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The Handmaid's Tale Season 1 Review

Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, this series is set in Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be part of the United States. Gilead is ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state, and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting birth rate. In a desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world, the few remaining fertile women are forced into sexual servitude. One of these women, Offred, is determined to survive the terrifying world she lives in, and find the daughter that was taken from her. Zach reviews: The Handmaid's Tale Season 1 Website: http://www.sandwichjohnfilms.com Youtube Channel for sandwichjohnfilms: https://www.youtube.com/user/sandwich... Make sure to follow Zach on Twitter-https://twitter.com/popetheking?lang=en Youtube- https://tinyurl.com/y8vjd6k6 Discuss this with fellow SJF fans on Facebook . On Twitter, follow us at @SandwichJohnFilms Please Leave A Comment-

TV Review: #IronFist Hardcore enough to sit through

Hardcore enough to sit through Rama is back. Here’s my review of Marvel’s new Netflix series, “ Iron Fist ,” and since I didn’t grow up reading Roy Thomas and Gil Kane’s comic books, nor was I familiar with it, this review is more from the perspective of a fan who’s binge-watched all 13 episodes as opposed to making comparisons and trying to finding out whether or not the adaptation is faithful to the material. Let me just say that of all the shows that Marvel Television and Netflix have given us since this whole ambitious “Defenders” plan started, my favorite remains “Jessica Jones,” and although “Iron Fist” is not their best work, it’s still engaging and hardcore enough to sit through. Finn Jones plays Danny Rand, a man who for fifteen years has been presumed dead in a plane crash. His parents died in the crash, he ended up in a monastery where he received training. He returns to New York City to reclaim his birthright, to reconnect with his past. There he also meets Jessica

TV Recap: VIKINGS S03E10: THE DEAD

TV Recap: VIKINGS S03E10: THE DEAD The Vikings came, and found Paris a much bigger obstacle than they have ever encountered. As the season closes, the Vikings have come to terms with Paris, and are the brink of losing their King. Ragnar is dying from his injuries, on one of his terms to tend the siege was a baptism to reunite him with his dear friend Athelstan when he leaves this world. The French ride to see the Vikings. They have brought all the treasure as they had promised. They have met their obligation, and hope that the Vikings will meet theirs as well and leave promptly. Rollo is not pleased with this at all, but many of the others seem pretty pleased with the outcome. Rollo goes to see his brother, he tells him that they have brought the payment. The treasure makes no difference to Ragnar, he is dying. He holds Athelstan's cross, content in the knowledge that he will see Athelstan again. Floki walks with Rollo for a moment, he warned the others that the priest was

TV Recap: #Vikings S03E09 "Breaking Point"

TV Recap: Vikings S03E09 "Breaking Point" The Parisians managed to keep the Vikings from getting into the city, but Ragnar was able to look upon the city. Rollo vowed that they would not make the same mistakes, and Ragnar was bound and determined to conquer it. Blood falls on the ground, as Ragnar urinates. That's never a good sign. His men eat their meager rations, their a little down after their recent defeat. He heads to see Floki. He tells him that Bjorn is better, but Floki isn't. He doesn't understand why they failed, he did everything he could to ensure success. The others will try again in the evening. Under the cover of night the shield maidens take to the water. The French stand guard, high on their walls. While the women swim in. It's dark and monotonous, and their taken by silent surprise with Lagertha leading the way. On silent feet they never see her approach as she slits their throats. And even when they finally come into the light, t

TV Recap: #VIKINGS S03E08: TO THE GATES

TV Recap: VIKINGS S03E08: TO THE GATES! The people of Paris are scared, and they should be. Ragnar likes to get his way, and the Gods like to give it to him. Floki does what he does best. He overlooks his creations, prepared to do what he needs to do. Ragnar watches too, as his people prepare for battle. He holds with him Athelstan's cross. The ships are mounted, supplies placed. Rollo's berserkers jacked. Bjorn leads his group, and everyone is off to take Paris by land and sea. Kalf and Lagertha prepare over land. The people of Paris rush into their fortress, but the gates are closed before they all make it inside. In the gates the soldiers are prepared to do whatever needs to be done to stop them. They're ordered not to waste any bolts. They fire some warning shots at the group, and Lagertha brings the people to a halt. The ships drawn closer. Inside the keep, the soldiers prepare for war. Princess Gisla rushes to see the Viking horde approach by water.

