TV Review: Fargo Season 2 Premiere “Waiting for Dutch”

I loved the first season of FX’s Fargo. I loved the ominous tone, the twisted storytelling, and most of all, the many rich characters. Fargo Season 1 was chock-full of wonderfully specific characters. Every single character in Season 1 was dynamic, original, and useful…

Golden Globes 2015 Winners – Full List

Oh, the Golden Globes. Tonight, the Hollywood Foreign Press awarded their favorite films and TV shows of the past year at one of the industry’s most glamorous ceremonies. It was a big night for Boyhood; Richard Linklater’s remarkable coming-of-age film…

The Young Folks’ Best TV Shows of 2014

2014 was yet another strong year in television with shows that varied between the new, the returning, the comedic, the dramatic and the superhuman. It was an eclectic year with few themes or any semblance of rhyme or reason aside…

The Best of the Best: Characters Who Rocked TV in 2014

It’s been a great year for television and, similarly to film, has been enjoyably eclectic. With great shows comes great characters (you’d hope) and 2014 was full of them. So here is my narrowed down list of 21 characters who stole scenes this year, in no particular order.

Emmy Long-Shots: The ballot that will never happen

I wouldn’t argue that this year has been stronger than others for television, but it’s certainly offered up a large variety of interesting characters and shows. Performances were strong in both the likely and unlikely places and the fact that…

TV Review: Fargo (1×09) “A Fox, a Rabbit, and a Cabbage”

I understand that narratively, Lorne is the shows antagonist but man, you’d be hard presses to argue that Lester isn’t the true villain. We instinctively know when something bad is going to happen in film and television. More often than…

TV Review: Fargo (1×07) “Who Shaves the Barber?”

After last week’s episode and the tension riddle conclusion it would be easy for this week’s installment to seem a bit stilted in comparison. Where last week dealt with events and circumstances coming to an ugly head, this week deals…