Despite the title, there was almost no direct confrontation between Kal-El and Tal-Rho. In fact, all Superman did in the climax was hold his half-brother in place while John Henry Irons’ hammer hit him, destroying the eradicator. The second half of the finale picks up where last week left off. Clark and Lois are searching for Jordan, who has been kidnapped by Tal-Ro and now embodies…

HBO dropped the first three explosive episodes of Season 3 Thursday and the stakes have been upped, along with the production values. You have been warned about spoilers from here on in. Right from the top, let me say that Jason Todd (Curran Walters) is a fucking prick and I don’t see any avenue to redeem him after Episode 3. Not only did he blow up Hank (Alan Ritchson) with a WayneTech bomb in…

Maybe it was the two-week layoff, but this story felt disconnected from the previous episode, but seeing as it was basically Part I of a two-part finale, I’m willing to let that go. There were basically three main storylines this week: Tal-Ro gathering power, the town demanding answers from teh DoD, and the Cushings trying to sort out their lives. Let’s start with the C plot of the Cushings.…

James Gunn is a madman in the best possible way. His version of The Suicide Squad is over two hours of insanity that probably shouldn’t work, but definitely does. The cast is large but mostly centers around Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, John Cena’s Peacemaker, Idris Elba as Bloodsport, and Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2. Viola Davis also stars as the unscrupulous Amanda Waller. This movie…

Justina Ireland’s latest High Republic novel is a bit more slower paced than all of the content that has come before it, but that doesn’t make it a bad thing. The cast is smaller and that allows us to spend more time with everyone, though the focus primarily falls to Vernestra Rwoh and Sylvestri Yarrow. Over the course of the story, it’s revealed that Vernestra used to get visions when she was…

I had a lot of excitement coming into this series. I watched it all in a. row, loved it, then went online expecting to see everyone else love it too. Big mistake. Much like you shouldn’t eat at a restaurant on the day it opens, one should definitely not search Twitter about a subject that one enjoys. Douche bags. Unevolved douche bags everywhere. They hated that it wasn’t a direct ripoff of…

While this wasn’t an official two-parter, this week’s episode clearly was dealing with the fallout of those events. The Cushings are still being treated as pariahs, with even the mayor bad mouthing them behind their backs, even it was to cover his own butt. While Kyle is trying to deal with the problem head-on, Lana is dealing with the reality of holding the family together without jobs, and…

We’ve seen a lot of burgers on this site and a fair share of those come from Kenji. But let’s see what the master has in store for us today. The key to this video is that these will be smaller burgers, but they supposedly won’t be lacking in flavor. Pack your burgers into a tight ball and place on a parchment lined sheet tray. Place some more parchment over the balls and squish them down with a…

Ok, I watched this episode once and am still not quite sure how this is going to go. It’s kind of like a slow-motion car crash with all the struggles. It doesn’t really lend itself to review, more of a response to a lot of frustration on the part of our favorite bearded bald man with a Frasier fetish. The episode opens with Babish explaining the setup and introducing us to a Michelin star chef…

I love cookies. That’s not a secret. So when Papa wants to upgrade Oreos, I’m in. Right from the top, Josh says that it’s the cream filling that is the best part of the Oreo and he’s absolutely right. First thing is to make the cookie. It’s a pretty standard recipe, even with the rant about recipe writing and the lack of sugar distinction. The cookie scooper really do make thing easier. I only…

This week’s episode went pretty much how I expected it to go. Clark wrestled with the mind control. John Henry Irons wanted to kill him. Diggle tells JHI and Sam Lane they are full of crap. Lois and the boys believe in Clark and that’s what pulls him through and wins the day. Honestly, the only reason I scowled at how this turned out was because Clark got talked out of mind control, which is…

THEY BROUGHT OUT KANG. THEY LEFT US WITH THAT CLIFFHANGER. YOU CAN’T DO THAT TO PEOPLE. Ok. Breathe. Be cool. It’s fine. Let’s try that again, shall we? So this week picks up where we left off last episode. Loki and Sylvie go to the end of time to find the man behind the curtain. They find him. Oh boy, do they find him. While we’re never officially given his name, there is only one person that…

Hey you, come here. Yes, you. Come over here. I want to tell you a little secret. Lean in. Ok, ready. I don’t make meatloaf for the day I make meatloaf. I make it for the sandwiches the next day. Soooo good. Now that I’ve bared my soul, let’s see what our main man has to say about it. I don’t know about cardamom, but here we are. I’ve stated my stance on mushrooms before, but I know some people…

We’ve seen Josh make burrito’s before, so I’m curious as to what he’s going to do to switch it up. So he’s trying to beat frozen burritos here. No surprise Papa makes his own tortillas, as he’s done multiple times before, plus it’s…ahem, cheaper. Next up is the rice. Again, it’s something that he’s made a couple hundred times on this channel. He goes with the lime cilantro version. Josh must…

By rights, I should have loved this movie. Scarlett Johansson as Natasha is perfect. Florence Pugh stole the movie as Yelena. David Harbour is my favorite part of Stranger Things and I usually like Rachel Weisz in the stuff she’s in. Don’t get me wrong. I did enjoy this movie, but it didn’t blow me away. The action was great, but, and this is going to sound weird, there was too much of it? And…

What do you get when you have dozens of Lokis running around at the end of time? You got it. Chaos. This week had plenty of opportunity to lean into madcap hijinx that could happen when you have a bunch of Lokis all chewing the scenery. And they did give us a couple of scenes like that, but they also were counterbalanced with some really sweet moments and one heroic one at the end. Sylvie tries…

Normally when I do these write-ups I do them as a watch the video, stopping to comment or write something down. This week, I watched it through once already, so I know what’s coming. This recipe isn’t that big of a leap from Pasta e Oglio, which is the video where I fell in love with Babish. Basically, you make pesto instead of a garlic and lemon sauce. Also this video has a Jess appearance,…

Race to Crashpoint Tower is the Young Adult POV to the Nihil attack. It centers around padawan Ram Jamoram, who is quite frankly, the best. Ram doesn’t get people. He prefers to stay in his workshop and tinker on machines. Through the Force he can see how parts fit together to combine to make the whole. The story kicks off as his droid let’s him know that he is the only Jedi available when…

If there was ever an image that summed up a book, this is it. This Week in Star Wars host Kristen Baver calls author Cavan Scott This book propelled us into Wave 2 in Phase 1 with a jetpack strapped on its back. The short synopsis: The Nihil take their revenge by attacking Chancellor Lina Soh’s Republic Fair. The first half of the book is a lot of setup, as we see Marchion Ro searching for and…

So let’s deal with the elephant in the room up front. Gabe won Top Chef and last night/this morning the Washington Post posted a story about how he was fired for cutting the hours of someone with whom he had a sexual affair. It was a black eye to the show and the season and confirmed the rumors that had been swirling for a little while now. With that said, I’m going to try and focus on the…