SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points from the series premiere of “The Penguin,” now streaming on Max. The climax of the premiere episode of HBO’s “The Penguin” sees Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb being stripped nude and tortured by Cristin Milioti’s Sofia Falcone. Falcone does this because she rightfully suspects Oz is responsible for the murder […]

After the success of director Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” movie reboot in 2022, Warner Bros. and DC Studios produced a spinoff series surrounding the villain The Penguin that serves as a bridge to the sequel. If you want to watch it online, “The Penguin” airs on HBO and streams on Max starting on Thursday, Sept. […]

“The Penguin” is set one week after the events of Matt Reeves’ 2022 movie “The Batman,” but it would be too simplistic to call it a villain origin story. Instead, HBO’s limited series — created by Lauren LeFranc — revolves around the rise of Oz “the Penguin” Cobb (an unrecognizable Colin Farrell), whose fixation on […]

Colin Farrell recently told Total Film magazine that he’s not sure about returning as Oswald Cobblepot for a potential second season of “The Penguin” given what a burden it is to emotionally and physically transform into the infamous Batman villain. Farrell debuted as the gangster in 2022’s “The Batman.” The first season of “The Penguin” […]

Sixty-five shows coming this fall, you ask? And that’s not even a full list of everything that’s coming, you ask? To which we respond: après les strikes, le déluge! Yes, there will be 31 shows premiering in September, and that’s after we said to each other last week there’s no more room at the inn […]