The Oscars are finished, the Emmys have come and gone, the Tonys wrapped up two weeks ago, but awards seasons wasn’t over quite yet — at least not until Saturday night, when MTV held its annual Movie & TV Awards. And as long as there are accolades to be had where television is concerned, Game of […]
Continue reading →The penultimate episode of Game of Thrones featured betrayal, triumph, and tragedy. In “The Bells,” we saw a grieving and despondent Daenerys finally win her victory over Queen Cersei – only to have it turn to literal ashes. Many characters were taken from us, while others were traumatized by the unleashing of “fire and blood.” Where […]
Continue reading →The writing of a drama is a curious thing. It is a difficult thing; to maintain characters, settings, motivations, plots, and twists. It is an almost impossible task to do so for eight seasons without running into problems of internal logic alone, which the show has sometimes been victim to (the degree to which that […]
Continue reading →The battle for the dawn has been won, and it’s time for our characters to celebrate…or is it? “The Last of the Starks” allowed the survivors to briefly grieve and rejoice before ratcheting up the tension as we head toward the final clash with Queen Cersei. The losses didn’t end last week, as Team Dany […]
Continue reading →The Game of Thrones episode we had all been anticipating (and dreading) has come and gone, and it was full of action, horror, heartbreak, and triumph. “The Long Night” kept us on the edge of our seat as Winterfell’s fate hung in the balance, before delivering a victory for our heroes in a rather unexpected […]
Continue reading →The European premiere for the final season of Game of Thrones took place yesterday in Belfast. Though not as extravagant an affair as the New York City premiere, much of the cast still attended the screening of the season premiere, including a few missing in NYC.
Continue reading →HBO just released a short —I can’t emphasize enough just how short it is— featurette about the first day on set of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, with the cast arriving early in the morning and getting ready to shoot. Take a look!
Continue reading →With the final season premiere a few days away, it’s Game of Thrones week on American TV talk shows, where much of the cast are making regular appearances. Among many others, Kit Harington teases a final season that will be “terrible” for our hearts, John Bradley gives a heartfelt speech on what playing Samwell Tarly […]
Continue reading →As we enter the last week before the Game of Thrones premiere, the cast and crew are pulling out all the stops to hype the final season. Showrunner David Benioff makes some cryptic comments about the ending, Emilia Clarke teases a frosty Winterfell reception for Daenerys, costume designer Michelle Clapton talks style evolution, and several […]
Continue reading →If you were getting your hopes up for a conventionally happy ending for Grey Worm and Missandei (first of all, what show have you been watching?) you might want to tweak your expectations before season 8 premieres on April 14. Jacob Anderson said recently that fans are likely to feel “very conflicted” about Grey Worm’s story […]
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