The animation in all eight offerings in season two is well above average, ranging from a marvelously stylistic 2-D “Ice” to sly caricatures in “Automated Customer Service” to a gritty hyperrealism in “Pop Squad” or “Life Hutch”. The stories themselves had plotlines familiar to SF fans—robot uprisings, grim cops in dystopian cultures, immortality in a …
The Expanse Executive producers Naren Shankar, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Sean Daniel, Jason F. Brown, Sharon Hall, Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, & Dan Nowak Producers Lynn Raynor, Jason Ning, Robin Veith, Ben Cook, Ben Roberts, Manny Danelon, Alan Di Fiore, Lewin Webb, Robert Munroe, Steven Strait Production locations Toronto, …
Based on The Stand by Stephen King Developed by Josh Boone & Benjamin Cavell Executive producers Benjamin Cavell, Taylor Elmore, Josh Boone, Will Weiske, Jimmy Miller, Roy Lee, Richard P. Rubinstein Producers Stephen Welke, Jill Killington, Knate Lee, Owen King Production locations British Columbia, Canada James Marsden as Stu Redman Odessa Young as Frannie Goldsmith …
The Undoing Created by David E. Kelley Based on You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz Written by David E. Kelley Directed by Susanne Bier Starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Édgar Ramírez, Noah Jupe, Lily Rabe, Matilda De Angelis, Ismael Cruz, Córdova, Edan Alexander, Michael Devine, Donald Sutherland Music by Evgueni Galperine and Sacha …
Trickster Created by Michelle Latimer & Tony Elliott Based on Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson Directed by Michelle Latimer Starring Joel Oulette, Crystle Lightning, Craig Lauzon, Anna Lambe Take a disaffected high school boy with a messed-up home life and few prospects. Have him discover one day that he has special powers that …
Utopia Note: Since I plan to discuss the nature of the conspiracy that is central to the story only read to the double line and no further if you don’t want any plot spoilers. Created by Dennis Kelly Based on An original idea by Huw Kennair-Jones, Mark Aldridge, & Clare McDonald Written by Dennis Kelly …
The Boys, season 2 Based on The Boys by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson Producer(s) Hartley Gorenstein & Gabriel Garcia Developed by Eric Kripke Starring Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford. Tomer Kapon, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, Elisabeth Shue, Colby Minifie, Aya Cash I …
iZOMBIE Based on iZOMBIE by Chris Roberson & Mike Allred Developed by Rob Thomas & Diane Ruggiero-Wright Starring Rose McIver; Malcolm Goodwin; Rahul Kohli; Robert Buckley; David Anders; Aly Michalka; Robert Knepper; Bryce Hodgson Narrated by Rose McIver Opening theme “Stop, I’m Already Dead” by Deadboy & the Elephantmen It’s a bit weird reviewing a …
Umbrella Academy Season 2 Created by Steve Blackman Based on The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá Developed by Jeremy Slater Starring Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin …
Japan Sinks:2020 Per Wikipedia: Japan Sinks: 2020, was animated by Science Saru, with Pyeon-Gang Ho serving as the series’ director and Masaaki Yuasa as director. Toshio Yoshitaka handled series composition, Naoya Wada designed the characters, and Kensuke Ushio composed the series’ music. Yuko Sasaki, Reina Ueda and Tomo Muranaka are credited with starring roles. It …