Watchmen review: HBO delivers one of the greatest shows of 2019, an awe-inspiring antithesis to Avengers Endgame
5 years, 2 months ago

Watchmen review: HBO delivers one of the greatest shows of 2019, an awe-inspiring antithesis to Avengers Endgame

Hindustan Times  

Watchmen Creator - Damon Lindelof Cast - Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Jeremy Irons, Jean Smart, Hong Chau Watchmen review: Regina King stars in HBO’s majestic new show. When film director Terry Gilliam asked writer Alan Moore how he’d go about adapting his celebrated comic book Watchmen, Moore famously replied, “I wouldn’t.” The writer, bothered by Hollywood’s repeated mishandling of his work — at the time, From Hell, A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and V for Vendetta had been turned into films — had vowed to disassociate himself from any future adaptations. Like Lindelof’s previous show, the similarly navel-gazing and phenomenally underrated The Leftovers, Watchmen also examines how society is reshaped by a cataclysmic cultural event. As Martin Luther King Jr once said, “Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness.” Regina King plays a new vigilante in HBO’s Watchmen.

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Regina King Wins Emmy For 'Watchmen' While Wearing Shirt Honoring Breonna Taylor
4 years, 3 months ago

Regina King Wins Emmy For 'Watchmen' While Wearing Shirt Honoring Breonna Taylor

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Nobody is doing it like Regina King. The actor on Sunday won her fourth Emmy award in six years, picking up the trophy in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie category for her performance in HBO’s one-season-wonder “Watchmen.” King took home the same award in 2018 for her work in the short-lived Netflix …

Louis Gossett Jr. Is An Optimist. To Survive Hollywood, He's Had To Be.
4 years, 4 months ago

Louis Gossett Jr. Is An Optimist. To Survive Hollywood, He's Had To Be.

Huff Post  

Spend an hour talking to Louis Gossett Jr., and you might hear any or all of the following names: Marlon Brando, Sidney Poitier, Anne Baxter, James Garner, Bob Dylan, Liza Minnelli, James Earl Jones, Harry Belafonte, Maggie Smith, Elia Kazan, Jesse Jackson, Paul Newman. Altogether, they’re enough to make you wonder why someone who took acting classes with Marilyn Monroe …

Regina King's road to 'Watchmen' was long. She has no regrets
5 years ago

Regina King's road to 'Watchmen' was long. She has no regrets

LA Times  

One of the most striking images of the year in pop culture centers on a masked crime fighter. Much of the poster’s boldness stems from its historical significance: “Watchmen,” which concludes its acclaimed, highly rated first season Sunday, is the first major superhero drama on TV to star an African American woman. And after years of supporting roles or shared …

Overrated by critics, 'Watchmen' is manipulative, not meaningful
5 years ago

Overrated by critics, 'Watchmen' is manipulative, not meaningful

LA Times  

HBO’s “Watchmen” is among the best-reviewed series of the year, scoring 85 on the review-aggregation site Metacritic and appearing on more than 40 critics’ top 10 lists to date. Here, Ali and Lloyd discuss their reservations about “Watchmen” — and why they think the series’ praise has been overblown. Television ‘Watchmen’s’ provocative portrait of race in America has its own …

Watchmen: Regina King says Damon Lindelof is the only white person she trusted to write HBO show
5 years, 2 months ago

Watchmen: Regina King says Damon Lindelof is the only white person she trusted to write HBO show

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Regina King has admitted she may not have starred in Watchmen …

HBO's "Watchmen" takes on white supremacy — Damon Lindelof promises to "troll the white savior"
5 years, 5 months ago

HBO's "Watchmen" takes on white supremacy — Damon Lindelof promises to "troll the white savior"

Salon  

Those anticipating HBO's series adaptation of “Watchmen,” the classic comic book series co-created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, may have divided opinions of the 2019 version conceived by Damon Lindelof, co-creator of "Lost" and "The Leftovers." Lindelof stressed that the new “Watchmen” will not alter the original series in any way: “We explore the past…but it’s canon,” he said. …

Watchmen teaser: Damon Lindelof's take on Alan Moore's graphic novel introduces Regina King's mysterious character
5 years, 7 months ago

Watchmen teaser: Damon Lindelof's take on Alan Moore's graphic novel introduces Regina King's mysterious character

Firstpost  

HBO released the teaser trailer of writer Damon Lindelof’s take on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel Watchmen on 8 May. Regina King also makes an appearance in a hooded outfit and straps on what looks like a law enforcement officer’s badge. According to the official description the show “embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of …

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