Joan Didion wasn’t just one of the greatest writers of her generation, she was one of the greatest writers, full stop. Her writing shaped lives and provided objective insight in into even the nature of grief. On October 27th, Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold – an original Netflix documentary – will premiere globally […]
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Michael Stuhlbarg Joins The Cast of Gore!
Michael Stuhlbarg will play Gore Vidal’s longtime companion in the Netflix film, Gore – based on Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal by Michael Hoffman and Jay Parini (who also wrote the screenplay). Also joining the cast are Douglas Booth, Freya Mavor, Nikolai Kinski and Griffin Dunne. Gore is slated for release in 2018.
Dear Dick, Game On! Trailer: Amazon’s I Love Dick!
Jill Soloway’s new amazon series, I Love Dick, follows Chris (Kathryn Hahn) a frustrated New York filmmaker marooned in Marfa, Texas, where her husband, Sylvère, (Griffin Dunne) has a writing residency. There she meets no BS-scholar Dick (Kevin Bacon) and her life begins to change. The first season of I Love Dick will premiere on May […]
Pre-Explosion Trailer: Manhattan: Season Two!
Season two of WGN America’s critically acclaimed series about the race to create an atomic bomb – and the drama behind its creation, Manhattan, premieres in October. WGN America has released the first teaser for season two. check it out after the jump.
Kids Will Be Kids! Octavia Spencer Talks Fox’s Red Band Society!
Fox’s new drama Red Band Society is about a group of teenss whose illnesses require them to live in the hospital. The pilot avoids the expected clichés and cutesy kinds of moments one might expect in favor of telling stories about characters who live with the prospect of the unknown every day. Oscar®-winner Octavia Spencer […]
TELVISION: Trust Me: TNT’s Workplace Dramedy Shows Promise!
When Trust Me [Mondays, TNT, 10/9C] premieres following The Closer, there will be a tonal shift of some magnitude. Whereas The Closer is a darker drama with humor, Trust Me is much lighter in tone, with a nearly equal amount of each. The set up is this: Mason [Eric McCormack] and Conner [Tom Cavanagh] are […]