Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on May 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On May 10, the new 10-episode Netflix series The Society will debut online.
Show Synopsis: The series follow a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to a facsimile of their wealthy New England town, but soon discover their parents are nowhere to be found.
The series includes Kathryn Newton (Supernatural) and Kristine Froseth (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser).
Here is a trailer for The Society:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on May 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On May 6, the HBO original mini-series Chernobyl will debut at 9 PM.
This 5-part mini-series dramatizes the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst human-made catastrophes in history, telling the story of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster, all the while battling a culture of disinformation.
The cast includes Jared Harris (The Crown), Stellan Skarsgard (Good Will Hunting) and Emily Watson (Gosford Park).
Here is a trailer for Chernobyl:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on May 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On May 5, the new Starz period piece drama The Spanish Princess will debut at 8 PM.
Show Synopsis: This series is set in 16th century London, focusing on Catherine of Aragon (Charlotte Hope from Game of Thrones), the strong-willed young Princess of Spain, who has been promised the English throne since she was a child.
She arrives in a grey, rain-lashed England with her glorious and diverse court including her ladies-in-waiting Lina – a Spanish noble of African Iberian descent – and the sweet and free-spirited Rosa. When her husband Prince Arthur dies suddenly, the throne seems lost to Catherine until she devises an audacious plan and sets her sights on the new heir, the charismatic and headstrong Prince Harry (Ruairi O’Connor) who will one day rule as King Henry VIII.
The cast includes Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen), Dame Harriet Walter (Downton Abbey and Sense and Sensibilities), Georgie Henley (Chronicles of Narnia franchise) and Laura Carmichael (Downton Abbey) [among others].
Here is a trailer for The Spanish Princess:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The 10-episode dark comedy web series Dead To Me will debut on Netflix on May 3.
A powerful friendship blossoms between Jen (Christina Applegate), a tightly wound widow and Judy (Linda Cardellini), a free spirit with a shocking secret.
The streaming series also stars Max Jenkins, James Marsden and veteran actor Ed Asner.
Here is a trailer for Dead To Me:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The series premiere of Fosse/Verdon will debut on FX on April 9 at 10 PM.
Based on the biography written by Sam Wasson, the series tells the story of the singular romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) and Gwen Verdon (Michelle Williams).
He was a visionary filmmaker and one of theater’s most influential choreographers and directors. She was the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Together, they changed the face of American entertainment – at a perilous cost.
The cast includes Evan Handler, Margaret Qualley and Nate Corddry [among others].
Here is a trailer for Fosse/Verdon:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On April 9, the new CBS drama The Code will debut at 9 PM.
The series follows the military’s brightest minds who take on our country’s toughest legal challenges. Go inside the courtroom and out, in the only law office in the world where every attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator – and a Marine. Operating out of Judge Advocate General Headquarters in Quantico, these active-duty Marines are attorneys who have chosen to serve their country in pursuit of military justice at home and abroad.
The cast includes Dana Delany, Luke Mitchell, Ato Essandoh, Anna Wood and Phillipa Soo.
Here is a trailer for The Code.
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on March 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On April 4, the new drama In the Dark will debut on The CW at 9 PM.
Murphy (Perry Mattfield) is a hard-living, hard-drinking, disaffected twentysomething with a penchant for cigarettes and casual sex. She’s also blind. Murphy lives with her understanding roommate, Jess (Brooke Markham), and more reluctantly also lives with her guide dog, Pretzel, whose presence she resents.
Her parents, Hank and Joy (Derek Webster and Kathleen York), own a guide dog school, a venture they opened hoping it would give Murphy a job with some purpose, but so far it’s just another place where she sleeps off her hangovers, much to the particular chagrin of Joy and Felix, the school administrator tasked with attempting to keep the unprofitable school going. Murphy’s closest friend is a sweet teenager named Tyson.
Here is a trailer for In the Dark:
Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on March 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The Twilight Zone will air its series premiere on CBS All Access on April 1.
Jordan Peele will serve as host and narrator of the new series, a role made famous by creator Rod Serling, who used socially conscious storytelling to explore the human condition and culture of the times.
Here is a trailer for The Twilight Zone.
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The small screen adaptation of the movie Hanna will debut on Amazon Prime on March 29.
The series follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl, Hanna (newcomer Esme Creed-Miles), as she evades the relentless pursuit of Marissa Wiegler (Mireille Enos) an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.
The cast includes Enos’s The Killing co-star Joel Kinnaman.
Here is a trailer for Hanna:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »
On March 20, the new Hulu drama The Act will debut online.
This seasonal anthology series tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard (Joey King), a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother. Her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder.
The cast includes AnnaSophia Robb, Chloe Sevigny and Patricia Arquette.
Here is a trailer for The Act:
