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Penny Dreadful: Season Two

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Review by CJ

Penny Dreadful - Season 2

Director:
James Hawes, Brian Kirk, Damon Thomas, Kari Skogland

Writer:
John Logan

Starring:
Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney, Danny Sapani, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, Helen McCrory, Sarah Greene, David Haig

Other notable appearances:
Olivia Llewellyn, Ruth Gemmell, Tamsin Topolski, Simon Russell Beale, Jonny Beauchamp

Running time:
47-56 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
10

 

With the vampire master defeated, medium Vanessa Ives (Green), explorer Sir Malcolm Murray (Dalton), sharpshooter Ethan Chandler (Hartnett), the mysterious Sembene (Sapani), and mortician Dr Victor Frankenstein (Treadaway) must unite once again to face an evil far greater than any of them could have imagined — the devil himself.

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Penny Dreadful: Season One

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Penny Dreadful - Season 1

Director:
J.A. Bayona, Dearbhla Walsh, Coky Giedroyc, James Hawes

Writer:
John Logan

Starring:
Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney, Danny Sapani, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, Olivia Llewellyn

Other notable appearances:
Simon Russell Beale, Helen McCrory

Running time:
Approx 50 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
8

 

Sir Malcolm Murray (Dalton) assembles a group of misfits with unique talents to save his daughter Mina Harker (Llewellyn) from a vampire. The ragtag group of anti-heroes includes medium Vanessa Ives (Green), sharpshooter Ethan Chandler (Hartnett), the mysterious Sembene (Sapani), and mortician Dr Victor Frankenstein (Treadaway).

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Daredevil: Season One

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Daredevil

Director:
Phil Abraham, Adam Kane, Ken Girotti, Farren Blackburn, Guy Ferland, Brad Turner, Stephen Surjik, Nelson McCormack, Nick Gomez, Euros Lyn, Stephen S. DeKnight

Starring:
Charlie Cox, Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll, Vincent D’Onofrio, Toby Leonard Moore, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Bob Gunton, Ayelet Zurer

Other notable appearances:
Rosario Dawson

Running time:
Approx 55 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
13

 

Lawyer Matt Murdock (Cox) was blinded by a chemical spill as a child. By day he fights crime in the courtroom with partner Foggy Nelson (Henson) and their secretary Karen Page (Woll). By night he fights crime in the streets as the masked man, using his other heightened senses to see the world around him.

When the majority of crime in Murdock’s turf, Hell’s Kitchen, leads back to the mysterious Wilson Fisk (D’Onofrio) the masked man takes it upon himself to uncover Fisk’s plans. Will the Daredevil succeed or will he come crashing down to Earth?

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