TV Recap: @ForeverABC "THE PUGILIST BREAK"

TV Recap: FOREVER "THE PUGILIST BREAK" By: Suepafly A punching bag takes quite the beating, the boxer trying to take his mind off things. He tells the boy that he’ll be back soon. Three days later, a couple takes a look at an empty apartment, which the realtor says isn’t even on the market yet. They’re worried about the neighborhood, but she assures them that the neighborhood is on the rise. The man smells something and looks further. He finds the boxer dead of what looks like a drug overdose. A customer looks over a piece at Abe’s shop. She wants to desecrate Henry’s credenza, and he doesn’t wish to sell it. She doesn’t take it well, but Jo comes with better prospects, a murder. Jo takes Henry to Alphabet City, which looks rundown, but she says its getting better. Henry has seen it in better an worse times, history repeating itself. Henry sees the boy from the gym, but he’s not responsive. Henry takes a look at the body and deduces that the body was moved, and he

TV Recap: THE FLASH "THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE"

TV Recap: THE FLASH "THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE" By: Suepafly There’s a big fire raging, and Barry speeds towards the fire at about 350 mph. He overshoots the fire, and double backs with Cisco’s help. He makes it to the fire, and Cisco gets caught helping him the whole superhero thing. Barry clears the building, and asks Cisco what else he has for him before Caitlin puts the kibosh on their fun. Barry feels a little woozy. Caitlin isn’t so happy with Barry risking himself. Cisco wants to be the ears, and Barry the feet. Barry was suppose to be helping them against other metahumans, but Barry wants to help the people of the city where he can. Harrison points out that he should show some restraint, but Barry doesn’t think that Harrison has ever showed restraint to get to where he is. Harrison is also a pariah, so a little restraint can’t hurt. Cisco asks how Barry feels, the sensors were kicking back some odd readings, but Barry claims to never be better. Detective Joe calls Ba

TV Recap: #THEFLASH "CITY OF HEROES"

TV Recap: THE FLASH "CITY OF HEROES" By: Suepafly Barry asks for you to believe in the impossible as he blurs across the screen. He’s the fastest man alive. 14 years ago he ran from bullies. Sometimes he escaped sometimes he didn’t. He wasn’t always fast enough, but he did always have a good heart. One night his house is broken into, something scary happened. He woke his mother screaming, the liquid in his fish tank rises, looking like a lava lamp. He runs downstairs to find his mother surrounded by odd red and yellow flashing, his father telling him to run and him getting teleported out of the house. Now, Barry runs to the current crime scene. The Martin brothers have struck again, and Barry is late to the scene. He’s late yet again. One of the detectives, Joe West, covers for him, and Barry gets to work. By the tire tracks he can tell what the getaway vehicle was, a Shelby. He takes a pen from the other detective, to pick up animal excrement, adding it to an evidence

TV Recap: #FOREVERABC "THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH"

TV Recap: FOREVER "THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH" By: Suepafly Abe closes up shop for the day, watching a boy do some tricks on his skateboard. He longs for the youth to do it, though Henry laughs. Even in youth Abe wasn't as dexterous as he remembers. It's the weekend, and Henry continues to work. He hasn't discovered a way to pass on his youth, but maybe achieve his death. He's noticed that depending on the method of death he stays dead longer. Abe finds the conversation depressing, eventually on of his experiments will work and he'll be gone. He doesn't want to die immediately, but experience growing old, and eventually dying. If Abe had his curse, he'd be out living, seeing and doing everything. A man has his briefcase snatched. He goes off after the boy who stole it, tackling the kid to the ground. As he whales on the kid, he has a heart attack, and falls over in death. The man Bill winds up on Henry's table. Henry dissects his life

TV Recap: @ForeverABC "LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP"

We take a look at the first episode for the ABC series. TV Recap: FOREVER "LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP" By: Suepafly After a quick recap of Henry's never ending condition the episode opens with a frantic woman in a cab. She pleads with the person on the phone to wait, begging him not to do anything rash. She spots something on the bridge and forces the cab driver to stop as she opens the door in traffic. She runs from the cab and climbs over the guard rail, leaping off to her screaming death. Her body washes up on shore. Henry's first patient has an axe stuck in his head. The detectives think it to be a homicide,but Henry has another story. The drunk soccer fan tried to cut a branch interfering with his connection, fell from the ladder, and the axe fell from the roof killing him. The woman jumper however, Henry concludes is a suicide. He's never seen a jumper with fractures as hers, she was facing the wrong way and there was a good deal of lead paint benea