It’s been a great year for television and, similarly to film, has been enjoyably eclectic. With great shows comes great characters (you’d hope) and 2014 was full of them. So here is my narrowed down list of 21 characters who stole scenes this year, in no particular order.
SAG Awards: 2015 Nominees List is here
If you have been denying that Awards Season isn’t already in full swing the past couple weeks like me, you can’t deny it any longer. The Fault in Our Stars‘ Ansel Elgort and Eva Longoria announced the nominees for the 21st…
TV Review: HBO’s True Detective 1×5, “The Secret Fate of All Life”
It all comes down to string theory. But, as Detective Papania says, “that’s over my head.” Rustin Cohle attempts to explain membrane theory to Papania and Gilbough, and if you pay attention I suspect that his explanation possesses all of…
TV Review: HBO’s True Detective 1×4, “Who Goes There”
Three words: Cary Joji Fukunaga. I have spent a lot of time in my reviews for True Detective thus far discussing the work of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson and the nature of the characters they play, and indeed there…
TV News: HBO Extends Deal With “True Detective” Creator
It’s official, “True Detective” is a home run for HBO. Not only is it critically acclaimed, but, according to Deadline, the show’s debut episode had the best rating for any premiere in the last three years. The new series pulled in…
TV Review: HBO’s True Detective 1×1 and 1×2, “The Long Bright Dark” and “Seeing Things”
True Detective, the new drama series that premiered on HBO last Sunday, January 12th, marks a new step forward in the network’s storied history of highly ambitious works of television. From The Sopranos to The Wire to In Treatment, perhaps…