FX With Shōgun set to unleash a sprawling samurai epic on FX that critics are already favorably calling the next Game of Thrones, the show will no doubt raise questions about its historical accuracy. Based on the 1975 best-selling novel by James Clavell, the story behind Shōgun has an interesting beginning that is actually inspired … Read more
FX Nearly half a century since James Clavell’s best-selling epic was published, and 44 years since it became the second most-watched miniseries of the 1980s, a new take on Shogun is hoping to prove event television can still exist in the streaming age. If early reviews are any indication, that effort is a success. Tapping … Read more
“As they say in the Bible, you’re screwed.” – Raylan Givens and his hat (which already got dusty on a Detroit street) and swagger are officially back. As seen in the above trailer for Justified: City Primeval, those words come from Elmore Leonard’s arguably most beloved protagonist of all time, and we are blessed enough … Read more
Getty Image After FX aired its recent documentary, Dear Mama: The Saga Of Afeni & Tupac Shakur, other musicians are chiming in with their thoughts about the portrayal of the late musician. One of which is Chance The Rapper, who took to Twitter to express his love for the series. “Did y’all watch the Tupac … Read more
FX During last night’s Oscars ceremony, FX dropped a full first teaser for The Bear, which makes sense, given that the pressure-cooker show became a sleeper hit with people clamoring for Season 2 (now arriving in June). However, the network also did back up to provide a preview sizzle reel of sorts, which means that … Read more
Getty Image Los Angeles basketball is seeing a sudden boom on the small screen, with a number of series on the Lakers in production or recently premiering, headlined by HBO’s controversial yet highly entertaining Winning Time. On Monday, word broke that L.A.’s other team is getting a limited series of its own, although one that … Read more
While early 2022 was the time for true-crime series about scammers, spring 2022 will unofficially be known as the season of true crime mini-series focused on small-town murders. The trailer for FX’s latest mini-series Under The Banner Of Heaven just dropped, featuring Andrew Garfield in what will surely be one of his best roles of … Read more
It’s not that Andrew Garfield went anywhere (he’s fantastic in Martin Scorsese’s Silence and David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake), but he’s suddenly everywhere. Here he is reprising his role as Spider-Man in one of the highest-grossing movies of all-time; here he is getting nominated for an Oscar for tick, tick… BOOM!; and here … Read more