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When director Matt Reeves was writing “The Batman,” and effectively taking the franchise reigns with what was expected to be the first of a trilogy of films featuring Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader, he knew he wanted his Gotham to be a more grounded cinematic world. Inspired by the tone of Frank Miller’s comicbook series “Batman: Year One,” in which the chaotic real world of 1970s New York was a recognizable underpinning, Reeves wanted his Gotham to be recognizable to a modern audience — a direct reflection of our own broken and divisive times. That tone, more so than interlocking narrative, would be the glue.

It’s a vision Reeves had always imagined could neatly spin-off into an HBO-like series, especially when switching out of Batman’s point-of-view in the movies, and exploring the world through the eyes of one of the Rogues Gallery villains.

“They are, even more than Batman,...

Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane just added a medical menace to its staff: Jeremy Davies will portray the nefarious Dr. John Deegan in The CW’s upcoming DC crossover event that will draw Green Arrow, The Flash and Supergirl to Gotham City.

The annual DC/Wbtv crossover is a three-night event that kicks off with The Flash at 8 Pm on Sunday, December 9, followed by Arrow at 8 Pm December 10 and capped off with Supergirl on December 11.

Davies was a recent regular on Fox’s Sleepy Hollow. He also appeared in the season finale of the critically acclaimed Starz production of American Gods and in Showtime’s relaunch of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. He can be seen in November in Lars Von Trier’s The House That Jack Built.

Davies may be best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a rural Kentucky outlaw named Dickie Bennett on the F/X series Justified.

Gabriel Bergmoser Oct 9, 2017

After a premature ending, Hannibal season 4 is looking more like a possibility now. One fan speculates on what it might be...

That Hannibal survived as long as it did is a minor miracle. A baroque opera of a TV show packed with elaborate plot twists, psychological games, gore elevated to the level of art and pitch-black humour, Hannibal never should have been on network television. Perhaps its greatest tragedy is that NBC picked it up without truly knowing what they were going to get; a crime procedural based on an iconic property must have seemed a no brainer. Of course that was not accounting for the ways in which creator Bryan Fuller managed to take well-trodden material to stunning new heights, subverting the text while paying loving tribute to it and all the while forging a path all its own. Hannibal was unlike anything else on TV...

Robert Keeling Apr 25, 2017

Saluting the movie characters who make an impression, the minute they appear on the screen...

One thing that unites all of cinema’s most iconic characters is that they were able to make a memorable first impression. Whether it’s bursting onto the scene in a flurry of noise or slowly skulking their way into shot, there’s a fine art to ensuring a character makes an instant impact on screen. An iconic entrance is not just about a momentary impact however, it can also emphasise a character’s importance and help to cement their influence over the rest of the movie.

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There are any number of contributory factors that can be blended together in order to make an entrance truly memorable. These include the accompanying music, the choice of camera shot, the...

Seth Metoyer,

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This project keeps getting better and better. Legendary Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein will star in the Don’T Look In The Basement remake Death Ward 13.

Check out the official details below.

From The Press Release

Legendary Misfits Guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein is set to star in Death Ward 13, a remake of the cult-classic film Don’T Look In The Basement. With his iconic Devilock hair and impressive physical build, “Doyle” is best known as the guitar player for the American horror punk band the Misfits and will play the most terrifying character in the film. Now in pre-production, Death Ward 13 is directed by award-winning horror filmmaker Todd Nunes (All Through The House) and produced by The Readmond Company.

”I’m looking forward to starting my movie career with a starring role in “Death Ward 13,” says Doyle. “It’s time...

Dead Awake dives into the nightmarish world of sleep paralysis this May from FilmRise, and you can check out the official trailer and poster in today's Horror Highlights. We also have the SXSW teaser trailer for Like Me, details on a member of the Misfits joining the cast of Death Ward 13, and you can also watch Andrea Ricca's new short film, The Amulet of Fear.

Dead Awake Release Date & Trailer: Press Release: "New York — FilmRise is thrilled to announce that Dead Awake opens in theaters and On Demand on Friday, May 12th, 2017.

Directed by Phillip Guzman, Dead Awake follows a straight-laced social worker who finds herself plunged into a world of supernatural terror while investigating a series of mysterious deaths. Each victim suffered from a chilling condition known as sleep paralysis, a nightmarish assault on the senses that immobilizes its victims as they dream. As a terrifying entity...

