The Flash Episode 3 Review: Faster Than a Flying Ocean Liner

By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Reviewer Speedsters, Speedsters everywhere. Once Barry received his super speed, it seems like everyone wanted to join the party. First there was Reverse Flash, then Zoom, then Jay Garrick, then Trajectory, the Rival, then Kid Flash, and finally Jessie Quick last night. Deciding that Earth-1c (Earth-1a was the original timeline and Earth-1b was Flashpoint) would […]

CW’s The Flash: Zoom-The Big Reveal

The Villainous Zoom Stands Revealed… So who is he? By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Reporter (Victor Valley)- After Tuesday’s marine-centered episode of The Flash, fans were treated to an amazing final scene in which Zoom was finally unmasked to a shocked and stunned fandom. Warning: SPOILERS BELOW! Shortly after Barry was able to defeat King Shark and get him back […]

Who is Zoom?

By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Reporter (Victor Valley)– Zoom is coming. From the time the initial trailer aired at Comic Con with this stirring tagline, fan anticipation has grown and speculation has run wild. Who is the man (or beast) behind the black suited supervillain? After the absolute beating that he put on Barry a few weeks ago, he has […]

Arrow/ Flash Crossover Review: Legends of Today, Legends of Yesterday

Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—Last year’s crossover episodes of the CW’s Arrow and The Flash took two stories and combined the iconic heroes in each other’s paths. This season, the shows took a different approach- having one, over arching story told with two intertwined episodes. The results? Super. The Flash episode, Legends of Today, introduced us to a […]

The Flash Review- Enter Zoom

By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—The build up to this episode began with the season’s first episode, when Atom Smasher uttered the name “Zoom”. With a couple “breachers” coming through from Earth-2 all determined to end The Flash’s life, all sent by the mysterious speedster Zoom. This episode, the scarlet speedster comes face to face with Zoom, and it does […]

The Flash Review- The Darkness and the Light

Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—This season of The Flash has brought about a ton of new faces- heroes, villains, supporting characters, and more. This episode, we get a bit of all those with The Darkness and the Light. Another breacher, as Earth-2 metahumans breaking through to our world are called, has made an appearance- Dr. Light (Malese Jow). […]

Arrow Review: The Candidate

Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—After last week’s season opener, we knew something was coming to the newly christened Star City as city officials dropped like flies. With the second episode, The Candidate, we see someone try to take a step against the violence, but its someone without a mask. Spoilers ahead in case you haven’t seen it yet. […]

The Flash Review: Flash of Two Worlds

Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—The second episode of the second season for the Scarlett Speedster has been built up as being a massive episode, and it certainly doesn’t disappoint. At the end of the last episode, we saw a mysterious man make his way into S.T.A.R. Labs and face to face with the Flash himself, Barry Allen (Grant […]

Arrow Review: Green Arrow

Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—When Arrow first started a few years back, it was a shot in the dark to say the least. To take a character not many non-comic book fans knew about and give him his own television series seemed risky already- changing the name of the hero to Arrow rather than Green Arrow had fans […]

The Flash Review: The Man Who Saved Central City

Review by Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– With the first season The Flash, the fastest man alive took over the CW Network with an explosion of action, adventure and heart. A spin off series from the wildly popular Arrow series, The Flash focused on Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), a young man who after a freak accident, is granted unimaginable speed. […]

Ranking the TV Villains of The Flash: Part 2

By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Writer (Victor Valley)– With numbers 18-10 having been covered in the previous article, the remaining foes of the Flash represent the worst of the worst. These are the most evil and powerful enemies that Barry Allen faced off against in the first season. Mist (Kyle Nimbus) Imagine having the ability to change your body into […]

The Flash: Pilot Review- Winning the Race

By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– This past week, the CW premiered their latest super hero show, The Flash. A spin-off from the hit series Arrow, The Flash focuses on the fastest man alive: so did the pilot episode win the race of keeping the attention of viewers around the globe? For me, The Flash was everything I could hope […]

Chopping Block Review: CW's Arrow- Pilot Episode

By Nolan P. Smith- Pastrami Nation This week saw the much anticipated debut of CW’s Arrow. Based off of DC Comic’s Green Arrow, the series is looking to fill the superhero gap left by Smallville. Yet, Smallville wasn’t a comic book fans dream come true all of the time: many heroes and villains were taken in totally different directions, far […]