HBO Delivers Most Sensational Westworld Trailer yet

We open on Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) waking up, a beautiful young woman living out west, presumably, possibly in the 19th century. And then we hear familiar voice: “Dreams mean everything. They’re the stories we tell ourselves. Of what could be. Who we could become.” So says Dr. Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins), the brilliant, ruthless creative director of Westworld, where Dolores has actually woken up. From what we’ve gleaned from previous trailers (including this mature version) and HBO press releases,

By  |  September 14, 2016
Game of Thrones Wins big at 2016 Creative Arts Emmys

The 2016 Creative Arts Emmys were awarded. The ceremony is devoted to honoring the below-the-line artists who are such a big part of making this such a hugely ambitious, and creatively exciting, time to be a television fan. For the first time in history, the ceremony was split into two nights. Unsurprisingly, HBO's Game of Thrones lead all shows with 9 wins, followed closely by FX's The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story with 4 wins. The Primetime Emmys will be held this Sunday,

By  |  September 12, 2016
Gotham Season 3: Enter Bruce Wayne

Season three of Gotham is only a week away, and Fox has just released two new promos, including the very first that digs deeper into Bruce Wayne’s (David Mazouz) journey, including the conspiracy that was behind the murder of his parents (which, of course, is ultimately what turns him into Batman). Bruce found out about the Secret Court in season two, and left Gotham for his own safety. In season three, Bruce is back in Gotham,

By  |  September 12, 2016
Early Reviews & New Clip Tout Netflix’s Next Smash: Luke Cage

The early reviews are in for Marvel's Luke Cage on Netflix, and we're feeling pretty good about our prediction that this show would be great. We've already shared with you the hip hop legends who have worked on the show's score, as well as previous clips that give you a sense of how Luke Cage will explore a very different aspect, and neighborhood,

By  |  September 8, 2016

Interview

Director

Talking to Veep‘s Emmy-Nominated Director About Art Imitating Life

Veep Assistant Director Dale Stern has been the creative right hand man to show creator Armando Iannucci for four seasons, steering the series toward critical and audience acclaim. In the fifth season, Stern took over the directing chair for a single episode that was so brilliantly executed it earned him an Emmy nomination. In mid-season standout Mother, Stern took on some of the darkest material the show has tackled and it turned out to be some of the funniest. 

By  |  September 7, 2016
Watch the Gorgeous Official Trailer for A Monster Calls

Last week we shared a preview of A Monster Calls, a film directed by J.A. Bayona (The Impossible, with Jurassic World 2 up next) based on Patrick Ness's book of the same name. Today we’ve got the full official trailer, which we’ve embedded below. The most striking thing about A Monster Calls is the lush visual palate Bayona and his The Impossible 

By  |  September 7, 2016
Can you Figure out Who Negan Killed in new The Walking Dead Teaser

The Walking Dead premieres in a little more than a month, on October 23, and with the internet still aflame about the controversial ending to season six, every new piece of footage AMC drops is met with intense scrutiny and a CSI-level amount of analysis. Is there a clue to who Negan's victim was in the latest teaser? Let's find out.

You can watch the new teaser here.

By  |  September 6, 2016
Watch the 1st Trailer for Christopher Guests’s Mascots

Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind) is back, ladies and gentlemen, and he looks to be in perfect Guestian form. His new film, Mascots, will be streaming on Netflix on October 13. Let's first take a look at the new trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swTWozTxQ-E

This is Guest through-and-through, taking us into the weird,

By  |  September 2, 2016
Method Man, A$AP Ferg & More Come Together to Give Luke Cage Its Beat

Have we mentioned how excited we are for Marvel’s Luke Cage? Right, we have. And this new video showcasing the musical heart of the show only gets us more pumped up. 

It’s fitting that legendary hip hop artists and bands are going to be a big part of the show’s soundscape, considering the show is about an ex-con and brawler (who happens to have unbreakable skin) doing right in New York City. Hip hop and the themes the music explores that will give the show it’s “street-level authenticity,”

By  |  September 1, 2016
Critical Smash Stranger Things Renewed at Netflix, Season 2 Coming in 2017

One of the most surprising twists of this summer was the critical darling Stranger Things on Netflix, one of those seemingly out-of-nowhere delights that managed to evoke the beloved 1980s without buckling under the weight of Spielbergian pastiche. Then, the second most surprising thing was the fact that Netflix hadn't renewed the show for a second season. What could the holdup possibly be? Everyone who watched it loved the show, and everyone wanted more.

