westworld
HBO has pulled the plug on Westworld. Created by husband-and-wife showrunners Jonah Nolan and Lisa Joy, the sci-fi series, an adaptation of the 1973 film written and directed by Michael Crichton, premiered in 2016 to critical acclaim. Back in August, Westworld wrapped its fourth season, which many critics had considered a return to form following two mediocre […]
Spoilers for Westworld Season 4 below. Jeffrey Wright, in many ways, is the beating heart of Westworld. Throughout the HBO series, Wright’s Bernard Lowe serves as an empathic go-between in the worlds of both humans and robots, able to understand the wants of both. As the series expanded its worldview, Bernard turned into a reluctant hero, having power thrust […]
Fourth of July weekend is historically one of the biggest pop culture weekends of the year—especially for movies—but unless you’re a parent or a huge Minions fan, you’re likely not headed to the cinemas this weekend. While Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis continue to set the box office ablaze, the weekend is pretty light on […]
What is Westworld now? The high-profile HBO series created by husband-and-wife showrunners Jonah Nolan and Lisa Joy was once hailed as the successor to the HBO Sunday throne. But throughout a few rocky seasons—the less said about the unevenness of Season 2, the better, and I challenge you to remember anything about the interlocking intricacy […]
It’s official. Westworld star James Marsden will return in the show’s upcoming fourth season. The news was revealed over the weekend at ATX Festival at the Paramount Theater, where co-creator Lisa Joy was joined by cast members from the HBO series, including Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Hemsworth, and more. During the panel, the actor who played Teddy in Seasons 1 and 2 of Westworld surprised fans […]
“Does Westworld lowkey suck? I’m never sure.” My co-worker’s tweet summed up the weekly conundrum that comes with watching this show in a succinct 45 characters. In the beginning, the matter of its quality wasn’t so unclear. Not just the beginning of the series—which, regardless of your mileage on what came after, is a Hall of […]
The quarantine may have slowed our theater consumption to a halt, at least there’s all kinds of TV to watch. This week, Frazier and Khal are joined by Angel Diaz talking FX’s DAVE on the path to beat Atlanta‘s viewer numbers, the latest films that Hollywood studios have had to push back, and Twin Peaks on its […]
Stuck inside and need a bowl of hot goss to tide you over? Adam Pally, star of NBC’s hilarious Indebted as well as the cult-classic Happy Endings, sits down with Frazier and Khal to talk his character’s cool dad swag, getting lit with the legend Fran Drescher, and what it was like punching Baby Yoda. Frazier […]
It’s game time! After a fantastic Season 1 finale of USA’s Dare Me, we have Australia’s own Marlo Kelly diving into all of the broken teeth, bow and arrows, and drama going down at Sutton Grove High School. Editor-in-Chief Damien Scott returns to the pod to talk about the finale of HBO’s The Outsider, if […]
Anticipation for Westworld‘s return is getting stronger. Shortly after HBO released the official trailer for season 3, several die-hard fans came across a set of hidden trailers on the series’ viral marketing website. Reddit user MTC_Chickpea was among the first people to point out the videos, which were discovered on the site for Incite Inc., a fictional […]
