It’s fitting that “Predicting the Future,” the latest episode in the National Geographic docuseries “Breakthrough,” probably didn’t turn out the way that anyone involved had planned it would. Not ten minutes into the episode, there’s polarizing statistician Nate Silver, in an interview from weeks, maybe even months, before the 2016 presidential election, with his take on the numbers.
“Most people, when you say 70/30, they don’t quite know that means. They don’t know what that 30 percent feels like,” Silver says.
Six months into the reality of that 30 percent probability, there’s a dark push-pull happening in this episode. As professionals from various predictive industries — actuaries, astronomers, city sanitation experts — give the audience a glimpse into their corner of the future, there’s the unspoken acknowledgment that people may not like what they find. As a result, “Predicting the Future” ends up presenting the viewers with competing visions of the future,...
“Most people, when you say 70/30, they don’t quite know that means. They don’t know what that 30 percent feels like,” Silver says.
Six months into the reality of that 30 percent probability, there’s a dark push-pull happening in this episode. As professionals from various predictive industries — actuaries, astronomers, city sanitation experts — give the audience a glimpse into their corner of the future, there’s the unspoken acknowledgment that people may not like what they find. As a result, “Predicting the Future” ends up presenting the viewers with competing visions of the future,...
- 5/30/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Bullets were flying, and Harlee was yelling “Officer down!” into her phone at the start of Shades of Blue Season 2 Episode 9.
We had to wait until the end to figure out who had been shot.
From what little we saw in that opening scene, I could tell that it wasn’t anyone from their team, but I never expected it to be Nate bleeding out on Wozniak’s floor.
Harlee had hoped that confronting Stahl about his dead partner would at least buy her a cease fire for a few days.
Hardly. The attacks are coming from all angles now, and it’s going to be almost impossible for the entire team to dodge a bullet, literal or figurative.
It felt as though we were waiting for the other shoe to drop concerning Loman’s interview with Nate. For a moment it looked like Loman had come to his senses.
We had to wait until the end to figure out who had been shot.
From what little we saw in that opening scene, I could tell that it wasn’t anyone from their team, but I never expected it to be Nate bleeding out on Wozniak’s floor.
Harlee had hoped that confronting Stahl about his dead partner would at least buy her a cease fire for a few days.
Hardly. The attacks are coming from all angles now, and it’s going to be almost impossible for the entire team to dodge a bullet, literal or figurative.
It felt as though we were waiting for the other shoe to drop concerning Loman’s interview with Nate. For a moment it looked like Loman had come to his senses.
- 5/1/2017
- by Christine Orlando
- TVfanatic
Pain, guilt, loyalty, and revenge are what drove both Wozniak and Stahl on Shades of Blue Season 2 Episode 4.
Who knew they had so much in common?
As Harlee and Wozniak disposed of Linklater’s body in the crematorium, I couldn’t help but wonder why Harlee didn’t use it to get rid of Miguel.
Does she not have access to it on her own? I hope there’s a reason other than making sure that Miguel’s body can be found later this season to ramp up the drama.
Because we all know that we haven’t seen the last of Miguel, even if he is dead and buried.
Harlee: I can't protect the people that I love without hurting other people.
Nava: Maybe you don't need to work so hard to save them from themselves.
Permalink: Maybe you don't need to work so hard to save them from themselves.
Who knew they had so much in common?
As Harlee and Wozniak disposed of Linklater’s body in the crematorium, I couldn’t help but wonder why Harlee didn’t use it to get rid of Miguel.
Does she not have access to it on her own? I hope there’s a reason other than making sure that Miguel’s body can be found later this season to ramp up the drama.
Because we all know that we haven’t seen the last of Miguel, even if he is dead and buried.
Harlee: I can't protect the people that I love without hurting other people.
Nava: Maybe you don't need to work so hard to save them from themselves.
Permalink: Maybe you don't need to work so hard to save them from themselves.
