Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on September 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The complete first season of the Netflix series Maniac will debut online on September 21.
Set in a world somewhat like our world, in a time quite similar to our time, the series tells the stories of Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill), two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons.
The cast includes Justin Theroux and Sally Field.
Here is a trailer for Maniac:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on September 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On September 21, the Netflix series The Good Cop will debut online.
Tony Danza (Who’s the Boss) plays Tony Sr. (Big Tony), a lovable yet not exactly honorable, former NYPD officer who never followed the rules. He lives with his son, Tony Jr. (TJ) (singer-actor Josh Groban), a brilliant, straight-laced NYPD detective who makes a point of always following the rules while solving Brooklyn’s toughest cases.
This “odd couple” become unofficial partners as Tony Sr. offers his overly-cautious son blunt, street-wise advice.
Here is a trailer for The Good Cop:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on September 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On September 14, the new streaming series The First will debut on Hulu.
Sean Penn leads an ensemble cast in this near-future drama about a crew of astronauts attempting to become the first humans on Mars. Under the direction of visionary aerospace magnate Laz Ingram (Natascha McElhone from Designated Survivor), the crew contends with peril and personal sacrifice as they undertake the greatest pioneering feat in human history.
The cast includes Anna Jacoby-Heron (Finding Carter), Hannah Ware (Hitman: Agent 47), LisaGay Hamilton (The Practice) and Oded Fehr (The Mummy franchise and Covert Affairs) [among others].
Here is a trailer for The First:
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on September 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The new Lifetime drama You will debut on September 9 at 10 PM.
The new drama is a 21st-century love story about obsessive, yet brilliant, 20-something Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley from Gossip Girl), who uses the hyper-connected digital age to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him.
The cast includes Elizabeth Lail (Once Upon a Time), Shay Mitchell (Pretty Little Liars), Daniel Cosgrove (Days of Our Lives) and John Stamos (Full House) [among others].
Here is a trailer for You:
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on August 31, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The new FX drama Mayans M.C. will debut on September 4 at 10 PM.
Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes (JD Pardo from Revolution and The Messengers) is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.
The large ensemble cast includes Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica), Sarah Bolger (Once Upon a Time and Into the Badlands), Michael Irby (The Unit and True Detective) and Danny Pino (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) [among many others].
Here is a trailer for Mayans M.C.:
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on August 31, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On September 4, the new USA Network drama The Purge will debut.
Based on the hit movie franchise and set in the same universe, this one-hour dram will follow several seemingly unrelated, conflicted characters as they prepare for a 12-hour period when all crime – including murder – is legal.
The cast includes Colin Woodell (The Originals), Amanda Warren (Roman J. Israel, Esq. and NCIS: New Orleans), Jessica Garza (Six), Hannah Anderson (Killjoys and Shoot the Messenger), Gabriel Chavarria (East Los High), Reed Diamond (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and William Baldwin [among others].
Here is a trailer for The Purge:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on August 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On August 31, the new Amazon drama Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan will debut online today.
Up-and-coming CIA analyst, Jack Ryan (John Krasinski from The Office), is thrust into a dangerous field assignment as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit.
The cast includes Wendell Pierce (Suits) and Abbie Cornish (Geostorm and Klondike).
Here is a trailer for Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan:
Posted in Convention/Event, Geekdom, New Shows, Pictures, Television on August 22, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Comic Con 2018 was held in San Diego from July 18 through July 22.
Our very own Dominick Dusseault was on site during the big fete, hitting up the larger panel rooms to snap as many pictures of the annual fete as possible.
What is to follow below (and over the course of the next week or so) are just some of the fantastic photos he took during the annual event.
DAY ONE
Better Call Saul:
Breaking Bad:
Doctor Who:
Dragonball
More coming soon…
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on August 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On August 24, the new Netflix 8-episode series The Innocents will debut online today.
When teenagers Harry (Percelle Ascott from Wizards vs. Aliens) and June (Sorcha Groundsell from the British series Clique) run away from their repressive family lives to be together, they are thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Secrets kept from them by their respective parents test their love to breaking point; and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential and Memento) also stars.
Here is a trailer for The Innocents:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on August 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The new 10-episode WGN America drama Carter will debut on August 7 at 10 PM.
This lighthearted detective comedy revolves around Harley Mackay (Jerry O’Connell from Sliders and Billions), an actor playing a detective on a hit television show until he is forced to retreat to his sleepy hometown after an embarrassing public meltdown in Hollywood.
Now that he’s back, he taps into his acting experience to become a real-life detective, partnering with his two best friends, Sam Shaw (Sydney Poitier Heartsong from Chicago P.D. and Veronica Mars) and Dave Leigh (Kristian Bruun from Orphan Black).
Here is a trailer for Carter:
