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Supercut: Every sweeping aerial shot from True Detective Season 2

Ian W Arsenault put together this supercut of every sweeping aerial shot from True Detective Season 2. The second season of Nic Pizzolatto’s HBO series may have been a huge disappointment, but that doesn’t take away the fact that the series was beautifully shot. Watch the video. Enjoy!

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Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Justin Lin confirmed for ‘True Detective’

Following weeks of rumors, months of amusing memes and hashtags and Colin Farrell leaking the news himself anyway, HBO has finally confirmed that Farrell, Vince Vaughn and Director Justin Lin are signed on for the second season of Nic Pizzolato’s True Detective. Via Deadline, Farrell will play a compromised cop in a corrupt Los Angeles …

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Week in Review: The thorny layers of the ‘True Detective’ plagiarism scandal

Like some elaborate act of God and conspiracy that crosses timelines and layers of philosophy and perspective worthy of True Detective itself, a dense conversation has formed over the last week regarding whether True Detective showrunner Nic Pizzolato plagiarized the character and idea of Rust Cohle off of similar ideas in the book Conspiracies Against …

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True Detective, Ep. 1.06 “Haunted Houses” – If you think you know where the story is going, think again

With just two episodes left in the first season, “Haunted Houses” is the most straightforward instalment in the series so far. This sixth episode is the one that felt the most like a cop show, complete with with a nard-nosed police sergeant drilling his two detectives and demanding that Cohle hand over his gun and badge, and a hot tempered officer (Marty) beating two prisoners who were caught sleeping with his daughter. We find out exactly why Hart and Cohle had a falling out in 2002, and exactly why Marty’s marriage finally fell apart. “Haunted Houses” is the weakest of the bunch but don’t’ worry, next week is a vast improvement.

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True Detective, Ep. 1.05 “The Secret Fate of All Life” a small screen masterpiece in the making

True Detective, Season 1, Episode 5: “The Secret Fate of All Life” Written by Nic Pizzolatto Directed by Cary Fukunaga Airs Sundays at 9pm ET on HBO The climax of episode 4 of True Detective, titled “Who Goes There’” is a feat of technical mastery that would sit proudly along side the work of a …

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True Detective, Ep. 1.04: “Who Goes There” technically stunning but narratively inert

True Detective, Season 1, Episode 4: “Who Goes There” Written by Nic Pizzolatto Directed by Cary Fukunaga Airs Sundays at 9pm ET on HBO – Given that I am not your standard True Detective recapper (Ricky D is on The Walking Dead duty this week), it seems worthwhile, now that the first series is half …

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Twelve Very Promising New TV Shows To Watch In 2014 (Part Two)

6. The Spoils of Babylon The Spoils of Babylon is an upcoming American comedy miniseries by Saturday Night Live veterans Andrew Steele and Matt Piedmont, directed by Piedmont (Casa de Mi Padre), and starring Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Tim Robbins, Jessica Alba, Val Kilmer, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen, and Will Ferrell. It’s doubtful that any …

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