Benoit Blanc created by Rian Johnson The Muppets created by Jim Henson “I have arrived to this street of sesame, on a sunny day turned cloudy.' For those of you who couldn't wait for Wake Up Dead Man, the long-anticipated Knives Out sequel featuring Rian Johnson's eccentric detective Benoit Blanc, the good folks at Sesame … Continue reading Beignet Blanc (Forks Out)
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Charles Nieuwendyk (A Man on the Inside)
Created by Michael Schur Winging its way from The Land of HUH? is Netflix' 2024 mini-series A Man on the Inside, an unexpected delight for those tired of grimmer-and-bloodier-than-thou "noir" and phoned-in cosplay detective dramas. It stars Ted Danson (who's almost eighty) as CHARLES NIEUWENDYK, a quietly retired engineering professor and recent widower from Oakland, … Continue reading Charles Nieuwendyk (A Man on the Inside)
Sami Kierce
Created by Harlan Coben & Danny Brocklehurst Fans of the 2004 Netflix mini-series Fool Me Once, adapted from Harlan Coben's bestselling 2016 novel of the same name, may be shocked (I tell you, shocked!) to discover that that show's most intriguing character, SAMI KIERCE, is barely mentioned, appearing only in a few scenes. In the … Continue reading Sami Kierce
My Scrapbook: The Florida Man Ad Campaign
My Scrapbook The Florida Man Ad Campaign Netflix Steps Up… sorta Someone at Netflix’s art department decided it would be cool to spotlight each of the seven episode of their 2023 comedy-thriller Florida Man with a graphic done in faux-pulp paperback cover style (something I know a little about), and much like the show … Continue reading My Scrapbook: The Florida Man Ad Campaign
Now I know why they called it “Spenser Confidential”
They didn't want the word to get out... Mark Wahlberg would make a great Spenser. Maybe he should play him sometime. Because anyone who's ever read any of Parker's novels (or those by his successor Ace Atkins) knows that whoever the hell Wahlberg was playing in Netflix's 2020 TV flick Spenser Confidential, it wasn't Spenser. Or … Continue reading Now I know why they called it “Spenser Confidential”
Luke Cage (Hero for Hire)
Created by Archie Goodwin and John Romita, Sr. "I ain't about the tights and shit..." -- Cage on why the tiara is gone, in Alias #1 A working class hero is something to be... When LUKE CAGE made his debut in Luke Cage: Hero for Hire in 1972, he was the first African-American superhero to … Continue reading Luke Cage (Hero for Hire)