I will be the first to admit that I was very skeptical of Arrow‘s decision to push Laurel into the role of the Canary so quickly after the death of Sara. I had a fear that the writers would throw her into training with Wildcat (where is Wildcat these days, anyway?) and she would suddenly […]
When Netflix initially announced it would be making a series based on the cult-classic 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, the main question was whether or not the film’s starry cast would be making appearances. After all, the cast of the film reads like a who’s who of today’s Hollywood: Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Paul […]
For fans of HBO’s freshman comedy Togetherness (and count me among them) some excellent news was announced late yesterday evening: the series will be returning in 2016 for its second season. The series launched at the beginning of January to strong critical acclaim, and has built on its audience each of the three weeks it […]
Amazon Prime has had a heck of a year- launching a critically acclaimed award winning series (Transparent) and a new series that garnered favorable reviews (Mozart Jungle). But getting a hit or two under one’s belt comes with an interesting side effect: pressure to continue performing at a high level. So, when I sat down […]
Another American Horror Story season comes to an in a spectacularly ridiculous yet underwhelming manner. Freak Show can most simply be described as an uneven season, one that started off with sublime, atmospheric style; muddled through the bulk of its episodes; and, though the writers brought in some crazy, audaciously entertaining story threads towards the […]
When we last left Oliver Queen, he was bleeding to death on the side of a large mountain. Which, for a normal person in a normal television series, would mean almost certain death. But, you can’t have a show named Arrow without actually having the Arrow, so there was very little doubt that the show […]
Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg is the latest Hollywood star to sign-up to work on a new series for AmazonPrime. He will be adapting “Bream Gives Me the Hiccups,” a series of short stories he also wrote, for the streaming site. The series will air as half hour comedies, with Eisenberg executive producing and directing the […]
