American horror story review

American Horror Story

Rotten tomatoes: 73%.                                IMDb: 8.2/10
Air date: 5 October, 2011
Number of seasons: 5
Network: FX
Cast: Evan Peters, Lady gaga, Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett, Dennis O'hare, Lily Rabe, Matt Bomer, Finn Wittrock etc.
Creators: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk

Evan Peters

Twitter:@tweetsonurface.          

Instagram:@booboodaddy

How much does he make per episode: $125,000😱

Other appearances: X men apocalypse, The Lazarus effect

Sarah Paulson

Twitter:@MsSarahPaulson              

Instagram:@MsSarahPaulson

How much does he make per episode: $100,000😱

Other appearances: 12 years a slave, Carol

Dennis O'Hare

Twitter:@dennisohare            

Instagram:@dennisohare

How much does he make per episode: $100,000😱

Other appearances: Nil

PLOT

American Horror Story" was created by the co-creators of "Glee," but the shows have little in common besides that. The show revolves around the Harmons, a family of three, who move from Boston to Los Angeles in order to reconcile past anguish. What the Harmons don't know is that the house they've moved into is haunted. But it's not haunted by Casperesque friendly ghosts -- it's haunted by demonic creatures. The creatures have a history of not only spooking the house's residents but also devouring them. After living in this house, family patriarch and psychiatrist, Ben, may need a shrink of his own.

OVERVIEW

There is just one reason to describe why I'm in love with this show, H.O.R.R.O.R. 😁😁. Since I was little I've always forced myself to sit through as many scary films as I could find. I've always had this mentality that watching more scary movies removes fear from the body and so far it has worked. At 10 years, I would watch a horror flick and if I'm still thinking about it before I go to bed, I'd go and watch another and another till I'm not afraid again. But I don't deserve all the credit though, Hollywood just doesn't produce genuine horror movies like they used to 😠😡. The only movie that has made me shiver in a while is The Conjuring. 😖😖
American Horror Story is a hugely successful show 😎 and to prove it they've had many celebrity appearances such as; Lady gaga, Zachary Quinto (Silas from heroes or captain Spock from Star Trek), Emma Roberts, Jenna Dewan Tatum (Channing tatum's wife), Adam Levine(the guy from Maroon 5 that sings like he has a spear up his ass) and many more. 
Unlike other series with a recurring storyline, this show changes its storyline by the season. Each season re-enact a true horror event that happened in the US. They make use of the actual characters names and roles in the happenings.

My personal ranking of the seasons so far

S02 - Asylum
S01 - Murder house
S05 - Hotel
S03 - Coven
S04 - Freak Show

Season 6 is confirmed to be titled Empty space

TobyTale rating: 8.5/10

Related shows: Scream queens, The walking dead

Pretty Little Liars review

Pretty Little Liars

Rotten tomatoes: 81%                                      IMDb: 7.7/10
Air date: June 8, 2010
Number of seasons: 7
Network: ABC Freeform 
Cast: Troian Bellasario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, Tyler Blackburn, Ian Harding, Sasha Pieterse, Janel Parrish, Keegan Allen etc.
Creator: I. Marlene King

Troian Bellisario

Twitter: @troianbellisario          

Instagram: @troianbellisario

How much does she make per episode: $42,000😱

Other appearances: Suits

Ashley Benson

Twitter: @ashleybenson              

Instagram: @itsashbenso

How much does she make per episode: $42,000😱

Other appearances: Spring breakers

Lucy Hale

Twitter: @lucyhale                        

Instagram: @lucyhale 

How much does she make per episode: $42,000😱

Other appearances: How I met your mother

Shay Mitchell

Twitter: @shaymitchell                

Instagram: @shaymitchell

How much does she make per episode: $42,000😱

Other appearances: Mother's Day

PLOT

As time has passed since Alison, then the queen bee of the bunch, went missing. Spencer, Aria, Hanna and Emily have gone on with their lives, though they've grown apart. As the years go by, each girl finds herself facing a new set of challenges when anonymous text messages from "A" threaten to expose all their secrets -- both old secrets the girls were sure only Alison knew, and newer secrets developed after Alison's disappearance. Who is "A" and how does he or she know the things he or she knows? Based on the series of novels by Sara Shepard.

