Passion that borders on obsession, undeniable charm, and a sense of otherworldliness—these are the hallmarks of Lee Pace’s performances, whether he’s leading quirky supernatural dramedies or appearing in blockbuster franchises like Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit films and the mega-profitable Marvel Cinematic Universe.…
By order of the Peaky Blinders—and Netflix—Steven Knight’s BAFTA-winning series will return with more drama, dodginess, family tension, and Cillian Murphy on October 4.
The Terror: Infamy is the latest installment of AMC’s horror-drama anthology series, led by this time around by Alexander Woo and Max Borenstein, with Ridley Scott still executive producing. Although season one was a master class in chilling thrills, the new episodes venture far from The Terror author Dan Simmons’…
“I am jazzed on language in a whole new way.”
The first season of The Terror was frighteningly good, a profound and unsettling tale of an expedition gone wrong. But its horrors were just the tip of the iceberg—the hubris of the Royal Navy officers (and, by extension, the evils of British imperialism) doomed the crews of the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus as much…
FX day at the Television Critics Association summer press tour usually generates the same kind of excitement among reviewers and reporters as a slew of Marvel panels at San Diego Comic-Con. It’s not just the news about returning series like Fargo and Snowfall; FX chairman John Landgraf’s wonderfully detailed…
2019 has been a banner year for sketch comedy series—first, Netflix released the hilarious and highly experimental I Think You Leave With Tim Robinson, then Comedy Central debuted the subversive and smartly funny Alternatino With Arturo Castro. On Friday, HBO premiered A Black Lady Sketch Show, a vibrant and…
Season three of Preacher saw Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper) face down some of his personal demons in addition to the actual ruler of Hell, Satan (Jason Douglas). He lost the support of his friends/partners Tulip (Ruth Negga) and Cassidy (Joe Gilgun), and cut the final ties to his traumatic past. Naturally, this all…
Last year, Lodge 49 emerged in the sleepy summer TV landscape to beguile anyone who took a chance on the Jim Gavin and Peter Ocko series despite not having a firm grasp on what the show has to offer. Is it a comforting hangout comedy, a sunny yet existential drama, or both? Well, it’s something you really have to see…
Today at the 2019 Television Critics Association summer press tour, HBO programming chief Casey Bloys fielded questions about such relevant topics as the controversy surrounding creative control of Big Little Lies season two, the possibility of True Detective season four (Nic Pizzolatto is still just “mulling over”…
No show is quite as determined to start things off on the right foot as GLOW—from the solid pilot in 2017 to the exceptional reintroduction to these gorgeous ladies of wrestling in 2018, the series keeps upping its premiere game. The third season opens with an episode that taps into the show’s familiar pathos-driven…
