True Detective: “Night Finds You”
Okay, now we’re getting somewhere. True Detective‘s second season hasn’t quite hit its stride yet, but it’s definitely showing signs of improvement. “Night Finds You” had more narrative momentum than did….
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True Detective: “The Western Book of the Dead”
Look, let’s get the obvious out of the way: True Detective‘s first season is an almost impossible act to follow. It was buoyed by fantastic performances from Matthew McConaughey and Woody….
Game of Thrones: “Mother’s Mercy”
Good news, guys: Game of Thrones figured out how to end a season. It’s no secret that tenth episodes have been GoT‘s Achilles heel for some time now, but that’s partly a fault….
Game of Thrones: “The Dance of Dragons”
After the mic-drop battle at the end of last week’s “Hardhome,” it seemed as though Game of Thrones was trying to warn us that it would be breaking from its established tradition….
I watched all the best episodes of Entourage & this is what I learned
With the Entourage movie right around the corner, I decided to…ah, fuck it, this is an endurance test. Aside from the occasional rerun on Comedy Central, my exposure to Entourage has been pretty limited…..
Game of Thrones: “Hardhome”
This season of Game of Thrones has been so scattered, and so varied in terms of quality, that it’s a pleasure to see a focused, intense episode like “Hardhome.” For the first….
Game of Thrones: “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
This is a really hard episode of Game of Thrones to grade. In fact, this whole season is becoming hard to grade. Six episodes in and it still feels like the show is spinning….
Game of Thrones: “Kill the Boy”
It takes a lot for Game of Thrones to bore me, but here we are. I’m not one of those people who only watches the show for tits and dragons, but I….
Game of Thrones: “Sons of the Harpy”
I love episodes like “Sons of the Harpy.” My praise for last week’s “High Sparrow” notwithstanding, it’s with this episode that Game of Thrones‘ fourth season really feels like it’s kicking….
Game of Thrones: “The Wars to Come”
It’s always interesting to see how Game of Thrones moves the pieces around its chessboard. Three of King’s Landing’s most prominent figures – Tyrion, Varys, and Littlefinger – have flown….
First look at True Detective season two
I’m glad we’re finally getting some moving images from True Detective‘s second season, because I was wondering how different it would look from a visual standpoint (stills don’t tell you….
First trailer for Going Clear, HBO’s Scientology documentary
I can’t think of any movie I’m more excited for than HBO’s Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. And yes, I’m aware that Mad Max and Star Wars….