This article originally appeared in Entertainment Weekly's Awardist Emmys Kickoff special print issue. Shōgun’s penultimate episode is quite possibly the series’ best, for several reasons. Among them is a climactic standoff between Lady Mariko (Anna Sawai) and a group of Lord Ishido’s guards, who are trying to prevent her and Lord Toranaga’s wives from peacefully leaving Osaka. While Mariko has long had a death wish — her life was spared when her father was forced to kill his family and himself after assassinating the former leader of Japan years prior — she defies the threat at hand, even as her own guards are killed by arrows showering down on them. Read More...
It's time to get your emotions in check with Disney-Pixar's sequel Inside Out 2, which introduces new characters including Anxiety and Embarrassment. And Jude Law and Alicia Vikander star in the Henry VIII drama Firebrand. On TV, House of the Dragon is back for a fiery new season; The Boys are back for season 4; the second half of Bridgerton season 3 premieres; and a new batch of singles invade Love Island USA. Read More...
The fourth episode of Interview With the Vampire says, "Oh, you thought Louis was an overly dramatic narrator? Hold my blood bag." Meet Claudia. She's 14 years old. She'll always be 14 years old. And she's about to make that everyone's problem. Daniel (Eric Bogosian) first meets Claudia (Bailey Bass) through her journals, which Rashid (Assad Zaman) presents along with gloves for safe handling of the delicate, decades-old paper. Daniel flips through doodle-filled entries, introducing us to the breathless, giddy voice of a teenage vampire racing through the world with her new gifts, her distaste for rules, and her hunger, which is permanently fixed at the metabolism of a ravenous growing girl. Read More...
