HBO has optioned a 1950s-set crime series that would be directed and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. According to Indie Wire, the show will be based on photographer Corinne May Botz’s 2004 book The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, which was about criminologist Frances Glessner Lee and the miniature crime scene models based on [...]
Peter Moses and Frank Cappello’s parody of HBO’s Girls is kind of brilliant on several levels, perhaps that’s why it’s even earned the stamp of approval from Girls co-creator Judd Apatow who tweeted, “That made me laugh a few times. It got me.” On the surface this would be funny as is, but the notion that Moses and Cappello have taken it [...]
YAY: Here’s the entire first episode of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom to watch on YouTube, courtesy of HBO. (You can also watch it on HBO.com but you have to register first) NAY: Why isn’t this embeddable?
So says Emily Nussbaum, who is one television critic I trust implicitly (Hitfix’s Alan Sepinwall is the other): If you enjoyed “The West Wing,” Sorkin’s helpful counterprogramming to the Bush Administration, your ears will prick up. The pilot of “The Newsroom” is full of yelling and self-righteousness, but it’s got energy, just like “The West [...]
The New York Times takes a peek at Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO show, ‘The Newsroom’: Whether Mr. Sorkin has correctly anticipated the mood of viewers as angry but ready to be inspired again, even he is not sure if he still knows how to write for them, particularly when he is not watching much current [...]
Just so we’re clear. We now live in a world where The National (the epitome of literary indie rock emo for white people and I band I happen to enjoy in spite of that) have recorded the official ballad for “The Rains of Castamere”, which, according to Topless Robot, is the “most famous song from [...]
The fifth season of HBO’s True Blood starts in less than a month. Last season ended with Bill and Eric delivering the true death to Nan Flanagan, big bad Russell Edgington breaking out of his cement prison, Tara supposedly dying (unfortunately, she’ll be back), etc. New season starts June 5, but it’s on a short [...]
Above, Bran and Robb Stark recount the family history of House Stark. There are also brief histories for: House Lannister, House Targaryen, House Arryn, House Baratheon. These videos are perfect for anybody who is fascinating by the Game of Thrones universe, loves the HBO show, or is just too lazy to read a 1,000 page book. Yes, that would be me on all [...]