"Cinema Verité strikes me as just a pompous French term...I make movies. That suits me better."

Frederick Wiseman was at the forefront of the renaissance of American documentary film, working during the 1960s at a time when Albert and David Maysles, D.A. Pennebaker, and Richard Leacock were astounding the world with the immediacy of Direct Cinema.  The decade reinvented the documentary, with its seemingly unmediated observation of lives and places that never seemed to merit consideration before.  Wiseman took his camera and showed us things that shocked us, and, in some cases, changed official policy.  His first film, Titicut Follies, went inside the Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, and looked without hesitation, without comment, at the brutal and humiliating treatment of the patients,  culminating in the inmate talent show that gave the film its name.  The movie was banned.

Wiseman has a long history with the  London Film Festival,...

By Seth Metoyer,

MoreHorror.com

I gotta say I'm really digging this poster for the upcoming film Death Ward 13, a remake of Dont Look In The Basement. Check out all the details below.

From The Press Release

The cult-classic Don’T Look In The Basement is being re-imagined by horror director Todd Nunes and L.A.-based Bone Crusher Films. The new film, Death Ward 13 is currently in pre-production in Los Angeles. Death Ward 13 is inspired by S.F. Brownrigg’s Don’T Look In The Basement (1973) and Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" (1845). Death Ward 13 promises to deliver a thrilling remake with a shocking collection of criminally insane patients: botched lobotomies, necrophilia, sexual deviance, and violent psychopaths.

Death Ward 13 will be directed by award-winning horror filmmaker Todd Nunes (All Through The House). “I’m a huge fan...

Dr. Hannibal Lecter knows all about perfect pairings — a census taker’s liver and a nice chianti; Prof. Sogliato’s cranium and a freshly sharpened ice pick — and yet on this week’s installment of the NBC drama that bears his name, every pas de deux had me thinking “pas de don’t!”

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Will Graham going from a flirty phone conversation with his open-hearted wife to a bloody homicidal fantasy (or maybe “nightmare” is a better word choice)? Alana poking the world’s most dangerous bear from her side of the plexiglass partition?...

Richard Armitage's spectacular performance as Francis Dolarhyde completely reinvigorates Hannibal season three...

This review contains spoilers.

3.8 Great Red Dragon

I have something to confess, to those of you who have not already sussed it out: I am not a Brit. I am an American writing abroad, as it were, which may be my only excuse for the first half of this review. You’ve been warned.

You see, as an American, my exposure to Richard Armitage has been limited to what little of his work has crossed the pond and made itself easily accessible (thank you, BBC America), especially since my time living in England ended just as his star began to rise. Thus, short of his turns as Guy of Gisborne and Thorin, I haven’t had the opportunity to appreciate his skill as an actor.

And I enjoyed him a great deal in those roles. He’s...

“There is no name for what this man is.”

Well, here’s a horse of a different color. Hannibal has jumped ahead three years, upending its status quo even as it calls back repeatedly to its pilot. Jack recruits Will to rejoin the FBI, Will visits Hannibal seeking an expert consultant, and Will visits a blood-spattered house and slips into the murderer’s mind. The game’s the same, but the players have changed. And what a difference it makes. Will, brittle and twitchy as ever, has found peace and family with Molly and her 11-year-old son. Hannibal, stripped of dignity and freedom as a result of his ploy to remain close to Will, is bumping up against the limits of his memory palace while a bitter Alana chafes at Chilton’s company at the Baltimore Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

Hannibal‘s head-first plunge into its adaptation of Thomas Harris...

Hannibal, Season 3, Episode 8, “The Great Red Dragon”

Written by Nick Antosca and Steve Lightfoot & Bryan Fuller

Directed by Neil Marshall

Airs Saturdays at 10pm (Et) on NBC

The first half of Hannibal season three has drawn criticism from some (though not this critic) for its artistic, avant-garde approach to exploring the psychology and relationship between Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham. With “The Great Red Dragon”, the series opens a new chapter, returning to its stylistic roots and introducing a new key figure: Francis Dolarhyde. Fans of Thomas Harris’ work have been eagerly anticipating Dolarhyde’s debut and the start of the show’s Red Dragon arc/adaptation, and after this episode, it’s easy to see why. Being unfamiliar with Hannibal’s source material, this critic can’t speak to the faithfulness of showrunner Bryan Fuller and co.’s take on the character, but the glimpses shown here are certainly compelling.

