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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 3 Chooses Between Compelling Humanity & Overwrought Drama [Review]

June 9, 2019 7:51 pm

Bruce Miller’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” has experienced a fascinating, stuttering evolution since its accolade-encrusted premiere in 2017. The first season, which took the words and visions of Margaret Atwood’s ep...

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: We’ve Been Sent Good Weather With The Brilliant, Challenging Season 2 [Review]

Jessica Kiang

April 23, 2018 4:40 pm

Features, News, Reviews, Television

This spoiler-free review is based on the first 6 episodes of Season 2 of "The Handmaid's Tale," which were made available to reviewers in advance. Seldom has any TV show found its moment the way Hulu's "The...

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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 2 Trailer: What The Actual F***

Elazar Fine

March 8, 2018 1:21 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" made waves last year upon its first season release. What could possibly be more timely than a female-led show, based on Margaret Atwood's classic feminist text about the evils of a ...

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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’s’ Elisabeth Moss ‘Freaked The F**K Out’ Over Alexis Bledel’s Emmy Win

Gregory Ellwood

September 12, 2017 9:21 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

TORONTO - The final ceremony for the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards is only five days away, but last weekend the Creative Emmy Awards were handed out over consecutive nights. While most of the non-televised ceremon...

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Is A Superb, Necessary Show For 2017 (And For Hulu) [Review]

Jessica Kiang

April 13, 2017 9:23 am

Reviews, Television

Offred, the central character who narrates Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel "The Handmaid's Tale," often closes a chapter with a pithy summation of her state of mind: "My self is a thing I must now compose, as one ...

Wake Up To The Dystopian Future Of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ In The Intense New Trailer

Kevin Jagernauth

March 23, 2017 1:43 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Are you a Hulu subscriber? If not, it might be time to add it your schedule because they have what will easily be one of the year's most-talked-about new shows in "The Handmaid's Tale." The makers obviously did...

Elisabeth Moss Fights To Survive In First Trailer For ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Kevin Jagernauth

January 7, 2017 12:44 pm

Television, Trailers

"The Handmaid's Tale" (aka Paul Ryan's Feel Good Show) might arguably be one of the biggest series Hulu has on their calendar this year, as the streaming service tries to wedge itself into the same streaming sp...

Lorelai, Emily, Rory And More Are Back In New Trailer For ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life’

Kevin Jagernauth

October 25, 2016 11:25 am

Television

While "Gilmore Girls" passed me by during its initial run in the 2000s, there's an entire generation of TV viewers for whom it was a very big deal. And it's an equally big deal that Netflix has revived the show...