BBC/HBO weave complex magic from impressive ‘Materials’…
A baby girl called Lyra is left in the care of Jordan College, Oxford as her previous guardian – Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) vanishes into the flooded grounds and night, … Read More
Tag: HBO
SDCC: HBO’s WWIII goes WWII and beyond…
The first season of Jonathan Nolan’s Westworld for HBO was as much a masterclass in misdirection as it was an examination of what it is to be human or robot. … Read More
HBO: Goodbye Westeros, Hello Westworld…
For a series that keeps reinventing ways to explore its core-programming, Westworld‘s third season looks set to do the same with a teaser trailer that debuted alongside the finale of … Read More
Game Over: Embers, ashes and epilogues…
There’s one – and probably only one – absolute truth when it comes to writing for television: that you can’t please everyone, even most of the time. The more passionate … Read More
GOT: Apocalypse Wow. For whom doth ‘The Bells’ toll..?
With the forces of the Night King defeated, the troops have headed south to begin to rally for their attack on Cersei’s forces in Kings Landing. However, Cersei (Lena Headey) … Read More
Tick-Tock, HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ trailer begins the countdown…
It took decades for Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen to move from its position as best-selling, seminal graphic novel to controversial (and perhaps too reverential) adaptation for the screen, … Read More
GOT: The Mourning after the Night King before…
Winterfell has been successfully defended against the Night King and the White Walkers, though the cost has been many lives of hose loyal to Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen. And … Read More
Game of Thrones 8.2: Let’s make this a Knight to Remember…
Slowly but surely, the White Walkers and the cold forces of the Night King are making their way towards Winterfell where an uneasy alliance between one-time (and even current) enemies … Read More
Cudgel Me, Elmo? (How Sesame Street GOT some Respect!)
Imagine if the ensemble of George R. R. Martin’s bloody, murderous, raping, pillaging, drinking, killing, incest-ing, dragon-riding characters had actually managed some therapy ahead of their evil-doings? In a new … Read More
‘Winterfell’ is here. Game of Thrones roars back…
So. Winter is no longer coming, it’s finally here and there’s little doubt the most watched hour of television on Sunday night was the opening salvo in the final season … Read More
HBO confirms more minute details of GOT’s farewell…
You know nothing, Jon Snow! (But we know a little bit more…) Though remaining sworn to secrecy on plot developments and the fates of the main characters (safe bet: there … Read More
(GOT teaser) – HBO shows how to trail your dragons…
It’s just over a month until the most highly-anticipated series of 2019 debuts its final run…. we talk, of course, about Game of Thrones reaching its truly epic conclusion with … Read More
Game on as ‘Thrones’ prequel takes Long Road…
While production on the final six episodes of Game of Thrones is still underway for broadcast sometime in the first half of 2019, there are already plans for a prequel … Read More
SERIES OVERVIEW: ‘Sharp Objects’ mixes Scar / Tissue…
Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) is a talented yet troubled journalist whose drinking is looking more and more likely to upend any chance of a notable career. In an effort to … Read More
Well, he ‘Nevers’. Whedon helms Victoriana series for HBO…
There was once a time when Joss Whedon could do no wrong. Projects such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly remain touchstones of the fantasy genre that affected … Read More