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Citadel: Season 1

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Created by: Josh Appelbaum, Bryan Oh, David Weil Directed by: Newton Thomas Sigel & Jessica Yu Written by: David Well, Josh Appelbaum, Bryan Oh, David Weil, Melissa Glenn, Angela Russo-Otstot Starring:  Richard Madden (Mason Kane), Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Nadia Sinh), Ashleigh Cummings (Abby), Roland Møller (Anders), Osy Ikhile (Carter), Caoilinn Springall (Hendrix), Lesley Manville (Dahlia), Stanley Tucci (Bernard)  Citadel season 1 trailer: The word "enigma" has been used to describe Citadel  by some reviewers, and I have to agree.  And we're not talking about the story. Unfortunately, it's referring to behind the scenes shenanigans from the franchise's grandiose initial development to where it currently stands.  Citadel , at its basic level, is a spy thriller; Amazon's response to James Bond  or Mission: Impossible . Mason and Nadia are spies and ex-lovers for the global network, Citadel, which is something of a...

Love & Death

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  Based on:  Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs , 1984 book by Jim Atkinson and Joe Bob Briggs Created by: David E. Kelley  Written by: David E. Kelley  Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter & Clark Johnson Starring: Elizabeth Olsen (Candy Montgomery), Jesse Plemons (Allan Gore), Lily Rabe (Betty Gore), Patrick Fugit (Pat Montgomery), Krysten Ritter (Sherry Cleckler), Tom Pelphrey (Don Crowder), Elizabeth Marvel (Jackie Ponder), Keir Gilchrist (Ron Adams)  Love & Death miniseries trailer: This was another of those anomalies for me-- I'm usually not into true crime. But I feel like Elizabeth Olsen can do no wrong.  So far, she hasn't given me reason to doubt. I watched both this and Wind River  specifically for her, and each time, I've been impressed by both her performance and the story itself. Though I admit-- while I'm not into true crime, the idea of an affair turning into an axe murder is defin...

Mrs. Davis: Season 1

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Created by: Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof Written by:  Tara Hernandez, Damon Lindelof, Jason Lew, Alberto Roldán, Noelle Viñas, Jonny Sun, Nadra Widatalla, Jason Ning, Chikira Bennett Starring: Betty Gilpin (Sister Simone), Jake McDorman (Wiley), Andy McQueen (Jay) Mrs. Davis Season 1 trailer: Well that  was a ride.  Several reviews I've skimmed online have summed up its chaos succinctly in the first sentence with a simple synopsis, so I'll attempt to do the same: A nun uses her faith to battle a worldwide AI algorithm by finding and destroying the Holy Grail. Yes, that  Holy Grail.  To flesh things out a bit more, this AI--the titular Mrs. Davis--is something of a "Siri"- or "Alexa"- type assistant, except she's very smart, and her whole function is giving people advice. Mrs. Davis has been adopted ubiquitously by people across the globe, with few to no exceptions, other than this nun--Sister Simone. People basically go about their lives with an A...

DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Season 4

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Based on: characters from DC comics Developed by: Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Phil Klemmer Written by:  Phil Klemmer, Grainne Godfree, Keto Shimizu, Matthew Maala, James Eagan, Morgan Faust, Ray Utamachitt, Tyron B. Carter, Ubah Mohamed, Jackie Canino, Daphne Miles,  Starring:  Caity Lotz (Sara Lance), Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer/Atom), Amy Pemberton (Gideon), Dominic Purcell (Mick/Heat Wave), Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Charlie), Nick Zano (Nate/Steel), Tala Ashe (Zari), Jes Macallan (Ava), Matt Ryan (Constantine), Courtney Ford (Nora Darhk), Ramona Young (Mona), Adam Tsekhman (Gary) Legends of Tomorrow  season 4 trailer: Legends of Tomorrow  (or " Legends ") has always been a little more... wonky.  Another part of CW's "Arrowverse," the shared universe of DC-comic based TV series that began with Arrow  and span off of that, Legends  was one of the later series and is something of a ...