- 3/27/2017
- by Christine Orlando
- TVfanatic
Just when Wozniak thinks he’s got the winning hand, Stahl changes the game on Shades of Blue Season 2 Episode 3.
We all knew that Stahl wouldn't just roll over after Wozniak tried to kill him, but sending an entire tactical unit to Harlee's door was a strong message.
Perhaps it would have been stronger if he had actually arrested her. As it was, Harlee was pretty cavalier about the whole thing.
At home, Wozniak woke up to find that the nightmare of losing his wife and trying to kill a Fed was all very real…and we found out he has a son.
Oddly enough, up until now, we’d only ever heard about his late daughter. Nate had never been mentioned.
It sounded as though Nate is gay, although his mother didn’t mention to him that his father is bi-sexual, which seems like the appropriate label for Woz,...
We all knew that Stahl wouldn't just roll over after Wozniak tried to kill him, but sending an entire tactical unit to Harlee's door was a strong message.
Perhaps it would have been stronger if he had actually arrested her. As it was, Harlee was pretty cavalier about the whole thing.
At home, Wozniak woke up to find that the nightmare of losing his wife and trying to kill a Fed was all very real…and we found out he has a son.
Oddly enough, up until now, we’d only ever heard about his late daughter. Nate had never been mentioned.
It sounded as though Nate is gay, although his mother didn’t mention to him that his father is bi-sexual, which seems like the appropriate label for Woz,...
- 3/20/2017
- by Christine Orlando
- TVfanatic
Kayti Burt Feb 23, 2017
Ray fanboys out when the Waverider crew visits Camelot in their hunt for the Spear in the latest Legends Of Tomorrow season 2 episode...
This review contains spoilers.
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2.12 Camelot/3000
There's nothing more relatable than a comic book character who is also a nerd. Whether it be Ms. Marvel or Sir Ray of the Palms, we all love to see a nerdy protagonist. Every nerd reading or watching at home knows what it feels like to wish they were a character in their favourite story.
Enter Ray Palmer, who gets to spend Camelot/3000Mary Sue-ing through Arthurian legend. It makes for a somewhat silly standalone-type episode, but isn't that what Legends Of Tomorrow does best these days? Unlike more "serious" comic book adaptations, Legends doesn't try...
Ray fanboys out when the Waverider crew visits Camelot in their hunt for the Spear in the latest Legends Of Tomorrow season 2 episode...
This review contains spoilers.
See related SS-gb episode 1 review SS-gb: trailer and start date for Nazi Britain drama The Man In The High Castle season 2 spoiler-free review
2.12 Camelot/3000
There's nothing more relatable than a comic book character who is also a nerd. Whether it be Ms. Marvel or Sir Ray of the Palms, we all love to see a nerdy protagonist. Every nerd reading or watching at home knows what it feels like to wish they were a character in their favourite story.
Enter Ray Palmer, who gets to spend Camelot/3000Mary Sue-ing through Arthurian legend. It makes for a somewhat silly standalone-type episode, but isn't that what Legends Of Tomorrow does best these days? Unlike more "serious" comic book adaptations, Legends doesn't try...
- 2/22/2017
- Den of Geek
It's time for fans to decide once and for all who tops in the DC superhero world ... by bidding on vintage Batman and Superman movie costumes. Michael Keaton's Batsuit from the 1992 sequel "Batman Returns" and Christopher Reeve's iconic Superman costume from the eponymous 1978 film are both on the auction block. Check out the pics ... there's even an up-close shot of the original tag still intact and labeled for Reeve. The Man of Steel...
- 1/16/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Mid-season openers are often hit-or-miss. It can take a while to get back into a show and to remember what you loved about it.
Not so with Law & Order: Svu Season 18 Episode 7, which offered pathos, tension, and a serious real-life issue treated with the gravity it deserves without being depressing.
