Tag: Amy Acker

‘The Gifted 1×12 – Extraction/1×13 – X-Roads’ Review

The Gifted

This week, The Gifted ends with a double episode. Making the finale a double bill brings a feature-length ending to the season dealing with not dealing with Dr. Campbell (Garret Dillahunt) but starting a new chapter where surprising lines are drawn. With Dr. Campbell attending an anti-mutant summit to try to drum up national support…

‘The Gifted 1×11 – 3 X 1

The Gifted

The end of the last episode of The Gifted finally revealed Esme’s (Skyler Samuels) secret, then left us hanging until the return after the Christmas break. What her character(s) give us in this episode though, is the return of a club that could take the show to the next level. Tensions are high at Mutant…

‘The Gifted 1×10 – eXploited’ Review

The Gifted

Christmas may be days away, but that doesn’t mean that The Gifted is going to offer much cheer. In a world where the humans are the monsters, willing to do unspeakable things to the mutants, things are looking a little dark. With Lauren (Natalie Alyn Lind) and Andy (Percy Hynes White) in the hands of…

‘The Gifted 1×09 – OutfoX’ Review

The Gifted

Now that we know about the origins of the Strucker family powers, The Gifted provides us with an interesting question. If Andy (Percy Hynes White) and Lauren (Natalie Alyn Lind) have the ability to wield hugely destructive power, should they use it? With the Struckers dealing with the news about Andy and Lauren, the rest…

‘The Gifted 1×08 – Threat of eXtinction’ Review

The Gifted

When a new show is finding its feet, it often has the one episode that stands out as the moment it hooks the audience and has their full attention. The Gifted has had quite a few leading up to the eighth episode, but with Threat of eXtinction we learn some secrets that turn this from…

‘The Gifted 1×03 – eXodus’ Review

The Gifted

When I watched the first episode of The Gifted, one of the things I worried about was the lack of focus on family. Now that we are into the third episode though, thankfully, family is where it is finding its strength. Most importantly it is what is giving the story the much-needed heart. In an…

‘The Gifted 1×02 – rX’ Review

The Gifted

Last week’s episode of The Gifted was a good start, and introduced us to the world of the mutants. This week looks at the aftermath of the escape last week, and the repercussions of the Stucker’s actions. With Reed Strucker (Stephen Moyer) in the hands of the Sentinel Services they start to apply pressure to…

Film Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Normally when a director is taking a break while filming a film like The Avengers they would relax and do nothing, not Joss Whedon he makes another movie in secret then springs it on the world and sends geeks going crazy over a William Shakespeare play.  Much Ado About Nothing is something very special, it’s…