Tag: miniseries
New Echo Trailer is All About Kingpin
Echo is only five days away, and Marvel is upping the publicity ante with a new trailer. This one, unsurprisingly, does not focus on the title character but Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin, the fan-favorite (for good reason) villain from Daredevil – and, to a much lesser extent, Hawkeye – who...
Read MoreLeaked Echo Footage Shows Fight with Daredevil
The upcoming Marvel series Echo is headed to Disney+ with little fanfare, and a recent leak seems designed to spark some. Twitter account Daredevil Updates has shared footage of a fight between the title character and Daredevil, played once again by Charlie Cox. Little has been reported about it ye...
Read MoreThe Regime Trailer Orders You to Watch It
If you didn’t realize that 2024 is an election year, the amount of political entertainment set to debut should clue you in. Today, HBO released a trailer for The Regime, a comedy-drama satire. The Regime depicts the decline of a fascistic government that rules a European country, with palace intri...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
For the most part, I don’t like horror movies. I never have, aside from old monster movies. I try to be open-minded, but horror and romance films rarely connect with me. I’ve frequently cited Jordan Peele’s recent batch of movies as a counterexample, with good writing and interesti...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Continental – Episode 3, “Theatre of Pain”
“Theatre of Pain” brings The Continental to a ridiculous, empty-headed conclusion, successfully demystifying the High Table and removing the stakes from what should have been a near-suicide mission. A few good scenes are sprinkled through what is otherwise an enactment of a child playing with a...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Continental – Episode 2, “Loyalty to the Master”
I was surprised to have mostly enjoyed the first episode of The Continental. The second, “Loyalty to the Master,” is more in line with my expectations for the John Wick prequel series. It’s a dull story – or segment of a story – that feels inconsequential, over-explains the mysteries of t...
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