Even though she has starred in a number of other projects, even a massive TV role in “Grey’s Anatomy,” Sandra Oh’s career really reached a new level with the lead in “Killing Eve.” The show earned her numerous awards and nominations, including three Primetime Emmy noms, and is clearly the biggest highlight of her career, thus far. But Oh wasn’t the only actress up for the role of Eve in BBC America’s award-winning series.

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In the third episode of the new season of “Killing Eve,” Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) and Villanelle (Jodie Comer) attend an impromptu “therapy” session. Eve asks if Villanelle has ever heard the fable about the scorpion and the frog, and explains that “they both die because the scorpion can’t change its nature.” The fable has become an eye-roll-inducing pop culture cliché at this point, but Villanelle’s replies make the scene work.

Continue reading ‘Killing Eve’ Season 4 Review: A Bumpy But Intriguing Final Season Attempts a Worthy Ending For Eve And Villanelle at The Playlist.

There’s no shortage of exciting television shows released this February, kicking things off strong with the much-anticipated miniseries “Pam & Tommy” starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. The month will see the return of Shonda Rhimes, two series finales, an off-kilter and unexpected comedy series starring Will Arnett, and science fiction miniseries, which look to be the next big shows to dominate the discourse. 

February will also see the return of HBO’s “Raised by Wolves” and Netflix’s “Raising Dion” along with the fourth season of “The Marvelous Mrs.

Continue reading 11 TV Shows To Watch In February: ‘Pam & Tommy,’ ‘Killing Eve’ & More at The Playlist.

All good things must come to an end. And at the end of February, we begin the final season of BBC America’s Emmy-winning hit, “Killing Eve.”

READ MORE: Jodie Comer Confirms ‘Killing Eve’ Ending With Season 4 & She Is “By No Means” In Talks For A Spinoff

As seen in the new trailer for “Killing Eve,” the fourth and final season starts at the end of this month and wraps up a story that is years in the making.

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After surprising everyone by becoming one of the best shows on TV, BBC America’s “Killing Eve” has been delighting fans and critics for three seasons already. And in February, the acclaimed series is set to begin its final season.

READ MORE: Jodie Comer Confirms ‘Killing Eve’ Ending With Season 4 & She Is “By No Means” In Talks For A Spinoff

And in a new teaser for Season 4 of “Killing Eve,” it appears there’s still a lot of mystery surrounding what might happen to Eve and Villanelle before the final episode airs.

Continue reading ‘Killing Eve’ Season 4 Teaser: Sandra Oh & Jodie Comer Return For One More Season Of The BBC America Hit at The Playlist.

At some point over the Christmas and New Year holidays, an AMPAS member will open up the Academy’s screener app and begin watching Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel.” The movie has significant buzz among members, but there is one great performance that has somewhat gotten lost in the zeitgeist, Jodie Comer’s impressive turn as the woman at the center of the historical drama, Marguerite de Carrouges. And if enough members of the Academy’s Oscar branch catch the epic (we know the Director’s branch has its fans) Comer could be an Oscar nomination morning surprise.

Continue reading Jodie Comer Revisits Ridley Scott’s Mastery Of ‘The Last Duel’ [Interview] at The Playlist.

What’s happening with everyone’s favorite cat and mouse spy thriller, “Killing Eve”? Well, it’s basically going out on top and ending early. Season four is its final one, and the game between Eve and Villanelle is coming to an end. To back up a bit, in case you’ve missed it, “Killing Eve” is the hit BBC American/AMC British spy thriller starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, who has since become a big start because of the show (and you can argue part of the reason the series is coming to an end is Comer is getting movie offer after movie offer and probably doesn’t want to turn any of that stuff down).

Continue reading ‘Killing Eve’: First Look & Teaser Of The Final Season Which Arrives February 20 On AMC at The Playlist.

One of the best things we’ve seen spring up from the advent of streaming TV is the willingness by studios and networks to end shows before they grow too stale. No more do you have to wonder why a network continuously renewing a show long past its clear expiration date. Now, the likes of Netflix, AMC, Hulu, FX, and others are much more willing to listen to creators and end a series when the story has come to a conclusion.

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Spooky season is here, which means plenty of hair-raising new content from media outlets far and wide. AMC+ is taking the opportunity to tease its latest limited series, a queasy-looking serial killer thriller from the executive producers of “Killing Eve.” 