Kate’s Classical Corner: Hannibal, Ep. 3.08, “The Great Red Dragon”

As a classical musician, I can’t help but be influenced in my interpretation of Hannibal by its amazing score and soundtrack, composed and compiled by music supervisor Brian Reitzell. This is not intended to be a definitive reading of Reitzell or showrunner Bryan Fuller’s intentions in regards to the music, but rather an exploration of how these choices affect my appreciation of the given episode. Read my review of “The Great Red Dragon” here.

Classical pieces featured:

Alleluia from Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1773): Hannibal experiences his arrest from his mind palace

This famous movement from Mozart’s solo motet, beautifully performed here by boy soprano Aiden Glenn (the piece was originally composed for a castrato), is a fitting choice to represent how Hannibal elects to experience his arrest and incarceration at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

Former "Firefly" star Morena Baccarin has hardly been wanting for work. Since that show she's popped up in regular roles on "Stargate Sg-1," "Heartland," "V" and "Homeland" with key guest starring spots on shows like "The Good Wife," "The Mentalist" and "The O.C.".

Next up she's playing the role of Dr. Leslie Thompkins, the dedicated physician who was a close friend of Bruce Wayne's parents, in Fox's Batman prequel series "Gotham". Usually portrayed as an elderly woman and something of a surrogate mother figure to Bruce, here she's decidedly younger but just as brash.

In this version, she's working at the newly opened Arkham Asylum’s Home for the Criminally Insane where James Gordon found himself transferred to in last few minutes of the mid-season finale. Speaking about her role in the show with IGN, she says:

"Basically she and Jim meet at Arkham Asylum where he winds up working after the last episode.

In a recent interview with IGN TV, Morena Baccarin talked in detail about joining the cast of the Batman prequel and teased a return to Central City in The Flash. Gotham's version of Dr. Leslie Thompkins is described as a gifted and dedicated physician who was a friend of Bruce Wayne’s parents, Thomas and Martha. She is determined to use her skills to aid Gotham’s most in need, which currently means working at the newly opened Arkham Asylum’s Home for the Criminally Insane. In addition to her medical skills, her coolness under pressure will serve her well as she finds herself drawn close to James Gordon and into more and more dangerous waters. In The Flash, she voices Dr. Harrison Wells' A.I. assistant "Gideon". For much more from the actress, click below. On How Closely They're Sticking To The Source Material: They're not sticking too...

Can NBC's Hannibal top its superlative second season? With what season 3 has in store, Gabriel believes so...

Warning: contains spoilers for Hannibal season 1 and 2 and the Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon.

When the credits rolled on Hannibal’s second season finale, my heart did not slow down for twenty minutes. I stared at my TV screen, mouth hanging open, unable to believe the sheer insane, vicious horror and beauty of what I had just witnessed. Not only was it the kind of carnage that could give Game Of Thrones a run for its money, but it was also so full of genuine pathos and emotion. Betrayal, forgiveness, revenge; it all came together in those final minutes. It was a finale of peculiar power, full of the kind of sad inevitability that could move you to tears and get your adrenalin pumping all at the same time. Quite simply, I have...

In light of Gotham having recently been granted an order for extra episodes, it seems that Fox are confident in the future of the show. As well as the season one extension, the addition of more crackers characters from DC’s back catalogue would indicate that Arkham Asylum could serve as a narrative lynchpin of sorts. Now that Morena Baccarin has joined as one of the asylum’s most decorated workers, Dr. Leslie Thompkins, this might definitely be the case.

If Fox’s intentions are to ensure a high rating on the geek intertextuality meter, then they’ve certainly done their research. Baccarin is no stranger to genre titles, after appearing in Joss Whedon’s Firefly, Stargate Sg-1 and V. For those non-sci-fi lovers, she’ll be more recognizable from her fantastic work on Homeland.

But back to Gotham, and Baccarin’s involvement in the show’s burgeoning mythology. Harkening...

