Compliments to Your Show

      Inspired by: Lawless , a series collaboration between ADN (the real "Alaska Daily") & ProPublica that focuses on exposing sexual violence across Alaska Created by: Tom McCarthy Starring: Hilary Swank (Eileen), Jeff Perry (Stanley), Grace Dove (Roz), Meredith Holzman (Claire), Matt Malloy (Bob), Pablo Castelblanco (Gabriel), Ami Park (Yuna), Craig Frank (Austin)  Season 1 Trailer: This show was both vastly entertaining and  an incredibly important story to tell.  Not gonna lie-- it also kinda let me feel like I was back in Alaska. As I finish up my MA program in Arizona (where I am currently as I write this), I miss that state, which is one of the places where I felt the most at home.  I also feel something of a passion for the issues of human trafficking and sexual assault, and Alaska is a hotspot for both. Being located in a convenient geographical location between Russia, Japan, and the Unit...

  Based on: 2012 Shadow and Bone  book trilogy & 2015 Six of Crows  duology by Leigh Bardugo Developed by: Eric Heisserer Starring: Jessie Mei Li (Alina), Archie Renaux (Mal), Freddy Carter (Kaz), Amita Suman (Inej), Kit Young (Jesper), Ben Barnes (Kirigan/The Darkling), Zoë Wanamaker (Baghra), Patrick Gibson (Nikolai), Daisy Head (Genya), Danielle Galligan (Nina), Calahan Skogman (Matthias), Lewis Tan (Tolya), Jack Wolfe (Wylan), Anna Leong Brophy (Tamar)  Season 2 trailer: Season 2 of Shadow and Bone  did exactly what sophomore TV seasons are supposed to do but so rarely achieve: it took the characters and world introduced in season 1 and built  upon them, deepened  the characters, and gave everyone richer  motivations and goals to pursue.  I don't usually even expect it nowadays. I don't know what the reason is; whether episodes are pumped out so mechanically by streaming...

      Based on: 1972 series of the same name by Ed Spielman, Jerry Thorpe, and Herman Miller Developed by: Christina M. Kim Executive Producers: David Madden, Martin Gero, Sarah Schechter, Christina M. Kim, Greg Berlanti, Robert Berens Starring: Olivia Liang (Nicky), Kheng Hua Tan (Mei-Li), Eddie Liu (Henry), Shannon Dang (Althea), Jon Prasida (Ryan), Gavin Stenhouse (Evan), Vanessa Kai (Pei-Ling), Tony Chung (Dennis), Tzi Ma (Jin), Yvonne Chapman (Zhilan), JB Tadena (Sebastian) Season 3 trailer: I'm proud to say this show hasn't dropped in quality over any of its three seasons!  The series stars Nicky, a young Chinese-American woman who studies Kung Fu for three years in China before returning to her family in San Francisco, where she and her friends fight local corruption. Since establishing these roots in season 1, the show has grown and matured by giving its initial antagonist Zhilan an impressive r...

  Based on: 2013 video game of the same name by Naughty Dog Written & Created by: Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann Starring: Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie) I was pretty interested in this series based on the hype around the video game, and wow, the hype was so right!   I'm not usually into zombie shows, so I'm glad I knew very little of this series going in. I only knew that people loved it and that it dealt with apocalyptic fiction. That's about it. I might have been more trepid if I knew from the beginning that it was a zombie show, but going in with much more open arms, I quickly came to understand that it actually deals little with the zombies. (At least, the show does. I've read that the game has more action, but that's appropriate for the different platform.)  The show is about Joel, a smuggler, who's tasked with delivering Ellie through dangerous wilderness to another group. Things obviously go wrong, and Joel ends up stuck with E...

     Created & Executive Produced by: Jantje Friese & Baran bo Odar Written by: Jantje Friese, Dario Madrona López Gallego, Emma Ko, Jerome Bucchan-Nelson, Juliana Lima Dehne, Emil Nygaard Albertsen Starring: *deep breath*  Emily Beecham (Maura), Aneurin Barnard (Daniel Solace), Andreas Pietschmann (Eyk Larsen), Miguel Bernardeau (Ángel), José Pimentão (Ramiro), Isabella Wei (Ling Yi), Gabby Wong (Yuk Je), Yann Gael (Jérôme), Mathilde Ollivier (Clémence), Jonas Bloquet (Lucien), Rosalie Craig (Virginia Wilson), Maciej Musiał (Olek), Clara Rosager (Tove), Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (Krester), Maria Erwolter (Iben), Alexandre Willaume (Anker), Tino Mewes (Sebastian), Isaak Dentler (Franz), Fflyn Edwards (Elliot/"the boy"), Anton Lesser (Henry)  When I watched the trailer for this series, I saw altered reality and what appeared to be alternate dimensions... both in ...

   Based on: Prequel to the 2018 Paramount series Yellowstone   Created by: Taylor Sheridan Starring: Helen Mirren (Cara Dutton), Harrison Ford (Jacob Dutton), Brandon Sklenar (Spencer Dutton), Julia Schlaepfer (Alexandra), Jerome Flynn (Banner), Darren Mann (Jack Dutton), Isabel May (the narrator, Elsa), Brian Geraghty (Zane), Aminah Nieves (Teonna), Michelle Randolph (Liz), Timothy Dalton (Donald Whitfield) I decided to try this series just because I had heard of the massive popularity of Yellowstone  and I wanted to get a taste of the hype without having to sign myself for several seasons.  And man , am I so glad I did!! This show didn't even contain any of special "biases" that draw me into a show--no sci-fi/fantasy, no Asian or foreign cultures. Sheridan drew me in with pure excellent writing and acting.  There's no point in this first season when I felt bored or like I was "enduring" a scene to get to better par...