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The Deuce is New York at its Ugliest and Most Captivating

September 11, 2017 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

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Nostalgia for New York’s most decrepit years is a dangerous drug in film and tv. It emboldens creators, convincing them any half-assed idea they’ve got lying around can be brilliant if they drop it into a setting full of garbage fires, addicts and porno theatres. A simple look back at recent heavily hyped failures like Vinyl […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: David Simon, George Pelecanos, HBO, James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Margarity Levieva, The Deuce, Zoe Kazan

Silicon Valley Would Be a Lot Better if it Stopped Giving White Male Mediocrity So Many Passes

April 24, 2017 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Silicon Valley HBO

For all its early promise, Mike Judge’s HBO comedy Silicon Valley has struggled to find its footing in any meaningful way. The past three seasons of the show have more or less featured the same arc, with the perpetually overwhelmed start-up Pied Piper shooting themselves in the foot every time they approach some form of success, […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Amanda Crew, HBO, Kumail Nanjiani, Mike Judge, Silicon Valley, Television, Thomas Middleditch, TJ Miller

The Young Pope is an Eerily Prescient Vision of 2017

January 16, 2017 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Young Pope Jude Law

Near the end of the first episode of The Young Pope, Jude Law’s Pope Pius XIII tersely informs his Macchiavellian advisor Voiello (Silvio Orlando) that his actual priorities are not his homily or meetings with the college of cardinals but improving the Vatican Radio broadcast and getting a full catalog of the gifts sent to the […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Diane Keaton, HBO, Jude Law, Paolo Sorrentino, Television, The Young Pope

Violent Delights: Westworld’s Finale and the Cycle of Abuse

December 8, 2016 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Westworld HBO

Warning: this essay has spoilers for Westworld throughout Throughout its first season, Westworld reveled in the cyclical nature of storytelling (whether it did this effectively is up for debate), from the connections between the parallel timelines that split its narrative to meta elements like the literal loops the hosts are on and the “maze” some of the […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, HBO, Jeffrey Wright, Jimmi Simpson, Television, Thandie Newton, Westworld

Westworld is Unsettling in its Lack of Self-Awareness

October 3, 2016 By Nick Hanover 4 Comments

Westworld Evan Rachel Wood James Marsden

Have you ever noticed that the most advanced sexual pleasure technology is designed for women yet the bulk of sci-fi featuring any kind of “pleasure bot” centers around men’s pleasure? Taking that further, have you noticed that the best sex tech for women usually doesn’t look much like a penis (or any body part for […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, HBO, James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, sci-fi, Television, Westworld

RIGBY…Silicon Valley Needs to Update Its Gender Representation

April 25, 2016 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Silicon Valley

For three years now I’ve been tuning in to Silicon Valley, enjoying its mix of clever writing and deft characterization. It’s not a perfect comedy by any means, but Silicon Valley is without a doubt one of Mike Judge’s better works and a welcome successor to the likes of King of the Hill. But for three years, I’ve also […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: comedy, HBO, Silicon Valley, Television

Vinyl Might as Well Be Goodfellas: The Musical

February 15, 2016 By Nick Hanover Leave a Comment

Vinyl HBO

Like a lot of my generation, I was hooked on Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous the instant I encountered it. I might have been a teenage punk but Almost Famous‘ romanticism was hard to resist as a kid who grew up with music obsessed parents, the film as much a testament to the little people whose love […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Bobby Cannavale, HBO, Juno Temple, Martin Scorcese, Mick Jagger, Ray Romano, Television, Terence Winter, Vinyl

Cannibals, Midwesterners, and Talking Horses: The Best TV of 2015

December 18, 2015 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

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TV in 2015 was wonderfully weird and eclectic, with basic cable taking up more of the critical conversation and Netflix continuing its ascent as a major player. Our favorite shows this year ran the gamut, from pop superheroics on the CW to the finales of long running faves like Mad Men to new entries from emerging […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: AMC, Aziz Ansari, Best of 2015, Bojack Horseman, CW, Fargo, FX, FXX, Girl, Hannibal, HBO, Lena Dunham, Mad Men, Master of None, NBC, Netflix, Television, The Flash, The Jinx, The Leftovers, TV, You're the Worst

The Leisure Class is a Slog of a Film

November 6, 2015 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

The Leisure Class HBO

The Leisure Class is many things, but never once a coherent or good film. Jason Mann’s HBO feature is a tonal and narrative mess, one that does a disservice to talented pieces to produce a cringe-worthy whole. It is a shining example that no matter how strong a cast and crew are, without a solid script, […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Bridget Regan, Bruce Davison, Ed Weeks, Film, HBO, Project Greenlight, The Leisure Class, Tom Bell

Ballin’ on Ballers: From the Window…

August 27, 2015 By Mark Stack Leave a Comment

Ballers The Rock Rob Corddry HBO

We asked resident Entourage apologists Rafael Gaitan and Mark Stack to team up and discuss each week of the spiritual Entourage sequel Ballers. After taking a bye after the previous installment of Ballin’ on Ballers hack shocking cliffhanger, Mark Raffalo returns to tackle the penultimate and final episodes of the show’s first season as disappointment hangs in the air. Raf: […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Ballers, HBO, Rob Corddry, Television, The Rock

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