Tag: The Americans
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2018 Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series Emmy Predictions
The big question is whether Emilia Clarke will actually make the jump from the supporting to lead actress category. If she does that likely means Mandy Moore is on the outside looking in. Viola Davis has been nominated two straight years and we expect her to make the cut once again. However, if not Clarke…
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‘True Detective Season 3’: Director Jeremy Saulnier Departs After Two Episodes
Jeremy Saulnier, who was previously announced as the sole director of “True Detective” season three, has departed the show after two episodes. Variety reports that the “Blue Ruin” and “Green Room” helmer had to leave the HBO drama due to scheduling conflicts after production took longer than anticipated and that Daniel Sackheim and series creator…
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‘True Detective’ Drama: ‘Green Room’ Director Exits After 2 Episodes
After a clunky sophomore effort, HBO’s “True Detective” series from creator Nic Pizzolatto is looking for redemption in season three. Part of that narrative was hiring a critically-acclaimed indie auteur in “Green Room” director Jeremy Saulnier to help lead the show visually. But two episodes into the new season, Saulnier is exiting the show to…
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‘The Americans’ Premiere Review: Who Will Survive the Final Season and All the Music From Episode 1
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Americans” Season 6, Episode 1, “Dead Hand.”]“The Americans” kicked off its final season with an aptly tense hour of establishment, table-setting, and genuine conflict. Elizabeth (Keri Russell) is burning the candle at both ends by pulling double duty as a spy — now that her partner…
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‘The Americans’ Season 6 Is A Worthy Ending To One Of The Decade’s Best Series [Review]
Despite all the numerous wigs, elaborate disguises and covert missions, “The Americans” has never really been about espionage or even the tensions between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the 1980s. Instead, when you strip all of that away, it’s simply about a marriage: one that just happens to be between two Russian spies in the…
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The TV Shows Leaving Netflix at the End of March, and the Best Episodes of Each
It’s the Ides of March, and already Netflix has come to bury Caesar. That is to say, the streaming service has already made headway in phasing out some of its best acquired TV shows before even reaching the halfway point in the month: On March 14, seven seasons of Fxx’s animated comedy “Archer” left Netflix.“Archer”…
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‘The Americans’ Season 6 Trailer: Cold War Spy Thriller Makes The Final Curtain Call
All good things must come to an end. And so it goes for “The Americans,” FX’s critically-acclaimed series, set in the 1980s, about two Soviet spies living undercover in Washington D.C. (insert obvious Trump joke) will begin airing its sixth and final season this March. Though each season so far has run for 13 episodes,…