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TV Review: Perry Mason starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany

Plot: 1931, Los Angeles. While the rest of the country struggles through the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong. Review: Perry Mason is a name that...

Showtime unveils intense Penny Dreadful: City of Angels trailer

As the headline says, Showtime has just released a new trailer for their upcoming PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS series, starring Natalie Dormer, Nathan Lane, and STAR TREK's Brent Spiner. Here's the official synopsis: In darkness, everything comes to light....

Universal developing remake of classic thriller Night of the Hunter

So, another day, another remake of a classic film. It seems that, even though production has understandably been shuttered everywhere, studios are still setting up development deals for writers/directors, to be ready once production starts up again. In this case, writer...

TV Reviews

TV Review: Carnival Row

Synopsis: Set in a Victorian fantasy world filled with mythological immigrant creatures whose exotic homelands were invaded by the empires of man. This growing population struggles to coexist with humans — forbidden to live, love, or fly with freedom. But...

TV Review: Too Old To Die Young

Synopsis: Follows a grieving police officer who, along with the man who shot his partner, finds himself in an underworld filled with working-class hit men, Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins sent from Mexico, Russian mafia captains and gangs of teenage killers....

TV Review: What/If

Synopsis: Neo-noir social thriller WHAT/IF explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. The first season of the Netflix original series focuses on a mysterious woman's lucrative, but dubious offer to a cash-strapped pair of...
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