn't only likable, but also a refreshing addition to the cast of characters because she felt real wonderfully ordinary next to the equally interesting yet cartoonishly gritty main cast. I didn't even realize the show needed her until she joined it, and I ended up finding her much…

I remember seeing Kung Fu Hustle in a movie theatre almost ten years ago. This scene nearly killed me back then, and it still makes me laugh to this day, even though I've seen the movie multiple times since.

I sincerely hope that this project will remain in developement hell until someone in a position of power has the good sense to take it seriously.

And here I was being pleasantly surprised by how promising the recent cast & crew announcements of the American Gods TV-adaptation have turned out to be. .

Speaking as a non-American with some experience of the publishing industry, the consensus in the business seems to be that American readers are not interested in non-English fiction, which is why so little of it gets translated. I'm not sure how valid that assumption is, since I imagine it's very difficult for an…

I think the game was way better than the comics. The game took the best parts of the comics and made good use of them in a narratologically and stylistically coherent story, wisely excluding the aggressive right-wing political undertones of the comics. I'd like to see less Fables comics and more Telltale adaptations…

I stopped watching Prison Break when Sara "died", too - not because I was overly fond of the character, but because her death was so badly written that it made me lose all faith in the show, even though the first two seasons had been terrificly entertaining. I didn't watch a single episode after that, not even after I…

Still not good enough a reason to subject anyone to the horrors of the ghastly Oldboy remake.

I don't think that Dakota Johnson deserved that Razzie. She played a bad character in a bad film based on a terrible book, and I actually felt like she was doing her damn hardest to make her dull, childish, odourless character as relatable and likable as she could with the material she was working with. I think she…

The success of Nolan's The Dark Knight caused a similar wave of misguided attempts at reiterating the movie's successful formula in other comic book films. I think the film resonated in moviegoers because it buildt its central moral conflicts and themes against current issues, which made the movie feel reflective of…

I definitely agree with that; the silly premise did work in the first season because they kinda just ran with it, and it really was a fun ride. But I think they dropped the ball when the show entered its second season. It now feels very confused about its own mythology, focus, and objectives, which is why I lost all…

I seem to be totally alone in this, but I don't understand the appeal of Oliver and Felicity of Arrow at all. They're both good characters portrayed by capable actors, but I don't get why people like their relationship so much. I stopped watching the show halfway through season 3, partly because the boring, gratingly…

Ah, shippin'. It's amazing how a personal obsession with the idea of two fictional characters dating can make or break a show. Just look at Sleepy Hollow - a very flawed TV-show with a stupid premise that rarely delivers and two lead actors who are so much better than they have any right to be in a show as desperately…

Oh god, the sequel. Bridget Jones's Diary is one of the few rom coms that I've rewatched with pleasure many times, but I had to stop watching the sequel halfway through it (I ended up resuming the movie around the final act, which was also awful, so I'm guessing the parts I missed couldn't have been any good either).…

Oh, antichrist. This sounds and looks so umb - but maybe in the glorious kind of way?

At this point of the history of cinema, I'm too tired to get upset about the prospect of another unnecessary remake, reboot, or a sequel of a beloved cult classic. I've just accepted the remake as a staple of our time, and to be honest not all of them are that bad. A good story can be told multiple times.

Labyrinth is, in many ways, a very silly movie, but I think there's something very wise and empowering about the way it portrays the power struggle between Jareth and Sarah. It's an old story; it's the Red Riding Hood and the Wolf all over again, the story about the young girl who meets an older stranger who wants…

I have reverse problem: there are some shows I loathe in general, but I keep watching them because of individual performances I enjoy too much. Like Once Upon a Time - the TV version a neverending crossover fanfiction from hell. It's one mess of a show full of ill-conceived story arcs, unsophisticated themes, clunky…

I didn't like Rose Tyler, either, and it's really beyond me why so many fans of the show still rank her as their favourite. She made the show a lot less watchable for me in the early seasons, and I didn't really get into Doctor Who until she was completely gone - though, in all honestly, the general tone of the show…