Fourteen years after the conclusion of The Wire — the seminal Baltimore drama about drugs, racism and police corruption — exec producers David Simon and George Pelecanos return to the scene of the crimes with a new limited series, We Own This City. “On the surface, this is about the [rise and fall] of the Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force,” Pelecanos says of the series, based on local reporter Justin Fenton’s nonfiction book. “But David and I saw it as a way to talk about policing in general and where it’s going wrong with regard to the drug war. The story and the players are real.” (Credit: Paul Schiraldi/HBO) Led by superstar sergeant Wayne Jenkins (a riveting Jon Bernthal), the Gttf was commended for its arrest and gun retrieval numbers. At the same time, its members shook down civilians, robbed cash and narcotics from dealers, and sold some of the confiscated drugs and arms.
- 4/22/2022
- TV Insider
HBO‘s giving viewers a first look at the upcoming limited series We Own This City as a new teaser trailer has arrived. Set to premiere Monday, April 25, the six-episode series is based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. We Own This City chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption permeating an American city where policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest dominated over actual police work. (Credit: Paul Schiraldi/HBO) Created and executive produced by The Wire‘s George Pelecanos and David Simon, the series also lists director Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nina K. Noble, Ed Burns, and Kary Antholis as executive producers. Meanwhile, Bill Zorzi serves as a co-executive producer. Written by Pelecanos, Simon, Burns, Zorzi, and D. Watkins, the limited series features an all-star cast among which the regulars are Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku,...
- 4/11/2022
- TV Insider
The Lannisters and the Baratheons are gearing up for battle in season two's penultimate episode.
By Josh Wigler
Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones"
Photo: Paul Schiraldi/HBO
The calm before the storm is upon Westeros — and that says a lot, considering that the so-called "calm" includes an obscenely abused prostitute in King's Landing, two charred hanging corpses in Winterfell, stolen dragons in Qarth and bruised, beaten prisoners of war north of the Wall.
But believe it or not, that really is just the palate-cleanser before a monumental battle strikes the Seven Kingdoms. All season long, HBO's "Game of Thrones" has warned viewers that "war is coming," and next week, it'll finally be here via the fabled Battle of Blackwater, an all-out slugfest between the Lannister forces and the trueborn Baratheons. Which side will win? It's too early to say. But no matter who emerges victorious, we...
By Josh Wigler
Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones"
Photo: Paul Schiraldi/HBO
The calm before the storm is upon Westeros — and that says a lot, considering that the so-called "calm" includes an obscenely abused prostitute in King's Landing, two charred hanging corpses in Winterfell, stolen dragons in Qarth and bruised, beaten prisoners of war north of the Wall.
But believe it or not, that really is just the palate-cleanser before a monumental battle strikes the Seven Kingdoms. All season long, HBO's "Game of Thrones" has warned viewers that "war is coming," and next week, it'll finally be here via the fabled Battle of Blackwater, an all-out slugfest between the Lannister forces and the trueborn Baratheons. Which side will win? It's too early to say. But no matter who emerges victorious, we...
- 5/21/2012
- MTV Music News
The Lannisters and the Baratheons are gearing up for battle in season two's penultimate episode.
By Josh Wigler
Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones"
Photo: Paul Schiraldi/HBO
The calm before the storm is upon Westeros — and that says a lot, considering that the so-called "calm" includes an obscenely abused prostitute in King's Landing, two charred hanging corpses in Winterfell, stolen dragons in Qarth and bruised, beaten prisoners of war north of the Wall.
But believe it or not, that really is just the palate-cleanser before a monumental battle strikes the Seven Kingdoms. All season long, HBO's "Game of Thrones" has warned viewers that "war is coming," and next week, it'll finally be here via the fabled Battle of Blackwater, an all-out slugfest between the Lannister forces and the trueborn Baratheons. Which side will win? It's too early to say. But no matter who emerges victorious, we...
By Josh Wigler
Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones"
Photo: Paul Schiraldi/HBO
The calm before the storm is upon Westeros — and that says a lot, considering that the so-called "calm" includes an obscenely abused prostitute in King's Landing, two charred hanging corpses in Winterfell, stolen dragons in Qarth and bruised, beaten prisoners of war north of the Wall.
But believe it or not, that really is just the palate-cleanser before a monumental battle strikes the Seven Kingdoms. All season long, HBO's "Game of Thrones" has warned viewers that "war is coming," and next week, it'll finally be here via the fabled Battle of Blackwater, an all-out slugfest between the Lannister forces and the trueborn Baratheons. Which side will win? It's too early to say. But no matter who emerges victorious, we...
