Tag: Crime
The Penguin Trailer Waddles Online
Umbrellas just went on sale at Warner Bros., as HBO Max – which will soon be called “Max” because some idiot thinks HBO has too much brand recognition – has released a trailer for The Penguin, its currently-in-production miniseries about one of Batman’s greatest villains. A spinoff of Matt...
Read MoreJonathan Majors Arrested
Jonathan Majors, the up-and-coming actor who plays Kang the Conqueror in the MCU and recently starred in Creed III, has been arrested in New York City. The charges are “strangulation, assault and harassment.” The police responded to a 911 call from an apartment in Chelsea, a neighborhood in Manh...
Read MoreREVIEW: Carnival Row – Season 2, Episodes 7 and 8, “Kindred” and “Facta Non Verba”
***SPOILERS*** In “Kindred,” the New Dawn is attacked by the Pact. Meanwhile, Dombey breaks up an anti-fae protest and beseeches Philo to trust him. Once released in the Row, Philo gets into a brawl with three fae guys. Darius comes to his rescue before he’s killed, but he is beate...
Read MoreREVIEW: Carnival Row – Season 2, Episodes 5 and 6, “Reckoning” and “Original Sins”
***SPOILERS*** In “Reckoning,” Vignette stands trial in a human court, surrounded by jeers and insults, as Philo recruits Kaine to rescue her. Winetrout informs the Chancellor of Sophie’s machinations. The Pactish ambassador continues to question Millworthy’s intentions. Tour...
Read MoreREVIEW: Carnival Row – Season 2, Episodes 3 and 4, “The Martyr’s Hand” and “An Unkindness of Raven”
***SPOILERS*** “The Martyr’s Hand” opens on Tourmaline as he learns Dahlia’s fate. The police arrive at the scene and merely mock the victims, insinuating they deserved it. Millworthy asks Philo to hold off on his plan while he enacts one of his own, seeing weakness in the Ch...
Read MoreREVIEW: Marlowe (2023)
To call Marlowe a wannabe noir film would be to ascribe to it aspirations it doesn’t have. Marlowe isn’t trying to capture a time and place, evoke a particular tone or feel, replicate a form of dialogue, or even basic things like engage you in a mystery or surround you with compelling characters...
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