Samuel Brace on whether there are any reasons to watch Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why… Yes. Yes, there are. There’s a few in fact. In the latest of Netflix’s original series, 13 Reasons Why tells the story, based on a novel, of a young girl who takes her life, but not before making tapes of the […]
AMC renews Fear the Walking Dead for season 4
AMC has announced that it has renewed its Walking Dead companion series for a fourth season, as well as shaking things up behind the scenes by bringing in Andrew Chamblis and Ian Goldberg (Once Upon a Time) as co-showrunners. The Walking Dead showrunner Scott M. Gimple also joins as an executive producer.“We are thrilled to […]
Felicity Smoak won’t don a mask and costume in Arrow
Following her costumed cameo in this week’s episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, executive producer Marc Guggenheim has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that there are no plans to have Emily Bett Rickards’ Felicity Smoak don a mask and costume in Arrow.“There’s two lines in the sand that I’ve drawn for Arrow for myself,” said Guggenheim. “I can’t […]
Powerless Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘I’ma Friend You’
Rachel Bellwoar reviews the sixth episode of Powerless…It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a new episode of Powerless but while the break appears related to scheduling, and not a planned hiatus, “I’ma Friend You” marks an adjustment in character communication that’s got the show back to the promise of where it started. Nobody is suddenly acting differently but […]
Star Trek: Discovery adds Rainn Wilson as Original Series villain Harry Mudd
Star Trek: Discovery has added yet another actor to its cast in a surprising connection to Star Trek: The Original Series. Via Variety, Rainn Wilson, veteran of the U.S. version of The Office, has joined the show and will play Harry Mudd, a character from the original series who came into conflict with Captain Kirk and the Enterprise on […]
Mark Strong joins spy series Deep State
Mark Strong is set for another spy role, having been cast as the lead in an upcoming miniseries for FOX titled Deep State, where he’ll portray an ex-spy drawn into an international conspiracy with ties to his past. It will be the first regional scripted commission for FOX Networks Group Europe and Africa. Strong will play Max Easton, […]
Marvel’s Iron Fist – Season One Review
Liam Hoofe reviews the first season of Iron Fist…Warning: Contains mild spoilers…To say Iron Fist has been a critical disaster would be something of an understatement. Marvel’s fifth overall season on Netflix and their final stop before The Defenders is currently sitting at an embarrassingly bad 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, which, just for context is […]
Amazon taps Straight Outta Compton screenwriter for The Grateful Dead biographical drama series
Deadline is reporting that Amazon Studios is in development on a biographical TV series based upon the American rock band The Grateful Dead, tapping Oscar-nominated Straight Outta Compton screenwriter Jonathan Herman to pen the script. Herman will use Grateful Dead roadie Steve Parish’s memoir Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with The Grateful […]
FX chief says third season of Fargo may be its last
It looks like FX’s acclaimed anthology series Fargo could be coming to an end, with FX chief John Landgraf revealing to The Hollywood Reporter that the current third season may be its last.“There may never be another Fargo,” said Landgraf .”Unless [creator Noah Hawley] has an idea for Fargo that he thinks he can make […]
Critical Thinking: Just Review The Damn Movie
Because of the deep, dark, burning hot embers this topic stirs within me, I’m going to give a you a TL;DR version. Dear Movie Critics: just review the damn movie. Not the controversy surrounding the movie, not the on set issues or reshoots, not the marriage that collapsed due to the raw sexual friction between […]
