Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Jessica Lange, who’s at the height of powers at age 68, revealing depths of emotion as fading Golden Age star Joan Crawford in FX’s mighty Emmy contender “Feud: Bette and Joan.”
Bottom Line: Jessica Lange has matured from a gorgeous movie ingenue to a theater and screen character actress with extraordinary range who keeps surprising audiences with what she can make them feel.
Career Peaks: From the start, Lange impressed people even when she was in the clutches of the Dino De Laurentiis incarnation of “Kong Kong.” She followed that up with her performance as a sexy waitress who seduces Jack Nicholson on a kitchen table in Bob Rafelson’s “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1981) and with a weighty dramatic role as the depressed...
Bottom Line: Jessica Lange has matured from a gorgeous movie ingenue to a theater and screen character actress with extraordinary range who keeps surprising audiences with what she can make them feel.
Career Peaks: From the start, Lange impressed people even when she was in the clutches of the Dino De Laurentiis incarnation of “Kong Kong.” She followed that up with her performance as a sexy waitress who seduces Jack Nicholson on a kitchen table in Bob Rafelson’s “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1981) and with a weighty dramatic role as the depressed...
- 8/14/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Jessica Lange, who’s at the height of powers at age 68, revealing depths of emotion as fading Golden Age star Joan Crawford in FX’s mighty Emmy contender “Feud: Bette and Joan.”
Bottom Line: Jessica Lange has matured from a gorgeous movie ingenue to a theater and screen character actress with extraordinary range who keeps surprising audiences with what she can make them feel.
Career Peaks: From the start, Lange impressed people even when she was in the clutches of the Dino De Laurentiis incarnation of “Kong Kong.” She followed that up with her performance as a sexy waitress who seduces Jack Nicholson on a kitchen table in Bob Rafelson’s “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1981) and with a weighty dramatic role as the depressed...
Bottom Line: Jessica Lange has matured from a gorgeous movie ingenue to a theater and screen character actress with extraordinary range who keeps surprising audiences with what she can make them feel.
Career Peaks: From the start, Lange impressed people even when she was in the clutches of the Dino De Laurentiis incarnation of “Kong Kong.” She followed that up with her performance as a sexy waitress who seduces Jack Nicholson on a kitchen table in Bob Rafelson’s “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1981) and with a weighty dramatic role as the depressed...
- 8/14/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
“I’m looking for somebody funny, kind, and smart. I can’t wait to meet the guys and hear what they have to say.”
Those are famous last words from Rachel Lindsay, the first-ever black “Bachelorette,” as played by Sasheer Zamata, in a sketch that “Saturday Night Live” cut from its recent Chris Pine episode. So, wait. Let’s get this straight. Zamata finally gets to star in a hilarious skit about racism and it’s cut? C’mon, “SNL,” even you have to see the irony there.
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“The Bachelorette” finally cast Rachel Lindsay as its first African-American star in February when they announced that previous contestant Rachel Lindsay would be its first bachelorette. The casting was long overdue after a total 34 seasons of the “Bachelor” franchise. “SNL’s” skit...
Those are famous last words from Rachel Lindsay, the first-ever black “Bachelorette,” as played by Sasheer Zamata, in a sketch that “Saturday Night Live” cut from its recent Chris Pine episode. So, wait. Let’s get this straight. Zamata finally gets to star in a hilarious skit about racism and it’s cut? C’mon, “SNL,” even you have to see the irony there.
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“The Bachelorette” finally cast Rachel Lindsay as its first African-American star in February when they announced that previous contestant Rachel Lindsay would be its first bachelorette. The casting was long overdue after a total 34 seasons of the “Bachelor” franchise. “SNL’s” skit...
- 5/12/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
The Handmaid's Tale, the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, takes place in The Republic of Gilead where women have been stripped of their basic human rights and live under a regime of puritanical patriarchy. The series has received a huge amount of attention thanks to a cultural and political shift in the U.S. towards more conservative values in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, particularly when it comes to women's reproductive rights. This has made the themes of male oppression and misogyny found in The Handmaid's Tale even more relevant than anyone could have anticipated.
Perhaps more disturbing than the men's mistreatment of the female characters is The Handmaid's Tale portrayal of women, their relationships with one another and the roles they play in maintaining this theocratic dictatorship by ensuring the continued subjugation of their own gender. There are parallels between how the women judge or...
Perhaps more disturbing than the men's mistreatment of the female characters is The Handmaid's Tale portrayal of women, their relationships with one another and the roles they play in maintaining this theocratic dictatorship by ensuring the continued subjugation of their own gender. There are parallels between how the women judge or...
- 5/11/2017
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
“The Handmaid’s Tale” doesn’t seem as strange and unrealistic as it might have this time last year. “Saturday Night Live” spoofed Hulu’s new adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel last night, envisioning a society in which women are treated as property and men aren’t especially bothered by it. Not exactly the height of implausibility, is it?
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Cecily Strong, Sasheer Zamata, Aidy Bryant and Vanessa Bayer play a quartet of subjugated women who, like Elisabeth Moss in the new series, have no rights or agency. They run into a few bros (led by host Chris Pine) who seem to remember hearing something about the women’s new plight but didn’t realize it had actually happened or that it’s such a big deal. “You...
Read More: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is a Riveting, Relevant, and Political Drama, So Why Won’t the Creators Say So?
Cecily Strong, Sasheer Zamata, Aidy Bryant and Vanessa Bayer play a quartet of subjugated women who, like Elisabeth Moss in the new series, have no rights or agency. They run into a few bros (led by host Chris Pine) who seem to remember hearing something about the women’s new plight but didn’t realize it had actually happened or that it’s such a big deal. “You...
- 5/7/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
“Saturday Night Live” returned last night, and so did Alec Baldwin — kind of. During the cold open, which riffed on this week’s announcement that “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough (Alex Moffat) and Mika Brzezinski (Kate McKinnon) are engaged, we heard a familiar voice over the phone. Watch below to hear what White House publicist John Miller — who totally isn’t Donald Trump pretending to be someone else — has to say about what’s going on.
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“I’m sort of new here,” he says by way of introduction before wishing everyone a happy Cinco de Mayo — which is, of course, a holiday observed by eating a sink full of mayonnaise. Scarborough and Brzezinski had spent the previous few minutes getting hot and heavy with one another (much to the horror and discomfort...
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“I’m sort of new here,” he says by way of introduction before wishing everyone a happy Cinco de Mayo — which is, of course, a holiday observed by eating a sink full of mayonnaise. Scarborough and Brzezinski had spent the previous few minutes getting hot and heavy with one another (much to the horror and discomfort...
- 5/7/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Buzz surrounding The Handmaid's Tale has been overwhelmingly positive, so it's no surprise that Hulu went ahead and signed the series over for guaranteed Season 2. THR reports that the show has been Hulu's most watched premiere ever, so that also helped secure the season as the streaming service aims to compete with rival Netflix. For those who haven't seen the series, the show stars former Mad Men actress Elisabeth Moss and is based on the classic book of the same name by Margaret Atwood. Check out a trailer below and if you haven't jumped on this series yet, make it a priority! ...
- 5/4/2017
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Elisabeth Moss isn't fazed by Emmy buzz.
Et caught up with the 34-year-old actress at Hulu's Upfronts in New York City on Wednesday, where she opened up about the reception she's gotten since The Handmaid's Tale premiered last month.
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"The reception to the show has been unprecedented and beyond anything that we could imagine. It honestly means so much to us because we worked really hard on it," Moss shared. "As far as all of that [awards buzz], you know, that's not for me to say. I just want people to enjoy the show, and I just want people to watch it and get what I got from it."
The show, based on the 1985 dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood, centers on a future in which a totalitarian theocracy has overthrown the United States government, and stripped the rights of women. Moss, who plays...
Et caught up with the 34-year-old actress at Hulu's Upfronts in New York City on Wednesday, where she opened up about the reception she's gotten since The Handmaid's Tale premiered last month.
Related: Elisabeth Moss Says She Would 'Totally Do' a 'Mad Men' Spinoff
"The reception to the show has been unprecedented and beyond anything that we could imagine. It honestly means so much to us because we worked really hard on it," Moss shared. "As far as all of that [awards buzz], you know, that's not for me to say. I just want people to enjoy the show, and I just want people to watch it and get what I got from it."
The show, based on the 1985 dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood, centers on a future in which a totalitarian theocracy has overthrown the United States government, and stripped the rights of women. Moss, who plays...
- 5/4/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
"Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum, bitches."
That sums up The Handmaid's Tale Season 1 Episode 4 in a very 2017 way. No, the final pejorative wasn't in the novel, but for our times, it works despite what everyone else is talking about today.
You know what else Offred didn't do in the novel? Kick the crap out of the rapist on The Handmaid's Tale Season 1 Episode 1. Nope, in the book that was Ofglen while a much more timid Offglen stood back.
The Offred from Hulu's Handmaid's Tale is a different woman from the book, and I'm glad of it. She's stronger and more passionate. She's more determined and less frightened the Offred from the book. To tell the tale today and for television, she has to be a little bit different.
It doesn't in any way impact the focal point of the story, which remains the totalitarian religious-themed male-run regime. It's all good, gals and guys!
That sums up The Handmaid's Tale Season 1 Episode 4 in a very 2017 way. No, the final pejorative wasn't in the novel, but for our times, it works despite what everyone else is talking about today.
You know what else Offred didn't do in the novel? Kick the crap out of the rapist on The Handmaid's Tale Season 1 Episode 1. Nope, in the book that was Ofglen while a much more timid Offglen stood back.
The Offred from Hulu's Handmaid's Tale is a different woman from the book, and I'm glad of it. She's stronger and more passionate. She's more determined and less frightened the Offred from the book. To tell the tale today and for television, she has to be a little bit different.
It doesn't in any way impact the focal point of the story, which remains the totalitarian religious-themed male-run regime. It's all good, gals and guys!
- 5/3/2017
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
There is a balm in Gilead. Hulu has renewed The Handmaid's Tale TV show for a second season. The subscription streaming service announced The Handmaid's Tale season two renewal today, during the Hulu Upfront Presentation at the Madison Square Garden Theater. An adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale tells the story of life under the totalitarian regime of Gilead. The Hulu cast includes: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O-t Fagbenle, Jordana Blake, Amanda Brugel, Ever Carradine, Alexis Bledel, and Kristen Gutoskie. Read More…...
- 5/3/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
2017-05-03T12:35:55-07:00'Handmaid's Tale' Gets a Second Season
Hulu is returning to Gilead.
The streamer has handed out an early second-season renewal to critical favorite The Handmaid's Tale.
Season two of the drama, based on the book of the same name by Margaret Atwood, will return for its sophomore run in 2018.
Starring Elisabeth Moss, the series takes place in Gilead, a futuristic world in which fertility issues abound and women's rights are a thing of the past. In order to keep the population up, government officials in a totalitarian society send young and fertile women — the "handmaids" — to affluent families, where they are forced to help couples procreate via sexual servitude.
Read the rest of this article at The Hollywood Reporter.
The Handmaid's Tale also features Alexis Bledel of Gilmore Girls.
Hulu is returning to Gilead.
The streamer has handed out an early second-season renewal to critical favorite The Handmaid's Tale.
Season two of the drama, based on the book of the same name by Margaret Atwood, will return for its sophomore run in 2018.
Starring Elisabeth Moss, the series takes place in Gilead, a futuristic world in which fertility issues abound and women's rights are a thing of the past. In order to keep the population up, government officials in a totalitarian society send young and fertile women — the "handmaids" — to affluent families, where they are forced to help couples procreate via sexual servitude.
Read the rest of this article at The Hollywood Reporter.
The Handmaid's Tale also features Alexis Bledel of Gilmore Girls.
- 5/3/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
Editor’s Note: This post is presented in support of Hulu’s original series “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Watch new episodes on Wednesdays, streaming only on Hulu.
A lot about the world we see depicted in “The Handmaid’s Tale” might look familiar: the buildings, the men’s suits, the supermarket aisles. But look a little closer at the details — the lack of printed words, the cold attitudes and of course the women, uniformed according to class status, never seen walking alone — and you’ll see that while the nation of Gilead feels startling relevant, there are some distinct differences from our world.
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The phrases below are drawn from both the Hulu original series and the original novel written by Margaret Atwood, and should hopefully serve as...
A lot about the world we see depicted in “The Handmaid’s Tale” might look familiar: the buildings, the men’s suits, the supermarket aisles. But look a little closer at the details — the lack of printed words, the cold attitudes and of course the women, uniformed according to class status, never seen walking alone — and you’ll see that while the nation of Gilead feels startling relevant, there are some distinct differences from our world.
Read More: The Handmaid’s Tale’ Renewed for Season 2 — How the Hulu Adaptation Will Use Margaret Atwood’s Novel to Go for Years
The phrases below are drawn from both the Hulu original series and the original novel written by Margaret Atwood, and should hopefully serve as...
