The Gilded Age Season 2 Review: Jullian Fellowes’ Period Drama Won’t Interrogate Its Subjects
The second season of The Gilded Age proves showrunner Julian Fellowes is incapable of telling this story with the gravitas and truth it requires.
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey: A New Era Review – Change (Sort of) Comes Calling
Downton: Abbey: A New Era offers more for fans to love, including a very funny play between the advent of sound cinema and Downton's need to change.
The Gilded Age Episode 1.07 Review
Why is The Gilded Age’s chief scribe reluctant to lampoon his characters who actively uphold and benefit from a privileged society?
The Gilded Age Review: Episode 1.06
The Gilded Age Episode 6 opens upon the wreckage of a train derailment. Akash Singh leads us through where things go from there.
The Gilded Age Review: Episode 1.05
The Gilded Age is, at its core, a story of hypocrisy, but can audiences count on Julian Fellowes to deliver the full critique?
The Gilded Age Review: Episode 1.04
The Gilded Age is an exquisitely designed and barbarous soap opera and, in that vein, it is often remarkably unsubtle.
Downton Abbey: A New Era Trailer Is Here!
The latest Downton Abbey: A New Era trailer is here, with its delightful GOWNS and that theme song we all know by heart.
Downton Abbey Review: A Return to Form for the Hit Series
They say it’s a Golden Age for television, but the Downton Abbey movie proves that the big screen still reigns supreme.
Interview: Theo James
We talk to Theo James, leading man of the next big YA novel adaptation Divergent about his character’s internal struggles, what being in a franchise could mean for his career, his fears of being objectified, why people seem to be drawn to dystopian narratives, and why he approaches every job the same way regardless of size or potential success.
Game of Thrones Episode 3.8 Recap
It’s wedding season in the seven kingdoms as the first of four planned nuptials finally gets underway. Much of this week’s episode, “Second Sons," concerns the union of Sansa and Tyrion, which turns out to be exactly as sad and awkward as you would expect a forced wedding between a middle-aged dwarf and a 14-year-old girl to be.
Game of Thrones Episode 3.7 Recap
In "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" it’s couples night in Westeros as we gear up for no less than three weddings. Sadly, it seems that the awards for happiest couple can go to several candidates other than the betrothed.
Game of Thrones Episode 3.5 Recap
Last week’s episode ended on a high point for the series, as Daenerys acquired an army of Unsullied and burned Astapor from the inside out with the help of her dragons. This week's episode, appropriately titled "Kissed by Fire," begins with just as much energy and a healthy helping of fire to boot.
Game of Thrones Episode 3.4 Recap
Titled “And Now His Watch Is Ended,” the fourth episode of Game of Thrones’ third season is by far the busiest and best episode we’ve seen yet. It could well represent a turning point for the season, which until this point has sort of oozed along in a relatively disjointed fashion.
Game of Thrones Episode 3.3 Recap
Viewers attempting to detect any overarching themes or internal consistency in episode three of season three of Game of Thrones, entitled "Walk of Punishment," might be left stumped. Sort of like Jaime Lannister.
Game of Thrones Episode 3.2 Recap
In “Dark Winds, Dark Words”, the action is mercifully contained in Westeros. I’ve been critical of the show so far this season for struggling to juggle the myriad plots, characters and locales, but this episode did a relatively strong job of weaving everything together.
