The first Game of Thrones fan convention, Con of Thrones, wrapped on July 2nd in Nashville after a weekend of buildup for the return of the show for its seventh season on HBO on July 16. From a review of the speaker agenda and online reports coming out of the convention, it wasn’t heavy on major spoilers or dish, but there were a few intriguing … Continue reading Season 8 Episodes of ‘Game of Thrones’ Could be Feature Length!!!
On the first day of summer, Winter Is Here — at least, in the form of a new Game of Thrones Season 7 trailer. Narrated in part by the new Westerosi power couple (*platonic) of Littlefinger and Sansa (leading me to give this season the subheading “Nevertheless She Persisted: The Sansa Stark Story), the new trailer teases a lot of marshaling of armies and of … Continue reading New ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Trailer Will Get Your Blood Pumping for Battle!! Check It Out!!
Season 7 of HBO’s Game of Thrones, the massively popular fantasy series based on the books of George R.R. Martin, will bow on the premium network July 16th, but devoted followers will soon notice (if they haven’t already) that this penultimate season is the shortest one yet. Seasons 1-6 have all featured 10 episodes, each roughly an hour long on average; Season 7 will only feature 7 … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Episodes to Be the Longest Yet!!!
No more dragging of feet for HBO’s Game of Thrones. As the new Season 7 trailer confirms, the Great War is here, and it’s going to take its toll on everyone across the Seven Kingdoms. The Lannisters might actually be taking the brunt of it since they’re beset on all sides by warring factions. However, when reading ever so slightly between the lines, you’ll find that … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Trailer Portends the Great War!!! Check It Out!!
If the last batch of Game of Thrones Season 7 images had you breathlessly awaiting the return of the HBO series … prepare yourself! New images released today are only going to amp up the hype some more. Some of these shots reveal the massive dragons under Daeny’s command, like the one seen above, while others opt for a more intimate character focus on ground level. Added into … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Images Promise Fiery Dragons and Icy Stares!! Check It Out!!
Well you didn’t think Game of Thrones, HBO’s biggest hit and one of the most pervasive cultural juggernauts of the decade would just go out quietly into the night, did you? With its ending now set, HBO is looking for how to continue to capitalize on the show’s popularity with a handful of new series under consideration. AMC has tried its hand at this twice … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’: 4 Spinoff Series Being Considered by HBO!!!
Though fans have had to wait a little longer than usual for Winter to come to HBO this year, Season 7 of Game of Thrones is almost upon us. To celebrate that fact, the premium network has revealed 15 new images featuring familiar faces fans love to love and love to hate. The Stark children are nearly all present and accounted for (minus one…) and what’s … Continue reading First-Look ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Images Feature Some Familiar Faces!! Check It Out!!
HBO has released a new Game of Thrones Season 7 trailer. While we’re still a ways off from seeing any actual footage from the upcoming season, this is still a pretty good tease that highlights the major players in the upcoming season. No disrespect to folks like Arya or Brienne, but Jon Snow has an army, Daenerys has an army plus dragons, and Cersei controls … Continue reading New ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Trailer Highlights the Power Players!! Check It Out!!!
The end is nigh for Game of Thrones, but this is one finale that won’t be overstaying its welcome. Back in April of last year, as the show’s sixth season was wrapping up, creators/showrunners/writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss revealed that as they were breaking the story for the show’s final two seasons, they were thinking they only had 13 episodes left total. There was … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Showrunners Confirm Final Season Is Only 6 Episodes!!!
At SXSW, HBO released the first Game of Thrones Season 7 poster, which I postulated is a hint at the series’ fire-and-ice endgame (as in dragons vs ice zombies, but more specifically, about the reinstatements of House Targaryen and House Stark into the power positions in Westeros through Daenerys and Jon). Now, HBO is reminding is not just that Winter Is Coming, but that is has indeed … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Premiere Date Announced with Ice, Fire, and a New Teaser!!! Check It Out!!
Winter is here and the Song of Ice and Fire is nearing its conclusion. Today at the TCA, new HBO Programming President Casey Bloys finally confirmed that Game of Thrones eighth season will be it’s last. Kaput. Fin. That’s all she wrote, folks. “Yes, I think [showrunners, D.B. Weiss and David Benioff] have a very specific plan about the number of seasons they want to … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’: HBO Confirms Season 8 Will Be the Last!!
Winter is here, but there’s a price to be paid. We’ve been promised since the pilot of Game of Thrones that “Winter is coming,” and now that it’s finally arrived, it comes with a caveat: you’re gonna have to wait. We heard rumblings recently that production on Game of Thrones Season 7 would begin later than usual as showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss need their … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Won’t Debut Until Next Summer; HBO Confirms Less Episodes!!
After last night’s thrilling episode of Game of Thrones, fans were treated to a brief trailer for the show’s season finale, “The Winds of Winter”, which takes it name from the upcoming George R.R. Martin book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series (it makes me wonder if there’s an episode titled “A Dream of Spring” in our future). In the trailer, we … Continue reading ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Finale Trailer Teases “The Winds of Winter”!! Check It Out!!
HBO’s Game of Thrones has landed on the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, which isn’t a huge surprise given the popularity of the show, but the angle of these covers is certainly curious. Six different covers give the spotlight over to the women of the immensely popular fantasy series, offering previews of the Season 6 iterations of Emilia Clarke’s Danerys Targaryen, Lena … Continue reading The Women of ‘Game of Thrones’ Take the Spotlight in Season 6 EW Covers!!
Synopsis – As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must bring together an army against President Snow, while all she holds dear hangs in the balance. My Take – So here it is at last, a conclusion to the widely popular franchise depicting Katniss Everdeen’s epic & tragic journey. … Continue reading The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015) Review!!
Synopsis – An unexplained horror occurs in a Japanese forest. Director – Jason Zada Starring – Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Yukiyoshi Ozawa Check out the trailer: Continue reading Check out the trailer of the new horror film ‘The Forest’ starring GOT’s Natalie Dormer!!
Synopsis – Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening. My Take – This film is not simply 107 minutes of pretty boys holding champagne & going crazy as shown in the trailers, but instead much more than that! Initially, there are plenty of laughs to be had, … Continue reading The Riot Club (2014) Review!!
Synopsis – When Katniss destroys the games, she goes to District 13 after District 12 is destroyed. She meets President Coin who convinces her to be the symbol of rebellion, while trying to save Peeta from the Capitol. My Take – Frankly, I have not understood the craze (& BO performance) behind this series, yes the series is interesting and fun, but just like the … Continue reading The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) Review!!
