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Shudder's 56-minute new horror movie, "filmed and set entirely on video chat platform Zoom, Host recounts the tale of a seance gone wrong and the immediate fallout as something unintended is invited into the chat. In the wake of its release on Shudder, it raced to 100% on RottenTomatoes and tides of effusive reactions across social media". [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Aug 20, 2020 - 6 comments

David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of Six Characters in Search of an Author in the West End. The pandemic has put paid to that, but their director (Simon Evans - also playing himself) is determined not to let the opportunity pass him by. He knows how big a chance this is for him and turns his attention to cajoling his stars into rehearsing over the internet. All they need to do is read the first scene, but throughout the series they come up against a multitude of oppositional forces: distraction, boredom, home-schooling and their own egos. [more inside]
posted by Major Clanger on Jun 21, 2020 - 11 comments

Poppy is trying to program a vaccine to Blood Ocean. David is trying to donate to charity. Brad is trying to stop him. Lou is trying to one-up Rachel and Dana's Zoom-tricks. CW is trying to figure out how to Zoom at all. And Ian is trying to keep everyone together from his compound. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on May 26, 2020 - 4 comments

After Zoom reveals his true plan, Barry vows to do whatever it takes to stop him. [more inside]
posted by FallowKing on May 24, 2016 - 52 comments

Barry fights the new meta-human threat, knowing God is on his side! [more inside]
posted by FallowKing on May 18, 2016 - 30 comments

Back on Earth-1, Zoom is intent on taking over Central City; Barry and Wells devise a dangerous plan to stop Zoom for good; Barry reaches out to both fathers for advice.
posted by DirtyOldTown on May 3, 2016 - 18 comments

Running faster is presently off the table. [more inside]
posted by mordax on Apr 27, 2016 - 27 comments

For once, running faster is not enough. [more inside]
posted by mordax on Apr 22, 2016 - 40 comments

After discovering the true identity of Zoom, Barry is more determined than ever to stop him; to increase his speed, Barry goes back in time to look for help.
posted by Uncle on Mar 30, 2016 - 19 comments

On Earth-2, the team asks for help from an unexpected source to find Zoom's lair, while on Earth-1, Caitlin tries to perfect Velocity-9 so Jay can stop the Geomancer.
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on Feb 18, 2016 - 32 comments

Weather Wizard returns to break Captain Cold and The Trickster out of Iron Heights, but Barry is determined to not let that happen. Meanwhile, Iris decides whether to tell Joe about his biological son. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Dec 10, 2015 - 28 comments

Team Flash investigates Jay Garrick's claim that villains from his parallel Earth are crossing the border between worlds, including a new threat who Jay calls the "Sand Demon." Joe has an applicant for his anti-metahuman task force, and there's a whole lot of DC Comics in-jokes. [more inside]
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish on Oct 14, 2015 - 31 comments