The last time we left our group of survivors, Grimes had persuaded a small group to head back out to Atlanta to find their bag of guns and Merle. The third episode ended with a haunting final shot of Merle’s hand, apparently cut off with the hacksaw. There was no [...]
Review: The Walking Dead, Episode 3 – “Tell It to the Frogs” (2010)
November 23rd, 2010
Well, what do you know? A show about a zombie apocalypse can still be interesting and entertaining even when it scales back on the zombies. That’s the most obvious starting point when discussing “Tell It to the Frogs,” the third episode of The Walking Dead. Although only three episodes in, [...]
Review: Due Date (2010)
November 18th, 2010
There are typically three qualities to successful comedies: provide at least six good laughs, tight plotting, and most importantly, present engaging and interesting characters in conflict with each other. Granted, the comedies Hollywood has been serving up of late struggle to achieve just one of the qualities listed, let alone [...]
Review: The Walking Dead, Episode 2 – “Guts” (2010)
November 15th, 2010
The last time we left The Walking Dead, Rick Grimes, our intrepid hero, was stuck inside a tank in the middle of downtown Atlanta and surrounded by an angry (and hungry) crowd of “Walkers,” or zombies to you and me. Separated from his wife and young son, Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), [...]
Review: The Walking Dead, Episode 1 – “Days Gone Bye” (2010)
November 3rd, 2010
Frank Darabont, the writer and director of The Mist ended that apocalyptic tale with the perverse and shocking death of a child. Darabont’s latest project, The Walking Dead (AMC), a TV show about a zombie apocalypse, opens on a similar note of depravity. Upon meeting a young zombie among the [...]