- 5/21/2012
- MTV Movie News
'They're dropping like flies!' Amrita Acharia laughs about latest episode.
By Kara Warner
Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones"
Photo: Paul Schiraldi/HBO
Another week, another enthralling, action-packed episode of HBO's hit fantasy-epic "Game of Thrones."
There are so many elements to appreciate in creator George R.R. Martin's brilliant and twisted work, one being the way in which the author/executive producer has no qualms about offing important characters. After last season's huge shocker with Sean Bean's character, fans should be ready for anything, like what went down at the end of the most recent episode.
(For those who haven't yet watched "The Old Gods and the New," do not read any further — spoilers ahead!)
As we mentioned in , show-runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss did some deviating from Martin's original plotlines in the books and killed off a character very unexpectedly. The...
By Kara Warner
Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones"
Photo: Paul Schiraldi/HBO
Another week, another enthralling, action-packed episode of HBO's hit fantasy-epic "Game of Thrones."
There are so many elements to appreciate in creator George R.R. Martin's brilliant and twisted work, one being the way in which the author/executive producer has no qualms about offing important characters. After last season's huge shocker with Sean Bean's character, fans should be ready for anything, like what went down at the end of the most recent episode.
(For those who haven't yet watched "The Old Gods and the New," do not read any further — spoilers ahead!)
As we mentioned in , show-runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss did some deviating from Martin's original plotlines in the books and killed off a character very unexpectedly. The...
- 5/7/2012
- MTV Movie News
'They're dropping like flies!' Amrita Acharia laughs about latest episode.
By Kara Warner
Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones"
Photo: Paul Schiraldi/HBO
Another week, another enthralling, action-packed episode of HBO's hit fantasy-epic "Game of Thrones."
There are so many elements to appreciate in creator George R.R. Martin's brilliant and twisted work, one being the way in which the author/executive producer has no qualms about offing important characters. After last season's huge shocker with Sean Bean's character, fans should be ready for anything, like what went down at the end of the most recent episode.
(For those who haven't yet watched "The Old Gods and the New," do not read any further — spoilers ahead!)
As we mentioned in , show-runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss did some deviating from Martin's original plotlines in the books and killed off a character very unexpectedly. The...
By Kara Warner
Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones"
Photo: Paul Schiraldi/HBO
Another week, another enthralling, action-packed episode of HBO's hit fantasy-epic "Game of Thrones."
There are so many elements to appreciate in creator George R.R. Martin's brilliant and twisted work, one being the way in which the author/executive producer has no qualms about offing important characters. After last season's huge shocker with Sean Bean's character, fans should be ready for anything, like what went down at the end of the most recent episode.
(For those who haven't yet watched "The Old Gods and the New," do not read any further — spoilers ahead!)
As we mentioned in , show-runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss did some deviating from Martin's original plotlines in the books and killed off a character very unexpectedly. The...
- 5/7/2012
- MTV Music News
Chicago – There are not many better showcases for an actor or actress than HBO’s amazing “In Treatment,” one of the best dramas of the last several years, which returns tonight, October 25th, 2010, for another round of character-driven therapy. Irrfan Khan, Debra Winger, Amy Ryan, and Dane Dehaan join Gabriel Byrne in the third season of this spectacular program.
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0
Each episode of “In Treatment” unfolds like an amazing one-act play. It could be my theatre major background that makes this program so revelatory for me but there’s really very little on television that this critic finds more rewarding. We so rarely get to see intelligent characters speaking adult dialogue with all of its nuance, subtlety, self-sabotage, and revelation. With all of the typical traps of television stripped away to the bare essentials of what drama should be — writing, direction and performance — “In Treatment” remains one of the best programs on television.
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0
Each episode of “In Treatment” unfolds like an amazing one-act play. It could be my theatre major background that makes this program so revelatory for me but there’s really very little on television that this critic finds more rewarding. We so rarely get to see intelligent characters speaking adult dialogue with all of its nuance, subtlety, self-sabotage, and revelation. With all of the typical traps of television stripped away to the bare essentials of what drama should be — writing, direction and performance — “In Treatment” remains one of the best programs on television.
- 10/25/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Is The Gay Glass Half Naked Or Half Dressed?
So I was thinking about naked men this week — as part of my job, you pervs. Get your minds out of the gutter!
