Written by Daniel Warren Johnson | Art by Daniel Warren Johnson | Published by Image Comics
Daniel Warren Johnson has made quite the book with Extremity. He has been able to create this vast creative world full of its own distinctive history. That world building has not taken away from any of the entertainment as the battles he constructs are brutally compelling, and through effective character work those battles actually mean something.
Here he adds another thematic layer as this issue deals with how the loss of loved ones effects our purpose. The issue opens with Thea along with her father visiting the grave of her mother. From the start we see the crux dilemma of this issue and that is how they along with Rollo differ in their reaction to her death. Jerome’s ownership of her death has laid upon him a level of guilt that has transformed into anger and purpose.
Daniel Warren Johnson has made quite the book with Extremity. He has been able to create this vast creative world full of its own distinctive history. That world building has not taken away from any of the entertainment as the battles he constructs are brutally compelling, and through effective character work those battles actually mean something.
Here he adds another thematic layer as this issue deals with how the loss of loved ones effects our purpose. The issue opens with Thea along with her father visiting the grave of her mother. From the start we see the crux dilemma of this issue and that is how they along with Rollo differ in their reaction to her death. Jerome’s ownership of her death has laid upon him a level of guilt that has transformed into anger and purpose.
- 6/16/2017
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
If you haven’t watched “The Young Pope” yet, all signs point to an imminent blessed event.
HBO’s acclaimed series will be available for digital download from HBO Home Entertainment on April 10, so now you can stop trying to use your friend’s HBO Go login. Not only is this the more convenient (and legal) way to watch “The Young Pope,” but it’s also months ahead of the series’ release on Blu-Ray and DVD on June 6.
Read More: ‘The Young Pope’: Paolo Sorrentino on Lenny’s Fate and Hopeful Plans for a Second Season
In the series, Jude Law plays Lenny Belardo, the newest and youngest pope who’s been elected in a long, long time. The new Pope Pius Xiii isn’t just young; he’s also American, supremely good looking, likes to smoke and drinks Cherry Coke Zero. In contrast to his rather hip exterior,...
HBO’s acclaimed series will be available for digital download from HBO Home Entertainment on April 10, so now you can stop trying to use your friend’s HBO Go login. Not only is this the more convenient (and legal) way to watch “The Young Pope,” but it’s also months ahead of the series’ release on Blu-Ray and DVD on June 6.
Read More: ‘The Young Pope’: Paolo Sorrentino on Lenny’s Fate and Hopeful Plans for a Second Season
In the series, Jude Law plays Lenny Belardo, the newest and youngest pope who’s been elected in a long, long time. The new Pope Pius Xiii isn’t just young; he’s also American, supremely good looking, likes to smoke and drinks Cherry Coke Zero. In contrast to his rather hip exterior,...
- 4/7/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for the first season of “The Young Pope.”]
The finale of “The Young Pope’s” first (but hopefully not final) season was a true test of faith for some fans, leaving them with more questions than they had going into the episode.
Lenny Belardo (Jude Law), aka Pope Pius Xiii, finally showed his face to address his flock with the global message to “smile,” but after spying what looked like his elderly parents in the crowd, he collapsed. It is unclear if this event presages his imminent death or if he’ll merely be sidelined while recovering. We’re not even sure if the show will continue another season or if/how Lenny’s future would play out in it. Seeking enlightenment, IndieWire turned to the show’s creator Paolo Sorrentino, who agreed to answer our burning questions.
Read More: ‘The Young Pope’ Review: Finale Upends Expectations by Delivering What Everyone’s Been Waiting to See
The Oscar-winning...
The finale of “The Young Pope’s” first (but hopefully not final) season was a true test of faith for some fans, leaving them with more questions than they had going into the episode.
Lenny Belardo (Jude Law), aka Pope Pius Xiii, finally showed his face to address his flock with the global message to “smile,” but after spying what looked like his elderly parents in the crowd, he collapsed. It is unclear if this event presages his imminent death or if he’ll merely be sidelined while recovering. We’re not even sure if the show will continue another season or if/how Lenny’s future would play out in it. Seeking enlightenment, IndieWire turned to the show’s creator Paolo Sorrentino, who agreed to answer our burning questions.
Read More: ‘The Young Pope’ Review: Finale Upends Expectations by Delivering What Everyone’s Been Waiting to See
The Oscar-winning...
- 2/25/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for the first season of “The Young Pope.”]
Lenny showed his face to his people, and it may have killed him.