By  |  August 31, 2016
Emmy Watch: How they Created Jessica Jones‘ Spooky Cool Title Sequence

The Emmy nominees behind Marvel's Jessica Jones' spooky-cool title sequence didn't actually know anything about the dyspeptic comic book detective when they started work on the Netflix series. But after production company Imaginary Forces and composer Sean Callery brainstormed with series creator Melissa Rosenberg (Twilight), they distilled the essence of Kristen Ritter's title character into a moody 68-second tease that artfully sets the tone for all that follows. 

By  |  August 30, 2016
New Luke Cage Clip Shows One Annoying Aspect of Being a Superhero

Marvel's Luke Cage is giving Mike Colter's eponymous superhero the starring role he so clearly deserves. Colter's Cage was one of the best things about the very, very strong first season of Jessica Jonesand now that he's got his own show on Netflix, we'll get to spend a lot more time getting to know him. In this new clip, we find out one of the more annoying aspects about being an unbreakable superhero—people keep ruining your clothes in an attempt to take you down.

By  |  August 29, 2016

Interview

Actor

Lennie James on Playing the Moral Center of The Walking Dead

Audiences may have tuned in to The Walking Dead expecting a zombie gore fest, which is often what they get, but the emotional draw of the characters has carried the story through six seasons. The show reached an emotional high as fans have been left to agonize all summer wondering, “Who did Negan kill?” But the moral and emotional tone was introduced by one of the show’s most beloved characters,

By  |  August 29, 2016

Interview

Sound Designer

How Daredevil‘s Emmy-Nominated Sound Designer Makes the Punches Pop

During a marathon stairway brawl early in Daredevil's second Netflix season, hero Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) sounds like he's beating a gang of bikers to a bloody pulp. In fact, the hits seem far more furious than they really are thanks to Emmy-nominated sound designer Jordan Wilby. "There's a lot of different ways we get our sounds," explains Wilby, who gave voice to every punch in the fight using audio files from his massive library of sound sources.

By  |  August 25, 2016
Game of Thrones Star Maisie Williams Says Season 7 Will Break You

When all was said and done in season six of Game of Thrones, viewers were left with a very odd sensation; relief. For the previous five seasons, a lot of the things non-book readers were desperate to see happen didn't happen. Oberyn Martell snatched defeat from the jaws and victory and ended up losing his fight to the Mountain (watching the making of that gruesome scene here). The Starks, the only noble characters in all of Westeros,

By  |  August 23, 2016

Interview

Actor

From Senator to Bad-Ass, Tovah Feldshuh Talks The Walking Dead

Her first day on Georgia set of The Walking Dead Season Five, Tovah Feldshuh shared a nine-page scene with star Andrew Lincoln to establish her Deanna Monroe character as the level-headed leader of Alexandria's "Safe Zone" gated community. By the time Season Six began, Deanna was instructing Lincoln's Rick Grimes to kill the murderer of her husband with two succinct words: "Do it." Summing up her character arc showcased in The Walking Dead: The Complete Sixth Season (released today,

By  |  August 23, 2016

Interview

Cinematographer

Cinematographer Crescenzo Notarile on his Emmy Nominated work on Gotham

Whether you’re a fan of movies, television, or music videos, Crescenzo Notarile’s award winning cinematography has permeated nearly every medium of entertainment. Notarile has worked with some of the most iconic directors, musicians and brands in the industry for more than 30 years. He was there at the very beginning of the CSI series, helping to shape it into one of the most watched television programs in the world.

Notarile is now nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Cinematography for transforming New York into a pre-Batman Gotham.

By  |  August 22, 2016
New Westworld Images Heighten Excitement for HBO’s Sci-Fi Thriller

When HBO finally released the teaser trailer for their sci-fi thriller Westworld, we were both excited and relieved. Once the cast was announced, expectations for the show, already pretty massive considering the involvement of J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan (he wrote the Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar), skyrocketed. Sir Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson,

By  |  August 22, 2016
American Horror Story Drops 2 Delightfully Creepy, Confusing Teasers for Season 6

There are so many reasons to love Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s American Horror Story. The first and main reason, for us, anyway, is that for five seasons now the show has been relentlessly weird. How weird? Even the show’s promos are a head trip, which is in evidence with these two spots for the upcoming season six.

Murphy and Falchuk have been known to play with fans expectations and use the promos to throw us all off the scent.

By  |  August 19, 2016
Is Daryl Dead? First Clip From The Walking Dead Season 7 Teases his Fate

The Walking Dead has had its share of controversy during it's six massively successful seasons. There's been the unusually high showrunner turnover, including creator Frank Darabont and Glen Mazzara. And that's just some of the behind-the-scenes stuff. In fact, perhaps no scene has drawn more scrutiny than last season's finale shot, which ended on a brutal cliffhanger—who, exactly, did the sociopath Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) kill with his spiked bat? 

By  |  August 16, 2016