![]() Show Me a Hero (2015)Ĭo-written by David Simon, directed by Paul Haggis, soundtracked by Bruce Springsteen and starring Oscar Isaac? Pretty solid credentials. Wild, weird and sadly a one-series wonder. This pulpy period horror saga reimagined the tales of HP Lovecraft from a racial perspective, as Korean War veteran Atticus “Tic” Freeman (Jonathan Majors) battled the bigoted terrors of segregated 1950s America. The Deuce (2017-2019)Īunjanue Ellis in Lovecraft Country. It was about family, faith and politics, with Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin and Jeanne Tripplehorn as the “sister wives”. Big Love (2006-2011)īill Paxton played a retail boss with three wives in a fundamentalist Mormon community, but this richly emotional drama covered more than the juicy subject of polygamy. Happily, it’s just been renewed for a second run. Nathan Fielder’s meta docucomedy, in which he stages elaborate simulated scenarios for punters facing difficult conversations, is deeply odd but utterly hypnotic. The none-more-00s adventures of a movie star’s posse of pals, loosely based on exec producer Mark Wahlberg’s life, were huge fun for a while back there – largely thanks to abrasive agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven). Kate Winslet won a raft of awards for her gut-punch portrayal of a struggling single mother during the Great Depression, desperately trying to earn the love of vile daughter Veda (Evan Rachel Wood). ![]() Once they tuned into its slow-burn storytelling and jazzy rhythms, what emerged was a love letter to the city and the power of community. “Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?” Some viewers were initially baffled by David Simon’s post-Katrina drama, expecting The Wire Mk 2. ![]() Clarke Peters as Albert Lambreaux in Treme. ![]()
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