I have a problem. Every year, when it comes time for a large awards show (which in my mind includes only the Emmys, the Golden Globes, and the Oscars. Grammys are a waste of time, energy, and gold plating), I get angry. When nominees are released, I tend to read the first time through with …
In a pre Breaking-Bad summer where exceptional shows like Mad Men and Game of Thrones come but once a week, alot of viewers are left with fantastic amounts of time to invest in great programming. So for whoever’s got the time here are the 5 best experiences British television has to offer. Each entry has …
The Following, Season 1, Episode 5: “The Siege” Written by Rebecca Dameron Directed by Phil Abraham Airs Mondays at 9pm (ET) on FOX Dammit, dammit, dammit for speaking too soon. Last week’s episode of The Following impressed by transforming its serial killers with mopey Dawson-faces into libidinous psychos worth fearing—but here the experiment ingloriously fades, …
Stand Up Guys Directed by Fisher Stevens Written by Noah Haidle USA, 2013 Embarrassment sets in after roughly 15 minutes of Stand Up Guys, not so much for its stars, Al Pacino and Christopher Walken, going through the motions of hacky jokes about how good the old days were. Instead, the kind of awkward feeling …
The Return of Arrested Development Nobody was really paying attention to Netflix’s talk about ‘original programming’ until they snatched up the rights to Mitch Hurwitz’s classic family sitcom, bringing it back for a fourth season after more than half a decade off the air. The details of the season are being kept under wraps for …
10. (tie) The Thick of It Is there a better tonic for election-year hype than an Armando Iannucci series? The apparently-final series of the show that made Iannucci’s name, The Thick Of It, upped the ante on its pitch-black style, stripping nearly all of its characters of any remaining semblances of humanity and daring us …
When it came to devising a list of what I felt were the top ten Television shows of 2012 I contemplated sticking with the theme of “Hey You Geeks!!” and centering the list solely on the best sci-fi and nerd related shows on TV. I generally group “Geek TV” into a segment of shows exclusively …
Whether you own a TV or simply rely on the web, it should be clear by the barrage of advertising that holiday shopping season has once again fallen upon us. Maybe you’re one of those who stumbled out of your post Thanksgiving tryptophan-coma at 4am yesterday for some Walking Dead style survival drills at your …
Lincoln Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Tony Kushner USA, 2012 The American political system is hopelessly fractured. Its legislators are viciously divided on how to govern the nation. The president, about to begin his second term in office on a groundswell of grassroots public support, is either too much or not enough of a …
Little Red Wagon Directed by David Anspaugh Written by Patrick Sheane Duncan USA, 2012 In many ways, the true story of Zach Bonner, the protagonist of the new family drama Little Red Wagon, is a crying shame. No doubt, his determination to help out as many homeless families in Florida as possible is admirable and …
Argo Directed by Ben Affleck Written by Chris Terrio USA, 2012 Improbably, Ben Affleck has turned his career around in the last few years from the pit where such cinematic embarrassments as Gigli and Daredevil forever reside. He’s essentially transformed himself from a tabloid cover-star into a poised actor-director who subscribes to the “Hollywood doesn’t …
The Tumblr round-up is a compilation of images, links, posters, stories, videos and so on, taken from the Sound On Sight Tumblr account. We simply do not have the man power nor time to write articles on every interesting movie related goody we find, so this is our way of still promoting some of the …
The Tumblr round-up is a compilation of images, links, posters, stories, videos and so on, taken from the Sound On Sight Tumblr account. We simply do not have the man power nor time to write articles on every interesting movie related goody we find, so this is our way of still promoting some of the …
Ian Glaubinger created this concept illustration for Breaking Bad: The Animated Series, which premiered at The Breaking Bad Art Project at Gallery1988. via Justin Vactor ****
Breaking Bad, Season 5, Episode 8: “Gliding Over All” Written by Moira Walley-Beckett Directed by Michelle MacLaren Airs Sundays at 10pm ET of AMC At this point in its run, it’s plain that there is no better-made show around than Breaking Bad. In terms of its distinctive visual universe, its brilliant performances, its clever, ticksy …
Breaking Bad, Season 5, Episode 7: “Say My Name” Written by Thomas Schnauz Directed by Thomas Schnauz Airs Sundays at 10pm ET on AMC Death, and endings: let’s talk about them. Even before we see the gun in Mike’s getaway bag, it seems inevitable: Mr. Ehrmantraut is not much longer for this world. Mike spends …
Breaking Bad, Season 5, Episode 6: “Buyout” Written by Gennifer Hutchison Directed by Colin Bucksey Airs Sundays at 10pm ET on AMC Due to life constraints, the recap’s a little late and a little brief. Apologies; expect a beefier take next week for the penultimate episode. Season Five hits a bit of a pacing snag …
Breaking Bad, Season 5, Episode 5: “Dead Freight” Written by George Mastras Directed by George Mastras Airs Sundays at 10pm ET on AMC Remember “Live Free or Die,” the fifth-season premiere of Breaking Bad, and its nifty but slight little magnet-powered heist? In retrospect, that was little more than a dry run for ‘Dead Freight,” …
Breaking Bad, Season 5, Episode 4: “Fifty-One” Written by Sam Catlin Directed by Rian Johnson Airs Sundays at 10pm ET on AMC How criminal is it that Anna Gunn has largely been left out of the accolades Breaking Bad has received over the years, only earning her first Emmy nod this year? Skyler White has …
Breaking Bad, Season 5, Episode 3: “Hazard Pay” Written by Peter Gould Directed by Adam Bernstein Airs Sundays at 10pm ET on AMC “Hazard Pay” is a classic get-the-pieces-moving episode, of the sort that serialized dramas generally need to make their season arcs tick. In other words, it’s not likely to be recalled as “the …
Breaking Bad, Season 5, Episode 1: “Live Free or Die” Written by Vince Gilligan Directed by Michael Slovis Airs Sundays at 10pm ET on AMC And so the end begins. The most acclaimed drama around kicks off its last, bipartite season with…a scene in a Denny’s. More specifically, a flashforward, one which sees our esteemed …
The Walking Dead, Season 2, Episode 9: “18 Miles Out” Written by Glen Mazzara and Scott M. Gimple Directed by Ernest Dickerson Airs Sundays at 10pm ET on AMC Simon Howell: “Triggerfinger” was emphatically not good television, with its many illogical character beats and frustrating sense of arrested development, so it;s no surprise that “18 …
If you haven’t yet watched Breaking Bad thank, you don’t know what you are missing. Created and produced by Vince Gilligan, the hit AMC series has received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its writing, cinematography, and the acting ability of its cast. The series has won six Emmy Awards—including three consecutive wins for Lead Actor …