When “The Young Pope” premiered, we may have expected Lenny to die — an assassination seemed imminent, given his controversial positions — but it never seemed likely he would bend to peer pressure and give the people what they want: him. Lenny. The pope, in the flesh, unmasked and preaching…happiness?
Paolo Sorrentino’s first five episodes were filled with contradictions: Lenny was a young pope with old attitudes, and his elderly peers had far more progressive minds. Though he knew he was a handsome man (and called attention to it frequently), Lenny refused to let anyone take his photograph. From the astounding contradiction that Lenny was a pope who might not believe in God, to the simple sound of his first name — calling the Pope “Lenny” has a formal discrepancy to it, like saying “Hey Barry” to the...
Lenny showed his face to his people, and it may have killed him.
When “The Young Pope” premiered, we may have expected Lenny to die — an assassination seemed imminent, given his controversial positions — but it never seemed likely he would bend to peer pressure and give the people what they want: him. Lenny. The pope, in the flesh, unmasked and preaching…happiness?
Paolo Sorrentino’s first five episodes were filled with contradictions: Lenny was a young pope with old attitudes, and his elderly peers had far more progressive minds. Though he knew he was a handsome man (and called attention to it frequently), Lenny refused to let anyone take his photograph. From the astounding contradiction that Lenny was a pope who might not believe in God, to the simple sound of his first name — calling the Pope “Lenny” has a formal discrepancy to it, like saying “Hey Barry” to the...
- 2/14/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
"Betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?" This was the incredulous question Jesus posed to Judas in the garden of Gesthemane, the night His follower-slash-frenemy ratted him out with a telltale smooch. After tonight's episode of The Young Pope, we've got a feeling Pope Pius Xiii knows how the Good Lord felt. No, Sister Mary didn't lock lips with her former ward – even for a show this Oedipally fixated, that would be a bridge too far. But her desperate attempt to end his disastrous reign was no less intimate.
- 2/6/2017
- Rollingstone.com
“The Young Pope” is not what you think. It’s not dripping with self-importance, adherent to the weight many assign its sensitive topic. Nor is Paolo Sorrentino’s serialized debut a monstrous affront to Catholicism, throwing stones at a centuries-old institution from the outside. Even after two hours with “The Young Pope,” the Italian director of “The Great Beauty” and “Youth” holds back the defining visual summation of his show.
But when it hits (early in Episode 3), you’ll know it. And you’ll laugh.
It’s not as though people haven’t been laughing already. Much has been made of HBO’s foreign acquisition in the past week, when the show’s title went viral well before the season premiere. Social media users came out in force with memes, song parodies, and sharp jabs at the stodgy ol’ church, all building a brand around a show not yet released...
But when it hits (early in Episode 3), you’ll know it. And you’ll laugh.
It’s not as though people haven’t been laughing already. Much has been made of HBO’s foreign acquisition in the past week, when the show’s title went viral well before the season premiere. Social media users came out in force with memes, song parodies, and sharp jabs at the stodgy ol’ church, all building a brand around a show not yet released...
- 1/11/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Paolo Sorrentino has exciting news as his first TV show launches at the Venice Film Festival today. Ahead of its global premiere in Venice, FremantleMedia has announced a slew of new deals for the series including: including Mnet (Pan-Africa), HBO (Pan-cee), Betv (Belgium), Ote TV (Greece), 365 (Iceland), Sky (New Zealand), Hot (Israel), TV4 (Sweden), Videoland (Netherlands) and Fox (Netherlands). The Oscar-winning director’s new 10-part show The Young Pope stars Jude Law as the conservative, politically strategic, first-ever American leader of the Catholic Church. Diane Keaton stars as Sister Mary and James Cromwell as Cardinal Michael Spencer. FremantleMedia previously announced sales a
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- 9/3/2016
- by Ariston Anderson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Conceived as a result of a love affair between her mother and an Air Force flight line worker named Bill Miller in the 1960s, Wendy Spencer of Carmichael, California, always wondered about her biological father, who disappeared shortly after she was born. Did he have the same brown eyes and dark wavy hair as she did? Did he have other children? Was he still alive? In October 2014, Wendy, 50, a hair stylist, learned that a friend had recently ordered an extensive DNA profile through 23andMe, a personal genomics and biotech company, so she decided to do the same out of curiosity,...
- 2/24/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
Conceived as a result of a love affair between her mother and an Air Force flight line worker named Bill Miller in the 1960s, Wendy Spencer of Carmichael, California, always wondered about her biological father, who disappeared shortly after she was born. Did he have the same brown eyes and dark wavy hair as she did? Did he have other children? Was he still alive? In October 2014, Wendy, 50, a hair stylist, learned that a friend had recently ordered an extensive DNA profile through 23andMe, a personal genomics and biotech company, so she decided to do the same out of curiosity,...
