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The Emmy Fyc Season That Wasn’t
It was the evening of Friday, March 13, 2020 that I went to my first — and only — Fyc event of the Emmy season. It was for “Westworld,” and it took place at the Saban Media Center at the Television Academy Campus in North Hollywood.There was a Q&a with the cast, and I was […]
Continue readingThandie Newton Shares Her ‘Nightmare’ Tom Cruise Story from ‘Mission: Impossible 2’
Thandie Newton holds nothing back in a new Vulture interview covering her nearly three decades as a working actress. Newton gets brutally honest about a handful of career-defining projects, from her growing frustrations over “Westworld” to her issues filming the sexual assault scene in “Crash,” and one of Newton’s most notable stories involves the making […]
Continue reading‘Fallout’ TV Series Coming to Amazon From ‘Westworld’ Creators
War. War never changes. But the television landscape sure does, because the thought of a show based on the Fallout video game series seemed downright impossible when the franchise debuted in 1997. But here we are: it’s 2020 and Amazon is bringing the post-apocalyptic science fiction story to the small screen, with Westworld creators Jonathan […]
Continue reading‘Westworld’ Creators Adapting ‘Fallout’ Video Game Franchise For A New Amazon Series
“Westworld” may continue to become the source of much debate amongst TV fans, with its seasons varying greatly in both quality and story. But that doesn’t mean that creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are any less in-demand in Hollywood. And it appears that they’re about to begin work on a brand-new series based on […]
Continue readingCannes: Claire Foy Nabs Lead for Horror Pic ‘Dust’
The Crown star Claire Foy has nabbed the lead in the psychological horror film Dust.Will Joines and Westworld writer Karrie Crouse, who previously worked together on the short film Pilgrim Song, will direct from a script that Crouse wrote.Dust will portray a horrific dust storm in 1930s Oklahoma that envelops a young mother haunted by […]
Continue reading‘Westworld’ Season 3 Episode 8 Recap: A Grand Finale
Well Westworld Season 3, it’s been a wild journey that’s for sure. The HBO series essentially rebooted itself this year with an eight-episode venture outside the parks, as Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) enacted her plan to kill all humans, Maeve (Thandie Newton) decided to stop her for some reason, and Bernard (Jeffrey Wright)… well, Bernard […]
Continue reading‘Westworld’ Review: Episode 7 Struggles to Introduce the Human Element of a Robotic War
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Westworld” Season 3, Episode 7, “Passed Pawn.”]Aaron Paul is staring directly into the camera. Tears are filling his eyes. But he isn’t talking to the viewer. Not really. He’s not really talking to anyone. The former “Breaking Bad” star is straining to convey the pain his “Westworld” […]
Continue reading‘Westworld’ Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: Here We Go Again
After last week’s Westworld drew clear battle lines and set Halores (Tessa Thompson) on a course for vengeance, in Season 3’s penultimate episode we get… a Caleb (Aaron Paul) origin story. To be fair, it’s intertwined with some backstory on Rehoboam and Serac’s (Vincent Cassel) brother, but by and large we’re taking a detour at […]
Continue readingWhat Happened This Week on ‘Westworld’ Season 3: “Decoherence”
There are only two more episodes of Westworld season 3 left after this ep, and honestly…I’m ready to pull the plug. I won’t, of course – I’ll still be reviewing the final two episodes. But after this latest adventure into Westworld, “Decoherence”, I can confidently say that Westworld season 3 is a wash. In fact, […]
Continue reading‘Westworld’ Review: Episode 6 Puts Two Powerful Women on Opposite Tracks — Spoilers
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Westworld” Season 3, Episode 6, “Decoherence.”]An eye-rolling tease and a sigh of relief define Episode 6, “Decoherence” — a drawn-out hour of due diligence on behalf of writers Suzanne Wrubel and Lisa Joy, where characters do what they must to set up what’s next while slogging through […]
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