Welcome to week eleventy-seven of sheltering at home! Perhaps by now you’ve taken up macramé, or teaching yourself Latin, or, ew, yoga. Us, we’re still watching all the TV. And at this point, our choices seem to be falling into one of three categories: hot-off-the-presses new series; classic, all-time-great shows …
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This week: Second trailers for two new movies starring superheroes, i.e Spider-Man and Cate Blanchett, respectively; first looks at HBO‘s take on the greatest men-in-capes tale ever told (revisionist edition), the final season of FX’s god-level mindbender Legion and the It sequel; and peeks at a fictional horror movie involving …
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A vigilante movement, inspired by the slain superhero Rorschach, embarks on a deadly terror spree in the new teaser for HBO‘s upcoming adaptation of the famed graphic novel, Watchmen. An exact premiere date has yet to be announced, though the show is expected to arrive this fall. Damon Lindelof (Lost, …
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Time may or may not be a flat circle, but the success rate of Wayne Hays and Roland West sure is. This week’s True Detective — “If You Have Ghosts” — comes straight from series creator Nic Pizzolatto, who shows our heroes working together diligently to solve the mystery of …
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Loyal viewers of HBO‘sInsecurewere hit with a shocking end to last Sunday’s Coachella-set episode: the return of Lawrence. Jay Ellis, who portrays the seemingly gone-forever ex-boyfriend spoke withRolling Stone earlier this week about how he learned that his storyline was not over just yet. Before Sunday’s episode, Lawrence had last …
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This year, we’ve asked 10 writers to pick some of their favorite TV episodes from 2017 and weigh in on why they were great stand-alone eps and the highlights of our viewing year. First up: Sean T. Collins on Girls‘ “American Bitch.” When 2017 lies dead and buried in the …
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