Esta and Aaron review THE PENGUIN. Spoiler-alert: We loved it. E1 AFTER HOURS 🤩 “Despite being a huge Batman fan, I didn’t love Matt Reeve’s THE BATMAN. I thought it was tedious and overlong. It had so much potential but could’ve been a shorter film or a TV series. In walks… or waddles THE PENGUIN. A lived-in crime series that depicts Gotham in a way that I’ve always dreamed (or had nightmares) about. It’s what THE BATMAN should’ve been –…
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THE PENGUIN ends by being more than a “great little thing” and is easily some of the best TV of 2024. I’ve been praising this show weekly, and by now, I can’t add much more to that outside of these three buckets of truth that THE PENGUIN pulls off. Audiences will be debating for a long time whether Oz’s narcissistic traits are a comparison to Trump’s or if that was simply a coincidence. One thing is for sure: I can’t…
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THE PENGUIN is top-tier tv viewing.…
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The best prestige dramas include characters with moral ambiguity. As the PENGUIN nears the end of its first season, it continues to show Oswald as a ruthless killer who also cares for the people he loves – mainly his mother and Victor. That depiction of Oz and some satisfying moments with Sofia make E6 better than it deserves. GOLD SUMMIT isn’t as good as the episodes before it because it slows down to let its characters have a moment to…
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THE PENGUIN shuffled backwards to another filler episode.…
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In the best episode yet of THE PENGUIN, Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) has officially become the MVP. CENT’ANNI is one helluva new edition that takes a step backward, providing audiences with a much-needed “crazy” flashback that allows us to understand how Sofia became The Hangman. It’s beautifully realized and elevates this series to the level of prestige TV reserved for HBO’s previous best-in-class fandom content, THE LAST OF US. It’s TBD if THE PENGUIN stays afloat through its eight-episode first…
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THE PENGUIN projects what most people believe the mob is all about…drugs, deceit, and death in the most torturous methods.…
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Despite being a huge Batman fan, I didn’t love Matt Reeve’s THE BATMAN. I thought it was tedious and overlong. It had so much potential but could’ve been a shorter film or a TV series. In walks… or waddles THE PENGUIN. A lived-in crime series that depicts Gotham in a way that I’ve always dreamed (or had nightmares) about. It’s what THE BATMAN should’ve been – a TV series. This would’ve allowed the characters to live and breathe as they…
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