Commentary: ‘Black Mirror’ Turned A Deus Ex Machina Into A Key Plot Point
A deus ex machina is a controversial storytelling device. It’s when something random or spontaneous happens in a story in
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Commentary: ‘Black Mirror’ Managed To Out Matrix ‘The Matrix’
The Matrix was not the first to pioneer a group of characters heading to the center of an infrastructure hoping
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Commentary: ‘Black Mirror’ Questions If Sequels Are Necessary
This latest season of Black Mirror saw its first direct sequel to an episode. When it first premiered, “USS Callister”
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TV Review: ‘The Penguin’ Finale Proves Gotham Is A Breeding Ground For Psychos
There’s a running joke amongst comic book fans as to why anyone would want to live in Gotham. The city
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TV Review: ‘The Penguin’ Sacrifices Plot For Character In Penultimate Episode
After moving full steam ahead for so long, The Penguin was bound to stumble eventually. This week’s penultimate episode tried
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TV Review: ‘The Penguin’ Episode 6 Illustrates The Many Sides Of Oz
The evolution of Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell) has been interesting to watch. In his first appearance in The Batman, he
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TV Review: ‘The Penguin’ Is More Like ‘GTA’ Than ‘The Sopranos’ In Episode 5
There’s been a lot of comparison between The Penguin and The Sopranos, and for good reason. The former is a
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TV Review: ‘The Penguin’ Episode 4 Offers A Mixed Bag Detour
Just as a previous episode of The Penguin focused on one side character, this week’s episode solely focused on another.
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TV Review: ‘The Penguin’ Matches ‘The Sopranos’ In Pacing
There are a lot of comparisons between The Penguin and The Sopranos — and with a lot of justification. In many
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TV Review: The Superpower Of ‘The Penguin’ Revealed
In just two episodes, The Penguin has proved itself to be an HBO-caliber crime drama. The network has a reputation
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Colin Farrell, Showrunner Lauren LeFranc, And The Cast Of ‘The Penguin’ Talk Oz, Names, And Characters
An important thing to known about HBO’s new limited series, The Penguin: It centers on Oswald “Oz” Cobb (Colin Farrell),
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SDCC 2024: ‘The Penguin’ Panel Teases Consequences For Gotham In HBO Limited Series
“I grew up watching Burgess Meredith,” Colin Farrell said. It was memory triggered when asked about his first thoughts about
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‘The Penguin’ Admits An Ambition In A New Teaser Trailer
Max released a teaser trailer (above) for the upcoming series The Penguin on Friday. In it, Oswald Cobblepot (Colin Farrell)
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Clancy Brown To Play Sal Maroni On HBO Max’s ‘The Penguin’
The Penguin‘s mob war is heating up. Variety reports Clancy Brown will play Salvatore Maroni in the upcoming HBO Max
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Warning of spoilers for the movie Palm Springs, and other movies like Doctor Strange (2016), Happy Death Day (2017), and
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