- 5/3/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
“I didn’t know if I could play her,” says Yvonne Strahovski, who plays Serena Joy Waterford on Hulu’s near-future dystopian series, The Handmaid’s Tale, which tells the stories of women trying to survive within the totalitarian and Christian fundamentalist government of Gilead, which has taken over what remains of the United States. The first three episodes premiered on April 26.
Most famous for playing Sarah Walker on the action-comedy series Chuck for five seasons and later for recurring roles on Dexter and 24: Live Another Day, The Handmaid’s Tale is unlike any show Strahovski has been a part of. “It’s kind of incomparable,” she says of her past work, particularly Chuck, which first premiered 10 years ago. “It’s always a learning curve. I feel like a different person now embarking on this project, The Handmaid’s Tale.”
On the show, which is adapted from Margaret Atwood’s celebrated 1985 novel and was recently renewed...
Most famous for playing Sarah Walker on the action-comedy series Chuck for five seasons and later for recurring roles on Dexter and 24: Live Another Day, The Handmaid’s Tale is unlike any show Strahovski has been a part of. “It’s kind of incomparable,” she says of her past work, particularly Chuck, which first premiered 10 years ago. “It’s always a learning curve. I feel like a different person now embarking on this project, The Handmaid’s Tale.”
On the show, which is adapted from Margaret Atwood’s celebrated 1985 novel and was recently renewed...
- 5/3/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Hillary Clinton is concerned about life imitating art – specifically, the dystopian future of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Vulture reports. During her speech at the Planned Parenthood Gala in New York on Tuesday, Clinton referenced the Hulu original series while criticizing the current effort to pass the American Health Care Act, which includes proposals that could restrict access birth control, abortion and maternity care and cut funding for Planned Parenthood.
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“The show has prompted important conversation about women’s rights and autonomy,” Clinton said. “In ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ women’s rights are gradually, slowly stripped away…Let’s respect people’s convictions, but never back down from our commitment to defend the ability of every woman to make these deeply personal decisions for herself.”
Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, “The Handmaid’s Tale...
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“The show has prompted important conversation about women’s rights and autonomy,” Clinton said. “In ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ women’s rights are gradually, slowly stripped away…Let’s respect people’s convictions, but never back down from our commitment to defend the ability of every woman to make these deeply personal decisions for herself.”
Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, “The Handmaid’s Tale...
- 5/3/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The Handmaid's Tale is just beginning. Hulu announced the acclaimed new drama based on Margaret Atwood's book of the same name will return for a second season on the streaming platform. "The response we've seen to The Handmaid's Tale in just one week since its premiere has been absolutely incredible," Craig Erwich, Hulu's head of content, said in a statement. "It has been an honor to work with this talented team of cast and creators to develop a series that has struck such a chord with audiences across the country. As we continue to expand our strong slate of original programming, The Handmaid's Tale is exactly the type of gripping and thought-provoking storytelling we want to bring to...
- 5/3/2017
- E! Online
Margaret Atwood knows that the world she created in the 1980s now has a life of its own. “The Handmaids have escaped from their box. They’ve gotten out of their package. They’re strolling all over the place,” she told IndieWire at the Los Angeles premiere of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the haunting, traumatic and beautiful drama which was renewed for a second season this morning.
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Atwood meant that in a literal, physical sense — officially and unofficially, women dressed as her signature literary characters have recently been spotted at SXSW, the Texas Legislature, the Los Angeles Book Fair, and the New York subway. But those appearances speak to a larger issue: “The Handmaid’s Tale” is now bigger than one book. And thanks to Hulu, we can anticipate many...
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Atwood meant that in a literal, physical sense — officially and unofficially, women dressed as her signature literary characters have recently been spotted at SXSW, the Texas Legislature, the Los Angeles Book Fair, and the New York subway. But those appearances speak to a larger issue: “The Handmaid’s Tale” is now bigger than one book. And thanks to Hulu, we can anticipate many...
- 5/3/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Hulu said at its NYC upfront today that it has picked up a second season of its praised original drama series The Handmaid’s Tale produced by MGM Television and starring Elisabeth Moss for premiere in 2018. Based on the award-winning, best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale’s April 26 premiere has been watched by more Hulu viewers than any other series debut – original or acquired – on the service, Hulu said. "The response we've seen to The Handmaid's Ta…...
- 5/3/2017
- Deadline TV
Marc Buxton May 3, 2017
Sacrifices are made as the Agents of Shield's adventure in the Framework comes to an explosive conclusion...
This review contains spoilers.
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4.20 Farewell, Cruel World
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
We kick off with a quick look at outside the Framework as the Shield B team of Yo Yo, Piper, and a bunch of red shirts whose names I can’t remember are being chased by Aida's Russian minions in a riveting air battle sequence that kind of takes place off screen (oh, budget). At first, it is disconcerting being out of the Framework and seeing the McU proper, but the sequence also acts as a place setter as we prepare for what might be the final Framework adventure.
These past few weeks, I haven't hidden my...
Sacrifices are made as the Agents of Shield's adventure in the Framework comes to an explosive conclusion...
This review contains spoilers.
See related The Handmaid's Tale episodes 1-3 spoiler-free review The Handmaid's Tale: watch the first full-length trailer
4.20 Farewell, Cruel World
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
We kick off with a quick look at outside the Framework as the Shield B team of Yo Yo, Piper, and a bunch of red shirts whose names I can’t remember are being chased by Aida's Russian minions in a riveting air battle sequence that kind of takes place off screen (oh, budget). At first, it is disconcerting being out of the Framework and seeing the McU proper, but the sequence also acts as a place setter as we prepare for what might be the final Framework adventure.
These past few weeks, I haven't hidden my...
- 5/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Mike Cecchini May 3, 2017
We learn the true identity of Savitar in The Flash season 3 episode I Know Who You Are. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
See related The Handmaid's Tale episodes 1-3 spoiler-free review The Handmaid's Tale: watch the first full-length trailer
3.20 I Know Who You Are
Well!
There are three episodes left. There is now pretty much a zero chance that The Flash screws this up. I'm not even going to talk about that bonkers final shot yet. Why? Because while it's certainly the biggest moment of I Know Who You Are, it isn't the most important. And this was an episode that was positively packed with important moments, many of which affect the series as a whole, not just this season.
For starters, this is basically a Killer Frost episode. And if you've been reading me since season one, I have consistently preached patience with Killer Frost.
We learn the true identity of Savitar in The Flash season 3 episode I Know Who You Are. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
See related The Handmaid's Tale episodes 1-3 spoiler-free review The Handmaid's Tale: watch the first full-length trailer
3.20 I Know Who You Are
Well!
