Tag: hbo
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From Hannah Montana to an Oscar-nominated flick, here are five options for streaming
Taking place in Iran, the movie is called “It Was Just an Accident.” And maybe it was just an accident ー whatever the political forces and series of events were that made one man the torturer and the other the tortured. Some time later, by accident, the former prisoner, Vahid, encounters the merciless one he…
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Colorado Springs play reimagines Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson as women in season opener
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s spring of 2021 in London, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and sidekick are about to meet. But this time they’re women. In playwright Kate Hamill’s “Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B,” Dr. Joan Watson, a recent divorcee, absconds to London after…
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Pikes Pick: Welcome back football with ‘Hard Knocks’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Hard Knocks” signals the return of football. Streaming now, the annual HBO series takes us inside the personal and professional lives of players during training camp, with this year’s focus on the Buffalo Bills. —…
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Pikes Pick: Season three of ‘White Lotus’ travels to Thailand
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s a creepy undertone to “The White Lotus” that really sends a prickle through your insides. The first two seasons of the HBO Max show were set in Hawaii and Sicily, respectively, and the third,…
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Pikes Pick: Season three of ‘White Lotus’ travels to Thailand
There’s a creepy undertone to “The White Lotus” that really sends a prickle through your insides. The first two seasons of the HBO Max show were set in Hawaii and Sicily, respectively, and the third, which debuts Feb. 16, will commence in Thailand. A whole new cast, including Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Michelle Monaghan,…
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Pikes Pick: Bear down with ‘Hard Knocks’
“Hard Knocks” is HBO’s annual stoke-raiser ahead of the NFL season, a series following a team’s training camp. Even better this year: The team is my Chicago Bears. Streaming on HBO Max. — Seth Boster, The Gazette
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Pikes Pick: HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ is engaging, bingeable series
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For those looking for a new series to binge, check out HBO’s “House of the Dragon” — a prequel to the popular show “Game of Thrones.” The series, which airs Sunday evenings, is on its…
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Pikes Pick: HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ is engaging, bingeable series
For those looking for a new series to binge, check out HBO’s “House of the Dragon” — a prequel to the popular show “Game of Thrones.” The series, which airs Sunday evenings, is on its second season. Definitely a must-watch for any fantasy fans. — Kelly Hayes, The Gazette
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Pikes Pick: Dark comedy ‘Hacks’ returns to HBO
“I don’t wanna do your dirty work no more,” goes the song at the end of a new episode of “Hacks.” So we are left to ponder the work of a young comedy writer in the third season of the HBO series. The funny but darkly psychological tale continues. — Seth Boster
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Pikes Pick: Comedy drama ‘Hacks’ with Jean Smart is an excellent watch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Actor Jean Smart chews up the scenery in everything she does. I loved her in “Designing Women” decades ago and, more recently, in “Mare of Easttown.” Now I’m loving her in HBO Max’s comedy drama, “Hacks,” as a Las Vegas comedian in danger of losing…