Gotham City, there is now a doctor in the house. “Homeland” actress Morena Baccarin has been cast in Fox's “Gotham” as Dr. Leslie Thompkins, who in the comics becomes a parental figure to young Bruce Wayne after his parents are killed. Per the Fox show's official character description, we'll meet Thompkins as she works at the newly opened Arkham Asylum Home for the Criminally Insane. “In addition to her medical skills, her coolness under pressure will serve her well as she finds herself drawn close to James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and into more and more dangerous waters,” the spec teases.

Homeland star Morena Baccarin has signed on for a recurring role in the new Fox series Gotham, as the Dr. Leslie Thompkins.

Dr. Leslie Thompkins made her DC Comics debut in 1976 issue "Detective Comics #457," and she is also featured in the New 52 comic reboot Red Hood and the Outlaws during flashback sequences.

In the series, Thompkins is described as a "gifted and dedicated physician" who was friends with Bruce's (David Mazouz) late parents Thomas and Martha. She decides to put her medical expertise to good use by working at the newly-opened Arkham Asylum's Home for the Criminally Insane. She will also be drawn to Ben McKenzie's James Gordon and into more dangerous territory.

The actress will recur in Season 1, with her character debuting in early 2015, and she is slated to become a series regular if the show is picked up for Season 2. The show's producers teased at New York...

Firefly and Homeland actress Morena Baccarin becoming a Gotham resident. Baccarin been cast in the Fox drama series in a recurring role this season that's expected to become a series regular in a presumed season two. EW has confirmed that she'll play Dr. Leslie Thompkins, "a gifted and dedicated physician who was a friend of Thomas and Martha Wayne.  She is determined to use her skills to aid Gotham's most in need, which currently means working at the newly opened Arkham Asylum's Home for the Criminally Insane. In addition to her medical skills, her coolness under pressure will serve her...

With a huge fan following after appearing in Joss Whedon's Firefly and a critically acclaimed run in Homeland, Morena Baccarin has lined up her next small screen project. She'll play Dr. Leslie Thompkins in Gotham, a character who has been a faithful ally of Batman's over the years. According to Deadline, this take on Thompkins is described as, "a gifted and dedicated physician who was a friend of Bruce Wayne’s parents, Thomas and Martha. She is determined to use her skills to aid Gotham’s most in need, which currently means working at the newly opened Arkham Asylum’s Home for the Criminally Insane. In addition to her medical skills, her coolness under pressure will serve her well as she finds herself drawn close to James Gordon and into more and more dangerous waters." She'll have a recuuring role in season one and will return as a regular in...

The doctor is in, and she’s hot for Detective Gordon!

Homeland‘s Morena Baccarin is joining Gotham in the iconic DC Comics role of Dr. Leslie Thompkins, TVLine has learned.

Thompkins is a gifted and dedicated physician who was a friend of the late Thomas and Martha Wayne. She is determined to use her skills to aid Gotham’s most in need, which currently means working at the newly opened Arkham Asylum’s Home for the Criminally Insane.

In addition to her medical skills, her coolness under pressure will serve her well as she finds herself drawn to Ben McKenzie...

Documentary legend Frederick Wiseman is to revisit his first documentary, 1967’s Titicut Follies.

The 84-year-old filmmaker, in Venice to collect the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, revealed the plans at a press conference at the film festival today.

“I’ve got a small grant to work with a choreographer to make a ballet out of Titticut Follies, Wiseman said.

“I have made a few dance movies and I am very interested in dance. I accepted the job only on the condition I can dance the lead role,” he joked

Don’t expect Swan Lake - the original film tells the story of the harsh conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Click here for Screen’s interview with Wiseman.

Hugh Dancy has always been “an adventurous, not to say foolhardy, eater,” and his appetite has stayed strong and steady despite continued exposure to stunningly beautiful, undeniably horrifying cannibalistic dinner scenes on NBC’s Hannibal. “Nothing’s changed!” he says, with a hearty laugh.

The same cannot be said, however, for Dancy’s character — the addled FBI profiler Will Graham — over the course of Hannibal‘s critically lauded second season.

“The first half of the season, Will progressed to the point where he really embraced the part of him that was prepared to do something heinous,” Dancy says of his...

Question: Which Mistresses character is most likely to blithely answer the door for a suspicious (albeit hot) stranger who showed up at her open house a few days prior and is now aggressively ringing her door bell (not a euphemism)?

