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‘American Rust’: Jeff Daniels Barely Saves Rust Belt Drama Series From Its Own Exploitative Tendencies [Review]

August 26, 2021 11:48 am

Prestige television heads back to the heartland of the country with Showtime’s “American Rust,” based on the 2009 novel by Philipp Meyer. Given it’s a program about a Pennsylvania cop facing personal and profe...

‘American Rust’ Trailer: Jeff Daniels Is The Troubled Police Chief Of A Depressed Eastown

Christopher Marc

July 23, 2021 12:48 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Is it 'Man Of Easttown,' 'True Maretective'? Showtime really looks like it loves the Pennsylvania Rust Belt and troubled cops, the same milieu of HBO's recently acclaimed "Mare Of Easttown." But coming off the...

‘The Comey Rule’: Billy Ray’s Showtime Miniseries Is An Intriguing FBI Procedural Until It’s Not [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

September 2, 2020 11:32 am

News, Reviews, Television

While the filmmakers behind Showtime’s two-part “The Comey Rule” have clearly overestimated the public’s desire for— uhhh, gestures in the general direction of anything and everything in entertainment vaguely ...

‘The Comey Rule’ Trailer: Trump’s Corruption Gets The Spotlight In Billy Ray’s Upcoming Showtime Series

Charles Barfield

August 24, 2020 10:25 am

News, Television, Trailers

The political biopic is a time-honored tradition in Hollywood. However, normally, those stories are told well after the person has left office or even passed away. In the case of President Donald Trump, he has...

‘The Comey Rule’: First Teaser For Billy Ray & Showtime’s Series With Brendan Gleeson As Trump & Jeff Daniels As Ex-FBI Director James Comey

Rodrigo Perez

July 29, 2020 6:50 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Pick a Donald Trump scandal? Pick your poison cause there’s so damn many of them. But the one that arguably kicked-off everything, that led to the Mueller trial and the case for impeaching the President—which ...

‘A Higher Loyalty’: Brendan Gleeson Cast As Donald Trump Opposite Jeff Daniels As James Comey In New CBS Miniseries

Charles Barfield

October 7, 2019 1:03 pm

News, Television

It appears that we’re not even going to wait until the Donald Trump dust settles before we get our first based on a true story project about his work in the White House. But hey, if we have to watch a four-hour...

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Jeff Daniels, J.K. Simmons, Michael B. Jordan & More Talk Auditioning, Being Typecast, Choosing Roles

Christian Gallichio

July 13, 2018 3:48 pm

Awards, News

The Hollywood Reporter continues their roundtable discussions, in anticipation of the Emmys, focusing now on the dramatic actors. The hour-long long conversation features J.K. Simmons (“Counterpart”), Jeff Dani...

2018 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Emmy Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

April 4, 2018 6:15 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

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Darren Criss is the absolutely frontrunner here, but Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeff Daniels and John Legend all have a puncher's shot at it. Plus, if Legend wins he's just the 13th person ever to go EGOT! Pre...