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Hoopleheads: Episode 37 “Deadwood: The Movie” with Emily VanDerWerff

by Esther Rosenfield, Søren Hough and Emily VanDerWerff

http://collider.com/deadwood-movie-review/

Deadwood: The Movie presents an overtly contrasting final message to the one it gave us over a decade ago, each finale borne of its political moment.

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Hoopleheads: Episode 29 “A Two-Headed Beast”

by Søren Hough and Esther Rosenfield

https://www.hbo.com/deadwood/season-03/5-a-two-headed-beast

“A Two-Headed Beast” is a showdown between Deadwood’s two chief rivals – but it also features the conclusion to one of the saddest, and most prescient, storylines in the series so far. Esther and Søren discuss.

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Hoopleheads: Episode 22 “Advances, None Miraculous”

by J Rosenfield and Søren Hough

https://www.hbo.com/deadwood/season-02/10-advances-none-miraculous/

J and I both enjoyed “Advances, None Miraculous” from writer Sarah Hess and Deadwood film director Dan Minahan, J going to far as to call it their favorite episode. The episode features a distinct technical touch, embracing techniques like rack focus and dolly shots to set emphasize characters and set scenes, respectively. These little moments […]

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Hoopleheads: Episode 10 “Mister Wu”

by Søren Hough

http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/episodes/1/10-mr-wu/index.html

“Mister Wu” opens up the Deadwood universe to some of the most iconic characters and lines from the show. This week introduces Richardson (Ralph Richeson), Hostetler (Richard Gant) and, most notably, a fully fleshed-out Mr. Wu (Keone Young). For many fans of the show, these names are inextricable from the fabric of the frontier town. I’m terribly excited […]

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Hoopleheads: Episode 8 “Suffer the Little Children”

by Søren Hough

http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/episodes/1/08-suffer-the-little-children/index.html

“Suffer the Little Children” earns its darkly ironic title. Flora (Kristen Bell) and Miles (Greg Cipes) finally reveal their true colors to the townspeople and the fallout affects everyone differently. Cy Tolliver (Powers Boothe) immediately reacts with unbridled rage, while Joanie (Kim Dickens) finds herself pitying Flora for her chosen path. Al (Ian McShane), on the other hand, […]

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