There is life! True Detective is to be brought back to TV after a two year absence for a third season. When season one of the show hit screens back in 2014, quite the cultural phenomenon was created. The anthology drama based around two cops investigating a deeply disturbing string of murders hooked audiences on […]
Complacency: The Killer of TV’s Golden Age
Samuel Brace on the death of TV’s Golden Age… It’s all over. Television’s golden age is, it seems, gone. It’s done. Some will argue that it was never here at all, but those people are mostly ardent film fans who could never face that for a while, for a very short time, TV was better than […]
The Two Greatest TV Episodes of All Time
Samuel Brace on the two greatest TV episodes of all time… There have been many great and iconic series throughout the history of television. These classic shows have brought us some truly memorable episodes that have become the standard-bearers for the entire medium. There are episodes so exquisitely crafted, so gloriously designed, that they have been […]
David Cronenberg on turning down True Detective season 2: “The script was bad”
Legendary director David Cronenberg is in Reykjavik to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award, and has been speaking about his long career, as well as those projects that fell by the wayside, including hit television show True Detective, which he turned down last year. Many directors were approached to come on-board the second season, including Andrew Dominik […]
Vince Vaughn talks True Detective Season 2, says it’s “very different”
With set-photos appearing online on a regular basis over the last few weeks, anticipation is building for the return of True Detective for its second season, which features a brand-new cast and new directors taking over from Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson and company. The cast for season two surprised many, but on many levels on […]
The Most Facebooked Movies and TV Shows of 2014
As Christmas approaches and the year draws to a close, Facebook has revealed the “most Facebooked” movies and TV shows of 2014 as part of its Year in Review, and it will come as little surprise that Frozen and Game of Thrones have topped their respective lists… Most Facebooked Movies of 2014 1. Frozen 2. […]
Dexter’s C.S. Lee joins True Detective season 2
Dexter alumni C.S. Lee has signed on for a recurring role in the second season of HBO’s acclaimed drama series True Detective, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Lee – who is known for his role as Vince Masuka on Dexter – is set to play Richard Geldolf – “a state attorney general with grand political […]
HBO confirms Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch and Kelly Reilly for True Detective season 2
Having already announced two of its leads in Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn, HBO has now officially confirmed that Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch and Kelly Reilly have joined the cast of True Detective for its hotly-anticipated second season. Thanks to EW, we’ve got descriptions for their characters, as well as those of Farrell and Vaughn, […]