I have to admit that this was one of the rare cases where the actual episode was much better than the preview, which showed only Carisi being held at gunpoint by a perp. The cop in danger trope has been used an awful lot on Svu recently and yet another cop-taken-hostage situation didn't sound all that appealing.
That part of the story actually only took about 10 minutes, and they were tense, gripping, and inevitable once the plot unfolded.
The actual story was about a girl, Quinn, who was stalked by multiple men, raped, and eventually taken hostage and almost killed.
Not so with Law & Order: Svu Season 18 Episode 7, which offered pathos, tension, and a serious real-life issue treated with the gravity it deserves without being depressing.
I have to admit that this was one of the rare cases where the actual episode was much better than the preview, which showed only Carisi being held at gunpoint by a perp. The cop in danger trope has been used an awful lot on Svu recently and yet another cop-taken-hostage situation didn't sound all that appealing.
That part of the story actually only took about 10 minutes, and they were tense, gripping, and inevitable once the plot unfolded.
The actual story was about a girl, Quinn, who was stalked by multiple men, raped, and eventually taken hostage and almost killed.
- 1/5/2017
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Supergirl, Timeless, New Girl and How to Get Away With Murder!
1 | Couldn’t the SNL writers have found some way to get Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin in a sketch with Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump for a 30 Rock reunion? And why hasn’t Lorne Michaels hired Jack McBrayer to play Gary Johnson yet?
VideosSimpsons Sneak Peek: Sarah Silverman Tries to Kill Homer in 600th Episode
2 | Aren’t you a little sad that...
1 | Couldn’t the SNL writers have found some way to get Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin in a sketch with Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump for a 30 Rock reunion? And why hasn’t Lorne Michaels hired Jack McBrayer to play Gary Johnson yet?
VideosSimpsons Sneak Peek: Sarah Silverman Tries to Kill Homer in 600th Episode
2 | Aren’t you a little sad that...
- 10/14/2016
- TVLine.com
I guess Howard Hughes wanted to go easy on Minnesota Nazis. William Cameron Menzies directs a Cold War thriller about an insidious germ warfare conspiracy -- it's an early paranoid suspense tale with apocalyptic consequences. But the story behind the movie's making -- and then remaking -- is even more fantastic. The Whip Hand DVD-r The Warner Archive Collection 1951 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 82 min. / Street Date February 16, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 18.59 Starring Elliott Reid, Raymond Burr, Carla Balenda, Edgar Barrier, Otto Waldis, Michael Steele, Lurene Tuttle, Peter Brocco, Lewis Martin, Frank Darien, Olive Carey, George Chandler, Gregory Gaye. Cinematography Nicholas Musuraca Film Editor Robert Golden Original Music Music by Paul Sawtell Written by George Bricker, Frank L. Moss, Ray Hamilton Produced by Louis J. Rachmil Directed by William Cameron Menzies
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Film writers Bill Warren and Tom Weaver have reported extensively on the unusual production story...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Film writers Bill Warren and Tom Weaver have reported extensively on the unusual production story...
- 6/4/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
We’re almost to the end of the second season of How to Get Away with Murder, so let’s take a look at what happened in this week’s new episode, “There’s My Baby.” The episode opens with Annalise fighting the previously hidden Phillip while Eve and Wes get in touch with the police. The man runs off before doing too much damage, saving Annalise’s life, but she’s definitely a little worse for wear than before. The interns are locked-down in the office in order to keep them safe, but Nate arrives to let them know that Caleb is now missing. Because of this
How to Get Away with Murder Review: “There’s My Baby”...
How to Get Away with Murder Review: “There’s My Baby”...
- 3/11/2016
- by Jasef Wisener
- TVovermind.com
Author of Just Like Hell, Down, Lights Out and more, Nate Southard's prose has had a visceral effect on readers for quite some time now. Originally published in 2012, Scavengers gives readers a look at the zombie apocalypse through Southard's unique storytelling, and now the living dead tale is back in print courtesy of Sinister Grin Press. We have an exclusive excerpt from Scavengers that you can read right now.
"Millwood was a good place to be when the dead rose. It was small, isolated, and easy to defend. The survivors there forged a community, weathered what came, and began to prosper. But then they ran out of food. Now, Millwood is sending five men to the neighboring town of Rundberg, a place ruled by three thousand living dead, to find enough food to save their community. Five against three thousand? They don't stand a chance."
To learn more about Nate Southard's Scavengers,...
"Millwood was a good place to be when the dead rose. It was small, isolated, and easy to defend. The survivors there forged a community, weathered what came, and began to prosper. But then they ran out of food. Now, Millwood is sending five men to the neighboring town of Rundberg, a place ruled by three thousand living dead, to find enough food to save their community. Five against three thousand? They don't stand a chance."
To learn more about Nate Southard's Scavengers,...
- 9/23/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Mythic #3
Written by Phil Hester
Art by John McCrea
Published by Image Comics, Inc.
A giant baby who wrestles enormous lizards? A restless spirit who can’t move on because she doesn’t believe in the afterlife? A two-eyed cyclops janitor who is now a field team member? It must be time for a new issue of Mythic. This series offers up a universe where science is a lie and magic and myth are what keep the universe in balance. When things start to fall apart the members of Mythic Lore Services step in to clean things up. This premise allows for a multitude of strange possibilities, some of which take center stage in issues one and two, but issue three takes an even bigger leap into the weirdness than the first two.
In case you only skimmed the first paragraph, Mythic #3 introduces a giant baby– complete with diaper – who...
Written by Phil Hester
Art by John McCrea
Published by Image Comics, Inc.
A giant baby who wrestles enormous lizards? A restless spirit who can’t move on because she doesn’t believe in the afterlife? A two-eyed cyclops janitor who is now a field team member? It must be time for a new issue of Mythic. This series offers up a universe where science is a lie and magic and myth are what keep the universe in balance. When things start to fall apart the members of Mythic Lore Services step in to clean things up. This premise allows for a multitude of strange possibilities, some of which take center stage in issues one and two, but issue three takes an even bigger leap into the weirdness than the first two.
In case you only skimmed the first paragraph, Mythic #3 introduces a giant baby– complete with diaper – who...
- 8/3/2015
- by Merriell Moyer
- SoundOnSight
So, it's now been a couple of weeks since The Incident took place on Grey's Anatomy, and now that the dust has settled we're looking back on the other small-screen deaths that have left us similarly destroyed.
Below, we've listed 17 of the TV demises we're still not over. In no particular order. They all made us sad. We're not crying, it's just raining. On our faces.
Warning: Just in case this doesn't go without saying, spoilers galore lie ahead. Some of these shows are finished, some are still on, but all of the episodes referenced aired in 2014 or earlier.
1. Joyce Summers (Buffy)
Spoiler: Joss Whedon is going to show up a few times on this list. The man has a self-confessed cruel streak when it comes to offing beloved characters, but the death of Buffy Summers' mother is in a different league even by Whedon standards.
Five seasons in, we...
Below, we've listed 17 of the TV demises we're still not over. In no particular order. They all made us sad. We're not crying, it's just raining. On our faces.
Warning: Just in case this doesn't go without saying, spoilers galore lie ahead. Some of these shows are finished, some are still on, but all of the episodes referenced aired in 2014 or earlier.
1. Joyce Summers (Buffy)
Spoiler: Joss Whedon is going to show up a few times on this list. The man has a self-confessed cruel streak when it comes to offing beloved characters, but the death of Buffy Summers' mother is in a different league even by Whedon standards.
Five seasons in, we...
