Author: Bryan Brandom
Bryan Brandom is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn, New York. Formerly a contributing editor at Bleacher Report, Bryan is currently an editorial assistant for Reader's Digest. His writing has also appeared on SI.com, CBSSports.com, TalkThrones.com, DailyMate.com, and The Daily Pygmy.
Emmys Roundtable: Who Will/Should Win?
The Emmys are, if anything, unreliable meters of televised quality. In all fairness, it's a hard competition to judge. No one, voters included, has the time to keep up with the onslaught of quality television...
'The Knick' Recap: Pigs, Progress, and 'The Busy Flea'
The Knick is big. That goes for the show’s ambition and the physical size of the hospital in which the show takes place. Big enough for an underground African American hospital to be secretly run...
Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul Reunite for 'Barely Legal Pawn'
When History Channel's Pawn Stars debuted in 2009 (and was subsequently knocked off by Hardcore Pawn ), it opened the gates for a flood of pawn/porn puns for hypothetical, like-minded shows: Asian Pawn, Backdoor Pawn,...
'The Knick' Recap: Don't Be Fooled by 'Mr. Paris Shoes'
The Knick 's second episode does with Dr. Algernon Edwards what Episode 1 did with the (so far) equally but differently compelling Dr. John Thackery. We see him through the course of one day, likely...
'Rectify' Recap: 'Until You're Blue' and Peanut Butter Chips
The ninth and penultimate episode of Rectify ’s second season featured yet another installment in what is becoming a wonderful calling card: the use of soundtrack to determine solely the mood of what’s taking place...
Jason Momoa, aka Khal Drogo, to Play Aquaman
Jason Momoa, he of Game of Thrones fame, is trading in his Dothraki horse for ... well ... a seahorse. HitFlix confirmed , after weeks of rumors, that the man who played Khal Drogo, feared...
Watch: 17-Year-Old Notorious BIG Freestyles Someone's Face Off
Excuse me. If you didn't believe that flows went through Biggie like trees to branches, like cliffs to avalanches, here's some proof: a 17-year-old Notorious BIG ripping; lyrically undressing a rap-battle opponent on a Brooklyn...
'The Knick' Premiere Recap and Review: 'Method and Madness' and Cocaine
In many ways, Cinemax’s The Knick is late to our television sets. By that I don’t mean its 1900 medical practices—those spraying, gushing, medical practices—are too forgone to be subject fodder for prestige television drama;...
'Rectify' Recap: 'The Great Destroyer'
As is the case with many Rectify episodes, this one merely kicked the plot can a few feet, maybe one and a half sidewalk squares down the block. As is the case with all Rectify...
Larry David to Debut on Broadway in 'Fish in the Dark'
If you're at all familiar with Larry David, you know that, since his days as the head writer/co-creator of Seinfeld , the man likes to work at his own pace. Apparently, lately that work has...