Fantasy fiction often comments on modern time. It seems the new noir urban fantasy series Carnival Row from Amazon Prime is playing that card. Set in a Victorian world where magical creatures and humans strive to live peaceably side-by-side, the series confronts challenges of immigration, racism, and classicism through the lens of a gothic mystery. [read Carnival Row comes to Amazon Video]
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Four Weddings and a Funeral is Now a Mini-Series
In 1994, the romantic comedy that would be the hallmark and launching pad of more than two decades of great British comedies debuted, Four Weddings and a Funeral. The film began a generation of rom-coms by writer Richard Curtis, including Love Actually, Notting Hill, and About Time. Now, Curtis is passing the torch to a [read Four Weddings and a Funeral is Now a Mini-Series]
A Look at Hulu’s Das Boot
The 1981 classic WWII film, Das Boot, is considered one of the greatest German films of all time, and was a landmark submarine movie, standing out from its contemporaries in the genre. The tense thriller, set largely inside a German U-boat, chronicles the dangerous and claustrophobic life at sea, as well as the sailors’ own [read A Look at Hulu’s Das Boot]
Catching Up Before the Veronica Mars Reboot
Here we go again, marshmallows. Our favorite teen detective is back. A little less teen and a little more grit, the cult series Veronica Mars returns this summer on Hulu with an all-new season 4. The stakes are raised as a serial bomber is taking out prime summer spots in the decadent, scandal-torn beachside town [read Catching Up Before the Veronica Mars Reboot]
A Review Of Big Little Lies and Where to Watch
Just when you thought it was all over, Big Little Lies comes back for more intrigue, suspicion, in-fighting, and bake sales. The stellar 2017 HBO miniseries, based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel, returns with a second season on June 9, and the series has just raised the stakes. How to watch Big Little Lies Online [read A Review Of Big Little Lies and Where to Watch]
Closure Is Finally Coming to Deadwood
In today’s age of streaming television and shows cultivated over many seasons, cancellation of a well-regarded prestige cable show is rare, at least without a big build up to a grand finale. But 15 years ago, even HBO could ax a show leaving audiences hanging—and there was no streaming service to pick it up for [read Closure Is Finally Coming to Deadwood]
How to Watch the Final Season of iZombie
Aim for the head. No matter the franchise or mythology, one thing is almost always important in a zombie story—the brains are crucial. Whether the zombies are slow or fast-moving, mindless killing machines or sentient protagonists, Walkers, Wights, or mild-mannered medical residents… you get the picture. Perhaps the most brain-centric zombie story in current pop [read How to Watch the Final Season of iZombie]
How To Watch Veep Without Cable
Way back when people had fairy tales to explain what was going on in the king’s castle. Today’s successors to those tales are set in the White House – and in the case of HBO’s Veep, laced with enough profanity to raise the eyebrows of a biker. When Veep started back in 2012, it was [read How To Watch Veep Without Cable]
A Look Back at Broad City
As far as “shelationships go, it doesn’t get much more real than Abbi and Ilana. The Millennial duo’s madcap mishaps in NYC in Comedy Central’s “Broad City” can put any bromance to shame. The milquetoast word “friendship” just can’t cut it. In a uniquely feminine way, they share the raw, the raunchy, the perverse in [read A Look Back at Broad City]
Why You Should Be Watching Santa Clarita Diet
When Netflix launched its 2017 dark comedy about a mild-mannered suburbanite-realtor-wife-and-mother-turned-zombie (yes, zombie), they couldn’t have chosen more charming, well loved, and person least likely to eat the neighbors than Drew Barrymore. Her warmth and bubbly personality make the bloodbath she delivers on the Netflix original series Santa Clarita Diet shockingly, well, delightful. Season 3 [read Why You Should Be Watching Santa Clarita Diet ]