The Magicians 1.13 “Have You Brought Me Little Cakes?” Allison Mattern April 18, 2016 Reviews, TV Now, that’s how you do a cliffhanger.
The Magicians 1.12 “Thirty-Nine Graves” Allison Mattern April 10, 2016 Reviews, TV It feels weird to say this about the penultimate episode leading up to what’s bound to be a bloody and violent meeting with The Beast, but this episode was a lot of fun.
The Magicians 1.11 “Remedial Battle Magic” Allison Mattern April 3, 2016 Reviews, TV My first reaction after watching this episode of The Magicians was “Quentin, you are an IDIOT.”
The Magicians 1.10 “Homecoming” Allison Mattern March 27, 2016 Reviews, TV In a departure from last week’s super serious tone, this episode is all kinds of awkward and features tons of sex.
The Magicians 1.09 “The Writing Room” Allison Mattern March 20, 2016 Reviews, TV This was a perfect episode in every way, adding even more depth and layers to the narrative- now we not only have a villain, but we have a villain with a creation story that we are interested in unraveling.
The Magicians 1.08 “The Strangled Heart” Allison Mattern March 14, 2016 Reviews, TV This episode of The Magicians featured a pair of particularly violent deaths, one to a furry friend that was extremely NOT humorous in the vein of cancer puppy, and one to a character that I didn’t expect.
The Magicians 1.06 “Impractical Applications” Allison Mattern February 28, 2016 Reviews, TV This episode of The Magicians cranks up the gore and the sex appeal to great effect and offers up three pretty big surprising moments.
The Magicians 1.04 & 1.05 Allison Mattern February 21, 2016 Reviews, TV The best part of The Magicians, for me, has been the balance the writers have been able to find between silly and serious.
The Magicians 1.03 “Consequences of Advanced Spellcasting” Allison Mattern February 7, 2016 Reviews, TV The latest episode of The Magicians begins with a newly returned, and blinded, headmaster giving a lecture on how dangerous magic can be.
5.0 The Magicians 1.02 “The Source of Magic” Allison Mattern January 31, 2016 Reviews, TV As I suspected it would be, the second episode of The Magicians was a HUGE improvement over the first.
3.0 Advance Review: The Barber (2015) Mary Westbrook March 26, 2015 Movies, Reviews It is with a heavy heart that I report a “meh, with the candlestick in the library” for The Barber.
