Author: Travlis Hallingquest

Beautiful shots of 1940 New York City fill the frame of the opening scene of The Plot Against America’s second episode.  As the camera pulls back, we are

Season 1: The Maze.  Season 2: The Door.  Season 3:  The New World. HBO’s most ambitious series returns in a more linear, and more dazzling format. The series

“Seven people just stupid themselves to death”.  Engineer Billie McEvoy is indeed correct with her assessment. In this penultimate episode, seven people earned the universal Darwin award for

Armando Iannucci’s writers’ room and production crew have churned out the best episode to date of Avenue 5. “Are You a Spider, Matt”?, is an extremely fast-paced, but

 One thing going for HBO Max is that it will have an extensive film library to draw from Warner Bros. Studios and other acquisitions Here is a

This week on HBO’s science fiction comedy series, a young woman gives birth to a baby boy. The ever pretentious and egocentric Judd insists that he is the

“I have a King’s Ransom for anyone that knows what the fuck they are doing”!  This is the decree of Captain Ryan after he discovers that the crew

And Then He’s Gonna Shoot Off’ begins immediately after the event of the pilot episode, with our passengers and crew receiving potential good news about their extended space

  Armando Iannucci is revered for his political satires in the television and theatrical film mediums. Regarding the former medium, his VEEP for HBO is one of television’s

This will be my third year of covering HBO Sport’s Hard Knocks, a series that follows the exploits of a struggling NFL team through its preseason. The series

My appreciation for movies goes far beyond casual viewing. I analyze and critique these collaborative bodies of work, with the intent of adding to the study of the

A Song of Ice and Fire series author George RR. Martin loves conversing with fans, but has an aversion to fan-fiction. The revered novelist and television writer/producer believes

“Who fucked up?”  This question proposed by Iris Kimura, an associate owner of the titular AVENUE 5, is indicative of the tone of all of showrunner/creator’s Armando Iannucci’s

In the seminal 1986-1987 graphic novel Watchmen, there is an iconic panel with Dr. Manhattan sitting on a random mound on an undisclosed region of Mars.   Later in,

  The penultimate episode of Catherine the Great pulls viewers deeper into the tumultuous relationship between Catherine and Grigory Potemkin. Grigory longs for adventure and expanding the Russian