Here's what I'm getting at: This episode of
Penny Dreadful gets off to a great start.
«This episode of
Penny Dreadful gets off to a great start.
Not exact matches
Get a sneak peek at Sunday's new episode of
Penny Dreadful.
Penny Dreadful, Season 2: A group of
Dreadfuls get the opportunity to discuss
Penny Dreadful with Reeve Carney.
Penny Dreadful, Season 3:
Get a look back at the third season of
Penny Dreadful with this mashup, featuring a quick behind the scenes shot from each day of filming, from August 31, 2015 to February 11, 2016.
We still don't have an official debut date nor any concrete plot details, but
Penny Dreadful will return to Showtime in 2015 and now it's
got a very brief teaser to prove it.
MediaMikes: Coming up, you've
got Penny Dreadful where you're playing Dr. Frankenstein, what is the show bringing to this character?
DRAMA — ACTRESS Caitriona Balfe, Outlander Viola Davis, How to
Get Away With Murder Eva Green,
Penny Dreadful Taraji P. Henson, Empire Robin Wright, House of Cards
And really wanted to
get into
Penny Dreadful but, holy hell, the accents in Penny Dreadful were... d
Dreadful but, holy hell, the accents in
Penny Dreadful were... d
Dreadful were...
dreadfuldreadful.
Yes, there are cliffhangers of a sort to be resolved from last season as well as new business to be introduced, but
Penny Dreadful isn't in any particular hurry to
get to any of it.
Penny Dreadful doesn't mess around, it's as dark as television can
get.
Best Actress, Television Drama Caitriona Balfe, Outlander Viola Davis, How to
Get Away With Murder Eva Green,
Penny Dreadful Taraji P. Henson, Empire Robin Wright, House of Cards
But we also
get a crumb of insight into the servant's own horrific past, done in the show's typical blink - and - you'll - miss - it style: their carriages to whisk people between plot lines might be unsubtle, but exposition in
Penny Dreadful is always a welcome second place to its extravagant set pieces and colourful characters.
DRAMA — ACTRESS Caitriona Balfe, Outlander Viola Davis, How to
Get Away With Murder Eva Green,
Penny Dreadful Taraji P. Henson, Empire * WINNER * Robin Wright, House of Cards
For now, you can
get your Russell Crowe fix with Shane Black «s The Nice Guys, which arrives in theaters later this month, and
get your Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde fix on
Penny Dreadful, which introduced the doctor and his madman to the monstrous menagerie in last weekend's Season 3 premiere.
Actress, drama: Taraji P. Henson, «Empire»; Viola Davis, «How to
Get Away With Murder»; Robin Wright, «House of Cards»; Caitriona Balfe, «Outlander»; Eva Green, «
Penny Dreadful.»
Plus, a new trailer for
Penny Dreadful, and Kara
gets a strange new look on Supergirl.
Screenwriters John Logan (Skyfall, Spectre,
Penny Dreadful) and Dante Harper attempt to make sense of it by playing on the crew's fear of
getting back into their cryosleep pods after what happened to the captain, but it still requires a significant suspension of disbelief that the film doesn't earn.
But when
Penny Dreadful worked, it worked: The ensemble
got along affably, and though everyone's subplots were subject to fit and starts, this was never a show about plot.
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander Viola Davis, How to
Get Away With Murder Eva Green,
Penny Dreadful Taraji P. Henson, Empire Watch Empire online Robin Wright, House of Cards
While
Penny Dreadful fans are well aware of the great work Green is doing, her performance hasn't
gotten the mainstream recognition it deserves.
Catriona Balfe, «Outlander» Viola Davis, «How to
Get Away with Murder» Eva Green, «
Penny Dreadful» Taraji P. Henson, «Empire» Robin Wright, «House of Cards»
ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Shiri Appleby — UnREAL — Lifetime Carrie Coon — The Leftovers — HBO Viola Davis — How to
Get Away With Murder — ABC Eva Green —
Penny Dreadful — Showtime Taraji P. Henson — Empire — Fox Krysten Ritter — Jessica Jones — Netflix
Golden Reel Awards TV winners included «Westworld,» which won two awards; and «The Night Of,» «
Penny Dreadful,» «Stranger Things,» «Mozart in the Jungle,» «The
Get Down» and «The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again,» which won one each.
You can slog through all seven - plus hours of «
Penny Dreadful» without
getting a sense that Logan has any particular emotional involvement in or new ideas about these classic horror stories (the vampire hiding from the light, the manmade pariah feeling the sting of unrequited affection) beyond the underlying assumption that the world is a cold and lonesome place and it behoves us to take love and friendship where we can
get it.
Somewhere in the middle, you
get a project like «
Penny Dreadful», a monster mash - up set in late - Victorian London that earns no originality points for series creator John Logan, best known for his screenwriting credits on Hugo, Skyfall, and Rango.
Think of it as «
Penny Dreadful» meets «Sherlock Holmes» meets «Van Helsing,» and you
get the idea!
And my point is that we're selling so many
penny dreadfuls — and
getting so accustomed to seeing bookish bonbons as the rightful work of the industry!