There are three episodes left. There is now pretty much a zero chance that The Flash screws this up. I'm not even going to talk about that bonkers final shot yet. Why? Because while it's certainly the biggest moment of I Know Who You Are, it isn't the most important. And this was an episode that was positively packed with important moments, many of which affect the series as a whole, not just this season.
For starters, this is basically a Killer Frost episode. And if you've been reading me since season one, I have consistently preached patience with Killer Frost.
- 5/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie May 3, 2017
With spoilers, we take a light-hearted look at Fast & Furious 8, and where the franchise might go next...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Fast & Furious 8 and other Fast films.
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The Fast & Furious movies aren’t generally memorable for their plots, so we generally file them under their loopiest action sequences. The 2001 original? That’s the one where Vin Diesel jumps a train with a car that looks like something out of Mad Max. Fast Five? That’s the one where the whole of Rio’s destroyed by a car dragging a huge safe on a chain, and where The Rock and Vin Diesel punch each other for five straight hours.
As for this year’s Fast & Furious 8 - or The Fate Of The Furious, or Fast 8, or F8 -...
With spoilers, we take a light-hearted look at Fast & Furious 8, and where the franchise might go next...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Fast & Furious 8 and other Fast films.
See related The Handmaid's Tale episodes 1-3 spoiler-free review The Handmaid's Tale: watch the first full-length trailer
The Fast & Furious movies aren’t generally memorable for their plots, so we generally file them under their loopiest action sequences. The 2001 original? That’s the one where Vin Diesel jumps a train with a car that looks like something out of Mad Max. Fast Five? That’s the one where the whole of Rio’s destroyed by a car dragging a huge safe on a chain, and where The Rock and Vin Diesel punch each other for five straight hours.
As for this year’s Fast & Furious 8 - or The Fate Of The Furious, or Fast 8, or F8 -...
- 5/2/2017
- Den of Geek
Could there be a follow-up to The Handmaid's Tale? According to Entertainment Weekly, author Margaret Atwood may be planning a sequel to the classic novel, which was recently adapted into a Hulu TV series.The story takes place in a dystopian society named Gilead where women are kept as property. The show stars Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, and O-t Fagbenle.Read More…...
- 5/2/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The creators of American Gods have many stories to tell you. One of them goes something like this.
Once upon a time, an author who was not from this country came over to America to live. He found it a strange, wonderful, fascinating place, and eventually wrote a book about the various pasts, presents and futures this land contained. Many people loved it, including a man who'd made an eye-popping, groundbreaking TV show about a serial killer and a screenwriter who penned scripts about the death of a superhero and...
Once upon a time, an author who was not from this country came over to America to live. He found it a strange, wonderful, fascinating place, and eventually wrote a book about the various pasts, presents and futures this land contained. Many people loved it, including a man who'd made an eye-popping, groundbreaking TV show about a serial killer and a screenwriter who penned scripts about the death of a superhero and...
- 5/1/2017
- Rollingstone.com
I doubt (or at least I hope) that Bruce Miller, Reed Morano, and the rest of the team behind the new adaptation The Handmaid's Tale were unaware of how close the possibility of this scenario would be in contemporary America. Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction novel was published more than thirty years ago, and even when she wrote it, she only saw it as a remote possibility (though one with historical precedent in many countries around the world). But given the Us government's continual refusal to stand up for equal pay for women, talk of changes to or the elimiation of federal protection of abortion rights, the rise to power of right-wing Christians, and by extension the 'normalization' in the media of the most abhorent behaviour...
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- 5/1/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Not to be outdone by yesterday’s news that Mike Myers will be hosting the “Gong Show” reboot in character as “Tommy Maitland,” Martin Short’s Jiminy Glick made his triumphant return last night. The occasion was, of course, Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, and so the interviewer sat down with 45 for a rare one-off on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Watch below and despair.
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Fallon played Trump for the bit, which saw the two performers attempting to outdo each other’s ridiculousness — a battle that Glick easily won. “Now your first hundred days,” he said in his trademark cadence, “would you say it’s a complete embarrassment or a total failure?” That was immediately after he said that Trump looked like “Dennis the Menace made a bunch of bad life choices,...
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Fallon played Trump for the bit, which saw the two performers attempting to outdo each other’s ridiculousness — a battle that Glick easily won. “Now your first hundred days,” he said in his trademark cadence, “would you say it’s a complete embarrassment or a total failure?” That was immediately after he said that Trump looked like “Dennis the Menace made a bunch of bad life choices,...
- 4/29/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
If you were hoping for some great lines this week, we're sharing our favorites with you.
Did we capture your favorite line from the end of Bates Motel? How about Outsiders?
They're both done and gone.
The Handmaid's Take and Genius revved their engines for the first time.
Read what else was said when you scroll through the latest slideshow below!
1. Chicago Pd Ruzek: Al, you still got it. Everyone, Al's still got it, you hear that? Erin, tweet that out. Al's still got it. The world should know. 2. The Handmaid's Tale Offred: A window with white curtains. The glass is shatterproof, but it isn't running away that they're afraid of. A Handmaid wouldn't... 3. Outsiders L'il Foster: I loathe you, I've adored you, I've forgotten about you. Still, I love you. I don't know G'Win. Run away with me. We'll find... 4. The Son Sally: When bad things happen it's human...
Did we capture your favorite line from the end of Bates Motel? How about Outsiders?
They're both done and gone.
The Handmaid's Take and Genius revved their engines for the first time.
Read what else was said when you scroll through the latest slideshow below!
1. Chicago Pd Ruzek: Al, you still got it. Everyone, Al's still got it, you hear that? Erin, tweet that out. Al's still got it. The world should know. 2. The Handmaid's Tale Offred: A window with white curtains. The glass is shatterproof, but it isn't running away that they're afraid of. A Handmaid wouldn't... 3. Outsiders L'il Foster: I loathe you, I've adored you, I've forgotten about you. Still, I love you. I don't know G'Win. Run away with me. We'll find... 4. The Son Sally: When bad things happen it's human...
- 4/29/2017
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
"Man, look at it out there,"Justin Simien says, gesturing to the window of the hotel suite he's currently holding court in. It's early February, and the city has just been hit by a blizzard that feels damn near Biblical; the streets below us, as well as the whole of Madison Square Park, are covered by an endless blanket of eye-blinding white. "It's like New York has been covered in Trump voters!"
The two stars of Simien's Netflix show Dear White People who are sitting to his left, Logan Browning and Brandon P. Bell,...
The two stars of Simien's Netflix show Dear White People who are sitting to his left, Logan Browning and Brandon P. Bell,...
