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I will openly admit that I’m in denial when it comes to the fact that the upcoming third season of HBO’s exceptional dramedy Somebody Somewhere will be its final one. Where is the justice in the television world where a series this rich, this funny, this emotionally satisfying can’t run in perpetuity? I cannot think […]
This show, man. This show. What an absolute stunner of an episode, taking full advantage of having a heavyweight like Patti LuPone at their disposal, writers Gia King and Cameron Squires crafted an episode perfectly attuned to her unique set of skills – even if that didn’t include her getting to sing a solo version […]
The BBC medical soap Doctors is coming to an end after being on British TV for 24 years. The series has produced over 4496 episodes by the time of publication and it has given many writers and actors their first gig on TV. It has played a major part in the film and TV industry […]
Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot gets its third adaptation, with Gary Dauberman directing his second film and James Wan acting as a producer. Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) is a writer who returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine. He plans to use his time to research and write his next novel. However, his time back […]
Paramount Pictures had a massive hit with Smile, earning $217 million from a $17 million budget, and was critically acclaimed. A sequel was inevitable, and it has been released with a new cast of characters. Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is a pop star who plans a comeback after the death of her famous boyfriend (Ray […]
When one hears the phrase “Catholic Church thriller,” I suspect one thinks immediately of something like a Dan Brown/Da Vinci Code-type film, with dead bodies of Cardinals appearing in fountains in Rome and potentially blasphemous revelations about Catholic Dogma. Conclave, a new film being marketed as a thriller (and adapted from Thomas Harris’ novel of […]
Nuclear War is one of the greatest threats to mankind. It can destroy cities and contaminate the world. In 1984 the BBC broadcast Threads, a film that showed the impact of nuclear war in and around Sheffield. There are increased tensions in the Middle East when the Soviet Union invades Iran after an American-backed coup in […]
Hysteria! the new horror thriller series on Peacock has a lot going for it. One look at the cast list – Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead), Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect, True Blood), Nolan North (a prolific voice actor who is making a welcome return to TV), and Garret Dillahunt (Deadwood, among many […]
Well, there we have it. The origin story of the MCU’s version of Wiccan, a character with complex origins in the Marvel comics (although all of them do intersect with Wanda Maximoff in some fashion). And while it was pretty close to what most folks online had guessed – he was once William Kaplan (and […]
I was luke warm on Shrinking back in early 2023 when it premiered. And now, having watched the final four episodes of season one in preparation for watching the first six of the upcoming second season, I see more of what the series was trying to do in its uneven initial series offering. That’s a […]