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Answer: Karen Kim — Aka The Therapist Formerly Known as “Falls in Love With Her Married Patient, Beds His Son and Then Participates in an Altercation That Ends With the Son’s Death and His Dangerously/Deliciously Soused Widow in a Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

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When writing a season finale, writers generally choose one of two options: either make it a definitive end to this leg of the story, or close with a cliffhanger that will leave fans desperately yearning for when the show returns the following year with the solution. The merits of the open-ending remains a point of contention amongst television critics and audience members: Are they an example of lazy writing, or a clever use of the medium to maximise the impact of specific story beats?

For a long time during the run of Hannibal’s second season, it seemed as if the producers were aiming for the former – from the cold open we were lead to believe we were approaching the prologue of Red Dragon, wherein Hannibal is apprehended by Will Graham & Jack Crawford and subsequently confined to the Baltimore State Home for the Criminally Insane. However, Bryan Fuller and...

Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals: BBC Three, 8pm

Tonight sees the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, taking place in Copenhagen.

BBC Radio 1's Scott Mills and ITV2 presenter Laura Whitmore will be hosting the coverage as 16 countries will battle for one of ten places.

Happy Valley: BBC One, 9pm

The second episode in this six-part series continues this evening, and the plot begins to thicken.

Tonight, we watch as police sergeant Catherine Cawood is hunting down drug dealer Tommy Lee Royce in an attempt to enact revenge for all the pain he once caused her family.

Meanwhile, the enormity of the kidnap of Nevison Gallagher's daughter hits home for everyone, and Gallagher now faces the challenge of scraping together money for the kidnappers' ransom fee. He also tells his ill wife that their daughter has been taken.

Almost Human: Watch, 9pm

Jj Abrams has had a hand...

This story first appeared in the May 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Since he was created 75 years ago by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, Batman has captured more fancies than he has colorful characters from Gotham's Rogues Gallery en route to the revolving door of Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The appeal of the Batman has become so undeniable that at the conclusion of his latest multi-billion dollar franchise, the Caped Crusader wasn't gifted with the eight-year vacation his character was afforded by Christopher Nolan between The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.

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[This is a review of Hannibal season 2, episode 7. There will be Spoilers.]

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For an episode that essentially attempts to find new stasis points for Will Graham and, certainly, the recently recovered (uncovered?) Miriam Lass, ‘Yakimono’ is nevertheless quite adept at establishing the ways in which Hannibal has managed to alter who these characters are without resorting to blowing up the dramatic structure surrounding them. Will is free from the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, and Miriam is free (extremely traumatized, but free) after years spent in the clutches of the Chesapeake Ripper. The only problem is: that’s exactly how the Ripper wants things.Click to continue reading ‘Hannibal’: It’s All Part of His Design

The post ‘Hannibal’: It’s All Part of His Design appeared first on Screen Rant.

[Warning: The following story contains spoilers from Friday's episode of Hannibal. Read at  your own risk.]

"I'd like to resume my therapy."

With those words, NBC's Hannibal reverted back to the familiar Season 1 dynamic between troubled FBI consultant Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and cannibalistic serial killer/psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen). But nothing is the same as the last time these two men sat across from one another in Hannibal's well-appointed office.

Spring Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows

After Will was locked up for Hannibal's crimes in the Season 1 finale, he spent the first part of the season trying to prove his innocence from inside the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. When those efforts failed (and led to the death of former colleague Beverly Katz), Will took a new approach: He tried to have Hannibal killed.

On Friday's episode...

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[Warning: The following story contains spoilers from Friday's episode of Hannibal. Read at  your own risk.]

"I'd like to resume my therapy."

With those words, NBC's Hannibal reverted back to the familiar Season 1 dynamic between troubled FBI consultant Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and cannibalistic serial killer/psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen). But nothing is the same as the last time these two men sat across from one another in Hannibal's well-appointed office.

Spring Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows

After Will was locked up for Hannibal's crimes in the Season 1 finale, he spent the first part of the season trying to prove his innocence from inside the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. When those efforts failed (and led to the death of former colleague Beverly Katz), Will took a new approach: He tried to have Hannibal killed.

On Friday's episode...