READ MORE: Fall 2021 TV Preview: Over 40 Series’ To Watch

From the trailer’s first gruesome images, “Ragdoll” announces itself as a dark procedural firmly rooted in the “Se7en” tradition.

Continue reading ‘Ragdoll’ Trailer: AMC+ Teases Grisly New Serial Killer Thriller Series from ‘Killing Eve’ Producers Starring Lucy Hale at The Playlist.

The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing in France this week after opening ceremonies, and the first wave of screenings made a bit of a splash yesterday. Today, there is some news about Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz, who is premiering his latest pic at the festival, “Mariner of the Mountain,” in the Special Screenings section.

READ MORE: ‘Showing Up’: Hong Chau, Andre Benjamin, Judd Hirsch, John Magaro & More Join Michelle Williams In Kelly Reichardt’s New Feature

According to Variety, Aïnouz (the critically acclaimed animated film “The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão” which won the top Un Certain Regard prize at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival) is now set to make his English-language debut with the new feature film “Firebrand,” a historical drama that will see four-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams (“Shutter Island,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Manchester By The Sea,” “My Week With Marilyn“) playing Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry The VIII.

Continue reading Michelle Williams To Star In ‘The Invisible Life’ Director Karim Aïnouz’s Historical Drama ‘Firebrand’ at The Playlist.

There’s good news and bad news for fans of the award-winning BBC America series, “Killing Eve.” The good news is that the series is going to be entering production on Season 4, after a year-long pandemic delay, later this year. Unfortunately, the bad news is that this new season will be the series’ last.

According to Variety, “Killing Eve” is set to end its run with the upcoming fourth season of the Emmy-winning series.

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Another year comes to a close, another overlong, ahem, thorough most anticipated list from your friends at The Playlist. This time, we’re talking television and yes, there’s a lot of TV to deal with. Frankly, however, with the explosion of streaming, the second age of PeakTV, now known as the Streaming Age, we’re somewhat surprised this list isn’t over 100 picks long. Disney+ and Apple TV+ may have launched in late 2019, but 2020 really brought us the full breadth of both those streaming services wares.

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For those looking for any Emmy Awards trends in the 2020 BAFTA Television Awards, there were decidedly few. Thanks to a different qualification calendar, the HBO mini-series “Chernobyl” and Amazon Prime and BBC’s “Fleabag” dominated the proceedings. Oh, “The Crown,” which is once again major Emmy player this year, also snagged some jewels, but wasn’t that expected?

READ MORE: “Chernobyl” avoids a genre meltdown and is one of the year’s best series [Review]

“Chernobyl” led all programs with 14 nominations with “Fleabag” and “The Crown” earning seven nods each.

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Seasons 1 and 2 of BBC America’s deliciously sharp, darkly comedic spy thriller hit show “Killing Eve”—written and overseen by “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge in its debut season— was the culminating apex of the dark pangs behind obsession and they’re deep cuts and costs. Dissatisfied MI5 desk jockey Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh, earning every second of her comeback Emmy and Globe awards and nominations) was essentially awakened out of her blasé life slumber by the discovery of psychopathic assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer).

Continue reading ‘Killing Eve’ Season 3 Doesn’t Cut As Deep, But The Blade Still Patiently Waits To Strike [Review] at The Playlist.

Perhaps, in these times of self-isolation and social distancing,and a non-stop, 24 hour news stream straight from hell, we’re not all in the mood to enlighten ourselves or enrich our lives. In my mind, if we get through all of this kinder than we were before then we’ve done the best we can.

READ MORE: ‘Mrs. America’: Cate Blanchett & Rose Byrne Are Stellar In ERA Fight Mini-Series [Review]

That being said, we need some distractions if possible and while new releases on the film side are relative slim pickings, there’s plenty of television coming out in the next month – both returning and new, that is well worth checking out.

Continue reading 10 Shows to Watch in April: ‘Defending Jacob,’ ‘Killing Eve,’ & More at The Playlist.

One of the year’s biggest TV returns is the upcoming season of “Killing Eve.” The Emmy-winning season has a new head writer (as it does each year) and continues the story of its two leading ladies and the complicated, psychological web they weave. And since the world is starving for content right now, as people continue to self-quarantine due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, AMC Networks is ready to give fans Season 3 a little early.

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There are very few things in life that you can guarantee. The saying normally includes death and taxes, as the two primary things that will never change. Well, we can also add new lead writers for “Killing Eve.” As we’ve seen in the three previous seasons, right as a new batch of episodes is about to begin production, the network bosses announce a new woman that will become the lead writer for the BBC America spy series.

