TV: Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, including the most recent, “Old Wounds.” The antepenultimate episode of Spartacus: Blood and Sand‘s first season is all about maneuverings–maneuverings the characters perform to place themselves where they want to be, as well as maneuverings the writers perform to ensure the [...]

Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Spartacus, including the most recent, “Whore.” I have to hand it to Spartacus: Blood and Sand.  Every time I decide that it couldn’t possibly get any more shocking, twisty, or jaw-dropping than it already is, it proves me wrong.  The latest episode, “Whore,” climaxes (no [...]

Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, including the most recent, “Great and Unfortunate Things.” “Great and Unfortunate Things” is an apt title for this past week’s episode of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, particularly because it hints at it being a continuation and companion piece of sorts to [...]

Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, including the most recent, “Shadow Games.” If the previous episode, “The Thing in the Pit” was about exposing just how rotten to the core Roman culture could be, “Shadow Games” is about revealing new, unexpected facets to characters we may [...]