Say what you will about the melodramatic, often episodic, and currently-stretched-thin writing of Taylor Sheridan, the multi-hyphenate Paramount+ impresario; not only does he know how to craft a gripping opening sequence, he knows how to elegantly employ it to launch…
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Rick Famuyiwa, the distinguished director of the chart-topping series The Mandalorian, has recently unveiled fascinating insights into the third season's narrative direction as per The Direct. With a focus on the character of Bo-Katan Kryze, masterfully portrayed by Katee Sackhoff,…
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**Note: The interviews heard in this episode of Templo Talk were recorded before the beginning of the SAG strike.** After five years and 50 episodes, it’s time to officially say goodbye to FX’s “Mayans M.C.” All throughout the final season,…
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Steven Soderbergh has been his ever-prolific self of late, with his limited series “Full Circle” premiering on Max last week and dropping yet another series, “Command Z,” exclusively on his website over the weekend. And NYC moviegoers lucky enough to be in the…
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Now 74, Samuel L. Jackson shows no signs no slowing down as an actor. After “Secret Invasion,” Jackson’s latest stint as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury, wraps next week, he’ll star again as Fury in “The Marvels” this Fall. After that,…
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Thought HBO’s acclaimed basketball, rise-of-the-LA Lakers series, “Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty,” was a one-off? Oh no, the series, from writer/director Adam McKay, a huge hoop dreams nut, is back for more. Still, it cautions: it takes…
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Obviously, Taylor Sheridan is the king of Paramount+. The creator of “Yellowstone” and seemingly a dozen other shows, Sheridan, was an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (“Sicario,” “Hell Or High Water”), but soon began growing by leaps and bounds, directing “Wind River”…
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The Horror of Dolores Roach appears to have carved a peculiar niche for itself in the horror-comedy category. The Prime Video series has been garnering attention with its chilling yet darkly humorous narrative. The Horror of Dolores Roach takes its…
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It’s tempting to find a larger meaning in the first on-screen nudity in the second season of “Minx.” You’d expect a show about a trailblazing fictional feminist porn mag that centers the female gaze—and the male member—to offer a glimpse…
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What happens after the Dark One is vanquished? Amazon’s “The Wheel of Time” returns with a world still plagued by evil. This time, Rand and his closest companions from Two Rivers find themselves apart; their distance creates the perfect opportunity…
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After the COVID crisis just three years ago, Hollywood is once again at a historic moment. Strikes by the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America have brought the production of anything narrative to a halt. Stars are…
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It's been eight years since Tyler James Williams made his exit from The Walking Dead, and fans are still not very happy with how it went down. In the fifth season of the popular zombie drama, Williams was introduced as…
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