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Caroline Dhavernas first became a favorite amongst television nerds when she starred as Jaye Tyler in Bryan Fuller‘s much-loved, but short-lived, series Wonderfalls. Now, she’s carved out a place in Fuller’s magnificent and macabre tv take on Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Hannibal. Dhavernas co-stars as Dr. Alana Bloom and we got her to open up about the character’s recent hookup, why Alana Bloom has given up on Will Graham completely and why she thinks the fans find Hannibal so sexy. Warning: Hannibal Season Two spoilers abound.

First things first: after last weeks episode, what was your personal reaction to the Hannibal and Alana Bloom hookup?

Well, I think it makes sense. It was a long time coming. Because last year we had that scene in the kitchen when he was trying to flirt with Alana a little bit. She wasn’t falling into that game because of...

And then there was "Futamono."  Hannibal's sixth episode this season served up everything the show has to offer.  Even Will's dog pack made an appearance.  In many ways (mostly narrative), it was too scattered of an episode.  But per usual, its visuals saved it, and connected it even when there was no connection to be made.  Hannibal has been without surprises for a long time; as I mentioned last week, the show will always lack some degree of suspense because its eventualities are known.  But "Futamono's" best quality was that of surprise.  There were a number of twists that made it as fascinating gnarled as a tree growing through a man.  Hit the jump for why you're wearing your concentration like a brimming cup. There were so many elements to "Futamono," but the most lasting one is Hannibal's grand scheme.  "Futamono" played with the idea of sight throughout the episode,...

For most weeks, at most jobs, Monday's are the worst, for the obvious reasons of getting back into work mode after a few days off. That wasn't the case this past Monday, when I headed down to the Sony Pictures lot for an extended look at The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and chat with director Marc Webb. Let's just say that somebody didn't have a "case of the Monday's" this week.

As you are likely well aware, by now, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 showcases Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and his most epic battle yet with villains Electro (Jamie Foxx), Rhino (Paul Giamatti) and even his old friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), who we know turns into the Green Goblin at some point during the story.

Beware, there may be spoilers throughout the rest of this story, so if you don't want to know how The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens, then stop reading right now.

Review Laura Akers 4 Mar 2014 - 07:25

Hannibal's season two opener looks prepared to deliver on the rich promise of season one. Here's Laura's review...

This review contains spoilers.

2.1 Kaiseki

When I wrote an article last month positing Hannibal as the best network television show in more than a decade, I have to admit to being a little worried. It’s unusual for the first series of any show to be truly great - most are still trying to find their footing. And of the few that are that good, it’s not unusual to find that the quality cannot be maintained (think Twin Peaks). So I’ve largely been holding my breath for the last few months, hoping that Fuller would be able to match in series two the powerful yet subtle storytelling of series one, and not make a liar out of me.

I should not have worried.

Hannibal Season 2, Episode 1 “Kaiseki”

Directed by Tim Hunter

Written by Bryan Fuller

Airs Thursdays at 10pm Et on NBC

The end of the first season of Hannibal left Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) locked up in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Season 2 serves a promising start as Hannibal (Mads Mikkelsen) and Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) wine and dine on the episode title kaiseki, a traditional multi-course Japanese dinner. Following his arrest for the murders that took place in season one, Will finds himself in a tricky situation where he has to try and prove his innocence while trapped in a cell, and while suffering from temporary memory loss. Hannibal Lecter steps into Will Graham’s shoes as the new FBI criminal profiler, and Will struggles to remember how exactly Hannibal framed him for the crimes Hannibal clearly committed.

The opening of “Kaiseki,” features a bloody, fight-to-the-death sequence between Crawford and Lecter.

Welcome back, Fannibals! It’s been a long wait, but Bryan Fuller’s incredible, dark and beautifully haunting take on Dr. Lecter has finally returned, and if the premiere episode is any indication, we’re in for one hell of a season of Hannibal.

After a long hiatus, Fuller knows exactly how to kick things off with a bang. The episode opens with a brutal brawl between Lecter (played brilliantly by Mads Mikkelsen) and Jack Crawford (an equally impressive Laurence Fishburne), creating an immediate sense of urgency that gets the show’s blood pumping (and spewing) without wasting any time.

The fight is skillfully shot, and has a sort of dream-like quality to it. Everything happens in a bit of a haze, partially because the scene is jarringly out of context in relation to where we last left off. Hannibal may be a serial killer, but Crawford’s no schlep,...