- 4/28/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Handmaids, Marthas, Commanders—there's a lot to take in with The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu's ambitious new dystopian drama that has everybody buzzing. The series, based on the book of the same name by Margaret Atwood, has a sprawling cast made up of so many TV fan-favorites including Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss, Orange Is the New Black's Samira Wiley and Gilmore Girls veteran Alexis Bledel. Set in Gilead, the former United States of America now under totalitarian rule, The Handmaid's Tale follows Offred (Moss), a Handmaid (one of the remaining fertile women) who is assigned to a powerful Commander's house, but has one goal in mind: find her daughter. The bonnets (or wings), the "Blessed...
- 4/27/2017
- E! Online
Perhaps you’ve heard: there’s a lot of TV airing these days. With new classics and returning favorites popping up every week, there’s certainly a lot to keep track of. We thought we’d make it easier to sort the shows worth your time from those that, well…might not be.
So we’ve gathered all our 2017 TV reviews in one place and sorted them by grade. (Where applicable, we’ve noted the season number and the network.) We’ll be updating this throughout the year, so be sure to check back as new shows premiere to see which tier they end up in. It’s not even a third of the way through the calendar year and there’s already been a bevy of quality television, ready for your DVRs and streaming service queues.
Without further ado: happy catch-up!
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The Leftovers – Season 3 [HBO]
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The Americans – Season...
So we’ve gathered all our 2017 TV reviews in one place and sorted them by grade. (Where applicable, we’ve noted the season number and the network.) We’ll be updating this throughout the year, so be sure to check back as new shows premiere to see which tier they end up in. It’s not even a third of the way through the calendar year and there’s already been a bevy of quality television, ready for your DVRs and streaming service queues.
Without further ado: happy catch-up!
A+
The Leftovers – Season 3 [HBO]
A
The Americans – Season...
- 4/27/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
For three seasons now, Fargo's heroes and villains have shared the same exaggerated upper Midwestern accent, all clipped consonants, elongated vowels and pleasant cadence. Listen closely, however, and you can hear how the show's creator Noah Hawley has borrowed as much from David Mamet as the Coen brothers, in the way that he has his cast sputter out sentences riddled with incomplete thoughts. So it's a credit to the writing and the acting that although the players are clearly speaking the same stop-start language, they're easily distinguishable – especially when played by the same actor.
- 4/27/2017
- Rollingstone.com
The Atx Television Festival has added two additional newsmaker panels to this year’s ever-expanding lineup.
One panel, “Television in a Trumped Up America,” promises a spirited discussion about how writers and TV shows are handling stories in a Donald Trump administration. Another, “The Revival of the Socially Conscious Sitcom,” will examine the recent growth of comedies aiming to recapture the progressive spirit of Norman Lear.
Liz Tigelaar (“Casual”), Monica Owusu-Breen (“Midnight, Texas”), Javier Grillo-Marxuach (“The Middleman”), and Michael Rauch (“Royal Pains”) are on board for the Trump panel, while Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (“The Carmichael Show”), Bob Daily (“Superior Donuts”), Justin Simien (“Dear White People”), and Mike Royce and Gloria Calderon-Kellett (“One Day at a Time”) are set to join the sitcom panel. (“One Day at a Time” is also executive produced by Lear, but he will not be attending.)
Read More: ‘Alias’ Reunion, ‘Parks and Recreation’ Screening Party Highlight New...
One panel, “Television in a Trumped Up America,” promises a spirited discussion about how writers and TV shows are handling stories in a Donald Trump administration. Another, “The Revival of the Socially Conscious Sitcom,” will examine the recent growth of comedies aiming to recapture the progressive spirit of Norman Lear.
Liz Tigelaar (“Casual”), Monica Owusu-Breen (“Midnight, Texas”), Javier Grillo-Marxuach (“The Middleman”), and Michael Rauch (“Royal Pains”) are on board for the Trump panel, while Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (“The Carmichael Show”), Bob Daily (“Superior Donuts”), Justin Simien (“Dear White People”), and Mike Royce and Gloria Calderon-Kellett (“One Day at a Time”) are set to join the sitcom panel. (“One Day at a Time” is also executive produced by Lear, but he will not be attending.)
Read More: ‘Alias’ Reunion, ‘Parks and Recreation’ Screening Party Highlight New...
- 4/26/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
By Spencer Coile
Mad Men ended almost two years ago. For many fans, it was the end of an era as we watched Don Draper spiral out of control, while Peggy Olson climbed the ladder to success. It was a story many of us cherished for its seven year run. Importantly, though, it was the series that catapulted Elisabeth Moss to stardom. Sure, she had stints on The West Wing and later found success in film and on Broadway, but it was Mad Men that helped pave the way for Moss to be where she is now. For many fans (myself included), we found ourselves wondering when Moss would claim another role that used her incredible, chameleon-esque acting abilities the same way Mad Men did.
And then Hulu ordered a straight-to-series 10 episode adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, A Handmaid's Tale. After its premiere (today), it is safe to say that Elisabeth Moss is back.
Mad Men ended almost two years ago. For many fans, it was the end of an era as we watched Don Draper spiral out of control, while Peggy Olson climbed the ladder to success. It was a story many of us cherished for its seven year run. Importantly, though, it was the series that catapulted Elisabeth Moss to stardom. Sure, she had stints on The West Wing and later found success in film and on Broadway, but it was Mad Men that helped pave the way for Moss to be where she is now. For many fans (myself included), we found ourselves wondering when Moss would claim another role that used her incredible, chameleon-esque acting abilities the same way Mad Men did.
And then Hulu ordered a straight-to-series 10 episode adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, A Handmaid's Tale. After its premiere (today), it is safe to say that Elisabeth Moss is back.
- 4/26/2017
- by Spencer Coile
- FilmExperience
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 1 Episode 3, “Late.” Mature content follows.]
It’s rare to see a famous author rendered nearly speechless. But at Tuesday night’s premiere of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Oh my god!” was all Margaret Atwood could initially say to IndieWire about her reaction to the end of Episode 3.
We weren’t totally shocked by her response, because those final moments might be the most shocking TV moment of 2017 so far… and it’s going to be hard to top. In Atwood’s words, “What happens to Ofglen is pretty ferocious.”
Read More: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Review: The Scariest TV Show Ever Made, Because It Feels So Real
“I thought it was devastating … utterly devastating,” co-star Alexis Bledel said. “It felt like we were filming a scene out of a horror film.”
One of the major promises made with “The Handmaid’s Tale” is that the dystopian adaptation, chronicling a world where a fertility crisis and...
It’s rare to see a famous author rendered nearly speechless. But at Tuesday night’s premiere of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Oh my god!” was all Margaret Atwood could initially say to IndieWire about her reaction to the end of Episode 3.
