TV Review: Hannibal (3×06) – “Dolce”

In one of his more sickening digressions, Mason Verger talks with his sister Margot about becoming more of a family again by way of her carrying his future offspring. I’m not sure what’s more disturbing: Mason suggesting incest or the…

TV Review: Hannibal (3×04) – “Aperitivo”

Scars of all types have been a recurring theme of exploration for this early run of Hannibal season three. While “Primavera” took a scalpel (figuratively speaking) to Will’s head space as he dealt with the mental trauma of losing Abigail…

TV Review: Hannibal (3×03) – “Secondo”

The bromance between Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter has been a fascinatingly hazy one to say the least. They don’t generally act like warm and caring friends, and yet they understand each other to such a calculatingly obsessive degree that…

TV Review: “Hannibal” (3×02) – “Primavera”

Abigail Hobbs’ relationship with the sociopathic Dr. Hannibal Lecter is not all too dissimilar from what I suspect many viewers have with the show also named Hannibal. Last year’s season finale was particularly brutal and testing, not because it was…

TV Review: Hannibal Season 3 Premiere – “Antipasto”

“You no longer have ethical concerns, Hannibal, you have aesthetic ones.” Bedelia Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson) says this to Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), the man/killer/master chef, but she might as well be talking about the show that they’re a part…

Read of the Week: Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender

Colette Iselin is excited to go to Paris on a class trip. She’ll get to soak up the beauty and culture, and maybe even learn something about her family’s French roots. But a series of gruesome murders are taking place…