In its first two hours, “Hannibal’s” second season elevates the surprisingly-high bar set by the first — creating binge-worthy television that makes you, like the titular character, covet for more. Picking up where last season’s finale left off, Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is on the wrong side of prison bars inside Baltimore’s Hospital for the Criminally Insane, framed for grizzly murders he didn’t commit. The “friend” who put him there — Dr. Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) – has taken over Will’s profiling duties at the FBI. Will’s friends don’t believe him. Hannibal won’t help him. The...

It all started with a regurgitated ear. 

As Hannibal proved again and again in its first season, it's more capable than almost any other TV show of taking horrifying, gruesome images and turning them into something beautiful and interesting. In the case of the ear, that stomach-turning moment became much more powerful when Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) was revealed to be using it (and a serious case of encephalitis) to frame FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) for the series of murders Hannibal committed over the course of the first season. 

Winter Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows

Unfortunately for Will, he put together the pieces too slowly and, in a great reversal from the Thomas Harris books and the films they inspired, took Hannibal's place on the other side of the prison bars at the Baltimore Hospital for the Criminally Insane. As Season 2 begins...

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It all started with a regurgitated ear. 

As Hannibal proved again and again in its first season, it's more capable than almost any other TV show of taking horrifying, gruesome images and turning them into something beautiful and interesting. In the case of the ear, that stomach-turning moment became much more powerful when Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) was revealed to be using it (and a serious case of encephalitis) to frame FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) for the series of murders Hannibal committed over the course of the first season. 

Winter Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows

Unfortunately for Will, he put together the pieces too slowly and, in a great reversal from the Thomas Harris books and the films they inspired, took Hannibal's place on the other side of the prison bars at the Baltimore Hospital for the Criminally Insane. As Season 2 begins...

Read...

Sneak Peek the latest edition of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" viral site "The Daily Bugle" and the outcome of a court case against the reptilian monster 'Dr. Curt Connors' aka 'The Lizard':

"...the trial of 'Dr. Curt Connors' came to an end as the former geneticist for 'Oscorp Industries' was found guilty on all twenty counts for which he was indicted...

"...including the murder of 'NYPD Captain George Stacy'.

"Connors and his attorney, 'Anne Weying', were unable to convince the jury that he was not responsible for his deadly actions while transformed. 

"His defense that he only injected himself with the serum that changed him into the 'Lizard' to prevent Oscorp Industries from experimenting on innocent civilians did not sway the jury.

"Next stop: 'Rikers'. But even that is controversial.

"'Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane' has said their facility is better served for housing and studying a prisoner such as Connors,...

Only fueling the concerns that some fans have about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 being too overloaded with villains, the trailer and banner that Sony released in December were both jam-packed with as many foes as possible. Since then though, most of the promotion for the film seems to be a conscious effort to confirm that Electro is the main villain this time around. Today, we have three new posters for the film that follow that mold, all featuring Spidey and the new blue baddie battling it out.

So far, the posters for this one have been pretty great, and these new pieces of artwork keep with that trend. While they aren’t anything revolutionary, they’re much more interesting than your usual theatrical sheets. Then again, I guess it’s pretty easy to make things exciting when you’re dealing with a lot of blue lightning and a guy in an awesome spider suit.

The Daily Bugle viral campaign for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 rolls on today, revealing that the trial of Dr. Curt Connors (The Lizard) has come to an end. The ex-Oscorp geneticist has been found guilty of all twenty counts of criminal activity he was accused of. And according to this timeline, the events seen in The Amazing Spider-Man happened only a mere three months ago.

January 6, 2014

By Joy Mercado

The trial of Dr. Curt Connors came to an end as the former geneticist for Oscorp Industries was found guilty on all twenty counts for which he was indicted, including the murder of NYPD Captain George Stacy.

Connors and his attorney, Anne Weying, were unable to convince the jury that he was not responsible for his deadly actions while transformed. His defense that he only injected himself with the serum that changed him into the Lizard to prevent...

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Hannibal Lecter is a cannibal. Unfortunately Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) and the rest of the FBI did not get this particular memo during the first season of NBC’s Hannibal, which concluded with poor Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) being framed for murder by Dr. Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) and locked up in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Let’s hope they at least let him wash the taste of regurgitated human ear out of his mouth first.

