The Many Saints of Newark was a risky proposition from the get-go. To follow up something as beloved and intricately constructed as The Sopranos is one of the clearest examples of a fool’s errand imaginable. It becomes greater in the wake of El Camino, which added nothing to Breaking Bad and ruine...
Read MoreThe Many Saints of Newark is coming at a serendipitous time for me. From late April into early May of this year, I finally watched The Sopranos. (I’m not sure how an Italian from Staten Island avoided it for so long, but here we are.) It was one of those rare instances where mountains of … ...
Read MoreThe Defenders may be returning, but not quite as we know them. According to That Hashtag Show, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and the Punisher will show up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and they’ll be played by Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, and Jon Bernthal, as they were on their Netflix series. Vin...
Read MoreJames Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari is a red-blooded American movie, a celebration of a man’s drive to pursue his passion with everything he’s got, a lamentation on the corporate world’s determination to break the spirit of the individual, and the satisfaction in knowing you can d...
Read MoreMarvel’s deadliest antihero is back to punish the guilty, as Netflix has released a teaser for season 2 of The Punisher. The Punisher teaser features Frank Castle and his season one nemesis Billy Russo (who will likely go by “Jigsaw” when next we see him) preparing to go to war with each other...
Read MoreSweet Virginia is an indie thriller starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, and Imogen Poots. It centers around Sam (Bernthal), manager of the Sweet Virginia Hotel. After a horrific shooting takes place in his small town, he befriends a strange man who happens to be staying at his establishment, ...
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