Actually, it wasn't just naked men I was pondering, but gay/bi male sexuality and how it's treated in the traditional media. Have things gotten better? Worse? In what ways? Is the gay glass of male sexuality half full or half empty?
What got me thinking about the topic? Well, like most things these days, it can be traced back to Glee which actually seems pretty emblematic of the whole topic. And more specifically it was the new issue of GQ featuring Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron and Lea Michele from Glee, that got me pondering the subject.
When I first saw the GQ cover I thought to myself, "Wow, what a double standard. You'd never see that sort...
So I was thinking about naked men this week — as part of my job, you pervs. Get your minds out of the gutter!
Actually, it wasn't just naked men I was pondering, but gay/bi male sexuality and how it's treated in the traditional media. Have things gotten better? Worse? In what ways? Is the gay glass of male sexuality half full or half empty?
What got me thinking about the topic? Well, like most things these days, it can be traced back to Glee which actually seems pretty emblematic of the whole topic. And more specifically it was the new issue of GQ featuring Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron and Lea Michele from Glee, that got me pondering the subject.
When I first saw the GQ cover I thought to myself, "Wow, what a double standard. You'd never see that sort...
- 10/22/2010
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
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Cheers to Treme for marching to its own beat.
As HBO's post-Katrina New Orleans drama has weaved its way towards Sunday's Season 1 finale, even die-hard fans of The Wire creator David Simon have found their patience tested by his new show's pokey pace and frequent breaks for (admittedly fabulous) tunes. Simon seemed to respond to the criticism when he had John Goodman's Tulane professor Creighton Bernette tell his students of Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening: "Don't think in terms of a beginning and an end, because unlike some plot-driven entertainments, there is no closure in real life...
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Cheers to Treme for marching to its own beat.
As HBO's post-Katrina New Orleans drama has weaved its way towards Sunday's Season 1 finale, even die-hard fans of The Wire creator David Simon have found their patience tested by his new show's pokey pace and frequent breaks for (admittedly fabulous) tunes. Simon seemed to respond to the criticism when he had John Goodman's Tulane professor Creighton Bernette tell his students of Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening: "Don't think in terms of a beginning and an end, because unlike some plot-driven entertainments, there is no closure in real life...
Read More >...
- 6/17/2010
- by Bruce Fretts
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Chef Janette Desautel (Kim Dickens) serves the Bernette family (John Goodman, Melissa Leo, and India Ennenga), dressed in post-Katrina blue tarps. Photograph by Paul Schiraldi, courtesy of HBO. If the Treme creators couldn’t ace an episode focused on the Mardi Gras after Katrina, the show would not have deserved a second season. Fat Tuesday 2006 was one of the most jubilant and dramatic episodes in New Orleans’s history, the great homecoming, the confirmation that the city’s spirit had weathered the storm. While it wasn’t quite smooth sailing, hope was on the horizon. (The oil slick was not yet visible.) Thankfully, last night’s was one of best episodes yet, full of reversals, outlandish costumes, and yes, infectiously good music. (I’ve heard friends say that they would like the show better if is had less music—which I interpret to mean that they would prefer if New Orleans were more like Baltimore.
- 6/7/2010
- Vanity Fair
Clarke Peters as Albert Lambreaux. Photograph by Paul Schiraldi, courtesy of HBO. The third installment of Treme, titled “Right Place, Wrong Time” after a Dr. John song, was the series’ first great episode, and should reassure doubters. With exposition largely taken care of, characters’ storylines are starting to weave together, themes are emerging organically, and, more importantly, there is a lot of boning. If music is the first sign that vitality is returning to New Orleans, sex is the second. The episode begins with a bang, as Antoine Batiste humps a stripper in her Fema trailer, reminding her what they call his instrument in the music world—“a bone.” When he returns, with exculpatory beignets, to his girlfriend Desiree, she rightly suspects him of running out on her. The only way he can prove to her that he isn’t—and that he isn’t just riding out the Katrina...
- 4/26/2010
- Vanity Fair
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When Treme co-creator David Simon approached Khandi Alexander for his new HBO drama, she didn't even have to read the script.
"I said, 'It doesn't even matter what it is, I'm in," Alexander tells TVGuide.com. "It was just the opportunity to work with David again. To be in the company of someone you feel so comfortable with creatively and personally, there was no second guessing. It was a yes before I read the material."
