3.0 Ripper Street 1.04- "The Good of This City" Laura Akers February 16, 2013 Reviews 1.04- The Good of This CityOne of my initial complaints about Ripper Street was that, like Jack himself, the series seemed to want to do...
3.0 Ripper Street 1.03 "The King Came Calling" Review Laura Akers February 16, 2013 Reviews 1.03- "The King Came Calling"There’s little worse for a reviewer than reviewing a bad show. What is worse is when you...
1.5 Ripper Street 1.02 "In My Protection" Review Laura Akers February 4, 2013 Reviews 1.02- "In My Protection" As suggested last week, Ripper Street isn’t really about Jack the Ripper. According to...
1.5 Parker (2013) Laura Akers January 31, 2013 Reviews I’m not really a fan of martial arts films. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think they are all bad. I love Enter the Dragon as much...
2.0 Ripper Street 1.01 "I Need Light" Review Laura Akers January 25, 2013 Reviews 1.01- "I Need Light"BBC America's newest Victorian crime thriller Ripper Street has some lofty expectations to surpass,...
Top 10 Modern Classic Christmas TV Specials Laura Akers, Paul Brian McCoy December 24, 2012 Columns, Top 10 Okay people. Step away from your Rankin/Bass and your Charlie Brown Christmas. Hell, step away from anything you've watched every year since...
3.5 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Review Laura Akers December 16, 2012 Reviews The answer to the question fans of Tolkien have been asking about this movie for months is “no, not really.” But we’ll...
4.5 Once Upon a Time 2.09 “The Queen of Hearts” Laura Akers December 12, 2012 Reviews Cliffhangers can be very useful. When a writer has more story to tell than can be fit within her format (novel/movie/television series),...
3.5 Once Upon a Time 2.08 “Into the Deep” Laura Akers November 29, 2012 Reviews Every fairy tale needs a really good villain. After all, a story’s villain is often the most interesting and fun-to-watch character in...
3.5 Once Upon a Time 2.07 "Child of the Moon" Laura Akers November 17, 2012 Reviews Current dramatic television owes a debt to The X-Files (more than one, really): the myth arc. The myth arc did not originate with The...
2.5 Once Upon a Time 2.06 "Tallahassee" Laura Akers November 11, 2012 Reviews We have been hearing, since San Diego Comic Con back in July, that this season, Emma would be enjoying a bevy of beaus. Foolishly, I think...
Jacob Benton: A Fan on a Mission Laura Akers November 9, 2012 Interviews In 2009, after an extended bout of unemployment, something wonderful happened to me. I was hired to work on Halo Waypoint as their editor. It...
Jeremy Patenaude: Writing the Halo Way Laura Akers November 8, 2012 Interviews In 2009, after an extended bout of unemployment, something wonderful happened to me. I was hired to work on Halo Waypoint as their editor. It...
Jessica Shea: More Than Just a Hawty in the Halo Fan Community Laura Akers November 6, 2012 Interviews In 2009, after an extended bout of unemployment, something wonderful happened to me. I was hired to work on Halo Waypoint as their editor. It was...
4.0 Once Upon a Time 2.05 “The Doctor” Laura Akers November 2, 2012 Reviews Last week, I talked a bit about the basic good-vs-evil (or perhaps good-vs-power) conflict in Rumplestiltskin and how the show balances...