After last week’s climactic Purple Wedding, there was bound to be a momentum let down this week. However, I found “Breaker of Chains” to be one of the series’ weaker episodes on the whole, largely due to its attempt to jam so much story into the hour. One of the reasons last week’s “The Lion […]
Ding dong the King is dead. As so often happens in the world of Game of Thrones, awful things happen at traditionally joyous occasions. And while I certainly don’t think too many fans will shed a tear over the death of the truly horrific Joffrey, the implication that Tyrion is the perpetrator of the crime […]
In perhaps the least surprising announcement in the history of television, HBO has announced that it has renewed its hit drama Game of Thrones for a fifth and sixth season. Thrones, which kicked off its fourth season this past Sunday with record ratings, has been widely hailed as one of television’s best dramas. The series […]
Game of Thrones always has a particular structure to their seasons, and season premieres are always used as a chance to reorient the audience as to where the key players are what they’re motivations will be for the following nine episodes (unlike many HBO shows, Thrones, due in large part to its massive production scale, […]
One of the more hotly debated television topics of the past few years has been the shelf life of HBO’s Game of Thrones. As the series is based off of the George RR Martin series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” fans and the creative team alike have known since the show’s inception that there […]
Yet another Game of Thrones trailer is making its rounds before the April 6 premiere date.This latest one, is entitled “Secrets” and like many a Game of Thrones promo is peppered with ominous sound bites and stunning visuals. The video treats us with glimpses of most of the main characters and whatever situation they find […]
A small, but important cast shake-up has occurred on the upcoming 24 reboot. Word came down last week that Australian actress Judy Davis was exiting the series (which has been subtitled “Live Another Day”). Davis had been set to take on the new role of “Margo, the British widow of a notorious terrorist.” With Davis […]
In an aptly named, newly released featurette, Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing, the cast and creators of the HBO drama Game of Thrones give us a taste of what is to come in the highly anticipated fourth season, as well as hash out some of their favorite moments of the past. Series creators David Benioff […]
The first trailer for Game of Throne’s fourth season, premiering April 6th, aired last night and it is appropriately awesome. “The war’s not won,” says Jamie Lannister to an arrogant and punch-able King Joffrey in the trailer’s opening moments. Indeed, it seems that things will intensify a great deal in the coming season. The wildlings […]
HBO’s Game of Thrones has cast The Red Viper. Chilean actor Pedro Pascal, who is currently appearing on USA’s Graceland, has landed the high profile role of Prince Oberyn Martell of Dorne, more commonly referred to as The Red Viper. Martell, who plays a key role in the upcoming fourth season, is bent on revenge against the Lannisters for the murder of his sister years earlier.