Treme overcomes tragedy, on-screen and off
So Alexander, who played a drug addict in Simon's Emmy-winning HBO miniseries The Corner, was even more thrilled when she saw just what Simon and co-creator Eric Overmyer were up to with their look at post-Katrina New Orleans...
Read More >...
When Treme co-creator David Simon approached Khandi Alexander for his new HBO drama, she didn't even have to read the script.
"I said, 'It doesn't even matter what it is, I'm in," Alexander tells TVGuide.com. "It was just the opportunity to work with David again. To be in the company of someone you feel so comfortable with creatively and personally, there was no second guessing. It was a yes before I read the material."
Treme overcomes tragedy, on-screen and off
So Alexander, who played a drug addict in Simon's Emmy-winning HBO miniseries The Corner, was even more thrilled when she saw just what Simon and co-creator Eric Overmyer were up to with their look at post-Katrina New Orleans...
Read More >...
- 4/17/2010
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide - Breaking News
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When Treme co-creator David Simon approached Khandi Alexander for his new HBO drama, she didn't even have to read the script.
"I said, 'It doesn't even matter what it is, I'm in," Alexander tells TVGuide.com. "It was just the opportunity to work with David again. To be in the company of someone you feel so comfortable with creatively and personally, there was no second guessing. It was a yes before I read the material."
Treme overcomes tragedy, on-screen and off
So Alexander, who played a drug addict in Simon's Emmy-winning HBO miniseries The Corner, was even more thrilled when she saw just what Simon and co-creator Eric Overmyer were up to with their look at post-Katrina New Orleans...
Read More >...
When Treme co-creator David Simon approached Khandi Alexander for his new HBO drama, she didn't even have to read the script.
"I said, 'It doesn't even matter what it is, I'm in," Alexander tells TVGuide.com. "It was just the opportunity to work with David again. To be in the company of someone you feel so comfortable with creatively and personally, there was no second guessing. It was a yes before I read the material."
Treme overcomes tragedy, on-screen and off
So Alexander, who played a drug addict in Simon's Emmy-winning HBO miniseries The Corner, was even more thrilled when she saw just what Simon and co-creator Eric Overmyer were up to with their look at post-Katrina New Orleans...
Read More >...
- 4/17/2010
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide.com - Features
Chicago – For fans of “The Wire,” expectations are ludicrously high for HBO’s “Treme” (pronounced “tre-may”), the newest dramatic work from David Simon and Eric Overmyer. Two of the creative voices behind one of the best television programs of all time have turned their focus from Baltimore to New Orleans and lost none of their dramatic resonance, delivering an incredibly rewarding show that will have viewers tapping their feet to the rhythm of a city that doesn’t just “enjoy” or “play” music, it needs it to survive.
Television Rating: 5.0/5.0
Unlike a lot of programs or films about musical cities (the many Motown stories, even most musician biopics, etc.), the healing and communicative power of music is not merely the background for melodrama on “Treme”. In a show named after a musical section of New Orleans, it is a part of the fabric of the lives of every single character.
Television Rating: 5.0/5.0
Unlike a lot of programs or films about musical cities (the many Motown stories, even most musician biopics, etc.), the healing and communicative power of music is not merely the background for melodrama on “Treme”. In a show named after a musical section of New Orleans, it is a part of the fabric of the lives of every single character.
- 4/11/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Last night's Bored to Death was a laugh riot as usual, but to my utter shock, my favorite scene had nary a Ted Danson in sight! I'm digging new Saturday Night Live cast member (and utterer of memorable f-bomb) Jenny Slate as Stella, a perfect love/like interest for Jason Schwartzman's Jonathan. On Sunday's episode, "Take a Dive," Stella lured Jonathan away from the blank Word document on his pretty Apple laptop to get stoned with him and play Nerf basketball. They were so out of it that after tumbling onto the floor post-misguided Jason Schwartzman "dunk" attempt, physical...
- 11/9/2009
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
This week, the Pop Culture Club took on Bored to Death, HBO’s new comedy about a novelist who tries to break out of his post-breakup stasis by becoming a private investigator. In other words, it’s Raymond Chandler plus Woody Allen times Wes Anderson. The scene in which Jason Schwartzman takes a belt of whiskey to appear tough in a bar and then wheezes and nearly spits it up is straight out of Allen's Play it Again, Sam; the whiny, affectless, overconfessional dialogue is all Anderson. Set in Brooklyn, Bored to Death seems to be written solely for people who look and act exactly like the characters: self-absorbed, immature, overeducated thirtysomethings cozily snuggled up their own asses. I know this type, as I live in Brooklyn and walk among them. Ten years ago I was one of them, which is why I both feel close to the show, and...