- 2/24/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
Amazon has unveiled a sneak peek — or should we say Sneaky peek? — of its newest potential series.
The trailer for Sneaky Pete, a drama pilot that was initially passed on by CBS, was made available Tuesday, ahead of the episode’s Amazon launch.
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Beginning Friday, Aug. 7, the Sneaky Pete pilot will be available on Amazon for free for 30 days,...
The trailer for Sneaky Pete, a drama pilot that was initially passed on by CBS, was made available Tuesday, ahead of the episode’s Amazon launch.
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Beginning Friday, Aug. 7, the Sneaky Pete pilot will be available on Amazon for free for 30 days,...
- 8/4/2015
- TVLine.com
Macbeth
The Michael Fassbender-Marion Cotillard led "Macbeth" is set to stream exclusively on Amazon soon after its December theatrical release. The Weinstein Company has not set the exact release date on Amazon for the film though.
Fassbender stars as the power-hungry Scot with Cotillard playing Lady Macbeth. Justin Kurzel directed from a script by Jacob Koskoff and Todd Louiso. [Source: Variety]
The Children
New Line has closed a deal to acquire Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis' script pitch "The Children" which will be fast tracked to go into production early next year. The story follows a social worker investigating the mysterious disappearance of two children discovers her own family might also be in jeopardy. [Source: Deadline]
Criminal
Lionsgate has pushed back its London-set action thriller "Criminal" from January 22nd to April 15th next year. Gary Oldman, Kevin Costner, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds star in the film in which a dead CIA operative's memories,...
The Michael Fassbender-Marion Cotillard led "Macbeth" is set to stream exclusively on Amazon soon after its December theatrical release. The Weinstein Company has not set the exact release date on Amazon for the film though.
Fassbender stars as the power-hungry Scot with Cotillard playing Lady Macbeth. Justin Kurzel directed from a script by Jacob Koskoff and Todd Louiso. [Source: Variety]
The Children
New Line has closed a deal to acquire Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis' script pitch "The Children" which will be fast tracked to go into production early next year. The story follows a social worker investigating the mysterious disappearance of two children discovers her own family might also be in jeopardy. [Source: Deadline]
Criminal
Lionsgate has pushed back its London-set action thriller "Criminal" from January 22nd to April 15th next year. Gary Oldman, Kevin Costner, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds star in the film in which a dead CIA operative's memories,...
- 8/4/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Jude Law and Diane Keaton are starring in Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino’s The Young Pope, the eight-episode series that tells the fictional story of the beginning of the Pontificate of Pius Xiii, an Italian-American born Lenny Belardo. Production on the Sky, HBO and Canal Plus drama began last week with the full cast now set. James Cromwell is in as Cardinal Michael Spencer, Lenny’s mentor. Silvio Orlando (The Caiman) is set as Secretary of State Cardinal Voiello; Scott…...
- 8/4/2015
- Deadline TV
Carole Middleton and husband Michael addressed the press as they left St. Mary's hospital Tuesday, after their daughter Kate and Prince William took their new little boy home from the hospital.
On the way out, Carole told reporters that her new grandson (the first for the Middletons) is "absolutely beautiful."
"We are so thrilled. They are both doing really well," says Carole. She adds that it was "amazing" to hold her grandson for the first time. "It's all coming back."
But will they be making any suggestions as to the future king of England's name?
"Absolutely not," says Carole. Heh.
We're placing our money on Philip Charles Michael Spencer.
On the way out, Carole told reporters that her new grandson (the first for the Middletons) is "absolutely beautiful."
"We are so thrilled. They are both doing really well," says Carole. She adds that it was "amazing" to hold her grandson for the first time. "It's all coming back."
But will they be making any suggestions as to the future king of England's name?
"Absolutely not," says Carole. Heh.
We're placing our money on Philip Charles Michael Spencer.
- 7/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The latest True Blood episode featured a memory wipe, a beheading and a hallucinated throat-slashing. Just another day in and around Bon Temps, right?
In response to "Gone, Gone, Gone," TV Fanatic staff members Matt Richenthal, Chris O'Hara, Leigh Raines and Jim Garner are joined for this Round Table discussion by Liz Henderson of True-Blood.net. Let's do this, shall we?!?
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What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Matt: The opening. There was a scream, an attack, a unique staking and an explosion of blood. I think I even saw some of Sookie's cleavage. Classic True Blood all the way around.
