‘It: Chapter Two’ Review: Let’s Kill This Fucking Clown

It’s been 27 years since official Losers’ Club members Bill Denbrough, Beverly Marsh, Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak, Stanley Uris, Ben Hanscom and Mike Hanlon defeated intergalactic killer clown Pennywise. It’s been 27 years since most of the Losers —to the…

Comic Con News Round-up: Thursday

Snagging a ticket to Comic Con is no walk in the park. If you’re one of the masses of fans who couldn’t find a way to squeeze into Hall H this year, check back here all week for our coverage…

‘Barry’ Season Two Trailer is Here: “Am I A Bad Person?”

Barry ‘Block’ Berkman is back by popular demand. We knew of his return for a second season as soon as the first episodes of season one premiered, but now he’s officially back, with a brand new trailer to show for…

Bill Hader Snatches Lead Actor Emmy Nomination For ‘Barry’

We wanted it, and we got it. Bill Hader has officially been nominated for an Emmy award for his outstanding performance in HBO’s Barry, a show he co-created and directed. This will be his fourth acting nomination, following the three he…

‘Barry’ 1×08 Review: Starting Now

The thing about writing a brilliant episode is that it’s hard to follow up on it. Barry’s seventh hour had proven to be one of the best episodes television has ever delivered, so the stakes were high and the expectations…

‘Barry’ 1×07 Review: You’re A Real Actor Now

Multi-chaptered, thousand page books could and should be written about what Alec Berg, Bill Hader and the cast, crew and writers of Barry’s seventh episode delivered to us in 30 minutes of utterly brilliant, screen and soul consuming storytelling. It’s…

‘Barry’ 1×06 Review: Read The Room

A hero who can’t seem to catch a break is the main ingredient in any story. It’s the perfectly complex situation to place your characters in, the writing gold mine you wish you could submerge your characters in constantly. Because…

‘Barry’ 1×05: Except

Barry is irredeemable. He murders people for a living, he follows orders seemingly without questioning them first. He takes hits on people, he kills them in the most brutal ways. He is never going to be able to have a…

‘Barry’ 1×04 Review: Not Even A Person

What a great week this has been to be a Bill Hader enthusiast. Not only was the news of Barry’s season two renewal on HBO the greatest, but if you’ve been paying attention, it looks like Bill Hader is in…

‘Barry’ 1×03 Review: Surrender To The Soup

Barry is a rollercoaster. There is no other way to describe the amazingly written, award-worthy incredible piece of storytelling that is this show. Every week we think this show is going somewhere, and while tonally and cinematographically it remains pretty…

‘Barry’ 1×02 Review: This Isn’t ‘Cheers’

If Barry’s pilot was anything to go by, we expected a certain structure to episodes, almost like a hit-of-the-week formula where we’d see Barry try to juggle his hitman life with his newly found love of acting. We imagined a gruesome death…

‘Barry’ 1×01 Review: Make Your Mark

HBO’s new show is an incredibly exciting one. There, I said it. Alec Berg (Silicon Valley) and Bill Hader have teamed up to write and direct a refreshing, 30 minute television show that simultaneously baffles and confuses you, and yet…