According to Deadline, Krysten Ritter is going to continue her gradual takeover of all entertainment mediums by making her directorial debut during the third season of her Netflix Marvel show Jessica Jones. That’s after she already starred in one of the most under-appreciated comedy shows of the decade, wrote a…
“Thoroughbreds, in other words, has been made with diabolical craft and intelligence, the kind that marks [director Cory] Finley as a major new American talent. But it’s no empty exercise, no mere calling card. The style all comes in service of the central relationship and the superb performances that bring it to…
First of all, this is a brand-new Jessica Jones trailer, very different from the first extended look we got at season two earlier this month. But you know what it looks an awful lot like? A trailer promoting season one of Jessica Jones, weirdly enough.
You can turn off your TV—or whatever device you’re using to watch TV these days—but TV is always on, as evidenced by the number of new and returning series that have already premiered in the early days of 2018. Here’s what The A.V. Club is looking forward to in the new year, from eagerly awaited second helpings and…
There’s exactly one action scene in the first episode of The Defenders, and it happens in the first three minutes. Not only that, but it’s nigh-incomprehensible, having been chopped into Michael Bay-like oblivion under the eye of director S.J. Clarkson. To some degree, this is meant to throw us with jarring force into…
In the long-awaited superhero gathering of The Defenders, Marvel’s playing catchup in more ways than one. First, the comic giant’s studio arm has to make the necessary (re)introductions to Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, whose team-up was scheduled before Charlie Cox first stepped into Hell’s…
The first season of Jessica Jones saw the titular hero’s best friend Trish Walker steadily grow into a dependable ass-kicker, even helping take down main villain Kilgrave by the end of the 13-episode arc. It’s understandable she would want to become more involved in Jessica’s various heroism-related activities (and…
While Netflix’s upcoming team-up series The Defenders is already set to kick some ass (and fight Sigourney Weaver) with an August 18 premiere date, it’s looking like there will be a lengthy interlude between the first and second seasons of Jessica Jones, arguably the most critically acclaimed of all the streaming…
Release date: November 20, 2015
Who she is: Jessica Jones
In the wake of controversy surrounding comments from Last Tango In Paris director Bernardo Bertolucci—and the renewed criticism they’ve focused on the film’s depiction and use of sexual assault as a narrative device—a number of prominent TV writers and producers have spoken out against the mishandled use of rape as a…
Marvel is so far shooting three-for-three with regards to its series endeavors on Netflix. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage have all been loudly praised for their writing, directing, and acting. However, one aspect of the shows that have not been getting sufficient attention is their music. Of the three, the…
A bunch of characters you’re already familiar with will pop up in The Defenders. Netflix announced on Twitter today that the likes of Daredevil trainer Stick (Scott Glenn), Jessica Jones BFF Trish (Rachael Taylor), and everyone’s favorite nurse Claire Temple (Rosario Dawson) will all make appearances in the series.…
Thus far, Marvel’s Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage have all had 13-episode seasons on Netflix, thereby proving the old truism that every superhero story should be broken up into a baker’s dozen of streaming-service installments, just like they used to do back in the old country. However, it now looks like…
Marvel’s Jessica Jones pulled down praise last year for, among other things, presenting a rare female-focused look at the superhero world. That eye on representation was on display behind the cameras, too, with the series doubling the industry average for number of episodes directed by a woman. Of course, since the…
Marvel’s Civil War II: Choosing Sides anthology is the best thing to come out of the Civil War II event, bringing in exciting new and established talents to tell short stories about a wide range of Marvel Universe characters. The miniseries ends with next week’s Choosing Sides #6, and the issue features some truly…
Last year, Marvel decided to pay tribute to the long history of hip-hop artists inspired by comic books with a special series of variant covers that were designed to look like classic albums. Iron Man did a 50 Cent homage, the Sam Wilson version of Captain America did his best A$AP Rocky, and Ms. Marvel recreated the…
Marvel and Netflix have built up a healthy backlog of beloved characters and shows for themselves, even as they continue to add new street-level heroes to the mix. Up until now, it hasn’t been entirely clear what’s coming next from the two companies (beyond Luke Cage, which arrives September 30). But today at the…
Netflix isn’t shy about sharing viewership data—the streaming giant is usually more than happy to summarize said data to let audiences know just how they ended up watching The Ranch (the answer: pretty pictures). But while Netflix will probably continue to abstain from releasing the raw data on exactly how many people…
Cass Sunstein spent the better part of three decades coming to prominence as one of the United States’ foremost legal scholars, teaching at the University Of Chicago. But in 2009, he was appointed to head the Obama administration’s White House Office Of Information And Regulatory Affairs, plunging him into the thorny…
