Tag Archives: period piece

I’m a huge Emma Stone fan, and I have loved her and had a massive crush on her since Superbad. When I heard that Emma was teaming up with The Killing of a Sacred Deer director Yorgos Lanthimos for a comedy take on a Frankenstein-esque story, I got majorly excited, …

Doctor Grace Burnham (Amber Heard) travels to a remote plantation to try and help a boy named Martin Marquez (Lorenzo McGovern Zaini), who the locals claim has supernatural powers granted by the devil. Martin’s widower father, Nicolas (Eduardo Noriega), is trying his best to keep the peace while being torn …

Based on Caleb Carr’s amazing bestseller, The Alienist is a new TV series on TNT that deftly combines period drama, murder mysteries, and psychological thrills. The title refers to a term used to describe how the mentally ill were seen as alienated from their normal selves, so those who worked with …

Abattoir follows investigative reporter Julia Talben (Jessica Lowndes) who’s sister and family are murdered one evening. Less than a week later, the house is already sold and something is missing. The entire room where the murder took place has been gutted from the house. After further investigation, Julia finds a string of …