Liz: I had a few this week: Hoyt being glamoured by Jess; Jason talking with Hoyt who has forgotten who Jason is; Sookie offing Mike Spencer with chopsticks. I'll never look at chopsticks the same way again. Who knew?
Leigh: Lots of love for the Stackhouses this week,...
In response to "Gone, Gone, Gone," TV Fanatic staff members Matt Richenthal, Chris O'Hara, Leigh Raines and Jim Garner are joined for this Round Table discussion by Liz Henderson of True-Blood.net. Let's do this, shall we?!?
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What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Matt: The opening. There was a scream, an attack, a unique staking and an explosion of blood. I think I even saw some of Sookie's cleavage. Classic True Blood all the way around.
Liz: I had a few this week: Hoyt being glamoured by Jess; Jason talking with Hoyt who has forgotten who Jason is; Sookie offing Mike Spencer with chopsticks. I'll never look at chopsticks the same way again. Who knew?
Leigh: Lots of love for the Stackhouses this week,...
- 8/14/2012
- by matt@tvfanatic.com (TV Fanatic Staff)
- TVfanatic
Tags: True BloodIMDbTrue Blood recaps
Ok, I know that this is a show about blood – hence the title – but did anyone else feel like there was significantly more blood this week than usual? And it's not just like, simple blood. It's thick, gooey, ligament-y blood nasty. Sorry. I couldn't not describe it. I feel like I should take several showers on behalf of what I just saw.
Anyway! It's the third night of the Tru-Blood factory crisis, and all five plants have been destroyed, leading to a 50% increase in vampire attacks across America. Sookie watches the report on TV, and is about to enjoy her Chinese takeout when there's a knock on the door. Obviously, this is terrifying. She grabs her gun but when she sees that it's only Mike Spencer, she invites him in. Unfortunately, he's a vampire now, so he attacks her. Shouldn't her fairy senses be telling her that he's a vampire?...
Ok, I know that this is a show about blood – hence the title – but did anyone else feel like there was significantly more blood this week than usual? And it's not just like, simple blood. It's thick, gooey, ligament-y blood nasty. Sorry. I couldn't not describe it. I feel like I should take several showers on behalf of what I just saw.
Anyway! It's the third night of the Tru-Blood factory crisis, and all five plants have been destroyed, leading to a 50% increase in vampire attacks across America. Sookie watches the report on TV, and is about to enjoy her Chinese takeout when there's a knock on the door. Obviously, this is terrifying. She grabs her gun but when she sees that it's only Mike Spencer, she invites him in. Unfortunately, he's a vampire now, so he attacks her. Shouldn't her fairy senses be telling her that he's a vampire?...
- 8/13/2012
- by Gabrielle Korn
- AfterEllen.com
Chop Suey Sookie! This week's True Blood opened with a Kung Pow!
"Gone, Gone, Gone" was great, great, great from the jump, where we saw Sookie deliver the true death to Mike Spencer with a side of white rice. Talk about "no more and then!" Sookie has been through so much this season, I was glad to see her assert herself like that. The whole wanting to suck her toes in the line at the bank thing was forgivable, but when Mike came knocking to make a withdraw from her femoral artery, our girl had to vehemently deny that transaction and deny it she did.
Jason, meanwhile, delivered one of his best episodes to date.
While speaking with Kristin Bauer van Straten earlier this week, she mentioned how Ryan Kwanten's amazing skill as an actor often is overlooked because of the comedic nature of his character, but tonight we...
"Gone, Gone, Gone" was great, great, great from the jump, where we saw Sookie deliver the true death to Mike Spencer with a side of white rice. Talk about "no more and then!" Sookie has been through so much this season, I was glad to see her assert herself like that. The whole wanting to suck her toes in the line at the bank thing was forgivable, but when Mike came knocking to make a withdraw from her femoral artery, our girl had to vehemently deny that transaction and deny it she did.
Jason, meanwhile, delivered one of his best episodes to date.
While speaking with Kristin Bauer van Straten earlier this week, she mentioned how Ryan Kwanten's amazing skill as an actor often is overlooked because of the comedic nature of his character, but tonight we...
- 8/13/2012
- by cfohara4@hotmail.com (Chris O'Hara)
- TVfanatic
Tags: True BloodTrue Blood recapsIMDb
This week on True Blood, we finally have a reason to hate Bill Compton other than the fact that he’s really annoying. Also, I was waiting throughout the entire episode to see Jessica Clark again but was deeply disappointed. Lilith, were you ever really there at all?
