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With just two episodes left in HBO’s Lovecraft Country, the series continues to make the best of the source material.  At times, the show’s deviations from the Lovecraft

The penultimate episode and season finale of HBO Max’s most ambitious series have aired, further cementing Ridley Scott as on of the finest auteurs to have stood behind

Although The Sopranos is considered to be HBO’s first hit series, the premium cable network was long known for its comedies.  Foregoing the troupes of traditional network sitcoms,

Along with the release of episodes 6-7, HBO Max’s most ambitious series was renewed for a second season.   No reliable data can be found on the viewership

HBO’s latest Sunday at 9 pm guilty pleasure crosses the midpoint of its first season with the remarkable “Meet Me in Daegu”.  Akin to the previous episode, “Meet

Midnight December 31, 2019, brought forth the countdown to 2020, a year that will go down as one of the most abysmal periods in recent human history.  As

Raised by Wolves straddles a fine line separating visionary storytelling and pretentiousness. On one hand, with the first three episodes, we are given inspired performances, stellar direction, captivating

Episode 4 of HBO’s long-running preseason gridiron series covers much terrain. We see the players’ and staff’s reactions to roster cuts, the ensuing pandemic, and social unrest. The

HBO’s Lovecraft Country continues to improve upon the superb source material with “A History of Violence”.  “A History of Violence” opens with Montrose Freeman visibly tormented by recent

After the Season 1 of True Detective, Nic Pizzolatto was interviewed by French film critic Pierre’ Serisier. Pizzolatto referred to Home Box Office as the gold standard of the airwaves. 

  This week’s opening features an ass-chewing by the Chargers offensive coordinator Phil Mcgeoghan, which reminded me of my first day in Navy Bootcamp.   The coordinator wants his

The triumvirate of Misha Green, Jordan Peele, and JJ Abrams has thus far been an effective collaboration.  The former two talents are no strangers to transcending social issues

Episode 2 of this season of Hard Knocks features much more of the player’s personal lives, versus their athletic activities. Initially the Chargers continue to report no new

  The finale’ of Home Box Office’s take on the timeless Perry Mason story arc, is one of the most memorable in the past decade of television and

Episode 1 of Hard Knocks: Los Angeles, has everything that we expect of HBO’s 15-year running gridiron series. There is the serious business of training camp, where the