True Detective

Sean Astin joins Cary Fukunaga’s TNT series The Alienist

Posted 9 years ago

I don't know right now if I want to refer to Sean Astin as Mikey (from GOONIES), Samwise (from LORD OF THE RINGS), or RUDY (from that one movie; can't remember the title). That's the mark of successful actor, right?...

HBO’s programming chief says a third season of True Detective “is not dead”

Posted 10 years ago

The sophomore season of True Detective failed to win over most fans, although our own Alex Maidy defends it in one of his recent Unpopular Opinion columns. While there's no denying that Nic Pizzolatto is a genius in his own...

Matthew McConaughey would come back for more True Detective

Posted 10 years ago

The future doesn't look bright for more seasons of TRUE DETECTIVE on HBO. After two very different seasons (the second of which was not as well-received as the first), it appears HBO is ready to move onto other things under Casey...

The UnPopular Opinion: True Detective (Season 2)

Posted 10 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column...

We may have seen the last of HBO’s True Detective

Posted 10 years ago

Not too long ago, HBO's TRUE DETECTIVE took the world by storm, offering up tremendous performances by Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey amidst all the speculation about the Yellow King and Carcosa and putting the new dramatic anthology on the...

HBO’s Michael Lombardo takes the blame for True Detective’s second season

Posted 11 years ago

The first season of HBO's True Detective was a great feat of television in which the visuals, acting, and storytelling melded together perfectly to create something very special; the second season of True Detective, not so much. To be fair,...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Sicario, True Detective, The Walk

Posted 11 years ago

This Week: A stacked first week of new releases for 2016 brings the vertigo of The Walk, the surprise of Sicario, and the letdown of True Detective. ► Showing the vicious toll America’s war on drugs is taking, SICARIO came...

Turns out that Cary Fukunaga hasn’t even seen season two of True Detective

Posted 11 years ago

I know I'm not alone in my opinion, but I consider the first season of HBO's True Detective to be some of the most compelling television I've ever seen; everything from its acting to its score were top notch and...

David Cronenberg explains why he passed on True Detective Season 2

Posted 11 years ago

You can approach David Cronenberg all you want to potentially direct your project, but, if the script isn’t good, you’re not going to get him to bite. That’s ultimately what caused the filmmaker to walk away from conversations to direct...

Face-Off: True Detective Season One vs. True Detective Season Two

Posted 11 years ago

True Detective. The first season of HBO’s stylized drama blew audiences away and made your average crime scene investigation show look like an episode of Scooby-Doo. Even people unhappy with how the story wrapped up praised the integrity of the...

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