All Things:SHOWTIME

Shackleford said:
Anyone that likes XTC , there is an amazing documentary on them on Showtime /On Demand right now.

Great footage I've never seen .

Yeah Andy Partridge is still a cranky curmudgeon ( especially in the beginning) but eventually he settles into telling the story of himself and the band.

They interview the main players , Colin M , Dave G , and even Terry C .

They don't say a lot about what's gone on in the last 20 years but go deep in the major label days .

It's 75 min long but could've gone for 4 hours for me .

Nice to see XTC get some notice since they've been kinda ignored in the ol reunion , accolades for artists from the 70s/80s train .

THIS IS POP

http://www.sho.com/titles/3454534/xtc-this-is-pop
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Are they still making plans for Nigel? ;)



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Is ANYONE watching HOMELAND????

So gloriously unhinged. I want to see a movie where Carrie Matheson and Nick Cage are locked in a room together with some SAW type deathclock ticking...
 
Halo TV show finally greenlit by Showtime: 'Our most ambitious series ever'

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A scripted TV drama series based on Microsoft’s massive Halo video game franchise for Xbox is finally really happening.

After being mired in development purgatory for five years, Showtime has announced a project greenlight for 10 episodes — plus hired a showunner and a director.

We’re told Halo (which is the show’s working title for now) will dramatize “an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant … Halo will weave deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.”

Kyle Killen (Awake) will serve as executive producer, writer and showrunner, while Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) will direct multiple episodes and also executive produce.
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Showtime Orders ‘Penny Dreadful’ Follow Up ‘City of Angels’

Variety said:
Showtime has ordered a new installment of the drama series “Penny Dreadful,” the premium cabler announced Thursday.

“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” is set in 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension. Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, the new series will explore a mix of the supernatural and the reality of the time period.
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I dunno if I'd be down with this, but some of y'all might be.
 
darby said:
I can't see how it'd match the Victorian dread or the masterful performance of Eva Green.
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I don't how closely it's going to be tied. Or how it might work. It's not like we're going from Victorian England to WW1 era England, but Los Angeles? What?

Part of me thinks this could be better if it was just its own thing by the makers of Penny Dreadful, so there might be some thematic similarities, but they have the series stand on its own.

And yeah, haha, I am still pissed off at that Penny Dreadful ending. Bah!
 
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Yeah. Some really unsavory stuff to power through. But...it's a master class in acting. Patricia Arquette is brave AF. Benicio del Toro is silky smooth, in full Louis Cypher mode. And Paul Dano, who I normally do not connect with, is the glue that holds it all together. David Morse, seriously...that was stacking the deck. Check this out. It's really good tv.
 
Game of Thrones vet Natalie Dormer heads to new Penny Dreadful series
https://ew.com/tv/2019/02/22/penny-...utm_content=022219&cid=344156&mid=18791107963

This new series takes place amid the social and political tensions of Los Angeles in 1938, while being heavily steeped in Mexican-American folklore. Daniel Zovatto (HBO’s Here & Now) plays Detective Tiago Vega, whose investigation of a grisly murder that sets him on an epic journey as the city’s first freeways are being built, radio evangelism is on the rise, and the Third Reich commits dangerous acts of espionage. Tiago and his family soon start “grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart.”
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Look...she is absolutely gorgeous. Decent actress...but...
This new series takes place amid the social and political tensions of Los Angeles in 1938, while being heavily steeped in Mexican-American folklore.
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