All in all, though, I liked this episode way better than last week. We begin at the hospital, after the police take away the man who shot Luna and Sam. Subsequently, Luna has a totally justified freak out session. Her emotions are so severe that she skin-walks, transitioning into none other than her maybe boyfriend Sam Merlotte. I miss her face. She sneaks out of the hospital in some stolen clothes, with Sam Trammell doing his best Papi walk. I think his hips are too swishy to be convincing. Papi has more of a strut.
Meanwhile, the...
This week on True Blood, we finally have a reason to hate Bill Compton other than the fact that he’s really annoying. Also, I was waiting throughout the entire episode to see Jessica Clark again but was deeply disappointed. Lilith, were you ever really there at all?
All in all, though, I liked this episode way better than last week. We begin at the hospital, after the police take away the man who shot Luna and Sam. Subsequently, Luna has a totally justified freak out session. Her emotions are so severe that she skin-walks, transitioning into none other than her maybe boyfriend Sam Merlotte. I miss her face. She sneaks out of the hospital in some stolen clothes, with Sam Trammell doing his best Papi walk. I think his hips are too swishy to be convincing. Papi has more of a strut.
Meanwhile, the...
- 7/30/2012
- by Gabrielle Korn
- AfterEllen.com
Good gravy, where to start? This week's episode (directed by series star Stephen Moyer) was packed with enough blood, sugar, sex, and magic to put the Red Hot Chili Peppers themselves to shame. Grab your tube sock and let's jump in!
As disorderly orderly Joe Bob gets dragged off to the po-po by Andy (Chris Bauer), Sam (Sam Trammell) snaps, "Enjoy prison, asshole!" Joe starts to respond, but Andy cautions him, "Shut up, buttplug."
Luna (Janina Gavankar), meanwhile, is in her room freaking out over the fact that there are so many shifter-killers everywhere. Sam talks her down and tucks her in, assuring her that he has it covered. But the second he is gone, she is up again and practicing her hospital spazz-out audition scene for Girl Interrupted 2: Your Girlfriend is a Shifter - she looks into the mirror, gets a terrible stomach pain, and doubles over -...
As disorderly orderly Joe Bob gets dragged off to the po-po by Andy (Chris Bauer), Sam (Sam Trammell) snaps, "Enjoy prison, asshole!" Joe starts to respond, but Andy cautions him, "Shut up, buttplug."
Luna (Janina Gavankar), meanwhile, is in her room freaking out over the fact that there are so many shifter-killers everywhere. Sam talks her down and tucks her in, assuring her that he has it covered. But the second he is gone, she is up again and practicing her hospital spazz-out audition scene for Girl Interrupted 2: Your Girlfriend is a Shifter - she looks into the mirror, gets a terrible stomach pain, and doubles over -...
- 7/30/2012
- by brian
- The Backlot
Ex-20th Century Fox boss Stephen Moore is leading a charity's campaign to put more cinemas in hospitals
Stephen Moore was on a last-minute Christmas Eve trolley dash in Waitrose when his phone rang. On the other end of the line was Ian Cheshire, chief executive of B&Q's owner, Kingfisher. He was also in a Waitrose at the other end of the country, but Cheshire wasn't calling for advice about turkey stuffing.
He wanted to offer Moore a job. Not as a high-flying executive at Kingfisher, but as the boss of a MediCinema, a charity that builds cinemas in hospitals so that patients can enjoy a modicum of normality.
Moore, previously president of the international division of 20th Century Fox, had applied for the job after returning to Britain to continue his career in the film industry, before becoming disillusioned. He admits he was the "left-field candidate" to run...
Stephen Moore was on a last-minute Christmas Eve trolley dash in Waitrose when his phone rang. On the other end of the line was Ian Cheshire, chief executive of B&Q's owner, Kingfisher. He was also in a Waitrose at the other end of the country, but Cheshire wasn't calling for advice about turkey stuffing.
He wanted to offer Moore a job. Not as a high-flying executive at Kingfisher, but as the boss of a MediCinema, a charity that builds cinemas in hospitals so that patients can enjoy a modicum of normality.
Moore, previously president of the international division of 20th Century Fox, had applied for the job after returning to Britain to continue his career in the film industry, before becoming disillusioned. He admits he was the "left-field candidate" to run...
- 8/26/2011
- by Rupert Neate
- The Guardian - Film News
Here's the new poster for Jason Hewitt's upcoming action flick Blood Out, starring Luke Goss, Vinnie Jones, Val Kilmer, and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The film tells the story of when big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Spencer drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.
The action/thriller will hit theaters in limited release in April.
- 1/19/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
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