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Exclusive Interview – American Gods star Yetide Bakadi

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Martin Carr chats with American Gods star Yetide Bakadi…The name might not sound familiar but Yetide Bakadi is a character actor who embodies every character she takes on. Anyone familiar with American Gods will remember the sensuous Queen of Sheba known as Bilquis. Ancient as the desert sands and wise beyond measure in conversation Yetide […]

Blu-ray Review – American Gods Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews the second season of American Gods…Trying to breakdown this second season into component parts is impossible. There are so many tangents, segues and narrative diversions that a simple explanation would represent an injustice. For the most part that invention which comes thick and fast with little consideration for audience participation kicks down […]

American Gods: Season Two home entertainment details and special features revealed

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Lionsgate has announced the home entertainment release of the second season of Starz’s small-screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods which arrives on digital later this month on July 22nd, followed by a Blu-ray and DVD release on August 20th.The epic fantasy battle between New and Old Gods continues on television’s most visionary series when […]

American Gods Season 2 Finale Review – ‘Moon Shadow’

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Martin Carr reviews American Gods’ season 2 finale… Belief is strange as it ceases to be believed if people cease to believe in it. Adversely knowledge stems from experimentation and morphs into fact, while faith depends on interpretation leaving room for charlatans, tricksters and con artists. Media outlets either terrestrial, digital or radio harbour the […]

American Gods Season 2 Episode 7 Review – ‘Treasure of the Sun’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of American Gods season 2…Reincarnation, immortality and mythology converge in this penultimate episode which digs deeper into the ideas of tradition versus progress. War is coming, weapons are ready and combatants are converging while others rebel. Flashbacks are rife while an atmosphere of ruination and alcohol dominate throughout. There […]

Promo for American Gods’ Season 2 Finale – ‘Moon Shadow’

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Starz has released a promo for the season two finale of its Neil Gaiman adaptation American Gods, entitled ‘Moon Shadow’; watch it here…In the aftermath of Sweeney’s death, Wednesday has disappeared and Shadow is tormented; those that remain witness the power of New Media as she is unleashed; the nation is in a state of […]

American Gods Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Donar the Great’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of American Gods season 2…Aside from a chuck away reference to Fredrick Nietzsche there is little of philosophical depth in Donar the Great. Flashback heavy and no more obscure than normal this vaudevillian segue into music hall politics with Velvet Underground undertones shows much but achieves little. Narrative intentions […]

Promo for American Gods Season 2 Episode 7 – ‘Treasure of the Sun’

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Starz has released a promo for next Sunday’s penultimate episode of American Gods season 2, entitled ‘Treasure of the Sun’; watch it here…“In Cairo, Mr. Wednesday entrusts Shadow with the Gungnir spear; Mad Sweeney, plagued by the cries of Banshees, recalls his journey through the ages as he awaits his promised battle; again, he warns […]