The Umbrella Academy Based on; The Umbrella Academy by: Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá Developed by: Steve Blackman, Jeremy Slater Starring: Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro About five minutes in, I thought, oh, this is stupid, and …
Created by Bryan Fuller & Alex Kurtzman Based on Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Wilson Cruz, & Anson Mount Season One of Star Trek Discovery was daring, inventive, and featured some of the most sophisticated and deep writing seen in any Star …
Happy! Created by Grant Morrison & Darick Robertson Directed by Brian Taylor, David Petrarca, & Wayne Yip Starring Christopher Meloni, Bryce Lorenzo, Ritchie Coster, Lili Mirojnick, Medina Senghore, Patrick Fischler Voice of Patton Oswalt To say that Hello! is over the top is like saying a Carolina Reaper pepper is spicy. Take elements from the …
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Directed by David Slade Produced by Russell McLean Written by Charlie Brooker Starring Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Asim Chaudhry, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe Production company Netflix Distributed by Netflix I didn’t rush to watch Bandersnatch before because I read that it was based on 1980s computer interactive games. Aside from sounding like …
Mr. Mercedes (Season 2) Audience, AT&T, Produced by: David E. Kelley Productions, Nomadicfilm, Temple Hill Productions, Sonar Entertainment Starring: Brendan Gleeson as Detective Bill Hodges Harry Treadaway as Brady Hartsfield Jharrel Jerome as Jerome Robinson Scott Lawrence as Detective Peter Dixon Breeda Wool as Lou Linklatter Justine Lupe as Holly Gibney Holland Taylor as Ida …
Who? Head Writer and Executive Producer – Chris Chibnall, Executive producers – Matt Strevens and Sam Hoyle, BBC Starring Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole & Mandip Gill Jodie Whittaker had some big shoes to fill. There have been 12 doctors since 1963, the latest of whom was Peter Capaldi, he of the magnificently craggy …
Maniac Netflix, 2018; Paramount Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga Written by Patrick Somerville Jonah Hill…Owen Milgrim Emma Stone…Annie Landsberg Sonoya Mizuno…Dr. Fujita Billy Magnussen…Jed Milgrim Aaralyn Anderson…Belle Milgrim Dai Ishiguro…Head Control Tech This. Is. Brilliant. Cary Joji Fukunaga, director of the first season of True Detective, brings the same sensibilities of that grim and goofy …
Dark Kingdom: A review of Castle Rock Hulu, 2018 Produced by Bad Robot Productions, JJ Abrams, with Stephen King collaborating. Created by: Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomas Starring: André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård It took me a while to make up my mind to watch Castle Rock. I like Stephen King, and many of his …
Dark. Netflix 2017, 2019. Produced by Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese, Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann, Justyna Müsch Writing primarily by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese A few nights ago, I watched a movie called “Bright.” He’s a cop. His partner’s an Orc. Yes, an Orc. It went downhill from there. So I looked around for …