This week American Gods opens with a scene in which we see a woman preparing a meal. She reaches up to the top shelf standing on a stool, which is not safe. Her cat is protesting as if it can see what is about to happen. The woman seems to get what she needs from
Episode 2 of American Gods begins with a brief flashback to a slave ship in the 1600s. A slave is praying to his god asking to be freed from his chains. He gets more than he bargained for when the god appears and creates an uprising in which all the slaves revolt and burn the Dutch
Crispin Glover, who stars as Mr. World in American Gods, is a rare bird — a meteoric talent many know little of, save for his infamous 1987 “in character” David Letterman appearance and roles in Back to the Future and River’s Edge. He is nonconformist, erudite and highly intelligent, and not content to let corporate entertainment
The three alpha pirates left, Calico Jack Rackham, Captain Flint, and Long John Silver had their moments on last night’s penultimate episode of Black Sails. Even Eleanor was back from the grave in a haunting out of focus image as Woodes Rogers was quietly read the riot act by Madi, who brought home the fact
Black Sails fans are grieving after Hannah New’s character Eleanor Guthrie was mortally wounded by a Spanish soldier in episode XXXIV. New’s fiery performance as the spitfire queen of Nassau was beset by tragedy, trauma, betrayal and a sense of purpose only she understood. We spoke to Hannah after the episode of her character’s demise, where the island was under
On Black Sails last week, we left with Flint handing himself over to Eleanor in a deal as Silver was adamant it was a bad idea. The damned Urqa gold! Everybody and their mother wants that booty. Flint, as you remember, warmed to Eleanor’s collateral argument as she needs the money and he bought her
This week’s Black Sails sees the screws deeply twisted into Nassau, with the streets are akin to the Wild West. Last week saw the death of Captain Berringer and Woodes Rogers’ true vindictive nature was also revealed. But this week, Eleanor Guthrie-Rogers is the one who pulls the rug out in a few surprises. In the
Black Sails may be the testosterone-fueled prequel to an equally male-centric tale of Treasure Island, but make no mistake — a couple of beautiful Nassau women in the cast are bosses in the series, which ends its swashbuckling tale this season. Hannah New as Eleanor Guthrie and Jessica Parker Kennedy as Max have commanded fantastic
The expected war between England and the outlaw pirate classes of Nassau has arrived on Black Sails — and in the process it will take many lives on both sides of the divide. The opening scene of last night’s episode sees a rare show of tenderness and emotion from our season’s baddie Berringer who cries
One of the most exciting newcomers to appear on Starz series Black Sails is Chris Larkin, a British veteran of stage and screen who is bonafide thespian royalty — the son of Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens. He also happens to be lead actor Toby Stephens’ older brother. Larkin may be related to