We weren’t totally shocked by her response, because those final moments might be the most shocking TV moment of 2017 so far… and it’s going to be hard to top. In Atwood’s words, “What happens to Ofglen is pretty ferocious.”
Read More: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Review: The Scariest TV Show Ever Made, Because It Feels So Real
“I thought it was devastating … utterly devastating,” co-star Alexis Bledel said. “It felt like we were filming a scene out of a horror film.”
One of the major promises made with “The Handmaid’s Tale” is that the dystopian adaptation, chronicling a world where a fertility crisis and...
- 4/26/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
We're saying it now: The Handmaid's Tale will be your new TV obsession. The new Hulu series based on Margaret Atwood's book of the same name dropped three episodes on Wednesday, April 26 that will pretty much wreck you—in the best way possible. Set in Gilead, a totalitarian society that was once the United States, The Handmaid's Tale follows Offred (Elisabeth Moss), a Handmaid (fertile women) assigned to a powerful man's house and assigned to bare him children. Environmental disasters and plunging birthrate plague this new world and lead to the new regime that has turned everything upside down. "For me, I like to think of it instead of dystopian, like an alternate reality of where we are...
- 4/26/2017
- E! Online
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Melissa Lee, owner of Ml Talent Agency and founding member, Co-Chair of the Toronto Talent Agent Association (Ttaa) is a 20-year veteran in the film industry.
The one year agency fee for non-union performers to list with Ml Talent Agency has been discounted to $75 for new clients referred by SneakPeek.Ca with exclusive easy online registration here.
Recent Toronto film productions include "Suicide Squad", "Reign", "Dark Matter", "The Strain", "RoboCop", "Carrie", "Resident Evil: Afterlife", "Designated Survivor", "The Handmaid's Tale", "Pixels", "12 Monkeys", "Suits", "Stephen King's 11:22.63", "Downsizing", plus the new "Star Trek" TV series, "Star Trek: Discovery".
Here is the Toronto Film Production Update for May 2017:
12 Monkeys - Season 4
TV Series
Universal Television Enterprises LLC
Prod.: Michael Wray
Exec. Producer: Terry Matalas
Dir.: Various...
- 4/26/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Network: HuluEpisodes: Ongoing (hour)Seasons: OngoingTV show dates: April 26, 2017 — presentSeries status: Has not been cancelledPerformers include: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O-t Fagbenle, Jordana Blake, Amanda Brugel, Ever Carradine, Alexis Bledel, and Kristen Gutoskie.TV show description:A TV show adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale TV show tells the story of life under the totalitarian regime governing Gilead, which was formerly part of the U.S. Read More…...
- 4/26/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
2017-04-25T13:16:36-07:00'Handmaid's Tale' Speaks to Modern Feminism
If there is an urtext of modern feminism, especially for those of us who prefer it in the form of juicy dystopian novels instead of lofty essays, then Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” is probably the closest thing we’ve got. It’s one of those books that people believe can tell a lot about another person based on what that other person thought of it.
Is your new boyfriend woke enough? Has he read “The Handmaid’s Tale”?
Is your new book club smart enough? How do they discuss “The Handmaid’s Tale”?
Has your relationship with your repressed Protestant mother festered for so long that you have never considered her as a complex woman with a rich inner life and her own unrealized desires and fears? Pour her a merlot and give her “The Handmaid’s Tale.
If there is an urtext of modern feminism, especially for those of us who prefer it in the form of juicy dystopian novels instead of lofty essays, then Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” is probably the closest thing we’ve got. It’s one of those books that people believe can tell a lot about another person based on what that other person thought of it.
Is your new boyfriend woke enough? Has he read “The Handmaid’s Tale”?
Is your new book club smart enough? How do they discuss “The Handmaid’s Tale”?
Has your relationship with your repressed Protestant mother festered for so long that you have never considered her as a complex woman with a rich inner life and her own unrealized desires and fears? Pour her a merlot and give her “The Handmaid’s Tale.
- 4/25/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
"Girls, I know this must feel very strange," the woman in the black robe says. She is older, stern, severe, authoritarian; she's addressing a group women seated in a circle, all of whom have been stripped of their reproductive rights, forcibly separated from their families and remanded to sexual slavery. "But ordinary is just what you're used to," she continues. "This might not seem ordinary to you right now. But, after a time, it will. This will become ordinary."
The promise of a "new normal," spoken by an apparatchik of a totalitarian theocracy – it's chilling,...
The promise of a "new normal," spoken by an apparatchik of a totalitarian theocracy – it's chilling,...
- 4/25/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Noomi Rapace stars in Unlocked, a new spy thriller from director Michael Apted. A new franchise in the offing? Ryan takes a look...
Are filmmakers having trouble titling their spy thrillers? Think about the names of classic examples of the genre: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. The Ipcress File. Three Days Of The Condor. The Day Of The Jackal. Cool. Evocative. Enticing.
See related The Handmaid's Tale episodes 1-3 spoiler-free review The Handmaid's Tale: watch the first full-length trailer
Now consider the following: Salt. Spectre. The Double. Unlocked. Don’t exactly get the pulse racing, do they?
Still, there’s plenty of tension and paranoia to go around in Unlocked, even if its name slips from the mind as soon as you’ve looked at the poster. Noomi Rapace stars as Alice Racine, a former CIA interrogator who’s reluctant to return to the fold after...
Are filmmakers having trouble titling their spy thrillers? Think about the names of classic examples of the genre: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. The Ipcress File. Three Days Of The Condor. The Day Of The Jackal. Cool. Evocative. Enticing.
See related The Handmaid's Tale episodes 1-3 spoiler-free review The Handmaid's Tale: watch the first full-length trailer
Now consider the following: Salt. Spectre. The Double. Unlocked. Don’t exactly get the pulse racing, do they?
Still, there’s plenty of tension and paranoia to go around in Unlocked, even if its name slips from the mind as soon as you’ve looked at the poster. Noomi Rapace stars as Alice Racine, a former CIA interrogator who’s reluctant to return to the fold after...
- 4/25/2017
- Den of Geek
Rory who? Alexis Bledel is stepping out of Stars Hollow's shadow with The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu's ambitious new drama based on the book of the same name by Margaret Atwood. "I really felt a sense of wanting to really focus and definitely deliver the best work I could because just working with such an amazing cast you want to deliver your best," Bledel told E! News at The Handmaid's Tale premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Bledel, who returned to the world of Gilmore Girls for Netflix's Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, takes on the role of Ofglen, a fellow Handmaid and companion to Elisabeth Moss' Offred. The Handmaid's Tale is set in Gilead, a totalitarian...
