There Are Only 13 Near-Perfect Action TV Shows According To Metacritic There Are Only 13 Near-Perfect Action TV Shows According To Metacritic HBO By Jeff Ewing/April 22, 2021 1:58 am EDT Fans of high-quality action television have to be riding high these days, as the streaming revolution of the past several years has ensured that a plethora of intense, action-heavy, exceptional series are always just one play button away. From HBO to AMC, Netflix to FX, it seems like every network has been striving to offer action TV shows that are dramatically rich, intellectually complex, and have cinema-grade levels of action. But, where to start?
11 unforgettable moments from Game of Thrones Game of Thrones hit our TV screens 10 years ago, becoming one of the most popular fantasy sagas of all time. The following scenes remain seared in our memories. Warning: spoiler alert! Bran s fall Bran Stark is an avid climber. But when he catches siblings Jaime and Cersei Lannister making love in an abandoned tower during one of his risky expeditions, Jaime pushes him out of the window to his almost-death. Confined to a wheelchair thereafter, Bran s role becomes increasingly important role as the series progresses, until he is finally crowned ruler of Westeros. Ned Stark s execution
29 stars you didn t know were in the Star Wars franchise Read full article Oops! Bonnie Piesse and Joel Edgerton star as young versions of Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen. Lucasfilm There are a lot of actors who have either gotten their start or just had fun cameos in the Star Wars franchise. Find out how stars like Rose Byrne, Joel Edgerton, and Lin-Manuel Miranda showed up in the saga. Keira Knightley Keira Knightley as Sabé in The Phantom Menace. Lucasfilm/David M. Benett; Getty Years before gaining fame for her major role in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Knightley appeared in The Phantom Menace as Sabé, a handmaiden to Queen Padmé Amidala. For most of the movie, Sabé poses as the Queen of Naboo.
G. Allen Johnson March 11, 2021Updated: March 12, 2021, 7:25 am Antonius (Max von Sydow, right) plays chess with Death (Bengt Ekerot) in Ingmar Bergman’s classic “The Seventh Seal” (1957). Von Sydow, who died in 2020 at age 90, is the subject of a six-film online retrospective that is a partnership of the Berkeley Art Museum’s Pacific Film Archive and the California Film Institute’s Smith Rafael Film Center. Photo: Janus Films 1957 It started by challenging Death to a game of chess and ended with “Game of Thrones.” Max von Sydow carved out a legendary international career that included roles such as Jesus in the biblical epic “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” villains opposite Flash Gordon and James Bond, and was a must-have character actor for some of the world’s greatest directors, including William Friedkin (in “The Exorcist”), David Lynch (“Dune”), Steven Spielberg (“Minority Report”), Martin Scorsese (“Shutter Island”) and J.J. Abrams (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”).
Game of Thrones Season 8 Fails That Made the Ending That Bad Game of Thrones Season 8 Fails That Made the Ending That Bad Game of Thrones, after all the love and acclaim it received over the years, ended with a mixed response from both critics and audience alike. Most criticisms were towards unjustified conclusions to several character arcs and subplots. It s been almost two years since the highly acclaimed HBO fantasy show Game of Thrones ended with an unjustified and dissatisfactory ending. In the wake of big hype around the final season and a two-year wait for its premiere, fans took to blogs, YouTube videos, and Instagram posts to deduce theories on how Game of Thrones will address all the unanswered questions in the six-episode final season. The answer - it didn t. Neither did any of the theories fans suggested came true, nor did the creators address any of the easter eggs, hidden details, and long-hinted lore of the White Walkers. The result - Game of Thrones Season 8 is the least rated season of the show and is labeled as the most incomplete finale.
Why the DUNK AND EGG Series Is a Great Idea Twitter 0 comments Game of Thrones prequel. This second series will be based on George R.R. Martin’s novellas about Dunk and Egg. The famous pair, who became King Aegon Targaryen V and his legendary Lord Commander, Ser Duncan the Tall, began their time together when “Egg” was a child. He served as squire to Dunk, a lowly, brave hedge knight, as the two traveled all over Westeros. During those years they interacted and lived with the common folk. But they never fully escaped the clutches of Egg’s royalty and the troubles his family faced during that complicated time. Theirs is a remarkable story, full of adventure, intrigue, triumph, and tragedy.
Screenplay News and Reviews Some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers and people of note we lost in 2020 Now that the year is finally over and done with, we at Village Media would like to take pause and remember those the world lost in 2020. Here are just some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers, and people of note that left us this year (in no particular order): Alex Trebek – Jeopardy! host from 1984 through 2020. The Northern Ontario native also made appearances in numerous television series, usually as himself. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy in 2011 and named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2017 by then Governor General David Johnston for “his iconic achievements in television and for his promotion of learning, notably as a champion for geographical literacy.”
The enigmatic star began her career as an actress, starring in Bo Selecta! and presented various ITV2 shows including I m a Celebrity.Get Me Out of Here! NOW! and The Xtra Factor. Strictly Come Dancing in 2014 and the following year she began presenting The X Factor – replacing the long-standing presenter Dermot O Leary. She also presented the hit TV show Love Island between 2015 to 2019. Chadwick Boseman (Ian West/PA) Actor and playwright Chadwick Boseman died on August 28 aged 43, after being diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. Boseman played superhero T’Challa in the 2018 Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther. Despite being diagnosed with cancer, he went on to star in a range of films, such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
The enigmatic star began her career as an actress, starring in Bo Selecta! and presented various ITV2 shows including I m a Celebrity.Get Me Out of Here! NOW! and The Xtra Factor. Strictly Come Dancing in 2014 and the following year she began presenting The X Factor – replacing the long-standing presenter Dermot O Leary. She also presented the hit TV show Love Island between 2015 to 2019. Chadwick Boseman (Ian West/PA) Actor and playwright Chadwick Boseman died on August 28 aged 43, after being diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. Boseman played superhero T’Challa in the 2018 Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther. Despite being diagnosed with cancer, he went on to star in a range of films, such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
J.R.R. Tolkien crafted one of the most incredible fantasy worlds we’ve ever read, seen, or experienced, and we can thank his son Christopher Tolkien for his role in safeguarding the gift that is The Lord of the Rings. Christopher Tolkien spent decades as the literary executor of J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate and became the definitive voice and scholar of Tolkien lore (no surprise, seeing as how he grew up with the stories of Bilbo Baggins and The Lord of the Rings). Advertisement It’s because of Christopher Tolkien that we got The Silmarillion, which he compiled, completed, edited, and published years after his father died. He was also responsible for