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Castlevania – Necropolis

Alan Rapp / July 20, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Castlevania – Necropolis
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Okay, I’m rooting for the vampire. The first episode of Netflix’s Castlevania introduced us to Dracula (Graham McTavish), his wife (Emily Swallow), and the series of events which would lead the vampire to declare war on all humanity. “Necropolis” introduces us to our reluctant hero Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage) who spends most of the season’s second episode fighting in bars and alleyways. Forced out of his drunken stupor first to defend himself and later to protect an old man from murderous priests, Belmont hardly earns any sympathy from us and really only looks somewhat heroic when compared to Dracula’s murderous army and the religious zealots which directly caused them to be unleashed on the world. I’m sure glad this season is only four episodes long as I don’t think I could stand spending much more time with Trevor Belmont. And, yeah, I’m rooting for the vampire.

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Preacher – Dallas

Alan Rapp / July 19, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Preacher – Dallas
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After a pair of mediocre episodes, Preacher gets back to basics with an episode that fills in a bit of Jesse (Dominic Cooper) and Tulip‘s (Ruth Negga) past as the flashbacks are set against our protagonist’s plans to murder his girl’s husband (Paul Ben-Victor). On the plus side “Dallas” is well-structured with the use of montage to explain the monotony the pair found themselves in between the loss of their unborn child and their reunion in Texas. On more of a mixed note, the episode also reminds us that Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) are all pretty much awful human beings (or vampires, in Cassidy’s case).

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Killjoys – The Hullen Have Eyes

Alan Rapp / July 18, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Killjoys – The Hullen Have Eyes
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“The Hullen Have Eyes” picks up the thread of the ships discovered by the RAC agents in the season premiere and explains what D’Avin (Luke Macfarlane) was doing we he piloted one of the ships (but not why no one noticed he was gone) as he, Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen), Johnny (Aaron Ashmore), and “new nerd” Zeph (Kelly McCormack) take the ship on a trip to a Hullen planet and meet their blinded worshipers.

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Dark Matter – Wish I Could Believe You

Alan Rapp / July 18, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Dark Matter – Wish I Could Believe You
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After a chemical attack Six (Roger Cross) awakes aboard the Raza among his friends but can’t help shake the feeling something is wrong and begins to suspect that nothing is real. Eventually Six manages to break out of the simulation, or does he? “Wish I Could Believe You” works as a classic sci-fi story where nothing can be trusted, even offering a twist or two once Six thinks he’s made it out of the simulation.

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Will – The Play’s the Thing

Alan Rapp / July 17, 2017 / Television Reviews

Title: Will – The Play’s the Thing
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It may be unfair to criticize TNT’s new drama Will for not being Shakespeare in Love, but since the show was obviously inspired by the Oscar-winning film it’s not something you can easily dismiss either (even if it sorely lacks the wit of the film). Set during the beginning of William Shakespeare’s (Laurie Davidson) days as a struggling playwright, the show’s first episode brings the writer to London where his first play is presented to a starved audience looking for something new.

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