Meet The NYC Comedian Taking The Piss Out Of ‘True Detective’ Season Two
New York City-based comedian Jason Saenz isn’t that big a fan of True Detective‘s second season on HBO. Despite some pretty damn good ratings for HBO, as well as not too few defenses launched by...
View Article‘True Detective’s Colossal Orgy Scene Brings The Potential Killer(s) Into Focus
HBO Many of the complaints about True Detective early on this season centered on how bleak and oppressive the series was, and how it lacked any of the levity that Matthew McConaughey and Woody...
View Article‘True Detective’ Connects The Final Pieces Of The Puzzle
HBO In the latest episode of True Detective, “Black Maps and Motel Rooms,” there was a lot of action, some surprising deaths, and a few choice lines of terrible dialogue (“Everything is f*cking!”),...
View ArticleThe Most Loved And Hated Characters On ‘True Detective’ This Season
HBO It’s safe to say that the second season of HBO’s anthology series True Detective isn’t as universally beloved as season one, when Rust Cohle drank his way into our hearts. Meanwhile, this year,...
View ArticleThe ‘True Detective’ Season Two Finale Explained
HBO Here’s exactly what I wrote in my recap of last week’s True Detective after surmising that the assistant, Laura/Erica, was almost certainly involved in the murder of Ben Caspere: The wildcard here...
View ArticleThe Angriest Staring Contests From ‘True Detective’ Season Two
HBO Every so often, someone will edit an NFL game down to just football action. No commercials, no TV timeouts, no huddles, no halftime, only actual plays, which trims three hours down to a neat 11...
View Article‘True Detective’ meets ‘Starsky & Hutch’ in funky credits mash-up
HBO/Vulture We can debate about the aesthetic and narrative quality of the shootout from last night's “True Detective,” but there can be no arguing that it provided outstanding fodder for this Vulture...
View Article‘True Detective’ hits the reset button, but is it too late to matter?
HBO A review of tonight's “True Detective” coming up just as soon as I take a micronap… In trying to convince Ray to join the new, covert incarnation of the Caspere task force, Ani tells him that it's...
View ArticleReview: ‘True Detective’–‘Church in Ruins’
HBO A review of tonight's “True Detective” coming up just as soon as I find “Friends”… This week, on “Looking For Silver Linings From 'True Detective' Season 2”: * The very busy Miguel Sapochnik (who...
View ArticleThings get bad for the ‘True Detective’ heroes right as the season gets good?
HBO A review of tonight's “True Detective” coming up just as soon as I manage an Applebee's… “After all, don't fight what you can't change.” -Frank Among the many glaring problems of this season, one...
View ArticleReview: Trying to make sense of the ridiculous ‘True Detective’ finale
A review of the “True Detective” season finale coming up just as soon as I wear a white suit with a red rose in my jacket… In recent weeks, I've been trying to look for silver linings in the overall...
View ArticleTaylor Kitsch Is Set To Play David Koresh In An Upcoming Series About The...
NBC / Wikimedia Commons Only in Hollywood can a person’s uncanny likeness to an infamous, pedophilic prophet yield professional benefits. It’s being reported that Friday Night Lights alum Taylor Kitsch...
View ArticleChanning Tatum: I almost played Gambit in ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’
AP Photo/Thibault Camus (CBR) When longtime “X-Men” franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner last week confirmed that Channing Tatum has been cast as Gambit, it wasn”t the announcement that was so...
View ArticleReview: In HBO’s ‘The Normal Heart,’ Ryan Murphy gets in the way
HBO What makes Ryan Murphy such a frustrating storyteller is that he has very obvious and impressive strengths, which he then seems to go out of his way to obscure with his very obvious weaknesses. He...
View ArticleAw, That’s Cute: Taylor Kitsch Wishes They’d Make ‘John Carter 2’
Disney Poor Taylor Kitsch — he’s seems like a pretty decent, down-to-earth guy. At the very least, he hasn’t let his brief rise to superstardom (and subsequent fiery burnout) warp him into some sort of...
View ArticleReport: Colin Farrell And Taylor Kitsch In Talks For Lead Roles In ‘True...
Getty Image Yesterday at about 6:30 p.m. — in a post passing along the news that True Detective Season 2 will take place in California and feature FOUR lead roles, according to creator Nic Pizzolatto —...
View ArticleMajor Plot Details Emerge About ‘True Detective’ Season Two
Last week, we got word that Colin Farrell was in negotiations for one of the (four) leads in True Detective season two, while HBO and Nic Pizzolatto wanted Taylor Kitsch for one of the other leads....
View ArticleTaylor Kitsch Will Play The Lead In The Unnecessary Remake Of ‘The Raid’
Getty Image If you liked Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, you’re going to love him in the English-language remake of The Raid, for which he’s in negotiations to play the lead. Oh the lengths Hollywood thinks...
View ArticleA Female Lead Is Being Eyed For ‘True Detective,’ And She Is Perfect
Getty Image More plot details are emerging for the fourth season of True Detective, as we are finally beginning to get a clear picture of what it might look like. Yesterday, it was announced that Vince...
View ArticleClear Eyes, Full Hearts, And 15 Facts About ‘Friday Night Lights’
NBC Many years ago, I included the first season of Friday Night Lights among the best 20 seasons of television in the last 20 years. That would still be the case today. The series would be among my...
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