Continue reading ‘Killing Eve’: Laura Neal Becomes Fourth Lead Writer In Four Seasons Of The Emmy-Winning Series at The Playlist.

BBC America and AMC finally revealed the first images from Season 3 of “Killing Eve,” reminding you that the spy drama is coming back on April 26 after that shocking season 2 finale. Only you’d be surprised to see both characters alive and well, having apparently recovered from being shot in the back. Oh, and there’s also way more clowns than anyone would have anticipated.

READ MORE: BBC America Renews ‘Killing Eve’ For A 4th Season Months Before Season 3 Debuts In The Spring

That’s right, Sandra Oh’s Eve survived!

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There is a scene, about midway through Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman,” in which a man pulls his truck up next to our heroine, Cassie (Carey Mulligan), and throws a few choice words her way, including the one your reallllllly shouldn’t lob at a young woman at the end of her rope. (You know the one.) Cassie gets out of her car, grabs her tire iron, and proceeds to smash the shit out of this creep’s truck: tail lights, hood, windshield, the works.

Continue reading ‘Promising Young Woman’: A Darkly Funny & Wildly Provocative Revenge Thriller [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.

As documented in our Best TV of The 2010 Decade feature, which you should read, the 2010s were the age of PeakTV, Prestige TV and the dawn of the streaming age. Now in this new decade of the 2020s, we enter the Streaming War era. Yes, Netflix is here and here to stay, HBO isn’t going anywhere and Showtime, FX and all the other major players are solidified in status.

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With the sheer number of major prestige dramas that arrive on networks and streaming services each year, it’s always nice when a great show sees a lot of critical acclaim and popularity among TV viewers. And apparently that’s the case when it comes to BBC America’s “Killing Eve.”

READ MORE: ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Fleabag’ & ‘Watchmen’ Earn 2019 USC Scripter Award Nominations

According to BBC America, the network has announced “Killing Eve” returns for a third season this spring, and not only that, the network is betting big on the series and already announced that Season 4 is in the works, as well.

Continue reading BBC America Renews ‘Killing Eve’ For A 4th Season Months Before Season 3 Debuts In The Spring at The Playlist.

The USC Libraries named the finalists for the 32nd-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s most accomplished film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. The honor can be seen as a potential indicator for the nominee for Oscar’s best Adapted Screenplay. On the film side, “Jojo Rabbit,” “The Irishman,” “Little Women,” “The Pope,” “The Irishman” and, somewhat surprisingly, “Dark Waters” made the cut.

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The American Cinema Editors announced the nominees for the 2020 ACE Awards and even with two categories there were a number of surprises.  On the Feature Film – Comedy side “Knives Out,” “Dolemite is My Name,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” and “The Farewell” earned nominations.  For Feature Film – Drama the field features “Ford v Ferrari,” “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story,” “Joker” and “Parasite.”  

READ MORE: “The Irishman,” “Fleabag” and, yes, “Parasite” top 2020 SAG Awards nominations

Intriguing omissions on the feature side included “Uncut Gems,” “Bombshell,” “The Report” and “Little Women.”  Additionally, the three Animated Film contenders were “Frozen 2,” “I Lost My Body” and “Toy Story 4.”

Television nominees over four narrative categories included “Killing Eve,” “Russian Doll,” “Chicago Med,” “Watchmen,” “Game of Thrones,” “Euphoria” and “Schitt’s Creek.”

The 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards will be handed out on Jan.

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Horrid things that people have done in the past makes you feel like the only way to get back at them is by getting some sweet vengeance. Well “Promising Young Woman” takes revenge to a whole new level.

Directed by Emerald Fennell (“Killing Eve”) comes a story of revenge as Cassie (played by Carey Mulligan from “Wildlife”), who has been traumatized in the past after a freak event, will get her comeuppance on predatory men who unfortunately cross her path.

Continue reading ‘Promising Young Woman’ Trailer: Carey Mulligan Stars In New Revenge Thriller From Director Emerald Fennell at The Playlist.

The Costume Design Guild announced the 22nd Costume Designer Guild Awards nominations this morning and there were a number of expected nominees. For instance, Michael Travers work for “Hustlers,” Ruth E. Carter’s creations for “Dolemite is My Name” and Julian Day‘s nominations for “Rocketman” were not surprises when the three different film categories were revealed. What was unexpected were the two major designers who didn’t make the cut for their high profile films this year.

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