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With Chernobyl, the Co-Writer of Scary Movie 4 Brings a Completely Different Horror Disaster
I’m always a bit apprehensive when I get the idea to write a piece on another TV series. The website is called FilmGamer after all. After True Detective, The Night Of, The Leftovers, Game of Thrones, and Sharp Objects, this is my sixth HBO series and eighth tv show covered on this channel so I…
Sharp Objects Ends on a Typically Dour Note
Where to end? A lot of TV shows conclude in ways that don’t wrap up every element of plot. Gone Girl doesn’t finish at the end of Dunne’s story, but concludes at the most interesting chapter. Having given you enough words about each of the characters that you can convincingly draw your own conclusions. Great Murder…
Who is Sharp Objects’ Wind Gap Killer?
Who can we eliminate as suspects? It’s funny how much I can’t directly eliminate Kansas City Detective Richard “Dick” Willis and St. Louis reporter Camille Preaker off the chart as suspects. They were not in town for the first murder last summer of Ann Nash, or around when Natalie Keen went missing but they were…
Everything Is “Falling” Into Place on the Penultimate ‘Sharp Objects’ Episode
Rating: A- John Keene and Camille hook up which has been a long time coming. It’s predictable but I’m glad they understand each other. Detective Richard Willis doesn’t get any points for not throwing Camille’s damaged family history in her face, but its nice he doesn’t blame her and still gives her the information which…
“Cherry” is Sharp Objects’ Superbly Superficial Sunday
I still think of Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You when I hear Frankie Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”, the song Amma and Camille sing at the party before rollerblading around town and the song fades into the now signature “Tumbling Lights” John Keene is getting arrested next week…
In “Closer”, ‘Sharp Objects’ Offers Up Two Anti-Climaxes
I knew this show is a slow burn but where’s the heat? No episode except “Ripe” (#4) has approached the pilot in quality. “Closer” flirts with shifting action before closing up any major inflicted wounds. It’s a shock any disaster at the Calhoun Day festival seems like business as usual for Wind Gap. Amma runs…
‘Sharp Objects’ Dulls in Episode Three
– Spoilers ahead for episode III of Sharp Objects – If you are going to have a weak episode in a mini-series, you should put it at #3. If 1 and 2 have done their job the audience is already invested, this is the part where the episodes start to blend and having it in…
‘Sharp Objects’ REALLY Lives Up to Its Name in Episode II
I’ll give full credit to this show for so thoroughly exploring its tortured protagonist cliché and literally living up to its title so quickly. I don’t think I’ve repulsed physically from any show as much this year as much as I did at the scene where Camille Preaker shoves a sewing needle underneath her fingernail,…
‘Sharp Objects’ Has Arrived for Your Summer TV Viewing Pleasure
Here’s a formula for a TV hit: Set in the hot summer schedule, a murder-mystery miniseries rife with water cooler discussion. Split the budget between acting, a cinematic auteur director, ace cinematography, a moody minor string orchestral score and place the rest into licensed music budget into licensing that will have people Shazaming afterwards. Have abstract opening…
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