“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” have won the top feature film trophies at the seventh annual Location Managers Guild International Awards.Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” won the award for outstanding locations in a period film, and Joe Talbot’s “The ‘Last Black Man in […]
Continue reading[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Perry Mason” Season 1, Episode 8, “Chapter 8,” including the ending.]I hate the “Perry Mason” moment. Growing up the son of a small town defense attorney, nothing would grind my father’s gears like seeing a TV lawyer badger their witness into an admission of guilt, or suddenly […]
Continue readingEven prior the pandemic, Technicolor was developing a new mobile post suite app called TechStream, because remote color timing and sound mixing — particularly for episodic TV — had become too expensive and inconvenient. Fortunately, for HBO’s “Perry Mason,” TechStream was launched just in time to finish the Depression-era origin story, starring Matthew Rhys as […]
Continue readingDoppelgänger TV shows happen all the time. Series with similar set-ups, themes, or plotlines go head-to-head and, sometimes, only one survives — like in 2006, when two shows about the making of a fictional “SNL” squared off, and “30 Rock” trounced “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” Other dueling dualities both thrive, like “ER” and […]
Continue readingThere’s nothing like an awful, brutal tragedy to unite people in fascinated horror, and poor Emily (Gayle Rankin) finds herself at the center of the resulting maelstrom in Episode 3 of Perry Mason. After her arrest at the end of last week’s episode, her fate has become more than just a trial, as district attorney […]
Continue readingHBO’s “Perry Mason” is proving to be stacked both behind and in front of the camera, and fans are finally being treated to a first look. Matthew Rhys brings author Erle Stanley Gardner’s criminal defense lawyer Perry Mason to life. Rhys, who is probably most well-known for starring in the FX smash hit “The Americans,” […]
Continue readingOn Tuesday, HBO released an intriguing teaser trailer for the upcoming limited series Perry Mason . The forthcoming limited series, which stars Matthew Rhys and counts Robert Downey Jr. among its roster of producers, is an update on the Perry Mason TV series which ran from 1957 to 1966. This new teaser arrives after an […]
Continue readingTeam Downey is going to focus on TV at HBO.Robert Downey Jr. and his wife and producing partner Susan Downey have signed a one-year, first-look deal with the premium cable network. The company, which next has Matthew Rhys vehicle Perry Mason bowing this year, will create and develop new projects for HBO.”HBO provided a happy […]
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