OVERVIEW

This is currently one of by best shows on tv, it comes in after GOT and Supernatural.
Funny enough it was actually introduced to me by a friend of mine and I made jest of him because I thought it was just another typical chick flick 😏(c'mon it's called PRETTY LITTLE LIARS for God's sake) but after watching the first season the suspense got me hooked😳. Although I have so much love for this show, the revelation of A was so bitterly disappointing 😕🙁☹️😠😤😤😡.
Someone who joined the storyline of the series after about 3 years turned out to be the culprit all along 🤔😒😒. What makes it worse is that she fits in with none of the clues the girls previously discovered. They met a psychic a while ago when Ezra Fitz was the suspect and she told the girls that one of them has been 'touched' by A, of course by this she was referring to Aria. But think about it when was any of them 'touched' by Cece drake. 
In my opinion, A should have been Mike, Aria's little brother.😎
Let me explain why
Mike once had a relationship with Hanna back when she was plus sized and they got caught making out by Allison. So Hanna was 'touched' by Mike
Also he would have had motive to harm Allison because she knew about their little secret and so would use it to torture Hanna. 
Also have you realized that no real harm has come to Aria (his sister) alone🤔. Usually when something bad does happen, it's to all 4 of them so she is collateral damage or when something happens to her alone it's probably her relationship with Fitz which is a personal matter. But the others have had some really bad stuff happen to them; Hanna was hit by a car, Emily had a back or leg (can't remember) accident so she couldn't swim anymore and Spencer is just a walking trainwreck.
Also Mike is just a very private and weird boy.😑
Allison was lost and on the run for 5 years before returning to rosewood while her friends were still in school and progressing from class to class. So when Allison returned wasn't she meant to continue school from where she left off which is 5 years behind the rest🌚. 
Season 6 :11- present shows them 5 years into the future, so why are they still using a selfie stick and an iPhone 6s in 2020🤔.

TobyTale rating: 8.7/10

Related shows: The Vampire diaries, Twisted

Gotham review

GOTHAM

Rotten tomatoes:82%                                               IMDb: 8/10

Air date: 22 September, 2014

Number of seasons: 2

Network: FOX

Cast: Ben McKenzie, David Mazouz, Jada Pinkett Smith, Morena Baccarin, Robin Taylor, Donal Logue, Erin Richards etc

Creators: Bruno Heller

Ben Mckenzie

Twitter:@ben_mckenzie          

Instagram:@ben_ mckenzie 

How much does he make per episode: $125,000😱

Other appearances: 88 minutes, The O.C.

Jada Pinkett Smith

Twitter:@jadapsmith                

Instagram:@jadapsmith

How much does she make per episode: $100,000😱

Other appearances: The matrix, Set it off

David Mazouz

Twitter:@realdavidmazouz      

Instagram:@realdavidmazouz

How much does he make per episode: $100,000😱

Other appearances: The darkness, The game makers

Morena Baccarin 

Twitter:@missmorenab            

Instagram: Nil

How much does she make per episode: $100,000😱

Other appearances: Deadpool, Homeland 

PLOT

Jim Gordon is a rising detective in corrupt Gotham City, where his late father was a successful district attorney. Brave, honest and determined to prove himself, Jim hopes to return the city to the glamorous, purer version he remembers as a child. He and his partner, legendary Detective Harvey Bullock, must navigate the dirty politics of Gotham's justice system, even as they tackle a high-profile case, the murder of billionaires Thomas and Martha Wayne. Gordon becomes a friend to their young orphan, Bruce.

OVERVIEW

This show is based on the early life of Bruce Wayne but rather focuses more on the renown detective Jim Gordon. Among the DC produced series this is definitely the most mature and my personal best. The series shows villains as normal people with psychopath intentions or lab experiments gone wrong. Although the directors of the show did excellently well, there are somethings that I would have done a little differently.😌

Take Bruce Wayne for example, what the directors/ writers did was keep him young from season 1 up until season 2 and even more to come. What I would have done was  to make each season about 3 years into the future such that if Bruce was 12 in season 1, he'd be 15 in season 2 and 18 in season 3. The growth won't be for him only obviously also the joker, penguin, riddler, catwoman, poison ivy etc. By doing so, we would also see his rise to batman and see him partnering with or even taking over from Jim in season 4 or season 5. 🤗🤗

The boy we all thought would be the joker was killed by Theo Galavan......😕. But maybe he was sent to Hugo strange's lab and was reborn. So since the bus containing Hugo's creations crashed, he would have escaped and recovered his memories because he has to be the joker 😩😩...it suits him so well.

