The pacing retreats to more of a family drama than a rocket of espionage intrigue but Bridges and Lithgow make a helluva duo – even if they are getting too old for this shit.
The Old Man (Season 2)
SXSW: Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Co-directed by her daughter, this new doc on Donna Summer gives us a peak at the real woman behind the iconic image.
SXSW: The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution
An engrossing documentary about the new age of financial and digital disruption. Ondi Timoner takes a complicated subject and makes it accessible and entertaining.
Succession TV Show Review: A Masterclass in Family Drama
Although he has no plans to step aside as the head of Waystar Royco, the international media conglomerate controlled by his family, aging patriarch Logan Roy is contemplating what the future holds. He has lingered in the limelight longer than even he thought he would, and now family members want to run the company as […]
Succession TV Show Review: A Masterclass in Family Drama
ERŞAN KUNERİ 2 (2024): “1980’li Yılların Duygusal Fantezisi, Düşsel Komedisi”
Erşan Kuneri serisi ilki yayınlandığında, Kara Komik Filmler sonrası Cem Yılmaz ve hepimiz açısından bir ilk gerçekleşmiş oluyor, seri şekilde bir komedyenin politik, ruhsal, kültürel dünyasının içine hızlı şekilde giriş yapmış oluyorduk. GORA filminde ilk kez kullanıp daha sonra 1970’li yılların sinema seks furyasının ikonu haline dönüşmüş Erşan Kuneri’yi düzenin, sistemin istediği kişiye dönüştüren Cem […]
ERŞAN KUNERİ 2 (2024): “1980’li Yılların Duygusal Fantezisi, Düşsel Komedisi” / YAŞAM KAYA
Erşan Kuneri 2. Sezon ya da Mavi Donlar Değil Pembe Gözlükler Aşağı!
Sosyal mesaj vermeyi seven, filmciliğin ülkemizdeki serüvenine saygı duyan, Yeşilçam’ı çalışma koşullarıyla birlikte set ruhunu öne çıkararak güzelleyen bir Yılmaz var. Bu Yılmaz’dan içeri başka bir Yılmaz var: İşini yapmak yani güldürmek zorunda olan bir Yılmaz. İkinci Yılmaz ilkini yakın markajda tutuyor. Dalga geçmek zorunda kalıyor Yılmaz ve tam burada bir değer çatışması yaşanıyor.
Erşan Kuneri 2. Sezon ya da Mavi Donlar Değil Pembe Gözlükler Aşağı!
TV Review – Shogun Season One
Shogun Season One (2024)Written by Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks, Shannon Goss, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida, Matt Lambert, Maegan Houang, and Caillin PuenteDirected by Jonathan van Tulleken, Charlotte Brändström, Frederick E.O. Toye, Hiromi Kamata, Takeshi Fukunaga, and Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour I must confess that of all the Japanese media, the stories surrounding this historical period typically leave […]
Reacher: Season 1 – TV Review
What we get here is a solid action series that hits all the beats it needs to do, not revolutionary, but still solid. Disclosure – I paid for the Amazon Prime subscription that viewed this series. Reacher Review – When I first heard there would be a new Reacher series, my first impressions […]
Kiefer Sutherland returns to series TV with thriller ‘Rabbit Hole’
What does it take for Kiefer Sutherland, indelibly and eternally intrepid Jack Bauer in the real time series “24,” to tackle something new like “Rabbit Hole”?
My Current Favorite Shows
I haven’t discussed television much at all on this blog. This is mainly because I don’t watch TV that much. I’m not the type of person to binge-watch a show on the weekend anymore. There’s nothing wrong with that; your free time is your free time. I just prefer to watch it in intervals when […]
“George & Tammy” Was Showtime’s Most-Watched Premiere Ever
Did you catch the premiere of Showtime’s mini-series on George Jones and Tammy Wynette this weekend? Turns out a LOT of us did. Episode one of “George & Tammy” aired Sunday on Showtime, Paramount+, and CMT, and pulled in 3.3 million combined viewers. According to Showtime, that makes it their most-watched premiere ever. The fact that it aired right after “Yellowstone” probably didn’t hurt. […]
“George & Tammy” Was Showtime’s Most-Watched Premiere Ever
George Jones And Tammy Wynette Are Country Music’s Best Told Love Story
George Jones and Tammy Wynette were a country music power couple. Their story is a real country love song. They loved each other more than anything. Even between the alcohol and the number one songs they loved each other more than life itself. They were made for each other. Showtime will tell their story in […]
George Jones And Tammy Wynette Are Country Music’s Best Told Love Story
BOXSET REVIEW Your Honor (S1)
The latest US hit crime drama arrives in the UK. How far would you go to save your child? That’s the compelling tagline for Your Honor, the latest US hit show to make it’s way over to the UK. Described as a ‘limited series’ (which at 10 episodes stretches that definition somewhat – more of […]
2022 In Review: 10 Good Things That I Saw On Television
Continuing my long-delayed look back at 2022, here are ten good things that I saw on television during the previous year! (Also be sure to check out my picks for 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, and 2011!) The Dropout Hulu’s miniseries about Theranos was a disturbing look at how Elizabeth […]
2022 In Review: 10 Good Things That I Saw On Television
Money Heist – Season 3 – Overview and Review
And here we are at the final overview and review for Money Heist! It honestly feels kind of emotional since I’ve invested so much time to watch and write about the show! Anyways welcome to another edition of Explore With Me / The Couch Potato! This is an overview post of Season 3 but you […]
Explore With Me : Money Heist – Season 3 – Overview and Review
The Silent Sea Cast
The Silent Sea (고요의 바다) series is an adaptation from the 2014 short film The Sea of Tranquility. The Silent Sea premiered on Netflix on December 24, 2021, starring Bae Doona, Gong Yoo, Lee Joon, Heo Sung-tae, and Lee Moo-saeng. Gong Yoo as Han Yoon-jae Gong Ji-cheol (공지철), better known by his stage name Gong […]
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Dopesick. A Bingeworthy Addiction
Riveting. Provocative. Addictive. Dopesick is Hulu’s newest mini-series, documenting the Opioid crisis through captivating storylines which intersect and send the audience on a brilliant and emotional journey. Based on Beth Macy’s book of the same name, Dopesick follows the Opioid crisis from a multitude of perspectives: patients, abusers, doctors, law enforcement, prosecutors, and pharmaceutical…
Dopesick. A Bingeworthy Addiction
The Dope
Still working our way through season three of Succession, which continues great. Every now and then a sense of burnout looms, what with all the characters being nasty pieces of work/shit, but then it reinvigorates itself miraculously — episode 5 was incredible. And episode 6 implies that the series could eventually get a bit serious. […]
“Dexter: New Blood” on Showtime: The Dark Passenger Returns
Dexter: New Blood gives fans another chance to connect with their favorite serial killer as a different kind of monster emerges in a new setting. Does Dexter: New Blood do enough to make up for its disappointing series finale? Let’s find out…
Spoiler-Free Review of “Dexter: New Blood” on Showtime: The Dark Passenger Returns
Happy Days Are Here Again for “The Morning Show”
The news doesn’t stop, no matter what’s going on behind the scenes. You either keep up or get left behind. In this case, however, it’s not so much about keeping up. It’s about recapping a terrible, terrible year. Well, enough of the events contained within it. Time will tell if these storyline approaches will […]
Happy Days Are Here Again for “The Morning Show”