- 5/9/2015
- Digital Spy
"We thought of it as: man the tool-maker vs man the artist." If you're looking for a short film that makes you think, don't miss this one. Nate Silver's blog FiveThirtyEight has premiered the full short film The Man vs. The Machine, directed by legendary producer & filmmaker Frank Marshall of Kennedy/Marshall, telling the story of chess champion Garry Kasparov battling Ibm's computer Deep Blue. The short explores the setup behind why this challenge was presented to begin with and the implications of the outcome, which most thought might go the other direction. Knowing that machines are more powerful than humans, does it really make a difference? Maybe not. Find out more in the fascinating short doc The Man vs. The Machine. Full synopsis via FiveThirtyEight: "Seventeen years ago in New York City, brooding chess champion Garry Kasparov sat down to take on an opponent he had vanquished just a year earlier: the Ibm computer,...
- 10/22/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Birdman greets theatergoers today, and it does so with a score that sounds not unlike two hours of silverware tumbling down a staircase. (In the best way.) Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and sound designer Martín Hernández opted for a soundtrack composed almost entirely of percussion to amp up film's tension and give them greater flexibility with pacing. The man they recruited to make those noises was multiple-Grammy winning jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez, who worked closely with the pair as he riffed and clanged his way through the movie's sonic backdrop. He explained to EW how the score came together. Getting...
- 10/17/2014
- by Neil Janowitz
- EW - Inside Movies
Creepy #18
Writers: Various
Artists: Various
Letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot & Peter Bagge
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
It’s that time of year again. The days grow shorter, and the nights grow longer. Yet we tend to sleep a lot less. Not surprising, considering the number of scary stories, movies, and video games we subject ourselves to throughout the month of October. Should you actually treasure sleep, Creepy #18 is a mix of comedy, horror, and poetic justice.
My personal favorite tale of terror is a historical fiction piece that centers on Rufus Wilmot Griswold, an American anthologist, editor, poet, critic, and rival to Edgar Allan Poe. Historically speaking, the trouble between Poe and Griswold began with The Poets and Poetry of America anthology. Poe submitted several several works to the volume. Only three made the cut, and Poe probably wouldn’t have minded so much is the rest of the poetry...
Writers: Various
Artists: Various
Letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot & Peter Bagge
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
It’s that time of year again. The days grow shorter, and the nights grow longer. Yet we tend to sleep a lot less. Not surprising, considering the number of scary stories, movies, and video games we subject ourselves to throughout the month of October. Should you actually treasure sleep, Creepy #18 is a mix of comedy, horror, and poetic justice.
My personal favorite tale of terror is a historical fiction piece that centers on Rufus Wilmot Griswold, an American anthologist, editor, poet, critic, and rival to Edgar Allan Poe. Historically speaking, the trouble between Poe and Griswold began with The Poets and Poetry of America anthology. Poe submitted several several works to the volume. Only three made the cut, and Poe probably wouldn’t have minded so much is the rest of the poetry...
- 10/13/2014
- by Elizabeth Rico
- SoundOnSight
How To Get Away With Murder picked up where it left off in the woods with Connor (Jack Falahee), Laurel (Karla Souza) and Michaela (Aja Naomi King) after they lit Sam Keating’s (Tom Verica) body on fire. The trio worry that while they can trust Wes (Alfred Enoch), who ran off, they’re not sure if they can trust “her” or “her” influence on him.
'How To Get Away With Murder' Recap
In the present day, Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) has a new case for her eager students – that of Max St. Vincent (Steven Weber), a wealthy man who stands accused of stabbing his wife to death in bed. The man, who they presume is likely guilty, has no trouble recreating the prosecution’s suggested chain of events. With the cards stacked against them, Annalise thinks they need the supplemental arrest report. She sends Wes aka “puppy dog” to get it.
'How To Get Away With Murder' Recap
In the present day, Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) has a new case for her eager students – that of Max St. Vincent (Steven Weber), a wealthy man who stands accused of stabbing his wife to death in bed. The man, who they presume is likely guilty, has no trouble recreating the prosecution’s suggested chain of events. With the cards stacked against them, Annalise thinks they need the supplemental arrest report. She sends Wes aka “puppy dog” to get it.
- 10/3/2014
- Uinterview
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