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REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 2, Episode 1 “What Lies Beneath”

AlexGherzo | Jan 12, 2022 | 0

Now that The Flash has gone on hiatus till the spring, the up-for-sale CW has brought back its other big DC gun with the season premiere of Superman & Lois. When it debuted last year, this show breathed new life into the network’s waning superhero slate with a take on the Man of Steel that &he...

The CW is for Sale

AlexGherzo | Jan 6, 2022 | 2

The Arrowverse may be getting a new home. The Wall Street Journal reports that ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia are selling the CW network. (The Journal article is behind a paywall, but you can see the details at The Hollywood Reporter, who confirmed the story from “multiple sources” soon after the Jou...

REVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 5 “Armageddon Part 5”

AlexGherzo | Dec 15, 2021 | 0

The Flash may have averted Armageddon, but his greatest test is yet to come. “Armageddon Part 5” puts yet another new spin on the theme that has fueled not only this season-opening miniseries but much of the show from the beginning. That it incorporates the central characters and plot elements f...

REVIEW: The Flash – Season 8 Episode 4 “Armageddon Part 4”

AlexGherzo | Dec 8, 2021 | 0

“Armageddon Part 4” is a mostly great episode that kicks itself in the shins a few times too many. The continuing Armageddon storyline takes a surprising twist, and the wacky shifting alliances of an alternate future make for some entertaining scenes between former nemeses, but it focuses too mu...

REVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 3 “Armageddon Part 3”

AlexGherzo | Dec 1, 2021 | 0

The beginning of “Armageddon Part 3” scared me. I thought we were bracing for the return of one of my most hated, played-out superhero tropes, something The Flash has done several times (and several times too many). Instead, the third chapter in the miniseries surprised me by arguing against thi...

REVIEW: The Flash – Season 8, Episode 2 “Armageddon Part 2”

AlexGherzo | Nov 24, 2021 | 0

Is the Flash losing his mind? “Armageddon Part 2” sure makes it seem so. The second in the five-part event that launches season 8, this week’s episode finds Barry trying to prove to Despero that he won’t cause the destruction the alien visitor fears, which may be harder than he thinks. While...