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True Blood, Twilight, Moonlight, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer all skewed towards younger viewers and featured hot vampire love interests for young, human women A few also featured other aspects of the supernatural such a demons, werewolves, and witches Now, more than a decade later, the fans of these franchises have grown up, and so have[...]

The ever enchanting Moonlight came along just before the vampire craze kicked in and it would've probably succeeded if it aired on The CW instead of CBS. Speaking of which, I have to give props to CW Seed for streaming a few of my favorite one season wonders: Moonlight, Forever, and Alcatraz At the time of[...]

Adapted from Colson Whitehead's bestselling novel of the same name and directed by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Edgerton joins a cast that includes Thuso Mbedu, Chase W Dillon, and Aaron Pierre and will play Ridgeway, a slavecatcher Jenkins is set to direct all 11 episodes of the one-hour series, and will executive produce through his Pastel[...]

ET/PT, the eight-episode season follows Academy Award Winner Mahershala Ali's (Moonlight) Detective Wayne Hays over three time periods as he struggles to get to the truth behind a haunting series of crimes Joining Ali this season are Stephen Dorff, Carmen Ejogo, Mamie Gummer, and Scoot McNairy. https://youtu.be/RZP6t1FmVO8 TRUE DETECTIVE Season 3 tells the story of a macabre crime[...]

On December 18, the cable giant is partnering with the theater chain to host screenings at 18 theaters across the country – and the cost? Well, the screenings are free but… tickets are reserved via purchase of a $5 food/drink voucher. HBO Here's a list of the particpating Alamo Drafthouse theaters, and you can purchase tickets (if there[...]

Cancelled unceremoniously in 2012 after Disney purchased the Lucasfilm properties, The Clone Wars has a special place in my heart as the real revival of the Star Wars Universe after the disappointment of the prequels. With the announcement from Dave Filoni at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 that The Clone Wars is coming back for twelve new episodes in[...]

Fans of HBO's True Detective are getting a more intimate look at Academy Award Winner Mahershala Ali's (Moonlight) Detective Wayne Hays in the newest trailer/preview for the series' third season Set to premiere on Sunday, January 13, from 9 – 10 p.m ET/PT, the eight-episode season 3 follows the detective over three time periods as[...]

After filming on the second episode was complete, it became clear to both the cable giant and Saulnier that the project would run long and potentially conflict with his ability to take on additional projects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyu_MdKBXicVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: True Detective Season 1 Opening Credits | HBO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyu_MdKBXic) Set to tell the story[...]

Credit (Flynn, left; Graziadei, right): Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com 13 Reasons Why's Brandon Flynn and Michael Graziadei (Good Girls Revolt) are set to join the third season of  Nic Pizzolatto's crime anthology series True Detective, as it appears HBO will be employing every SAG actor on file for the multi-generational mystery. Set to tell the story of a macabre crime in the heart[...]

Credit (Sarah Gadon, left): DFree – Shutterstock.com / (Emily Nelson, right): Theo & Juliet HBO continues to round out the third season of series creator Nic Pizzolatto's crime anthology series True Detective, announcing the additions of Alias Grace's Sarah Gadon and Emily Nelson (Code Black) to the cast. Set to tell the story of a macabre crime in the[...]

Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), with Jane Levy (Suburgatory) and Sissy Spacek (Carrie). The fictional town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in a number of King's works Cujo, The Dark Half, It, Needful Things, the novella "The Body" (the basis for the film Stand by Me) and short[...]

In what would later be determined as a mix-up with the envelopes, La La Land was originally announced as the winner – only to have the correction made live on-air that Moonlight was actually the winner. While the late-night talk show host understands that the controversial moment from last year needs to be addressed, he's looking[...]

We'll be getting back to the regular The Weekly Static grind next week; but this week, we're wrapping up 2017 in a pretty little bow with a look back at the five biggest television screw-ups from the past year.

You can watch the moment, in which the cast of La La Land gets halfway through their acceptance speeches before being told it was actually Moonlight that won the Best Picture award, here. "We sincerely apologize to 'Moonlight,' 'La La Land,' Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award[...]

 Watching the video with the benefit of hindsight, it's clear that Beatty and Dunaway are confused about what they see on the announcement card in the envelope, but in the moment, decide to push forward anyway. Moments later, with La La Land's cast and team on stage and thinking they'd won Best Picture, producer Jordan Horowitz steps[...]

Moonlight The best movie of the year without a doubt This is a movie that is going to matter in a decade or more as it looks at the story of a young man told in three parts Moonlight is often beautiful as it watches its lead character grow, learn and finally accept just who he[...]

We have all these films like Moonlight, Birth Of A Nation … The politics that happen during this time is always interesting There are discussions like Manchester By The Sea may be interesting to some people, but it's not inclusive or that Moonlight is all black film … There are all these Oscar bait movies[...]