- 4/24/2017
- E! Online
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Here at Et, we’re obsessed with a lot of things -- and for the week of April 24 to April 30, this is what we’re most excited about:
Why We’re Obsessed With ‘The Lost Tapes: L.A. Riots’
On April 29, 1992, following the acquittal of four white Lapd officers in the beating of a black motorist named Rodney King, Los Angeles became a war zone as protestors took to the streets to stand up to the injustice that had occurred. The protests quickly turned violent, leaving 50 people dead and hundreds more in hospitals, while laying waste to parts of the city. On the 25th anniversary of the event, a trio of documentaries -- A&E’s L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later, Showtime’s Burn Motherf**ker, Burn! and The Lost Tapes: L.A. Riots -- look back on what happened during those six days. The latter...
Here at Et, we’re obsessed with a lot of things -- and for the week of April 24 to April 30, this is what we’re most excited about:
Why We’re Obsessed With ‘The Lost Tapes: L.A. Riots’
On April 29, 1992, following the acquittal of four white Lapd officers in the beating of a black motorist named Rodney King, Los Angeles became a war zone as protestors took to the streets to stand up to the injustice that had occurred. The protests quickly turned violent, leaving 50 people dead and hundreds more in hospitals, while laying waste to parts of the city. On the 25th anniversary of the event, a trio of documentaries -- A&E’s L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later, Showtime’s Burn Motherf**ker, Burn! and The Lost Tapes: L.A. Riots -- look back on what happened during those six days. The latter...
- 4/23/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Last night, Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. A frightening and incredibly gripping piece of visual storytelling from cinematographer-turned-director Reed Morano, it stands as a remarkable piece of art that speaks to atrocities committed against women around the world and throughout history.
While writer and executive producer Bruce Miller began developing the 33-year-old novel before the rise of Donald Trump, the story of women who have been stripped of all agency to exist solely as breeding vessels for the patriarchy seems all too prescient in a 2017 when immigrants are being separated from their children, facts are “alternative,” and women are losing access to healthcare at the hands of a president who’s admitted sexual assault on audiotape.
As IndieWire’s Liz Shannon Miller noted in her grade-a review:
“Could ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ really happen?” isn’t the question anymore.
While writer and executive producer Bruce Miller began developing the 33-year-old novel before the rise of Donald Trump, the story of women who have been stripped of all agency to exist solely as breeding vessels for the patriarchy seems all too prescient in a 2017 when immigrants are being separated from their children, facts are “alternative,” and women are losing access to healthcare at the hands of a president who’s admitted sexual assault on audiotape.
As IndieWire’s Liz Shannon Miller noted in her grade-a review:
“Could ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ really happen?” isn’t the question anymore.
- 4/23/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
On Friday night, Scarlett Johansson morphed from one of our biggest female action stars to interlocutor for the first of the Tribeca Talks: Directors Series. Having made “Iron Man 2,” “Chef,” and “The Jungle Book” together, Favreau and Johansson enjoyed easy comradery, and the Queens-born filmmaker was eager to entertain the room.
Johansson, checking hand-written notes on her old-school legal pad — Favreau admired her penmanship — coaxed out some excellent rules for making good movies, both indie and studio.
1. Directing is like being a good parent.
When Favreau’s son described what his father does, he said: “He sits in a chair and watches television.” That’s true on set, said Favreau, who looks intently at each take on a video monitor, and helps his actors, who shoot out of continuity, keep track of where they are in the script. He compared being a director to being a parent. “I love my kids,...
Johansson, checking hand-written notes on her old-school legal pad — Favreau admired her penmanship — coaxed out some excellent rules for making good movies, both indie and studio.
1. Directing is like being a good parent.
When Favreau’s son described what his father does, he said: “He sits in a chair and watches television.” That’s true on set, said Favreau, who looks intently at each take on a video monitor, and helps his actors, who shoot out of continuity, keep track of where they are in the script. He compared being a director to being a parent. “I love my kids,...
- 4/22/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
On Friday night, Scarlett Johansson morphed from one of our biggest female action stars to interlocutor for the first of the Tribeca Talks: Directors Series. Having made “Iron Man 2,” “Chef,” and “The Jungle Book” together, Favreau and Johansson enjoyed easy comradery, and the Queens-born filmmaker was eager to entertain the room.
Johansson, checking hand-written notes on her old-school legal pad — Favreau admired her penmanship — coaxed out some excellent rules for making good movies, both indie and studio.
1. Directing is like being a good parent.
When Favreau’s son described what his father does, he said: “He sits in a chair and watches television.” That’s true on set, said Favreau, who looks intently at each take on a video monitor, and helps his actors, who shoot out of continuity, keep track of where they are in the script. He compared being a director to being a parent. “I love my kids,...
Johansson, checking hand-written notes on her old-school legal pad — Favreau admired her penmanship — coaxed out some excellent rules for making good movies, both indie and studio.
1. Directing is like being a good parent.
When Favreau’s son described what his father does, he said: “He sits in a chair and watches television.” That’s true on set, said Favreau, who looks intently at each take on a video monitor, and helps his actors, who shoot out of continuity, keep track of where they are in the script. He compared being a director to being a parent. “I love my kids,...
- 4/22/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
If ever a television series could border on being too relevant, Hulu's gripping, chilling and brutal adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale, which launches with its first three episodes on April 26, would be the one – which is why, as I say in my video review above, it is not to be missed. From its opening scenes of an attempted escape to Canada from an punishingly patriarchal America reeling from a supposed massive terrorist attack and a new religious regime in power, the Eli…...
- 4/20/2017
- Deadline TV
Hulu is about to release its adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
If you're unfamiliar with the story, it's set in a near-future America that has been decimated by environmental troubles, war and the onset of an infertility crisis nobody knew how to solve.
It’s a harrowing look at could happen when the rights we’ve fought for and won in a democracy are threatened and lost because of complacency.
In other words, it’s a story that could be about our society today if we not careful.
Having never imagined myself a feminist by the traditional definition of the word, but I am so incredibly proud to be a part of television today which is on the receiving end of so many talented women creating spectacular programming. This is how it should always be.
Not only did Atwood write The Handmaid’s Tale in response to...
If you're unfamiliar with the story, it's set in a near-future America that has been decimated by environmental troubles, war and the onset of an infertility crisis nobody knew how to solve.
It’s a harrowing look at could happen when the rights we’ve fought for and won in a democracy are threatened and lost because of complacency.
In other words, it’s a story that could be about our society today if we not careful.
Having never imagined myself a feminist by the traditional definition of the word, but I am so incredibly proud to be a part of television today which is on the receiving end of so many talented women creating spectacular programming. This is how it should always be.
