George Martin recently shared some intriguing tidbits about what we can expect with the Game of Thrones prequel from screenwriter Jane Goldman that’s currently in production for the pilot episode. As we shared here, Martin gave an interview in which he talked about everything from the lay of the land and what characters we can …
It’s only been about two months since Game of Thrones aired the series finale capping the controversial eighth and final season of the show, and the strong feelings about its resolution haven’t died down too much since then. For evidence, look no farther than a simple Google search for the phrase “bad writers,” which still …
Filming has begun in Northern Ireland for HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series. It’s been a bit of a mystery up to this point, with the cable network having confirmed some cast members’ names … and not much else about the show or its story. We do know it’s set in a very different Westeros …
Season 8’s shortcomings notwithstanding, HBO’s Game of Thrones was a landmark moment in popular culture whose influence is so pervasive it will remain a standard that other series are compared to for years to come. That includes HBO’s own GoT prequel series which has just started filming and will carry forward at least the televised …
The modern TV landscape is starting to generate something of a first world problem among some harried viewers increasingly faced with a perplexing dilemma. Shows with runtimes of less than an hour seem to be few and far between these days. Thanks to Netflix and its fellow streamers, among other purveyors of prestige TV on …
This is 2019, so, of course, selfie culture being what it is there’s been a spike in tourism to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster — thanks to HBO’s critically acclaimed miniseries retelling the story that’s quickly become of the best TV series of the year thus far. Indeed, Chernobyl is …
It’s been nearly a month since Game of Thrones season 8 ended, and fans probably hate the final season with just as much passion as they love the other seasons. But just when we thought we could put season 8 behind us and pretend it never happened, HBO came forward with some audacious submissions for …
HBO’s miniseries that retells the story of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster has quickly become one of the best TV series of the year so far, in addition to ranking as IMDB’s top-rated show — surpassing the usual suspects like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. The show, which offers a …
HBO’s recently-ended Chernobyl mini-series is easily one of the best shows of the year — and so much better than Game of Thrones season 8, by the way. The show tells the real story of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster as experienced by the ones who had to deal with the consequences. Unsurprisingly, Putin’s Russia doesn’t …
HBO has no choice but to defend the final season of Game of Thrones. But no matter what company executives say about what David Benioff and D.B. Weiss did with season 8, it won’t change how bad the final season was. I’ve said this before many times while talking about all the criticism surrounding season …
