Sylar decides that, all along, he just needed to be loved, Claire and Gretchen move a little closer to lovin’, Samuel visits an old love and then throws a tantrum, and Hiro’s “trial” includes a loving gesture.
Anyone giving any love to this episode? Pass? Fail? Would you prefix either of the previous two words with “epic?”
With its intriguing Shadow Over a Small Town premise, this could have been a strong Fringe episode with horrific elements. Instead, we found ourselves playing, “you know you’re in a mediocre Fringe ep when….”
Alice Sebold’s debut novel sold like, well, every writer wants the debut novel to sell. Peter Jackson’s film adaptation opens this weekend. Both tell the tale of a young victim of a murder-rape who follows the threads of lives that unravel after her death, from her problematic place in the afterworld.
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Back in the 80s and 90s, Canada’s Kids in the Hall seemed poised to inherit some kind of spam crown from Monty Python. Their live and television shows developed a sizable cult following, though they never achieved as widespread a fandom as the Flying Circus, and their single theatrical release played to moderate houses. This January sees their return to television, an eight-part comedy series in which the Grim Reaper arrives in a crazed small town.
Battle lines have been drawn as Bennet takes on Samuel.
Will Hiro make it back in time to warn the show’s creators that this season, too, ends up sucking?
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This weekend saw the release of The Imaginarium of Dr. Gilliam, Heath Ledger’s last film, and the latest from the American Python.
Heroes returns, with Claire suspecting Samuel of dark intentions, Hiro regaining his place in the world, Noah hitting up Edgar for some answers, and characters who might as well be gods battling it out. Nathan, meanwhile, has been buried, but the show cannot seem to shake Sylar.
Robert Charles Wilson has established a reputation as one of the age’s finest science-fiction writers, but also as a fine, literary author, whose spin on our possible future reaches a broad and intelligent audience of readers. Julian Comstock, released last summer, may be his finest work to date.