By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 19, 2019) CHAPTER 7: THE RECKONING (Jon Favreau, Deborah Chow) If there’s one take I’ve gone to more than any other in the world of covering television, it’s this one. When it’s time for the penultimate episode of a season or a series, you’d better expect the worst for…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 18, 2019) It’s got to be tough to take the single most successful film franchise in history, spawning countless spinoffs, both live action and animated, zillions of licensing dollars, video games, and everything else under the sun, and somehow continue to try and recapture what made the first two…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 15, 2019) For Titans fans… sigh. I’m sorry. I talked on Friday’s show about being wrong and being able to admit it. I wish I hadn’t been right about this season being over long ago, but it was just asking for a truckload to keep on winning at this…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 15, 2019) I’m surprised, but not in the manner I expected to be following the Watchmen finale, though it’s also not necessarily a bad thing. What I’m taken mildly aback by is how…straightforward the entire episode was, and that I’m not left confused by much of it. It all…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 14, 2019) Another week, another attempt on Mando’s life. This is the Star Wars equivalent of “same old, same old,” but I’m not growing tired of it. While this was the longest episode of the series thus far, and it didn’t need to be, it was a well-crafted story…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 12, 2019) Sometimes, the sum of a project is better than its individual parts, and sometimes, one of the parts exceeds any other equation. As interesting and sobering as Dark Waters is, this is a movie that would be virtually nothing without the performance of Mark Ruffalo, and also…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 12, 2019) Let’s dispense with too many words before we get to the central point here: If you liked Welcome to the Jungle, you’re going to love The Next Level, because nothing that worked in the original reboot is discarded. It’s building on what succeeded, rather than attempting to…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 12, 2019) Stories told about the so-called “everyman” resonate with us because we know people in our own lives that reflect some, if not most, of the characteristics of the pro… or sometimes the antagonists portrayed. There’s a relationship to a neighbor or someone at church or school or…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 8, 2019) The Titans went to Oakland in a game both teams definitely needed, with a Raiders team that wanted to erase the bad taste of two straight awful blowout losses… and instead suffered their third in a row. Meanwhile, Tennessee became the only AFC South team to win…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – December 8, 2019) All I was worried about with Watchmen following last week’s outstanding episode and the prior week’s incredible story… was tying Adrian Veidt into the larger plot. His scenes and scenarios were wild and outlandish, but what was their purpose, where was he, and would we ever get…… more
