FARGO on the Small Screen
If people can’t see the influence of the Coen brothers here they’re either stupid or need to be IN this series!
Billy Bob et al ROCK!

GLAD TO SEE YOUR ARTICLE ON DEADWOOD. EVERY YEAR I HAVE WANTED TO WRITE YOU ABOUT THE KNUCLEHEAD WHO CANCELLED IT.DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHAT REPLACED IT?….. I DIDNT THINK SO. HBO SHOULD TAKE OUT A FULL PAGE AD APPOLOGIZING TO THE FANS AND EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THX I NEEDED TO GET THAT OFF MY CHEST.

L.WALKER PURCELL,OKLA

for those of us who dont know much about computers why all the mumbo jumbo!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Hello. As someone training to be a proof reader (and therefore clearly pedantic), I thought it might be helpful to comment on recent television advertising for KFC in the U.K. which includes a close-up of a sign reading “Registry Office.”

Births, deaths and marriages in the U.K. are recorded officially, but this is done at a “Register Office” not a Registry Office, which is a misnomer.

Kind regards,

Keith Rowland

I appreciate your great article about David Bowie including the photos but how could the list of his movies exclude his greatest film, “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” in which he plays a powerful starring role as a prisoner of war in a Japanese prisoner camp. I had no idea who he was, but found him a powerful actor who made the film unforgettable.
Joan Shapiro, South Windsor, CT

I have always appreciated when EW warns its readers with Spoiler Alerts; however. when the cover of the May 13, 2016 declares, “He’s Alive!” I couldn’t help but feel betrayed by a periodical that I have subscribed to for over a decade! I do not have HBO. I have read all 5 of George Martins “Fire and Ice” novels (ending with Jon Snow’s death), and I, like many others, believed that somehow he was not out of the story just yet. I was looking forward to discovering whether I was right when I read the next installment of the series, but now it has been, how should I put it, spoiled. Please remember in future issues of EW that entertainment includes books as well.

Usually when my EW arrives I peruse through the pages to do quick reads on the short articles, then go back to the ones with more breadth. This week I knew one place I’d go to right away was the movie review section. I often read the reviews not to find out if the film has been graded good or bad, but to gain insight as to what has been expressed (or intended to be) in the film, character portrayal, how the film is constructed, etc. This week, I wanted your take on “Logan”. I expected an article delving into character exposition, maybe morality and mortality, and any of a number of other aspects of the film. Instead, the ‘review’ looks like something a third grader would put together as an outline for a book report. Five ‘Hits’ and “Misses’ with one or two sentence explanations? Really? (Further, the ‘Miss’ referring to Cliches asks that we stop using Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” in films. “Hurt” is not actually in the Logan film, only in a trailer.) One of the qualities of your magazine is its ability to be efficient with its articles, but this was the opposite. It is just wasted space (literally and figuratively) with a dearth of real insight – the review appears to have been phoned in by your reporter. I don’t ask that you agree with me on whether a film grades high or low. (For the record I disagree with the grade on Logan. It deserves and A-, at worst. I’ll send you my critique upon request.) But I would ask that your journalists and other contributors at least make a professional effort. They may not care about the material they are writing about, but they should care about what they are writing.