Not only did Atwood write The Handmaid’s Tale in response to...
- 4/18/2017
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Hulu has announced the new titles that will be available to stream on the platform in May. Next month will see the streaming release of Oscar-nominated films such as Debra Granik’s 2010 drama “Winter’s Bone,” starring Jennifer Lawrence, and Tim Burton’s 2003 fantasy drama “Big Fish.”
Read More: Hulu and Annapurna Announce Streaming Partnership, With Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit Project First in Line
Hulu’s origial series “Casual” returns for a third season on May 23. The original documentary “Becoming Bond,” about the life of George Lazenby, who played James Bond in the 1969 film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” will debut on May 20. Find the list of all titles coming to Hulu in May below.
May 1
Line of Duty: Complete Season 4 (BBC One)
South Park en Español: Complete Season 20 (Comedy Central)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Arrowhead (1952)
A View to a Kill (1985)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Bad Influence (1990)
Bait Shop...
Read More: Hulu and Annapurna Announce Streaming Partnership, With Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit Project First in Line
Hulu’s origial series “Casual” returns for a third season on May 23. The original documentary “Becoming Bond,” about the life of George Lazenby, who played James Bond in the 1969 film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” will debut on May 20. Find the list of all titles coming to Hulu in May below.
May 1
Line of Duty: Complete Season 4 (BBC One)
South Park en Español: Complete Season 20 (Comedy Central)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Arrowhead (1952)
A View to a Kill (1985)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Bad Influence (1990)
Bait Shop...
- 4/17/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Acclaimed photographer Laurie Simmons’ debut feature film “My Art” is headed to this month’s Tribeca Film Festival for its North American premiere, after bowing at Venice last year. Mongrel International will be repping the film at the fest, as it recently acquired international sales rights, including U.S., for the feature.
Read More: Tribeca 2017 Lineup: New Films From Alex Gibney, Azazel Jacobs and Laurie Simmons Lead the Eclectic Mix
“We’re so delighted to be involved with ‘My Art,'” said Mongrel Acquisitions & Sales executive, Caroline Habib in an exclusive statement. “The movie spoke very strongly to our all women team — it’s funny, it’s warm and it’s extremely smart. Laurie gave us, with grace and humor, an honest glimpse into the artistic process.”
Simmons added, “I could not be more excited having Caroline, Charlotte and the entire team at Mongrel stand behind our film. To be...
Read More: Tribeca 2017 Lineup: New Films From Alex Gibney, Azazel Jacobs and Laurie Simmons Lead the Eclectic Mix
“We’re so delighted to be involved with ‘My Art,'” said Mongrel Acquisitions & Sales executive, Caroline Habib in an exclusive statement. “The movie spoke very strongly to our all women team — it’s funny, it’s warm and it’s extremely smart. Laurie gave us, with grace and humor, an honest glimpse into the artistic process.”
Simmons added, “I could not be more excited having Caroline, Charlotte and the entire team at Mongrel stand behind our film. To be...
- 4/17/2017
- by Kerry Levielle
- Indiewire
You can’t accuse the Tribeca Film Festival (April 19-30) of bandwagon jumping: Back in 2005, it screened the series finale of “Friends” outdoors on a Hudson pier for rapturous fans. Today, TV is a fait d’accompli as Tribeca expands its second annual TV program to 15 shows and five series. Golden-age TV draws viewers, Hollywood filmmakers, and a wider audience.
Last year, the TV program included world premieres of “The Night Of” (HBO, from Oscar-winning executive producer Steve Zaillian), “The Night Manager” (AMC, directed by Oscar-winning Susanne Bier), and “O.J.: Made in America” (Espn, directed by eventual Oscar-winner Ezra Edelman).
Read More: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Review: The Scariest TV Show Ever Made, Because It Feels So Real
This year’s highest-profile debuts include the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu) starring Elisabeth Moss and Joseph Fiennes, and directed by indie filmmaker Reed Morano...
Last year, the TV program included world premieres of “The Night Of” (HBO, from Oscar-winning executive producer Steve Zaillian), “The Night Manager” (AMC, directed by Oscar-winning Susanne Bier), and “O.J.: Made in America” (Espn, directed by eventual Oscar-winner Ezra Edelman).
Read More: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Review: The Scariest TV Show Ever Made, Because It Feels So Real
This year’s highest-profile debuts include the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu) starring Elisabeth Moss and Joseph Fiennes, and directed by indie filmmaker Reed Morano...
- 4/17/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
You can’t accuse the Tribeca Film Festival (April 19-30) of bandwagon jumping: Back in 2005, it screened the series finale of “Friends” outdoors on a Hudson pier for rapturous fans. Today, TV is a fait d’accompli as Tribeca expands its second annual TV program to 15 shows and five series. Golden-age TV draws viewers, Hollywood filmmakers, and a wider audience.
Last year, the TV program included world premieres of “The Night Of” (HBO, from Oscar-winning executive producer Steve Zaillian), “The Night Manager” (AMC, directed by Oscar-winning Susanne Bier), and “O.J.: Made in America” (Espn, directed by eventual Oscar-winner Ezra Edelman).
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Last year, the TV program included world premieres of “The Night Of” (HBO, from Oscar-winning executive producer Steve Zaillian), “The Night Manager” (AMC, directed by Oscar-winning Susanne Bier), and “O.J.: Made in America” (Espn, directed by eventual Oscar-winner Ezra Edelman).
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- 4/17/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
An exchange between two of the teen protagonists in BBC America’s “Doctor Who” spinoff “Class” takes place a little over halfway through the season and exemplifies some of the series’ unique strengths:
Ram, trying to explain his Sikh religion: “We believe the important thing in your life is to do good action. But if you do the good action, somewhere in the process there’s got to be God, even if you don’t have faith or believe that there’s some dude out there looking after you. Isn’t doing a good thing, one human to another, the closest we’re going to get to God?”
April: “And what about the bad things we do, one human to another?”
It’s the type of philosophical discussion that one might have in quieter contemplative moments, but since this is the world of “Doctor Who,” it instead occurs on a shadowy alien world,...
Ram, trying to explain his Sikh religion: “We believe the important thing in your life is to do good action. But if you do the good action, somewhere in the process there’s got to be God, even if you don’t have faith or believe that there’s some dude out there looking after you. Isn’t doing a good thing, one human to another, the closest we’re going to get to God?”
April: “And what about the bad things we do, one human to another?”
It’s the type of philosophical discussion that one might have in quieter contemplative moments, but since this is the world of “Doctor Who,” it instead occurs on a shadowy alien world,...
- 4/14/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
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