- 9/24/2009
- by Josh Wolk
- EW.com - PopWatch
Attention, all Pop Culture Club members: Don't forget to watch HBO's neurotic-private-dick comedy Bored to Death so we can discuss it on Thursday, here on Popwatch. If you don't have HBO, you can still watch the pilot for free on Amazon. (My apologies: turns out that Amazon's free viewing expired. Well, time to freeload off an HBO subscriber!) When watching it, keep in mind these talking points: 1) Is this what it would look like if Woody Allen created a sitcom? 2) Is Jason Schwartzman delightful or irritating? 3) Is Ted Danson delightful or delightful? (That's right, there will be no criticizing Ted Danson under my watch. The Man Is A TV God!) See you on Thursday! Photo Credit: Paul Schiraldi/HBO...
- 9/22/2009
- by Josh Wolk
- EW.com - PopWatch
Chicago – Maybe it’s an ironic, surreal joke but the most common thought that I kept having during the first three episodes of “Bored to Death” was, well, “bored”. Only the immensely talented supporting cast, including great turns from Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson, Olivia Thirlby, and Kristen Wiig save the show from achieving the threat promised by its title.
Television Rating: 2.0/5.0 “Bored to Death” is essentially about a writer so bored with his own predictable, lovelorn life that he pretends to be a private investigator and stumbles into actually solving crime. The humor comes from the stuck-up, snobby delivery of star Jason Schwartzman traveling in a Chandler-esque setting where his ordering of a white wine in a seedy bar is greeted with a raised eyebrow. There is a bit of interest in seeing Schwartzman’s intellectual awkwardness in an atypical world, but it grows stale much more quickly than the...
Television Rating: 2.0/5.0 “Bored to Death” is essentially about a writer so bored with his own predictable, lovelorn life that he pretends to be a private investigator and stumbles into actually solving crime. The humor comes from the stuck-up, snobby delivery of star Jason Schwartzman traveling in a Chandler-esque setting where his ordering of a white wine in a seedy bar is greeted with a raised eyebrow. There is a bit of interest in seeing Schwartzman’s intellectual awkwardness in an atypical world, but it grows stale much more quickly than the...
- 9/20/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Depending on how much you like Jason Schwartzman, this will either be bleh nothingness news or the best news in ages: The first episode of HBO's Bored to Death is now online! For free! Watch it on Amazon, iTunes, or Fancast right this very second if you can't wait for the Sept. 20 premiere. The show stars Schwartzman as mopey Brooklyn writer Jonathan Ames -- based on, but different from, the real Jonathan Ames, who created the series. Following a bummer of a breakup, show-Ames decides, after reading too many Raymond Chandler novels, to try moonlighting as an unlicensed private investigator. Zach Galifianakis plays his Bff, Ted Danson plays his boss, and all in all, it's a cute and different little show. Even if it were a dud, though, I'm crazy about the idea of pilots moving online: It's a great way for shows to build buzz -- and an A...
- 9/15/2009
- by Margaret Lyons
- EW.com - PopWatch
Chicago – “Deadwood” and “The Wire”, two of the best television programs of the last decade, have been given lavish, must-own treatment by HBO with spectacular season sets available just in time for the holidays.
HBO has been criticized for stretching their shows out over too many discs with bloated season sets that take up twice the actual shelf space as most shows with double the actual episodes. The three seasons of Deadwood take up more than a foot of shelf space for only 36 episodes. But when shows have run their course, HBO Home Video does a spectacular job of compressing everything previously available into a well-packaged and space-saving complete series set.
Whether or not simply saving space and providing only a few new special features is worth the upgrade depends on how rabid a fan of “Deadwood” and “The Wire” you are, but if there’s anyone in your circle...
HBO has been criticized for stretching their shows out over too many discs with bloated season sets that take up twice the actual shelf space as most shows with double the actual episodes. The three seasons of Deadwood take up more than a foot of shelf space for only 36 episodes. But when shows have run their course, HBO Home Video does a spectacular job of compressing everything previously available into a well-packaged and space-saving complete series set.
Whether or not simply saving space and providing only a few new special features is worth the upgrade depends on how rabid a fan of “Deadwood” and “The Wire” you are, but if there’s anyone in your circle...
- 12/8/2008
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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