Joe Penhall and David Fincher go to bold new places without forgetting where they’re coming form.
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Joe Penhall and David Fincher go to bold new places without forgetting where they’re coming form.
It’s pretty damn different from what it used to be and it’s OK.
Where I try to understand how it made stereotypical ghosts scary again.
Bodyguard is both pleasantly surprising and infuriating at times. Thus is the reality of a show trying to tackle important issue, but lacking the courage to do it properly.
Better late than never. Homeland is coming back in February, so I got up to speed with season 6.
Evil Genius is not all that evil, but it offers an interesting spin on a crime that is too often still romanticized,
Where I spare you 176 minutes of your life and tell you that you're going to be pretty disappointed with this show.
My thoughts on what is perhaps' Errol Morris' most ambitious project, so far: a four-hour documentary on project MK-Ultra, the popular folktale about the CIA giving LSD to people for mind control purposes.
The Punisher is the best thing Marvel offered to us in years. BELIEVE THE HYPE. Starring Jon Bernthal. Written by Steve Lightfoot.
Stranger Things, Season Two is out there and I have opinions on it. Created by the Duffer brothers.
Mindhunter is slow, cerebral and definitely unsexy, but it's great. Read my review to know how it pulled it off. Written by Joe Penhall. Based on the book by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker.
Bleed is different from anything you can get on television. It's not perfect, but it's freaky in a way you'll thoroughly enjoy.
True Detective, Season Three is on the way. So, I celebrate the only way I know how: by taking a deep-ass dive into Season One and Two. There's the second part of my retrospective.
True Detective, Season Three is on the way. So, I celebrate the only way I know how: by taking a deep-ass dive into Season One and Two. There's the first part of my retrospective.
Is the second season of Noah Hawley's breakthrough hit Fargo as great as the first one? Find out....
How can you possible turn such an idiosyncratic movie like Fargo into a ten episodes television show? Well, leave it to Noah Hawley to pull a miracle out of his ass.
Is the adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods the hot, new thing or was there a reason why this thing aired in June? I went to the heart of it for you.
I watched the latest source of parental and institutional uproar 13 Reasons Why, starring Katherine Langford and Dylan Minnette. Directed by Brian Yorker. Based on the best-selling novel by Jay Asher. That shit was DARK.
Animal Kingdom, Season Two is currently airing on TNT. Is it worth watching? I'm going through Season One trying to answer this question. Starring Finn Cole, Ellen Barkin, the immortal Scott Speedman, Jake Weary, Ben Robson and Shawn Hatosy. Created by Jonathan Lisco. Based on the movie by David Michôd.