Since Hannibal‘s first season wrapped up this summer there’s been very little information to go on besides a very interesting poster of Hannibal exposed for the monster he ...

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There are documentarians and then there are documentarians. Frederick Wiseman has spent almost half a century painstakingly detailing institutions, the people who work for them, and those who depend on them in films such as 1967′s Titicut Follies, which portrayed conditions at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, Mass., and 1975′s Welfare, about the travails of welfare workers and their clients.

Wiseman’s new movie is the four-hour At Berkeley, an epic investigation of life at the famed university. The film is screening today at New York’s IFC Center and opens at L.A’s Laemmle Music Hall tomorrow.

Oh, the blood, toil, tears and sweat that go into producing the Tube Talk Q&A for you lucky lot each week. Each week, we steel ourselves, mop our brows and squeeze some scoop out of tight-lipped PRs and channel execs!

And this week, we've got some gems - read on for the latest info on Celebrity Juice, A Touch of Cloth, Hannibal and more...

Do we have an airdate for Wentworth on Channel 5 yet? All we know is September but nobody's being specific.

Hope this is specific enough for ya, Tom Hooper - the series, which has actually been retitled Wentworth Prison for UK transmission, has been shifted forward in Channel 5's schedules, so you'll get to enjoy the Prisoner: Cell Block H revamp in all its grim and gritty glory a little earlier than expected!

Wentworth Prison has now been pencilled in for the evening of Wednesday, August 28 at 10pm,...

by Ryan Rigley

Contrary to Jim Carrey's recent "Kick-Ass 2" promotional protest, it seems as though the anti-violence actor may or may not be portraying one of Peter Parker's most violent villains in the upcoming "Amazing Spider-Man" sequel. Originating on the message boards of Superhero Hype, a rumor has been running rampant all over the Internet that Carrey has a brief appearance in "Amazing Spider-Man 2."

Now a fan picture has surfaced which proves that Jim Carrey was on the "Amazing Spider-Man 2" set back in March. With the majority of the scenes filmed in March taking place at the Ravencroft Institute, fans have begun to speculate as to exactly which mental patient Carrey might be playing. You can check out our guesses after the jump!

Cletus Kasady/Carnage

Better known as the serial killer symbiote Carnage, Cletus Kasady is a homicidal maniac who once shared a jail cell with Eddie Brock (a.

Bryan Fuller is a man who knows what he wants when he sets out to craft a season of television. When he wants to introduce a new character, he already has a precise actor in mind for the role. His latest series, Hannibal, has seen some positive buzz surrounding, which doesn’t at all surprise me given Fuller’s track record. He’s seemingly taking advantage of the kind feedback to try and wrangle up David Bowie for a role in Season 2, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up just yet. While Bowie’s creepy persona might fit well in the world of Hannibal, the actor doesn’t exactly come out for just any role these days.

Fuller told E! Online that he has offered the role of Hannibal’s uncle to Bowie, just to see if he has any interest and is available, but he has yet to get an answer back.

Now this... this is some news that we find extremely exciting. According to E! News, an offer has been made by Bryan Fuller and NBC for David Bowie to appear on Season Two of "Hannibal" as a close family member of our resident serial killer.

"We have reached out to David Bowie to see if he's interested and available," Fuller revealed to the site. "We would love for him to play Hannibal's uncle, who is a character from the literature and in the books." Fuller added, "We don't have an answer yet," but he is hopeful Bowie can join the NBC series, which resumes production in August in Toronto.

Hannibal's uncle, Count Robert Lecter, was killed by Nazis in the books, but, "Since our timeline is a little more present, there's a little bit of J.J. Abrams-style alternate universe storytelling where he could still be alive," Fuller explains.

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Season 1 of Hannibal has come and gone, leaving the show’s ravenous fanbase eager for details on what’s to come in season 2, as well as to learn how writer/executive producer Bryan Fuller plans to manage the lofty expectations set by the series’ better-than-expected first season and where the characters will find themselves, following the distressing events of the finale.

Of course, for those who have already tuned in to see the season finale, ‘Savoureux,’ you know that Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) was housed in the place he feared most, the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, after Dr. Hannibal Lecter successfully framed ...

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