Karen T

I decided to watch the whole season before posting a review and I am happy to say I made the right decision. Overall, the entire first season of House of the Dragon is better than the first season of Game of Thrones. The writers and directors have done justice to the characters created by George RR Martin. Character development for each episode is brilliant, without a lot of fluff and unnecessary dialogue. The cast is superb and they have a great chemistry. I am sure most of the major characters will receive Emmy nods for their performances. To me, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys, Matt Smith as Daemon and Emma D'Arcy as now Queen Rhaenyra are the standouts. And the dragons.....wow! Towards the middle of the season I was starting to feel let down as I wanted to see the dragons in every episode. The dragons did appear in about half the episodes and the finale made up for it, in my opinion. The production of this series is tip top. They spent a lot of money, and it shows! My new favorite show and I can;t wait for season 2 and the start of the Dragon War.

I am thoroughly enjoying The Gilded Age. This is a different story than Downtown Abbey. A different country, a different time period with everything I would expect from a Julian Fellowes production. Great writing, beautiful costumes and good performances from a great cast with standout performances from Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon. I am very interested to see how the characters and stories develop.

I thought it was was a really good movie. I give it 5 stars because I am a big fan of the Sopranos series and there were series character references I almost every scene if you paid attention. Some excellent performances and good direction. Have to admit, would have given 4 stars if I wasn't such a big fan of the series as a couple of performances and racial overtones brought the movie down just a little. Overall 2 thumbs up.