There is a lot to potentially like about Mrs. Davis, the new AI multi genre program that premieres in April on Peacock. It has to deal with a rogue, cult-like, artificial intelligence that seems intent on world domination by winning the hearts and minds of whoever will listen. It starsContinue Reading
Poker Face just wrapped its first season, and with renewal already a done deal and critical praise popping up everywhere, its a safe bet to call it successful. At the end of the first season, Charlie found herself pretty much where she started, declining an offer from Beatrix and theContinue Reading
Poker Face ended its first season today. And the finale was just wonderful, capping one of the best television debuts you’ll watch all year. I miss Charlie Cale already and you’d better believe, I will be seated whenever it returns. Give Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson all of their flowers.Continue Reading
If you haven’t checked out this week’s Poker Face, you should, it’s one of the best episodes of the season. And it should be. Showrunner Rian Johnson directed it. Marking another enjoyable directorial effort from him in less than a year. You might have heard of the other one. “GlassContinue Reading
Another solid episode of “Poker Face” has dropped this week, written and directed by Charlie Cale herself, Natasha Lyonne, as she tries to unravel the mystery of a corrupt movie special effects house executive trying to cover up a murder. The ending was another wild one with Laura (Cherry Jones)Continue Reading
Another week, another excellent episode of “Poker Face”, and congratulations to Natasha Lyonne, Rian Johnson, and the rest of the spectacular team that put this pleasant surprise together on the show’s renewal for season 2. It’s just fun television. But let’s talk about the ending to “The Future of theContinue Reading
Poker Face was back with another winner this week, as we saw Ellen Barkin and Tim Meadows, play out of their prime actors in a tired dinner theater stage play where Charlie happened to be waitressing. They went in a different direction this week with the ending in a wayContinue Reading
We’re only in February, and Poker Face is only five episodes into its run, but I’d be perfectly content adding this week’s “Time of the Monkey” episode to my “Best Of” for the year. Anchored by absolutely terrific performances by Lyonne, Judith Light and S. Epatha Merkerson, the show managesContinue Reading
Peacock launched Poker Face, last week and the Natasha Lyonne action-comedy is a winner early on in its run, creating a protagonist in Charlie Cale that is just so easy to root for (story HERE). Charlie’s gift is that she’s able to detect if someone is lying to her. AndContinue Reading
Placement advertising is an underappreciated science these days. We’ve known about it for years, and in the modern era, even celebrated our favorite celebrities securing the “bag” with a product we like being embedded into their material. This week, we had two far and away winners with placement advertising. TheContinue Reading