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'Game of Thrones' Review and Recap: Episode 1.4 - 'Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things'

by Laremy Legel 8 Comments
Posted May 8th 2011 at 7:13 PM

We'll take a look at the episode with brief character recaps and a couple of clips mixed in followed by a few discussion points before turning it over to you for your take on what went right and what didn't exactly work for you. Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) We open on another Bran dream. He'll [...]

by Laremy Legel 18 Comments
Posted May 1st 2011 at 6:54 PM

'Game of Thrones' Review and Recap: Episode 1.3 - 'Lord Snow'

I'm taking a slightly different approach to this recap and review as I examine episode three, titled "Lord Snow" of HBO's "Game of Thrones". We'll take a look at the episode with brief character recaps and a couple of clips mixed in followed by a few discussion points before turning it over to you for [...]

by Laremy Legel 20 Comments
Posted April 24th 2011 at 6:58 PM

'Game of Thrones' Review and Recap: Episode 1.2 - 'The Kingsroad'

Jason Momoa and Emilia Clarke in "Game of Thrones" Photo: HBO All in all, episode two of "Game of Thrones" is solid, though the series continues to have slight issues establishing who is who within this rather complex world. Luckily, having already seen the first six episodes, I’m pleased to report the series does gain [...]

by Laremy Legel 8 Comments
Posted April 17th 2011 at 6:26 PM

TV Review: Tonight's 'Game of Thrones', Episode 1.01 'Winter is Coming'

Sean Bean in "Game of Thrones" Photo: HBO The opening of HBO's new fantasy series, "Game of Thrones" begins just as the George R. R. Martin books it was adapted from. Three men of The Night Watch, out on a solitary patrol, are ambushed by something ethereal and menacing. One barely escapes and attempts to [...]

by Brad Brevet 20 Comments
Posted March 24th 2011 at 7:55 AM

TV Review: HBO's 'Mildred Pierce' (2011)

Evan Rachel Wood and Kate Winslet in "Mildred Pierce" Photo: HBO I saw Michael Curtiz's 1945 adaptation of James M. Cain's "Mildred Pierce" featuring Joan Crawford's Oscar-winning performance back in 2005. But for the life of me I could hardly remember it before sitting down to watch HBO's new five-part miniseries based on the same [...]

by Brad Brevet 29 Comments
Posted October 10th 2010 at 6:36 PM

Banksy Storyboards 'The Simpsons' Opening Couch Gag

Photo: Fox Television While this is primarily TV related I am posting it anyway since the street artist known as Banksy had his profile elevated several notches this year with his direction of the most likely-faux documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, and continuing the message adopted by that film, Banksy was invited to storyboard [...]

by Brad Brevet 12 Comments
Posted June 13th 2010 at 8:52 PM

'True Blood' Returns With Season 3: Here's a Quick Intro to the First Three Episodes

Photo: HBO Without so much as an introduction, the third season of "True Blood" gets right into things. Picking up right where season two left off, the vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer) has gone missing, Jason (Ryan Kwanten) has just killed Tara's (Rutina Wesley) boyfriend Eggs and she's devastated, Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) is dealing with [...]

by Brad Brevet 1 Comment
Posted May 29th 2010 at 12:26 PM

Trailer for HBO's 'Special Relationship' Premiering Tonight at 9PM

Dennis Quaid and Michal Sheen in The Special Relationship Photo: HBO Films I don't know what you have planned for tonight, but I'll be watching HBO's The Special Relationship, something of a follow-up to The Queen written by Peter Morgan who wrote The Queen as well as The Deal, both of which starred Michael Sheen [...]

by Brad Brevet 18 Comments
Posted March 10th 2010 at 1:43 PM

So I am buying a new TV this weekend. Going from 42" to, most likely, 50" and just as I am researching information Blu-ray.com reveals a bunch of information related to the debut of 3D televisions on the consumer market. Here are a few snippets related to Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. PANASONIC: Panasonic's Full HD [...]

by David Frank 9 Comments
Posted February 2nd 2010 at 1:56 PM

Season Six Approaches and You Can Keep Me 'Lost'

The final season of "Lost" arrives, and we're promised answers by the minute. No. Nuke that. Rewind. We demand answers by the minute. "Lost" has only churned out 9 million unanswered riddles over the last five seasons, so it'll need to spit out answers at a rocket pace with only 18 episodes left. We must [...]

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