Sentences with phrase «age drama series»

Not exact matches

The critically - acclaimed Amazon drama Transparent — created by Jill Soloway and inspired by her own father's transition at age 75 — won the 2015 Golden Globe for best TV series, musical or comedy, thereby increasing its odds to score an Emmy (or two) come September.

Now, at the age of 18, he appears in Baz Luhrmann's new Netflix show, «The Get Down,» a historical drama series infused with musical references.

Joined a youth drama group at age 11 and was soon cast in a film (as a rape victim in the2000 drama Complicity); and appeared in a British children's TV series (My Barmy Aunt Boomerang) at age 13.

From the return of David Lynch's Twin Peaks and NBC's Will & Grace (proving that some revivals do work), to the rise of Hulu series, through the continuation of prestige dramas from HBO, the golden age of TV continues.

The new HBO drama series SUCCESSION tracks their lives as they contemplate what the future will hold for them once their aging father begins to step back from the company.

Denzel Washington balances the scales of justice — and challenges Liam Neeson for a slice of the middle - aged action - hero pie — in «The Equalizer,» an ultraviolent update of the 1985 - 89 CBS drama series that featured Edward Woodward as a former government agent turned pro-bono avenging angel.

A major subplot in which Darrel pressures his daughter into a series of underground cage fights feels glaringly contrived (and wildly unnecessary) in the context of a no - holds - barred coming - of - age drama that doesn't really need to cheat.

Possessed (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- As Joan Crawford aged out of glamorous roles and glossy romantic dramas she remade herself in the 1940s as a tough, driven woman in a series of melodramas that gave the actress an opportunity to play big, emotional scenes.

Final Emmy voting starts on Monday and the most exciting thing is that for the first time in ages, the Emmy voters will be forced to choose at least one major new winner (Drama Series).

Working from a script by Gaby Chiappe, Scherfig — best known for the winsome coming - of - age drama «An Education» — skillfully keeps the tonal shifts in working order, keeping the story afloat in a series of crisp, sharply focused vignettes awash in clattering typewriters, smoldering cigarettes and other appurtenances of a bygone age.

Y Tu Mama También: The Criterion Edition Rated R for strong sexual content involving teens, drug use and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron's breathtaking erotic drama about a middle - aged woman who goes on a road trip with two young men to find a mythical beach in Mexico was so good that he was next offered to direct the third chapter of the Harry Potter series, The Prisoner of Azkaban.

I couldn't help but think of Mad Men - the drama series based on the golden age of Madison Avenue advertising firms — in which the show's main character, Don Draper, says, «Change is neither good or bad.