Fargo recap: Rhinoceros

The Gerhardts almost go full-‘Assault on Precinct 13’ in Luverne. That last part might not be right. Namely, how did that meat cleaver end up in Virgils head. Credit: Chris Large/FX What is he doing with his life? What does it all mean if hes going to die? And to be honest, it probably never was that. His son was supposed to break away. Now hes in a jail cell....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · James Gross

Fargo recap: The Castle

Close encounters of the … first kind. (More on the last one a little later.) At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Credit: Chris Large/FX Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred. Im Team Waffle Hut Massacre all the way. Who wants to create a Kickstarter to publish this book for real? The action begins in media res as we see the fallout from last weeks tense and contained episode....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 570 words · Margaret Garcia

Fargo recap: The Myth of Sisyphus

Lou’s day is full-‘High Noon,’ and it’s finally time to talk about those UFOs. Rapid fire, some round, some oval. Circular patterns, unnatural, bright, hovering in the sky. Credit: Chris Large/FX They come only in the odd months, the visitors. Always in sets of three. Always in sets of three. (Its over, Kevin. The bad TV cant hurt you anymore.) The match suggests that perhaps what Bear fears passing down has already been transferred....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Phillip Parks

Fargo season 2 premiere recap: Waiting for Dutch

Already, the new season is playing with the mythology of the Midwest. And the time period is only a part of it. Were told the first befalls 300 Native Americans before the…what came after…woof. Credit: Chris Large/FX (Already were hearingFargos great rhythm of awkward dialogue. Already were missing Martin Freeman.) Were not being kept outside as Lorne Malvo single handedly liquidates the Fargo outfit. Seeing the story appear in the season 2 premiere signals a dedication to a key in of storytelling....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Jacob Black

Fargo's wood-chipper turns 20: A brief oral history

WhenFargofirst went into production, not everyone involved expected it to become as influential as it did. ROGER DEAKINS:It was quite a low-budget film,Fargo. Like everything Joel and Ethan Coen put into their frame, the chipper needed to be perfect. HEINRICHS:Joel and Ethan wanted the machine to feel both utilitarian and familiar. We researched various wood chippers based on what size would frame up well for Peter Stormare. DEAKINS:The wood chipper was worked out well in advance....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Kelly Estes

Fargorecap: 'Aporia'

All Stussys be warned. You could be next. Actually, there is no Stussy killer. Credit: Chris Large/FX The surname-obsessed serial killer is the latest fiction created by whoever V.M. Varga really is so that throw the authorities off his trail. And not just the accidental assault involving stamps. He confessed to the emotional assault involving stamps. Of course the Corvette was the more valuable inheritance, Emmit convinced him. Thirty years, Ive been killing him, Emmit tells Deputy Gloria Burgle....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Claire Brown

Fargoshowrunner Noah Hawley explains UFO encounter

Noah Hawley talks tonight’s motel massacre and that jaw-dropping moment. Warning:This post contains spoilers about Monday’s ninth episode ofFargo. Tonight’s episode, “The Castle,” paid off both running story threads, rather spectacularly. Credit: FX ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:You’ve been teasing “The Massacre at Sioux Falls” since season one. Part of the fun of figuring out the second year was deciding when that was going to happen. We wanted to do it in an organic way that would bring these characters into collision....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 876 words · Danielle Valdez

Fargoshowrunner reveals season 3 origins

And you populate the world and look for the complications. What makes this season unique compared to the previous two?I think its very unpredictable. A little bit of money. Credit: Chris Large/FX And soFargobreaks down to the things we do for money, the crimes well commit. This year, its what comes next, the future of money crime, which is what V.M. Varga (David Thewlis) represents this new kind of financial crime thats more abstract....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 622 words · Danielle Murphy

Farrah Fawcett: 15 Career Milestones

’70s icon, who died on June 25 at age 62, will be remembered most for ‘‘Charlie’s Angels’’, but in a few key roles she got a chance to prove she was more than just a pretty face 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ABC/Retna ABC/Retna Everett Collection ABC/Retna Everett Collection Everett Collection Everett Collection Everett Collection Everett Collection ABC/Retna Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 71 words · Carrie Watson

Fast & Furious 8: Dwayne Johnson Hobbs return channels Sons of Anarchy in new look

Dwayne Johnsontakes a nod fromSons of Anarchyin the first look at Hobbs return inFast & Furious 8. The actor debuted the image onInstagramalong with a message to his fans. When you strip a man of all he has. Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images All thats important to him. Though Johnson didnt say what the future holds for Hobbs, he teased, Maybe its a spinoff movie. Maybe its more #FF movies....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Gregory Henry

Fast & Furious spinoffs might happens, says Vin Diesel

Pitch your Johnny Tran origin story now. They say the universe is always expanding at an exponential rate. In this, and many other ways, theFast & Furiousfranchise is exactly like the universe. Word comes fromVarietythat producer-star Vin Diesel and Universal have already started making vague plans for prequels and spin-offs theFurioussaga. Weve written out storylines for various characters, Diesel told the trade. Since we dont actually know, this seems like the time for rampant rumormongering....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Travis Garcia

Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift: Here's the story of Han

The character’s trademark skill is to be as slick and unnoticeable as possible. He’s effortlessly cool. Virgil’s cousin, Han, rounded out the group as the de facto enforcer. Credit: Giles Keyte “I said, ‘I’m not sure if I’m into that.'” Both broke at the time, Kang and Lin met at Denny’s to talk about the movie. Kang felt Han was “sparse” and asked to read for Ben. It was a small test for Lin, as Kang didn’t feel right for the lead....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 736 words · Renee Hill

Fast 8: Dwayne Johnson leaves Vin Diesel out of thank you list

Thank you to our director [F. Gary Gray] for the vision and execution. Thank you Universal for being tremendous partners as always. The ones that dont are too chicken s- to do anything about it anyway. Credit: Dwayne Johnson/Instagram Family is gonna have differences of opinion and fundamental core beliefs. To me, conflict can be a good thing, when its followed by great resolution, Johnson said. I was raised on healthy conflict and welcome it....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Jose Turner