Fall Season – TV Show Review: How To Get Away With Murder

“How to Get Away with Murder” is one of the top hits this fall season and it’s been my favorite so far. The show is incredbily well written, directed, acted, edited and so on. There’s absolutely nothing about HTGAWM that I didn’t like.

The show follows a law professor (Annalise Keating) and a few of her students who get involved in a murder plot that changes everything. And the show builds this up mixing two times, two moments and two things. With flash-backs and creepy scenes, the show is sure to get your attention. It’s that kind of show that will leave you always waiting for more.

When it comes to the people involved, the show is also a hit. Firstly, the show is produced by Shonda Rhimes, who is best known for Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, two ABC hits. Secondly, it is written (mostly) by Peter Norwalk, who happened to create the show and to have worked with Shonda in both shows I listed!  There’s also a writing credit for Rob Fresco, who wrote 4 episodes of “Touch”, 6 episodes of “Heroes” and more!

There’s no fixed director but, according to IMDB, there have been/will be episodes directed by Randall Zisk (Scandal, The Mentalist, Monk), Michael Offer (Last Resort, Homeland), Mike Listo (Boston Public, Boston Legal, 90210) and Bill D’Elia (Grey’s Anatomy, The Crazy Ones, The West Wing, Chicago Hope).

Next up: Actors! Viola Davies, who is best known as Abileen Clark in “The Help” and was nominated for two oscars, plays Professor Annalise Keating! Her students are played by Alfred Enoch (Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter Series!), Jack Falahee (Charlie McBride in Twisted), Aja Naomi King (Cassandra Kopelson in Emily Owens, M.D.), Matt McGorry (John Bennett in Orange is The New Black) and Karla Souza (Mostly known for Mexican productions).

Besides that, we’ve got Katie Findlay (The Carrie Diaries, The Killing), Charlie Weber (Gacy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Liza Weil (Bunheads, Scandal, Gilmore Girls), Tom Verica (Zodiac) and Billy Brown (Star Trek, Sons of Anarchy).

All in all, “How To Get Away with Murder” is a show you definetly cannot miss. Seriously.

TV Show Review: Resurrection (Season 1)

Yesterday, I finished the eight episodes that form the first season of Resurrection. The show aired March 9th 2014 and is based on the book “The Returned” by Jason Mott. It’s an ABC show and it’s been compared to the french show “Les Revenants”.

The plotline follows a town in Missouri, Arcadia, where people starting coming back from the dead. Everything else is a spoiler and, since that was all I knew before starting the show, that’s all I will tell you.

I am a big fantasy/sci-fi fan and I really loved the plotline even before I started watching it and, I must say, I was definetly not disappointed. The show is amazing. It’s honestly the kind of show that will keep you craving for more. And the last episode kept me literally on the edge of my seat.

When it comes to actors, you might recognize Agent Bellamy as Dr. Eric Foreman from “House M.D.” and Omar Epps is great in both shows, just as he was in his 10 episode participation in “E.R.” and in the movies he’s done.

Newcomer Landon Gimenez, who is only 11, is also AMAZING on the show and his acting as Jacob Langston, who’s one of the main characters (if not the main character) is surreally good.

Matt Craven (Crimson Tide, X-Men:First Class, Disturbia, A Few Good Man), Devin Kelley (Chernobyl Diaries, The Chicago Code, Anchors), Mark Hildreth (Dragon Ball Z, Pirates of The Caribben: At World’s End, Barbie of Swan Lake), Kurtwood Smith (That 70’s Show, RoboCop, Dead Poets Society, Rambo III), Frances Fisher (Titanic, Unforgiven, House of Sand and Fog, The Lincoln Lawyer), Samaire Armstrong (It’s a Boy Girl Thing, Just My Luck, The O.C.), Sam Hazeldine (The Raven, The Monuments Men), Kathleen Munroe (Call Me Fitz) and Lori Beth Sikes (Get Low) all have significant roles and are all doing a great job.

The second season of the show premires this sunday, the 28th!

Pilot Review: Selfie

As the fall season comes, I have decided to review all the episodes I watch. And, even though ABC’s “Selfie” only comes out on September 30th, the pilot was released online and I have watched it!

First things first: what is “Selfie” about? Well, as the name states, it’s about selfies. But it’s not just that. The show follows a girl who’s VERY obsessed with social media and who suddenly realizes she has no real friends and that she’s, well, she’s a horrible person. So, she asks this guy from her office (who doesn’t like her very much) to re-brand her, since that’s what he does for the company and he seems to be very good at it.

The show stars Karen Gillan (Doctor Who, Guardians of The Galaxy) and John Cho (Sleepy Hollow, Go On, FlashForward). And, as a Doctor Who fan, I couldn’t stop myself from watching the promo when it first came out.

As I watched the video, I kept thinking “This could rock. But it could also suck” and I also kept thinking that there’s a very high chance it’ll get cancelled. Still, when I saw that the pilot was already available, I ran to it.

The show honestly surprised me positevely. The jokes were funny, the acting was good and it wasn’t as predictable as I thought it’d be (but still very predictable). The only thing was that most of the episode is covered in the promo, so there weren’t many new informations (if you haven’t watched the promo, don’t do it. Just watch the episode).

All in all, I liked it. A lot, actually. And I’m sticking to it. And, if it happens to get cancelled, I’ll just cry.