TobyTale rating: 8.3/10

Related shows : The Flash, Arrow

Empire review

EMPIRE

Rotten tomatoes:85%                                                   IMDb:7.8/10

Air date: January 7, 2015
Number of seasons: 2
Network : FOX
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere Y. Gray, Serayah McNeill, Trai Byers, Grace Gealey etc.
Creators: Lee Daniels, Danny Strong

Taraji P. Henson

Twitter: @tarajiphenson      

Instagram: @tarajiphenson

How much does she make per episode: $130,000 😱

Other appearances: Think like a man, Person of interest

Terrence Howard

Twitter: @theterrencehoward        

Instagram: theterrencehoward 

How much does he make per episode: $125,000 😱

Other appearances: Wayward pines, Ironman 

Jussie Smollett

Twitter: @jussiesmollett      

Instagram: jussiesmollett 

How much does he make per episode: $90,000 😱

Other appearances: The skinny, Alien covenant

Bryshere Y. Gray

Twitter: @yazzthegreatest      

Instagram: @yazzthegreatest

How much does he make per episode:$80,000😱

Other appearances: Nil

PLOT

Hip-hop artist and CEO of Empire Entertainment, Lucious Lyon, has always ruled unchallenged, but a medical diagnosis predicts he will be incapacitated in three years, which prompts the sharks to circle. Without further damaging his family, he must decide which of his three sons will take over. His favorite, young Hakeem, is a gifted musician but values fame over hard work. Middle son, Jamal, is talented and shy but gay -- embarrassing to Lyon. The oldest, Andre, is business-minded but lacks charisma. The reappearance of Cookie, his ex-wife, complicates things; she says he owes her for taking the fall for the drug-running that financed his early career.

OVERVIEW

This show is one that displays the behind the scene of the lives of musicians. The people that we listen to and see on deliberate public appearances are not completely the people they appear to be. The tv series also shows the fights and struggles they have to go through day after day to make it. The show centers around a family of 3 sons of which only 2 are musically talented......Andre the dead guy 😒.
I prefer Hakeem to Jamal, because he has charisma and although being the youngest, speaks his mind to whomever.
Hakeem portrays the typical rapper; Tupac, Diddy, Nas.
Jamal portrays a typical singer; John legend, Steve wonder, Craig David 
This show has been a big hit from its debut season which featured many celebrity appearances such as; Jennifer Hudson, Rita Ora, Juicy J, Estelle, Courtney Love and many more. It even got better when they came back in season 2 with Jason Derulo, Alicia Keys, Swiss beats, Chris Rock, Neyo, Kelly Rowland, Becky G and others. Season 3 has been confirmed to feature Kid Cudi and Taylor swift is still in consideration. They don't plan on slowing down for a second. Since Lucious was imprisoned, his 2 talented sons have each had a shot at running the family business (empire) but the power was restored to Lucious and Cookie later on. Andre hasn't had a shot at the throne yet because it's meant to be run by someone in the music industry but I'm sure he has something devious under his sleeve. Anticipate season 3!!! I know I am.

TobyTale rating: 8.1/10

Related shows: Power, Nashville etc.

Teen Wolf review

TEEN WOLF

Rotten tomatoes: 79%                                                  IMDb: 7.7/10

Air date: June 5, 2011

Number of seasons: 5 or 6 (not sure, season 3 had part A and B)

Network: MTV

Cast: Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Holland Roden, Shelley Hennig, Dylan Sprayberry  etc.

Creator: Jeff Davis

Tyler Posey

Twitter: @tylergposey

Instagram: @tylerposey58

How much does he make per episode:$35,000😱

Other appearances: Scary movie 5, White frog etc.

Dylan O'Brien

                             

Twitter: @dylanobrien

Instagram: @dylanobrien 

How much does he make per episode:$ 35,000😱

Other appearances: The Maze runner, The interview, Deepwater horizon etc.

Holland Roden

                              

Twitter: @hollandroden  

Instagram: @hollandroden

How much does she make per episode:$ 35,000😱

Other appearances: Morning love, House of dust etc.

PLOT

The high-school anonymity Scott McCall was trying to break free from couldn't have happened in a more mysterious, complicated way. While walking in the woods one night Scott encounters a creature, is bitten in the side, and his life is forever changed. Is he a human or a werewolf? Or a little bit of both? Controlling the strange urges he now feels is the toughest part, and he's afraid the urges could end up controlling him. Will the bite be a gift or a curse, especially as it relates to the mischievous Allison, whom Scott can't get enough of?

OVERVIEW

Personally, I believe this is the best MTV made series. Usually we can all agree MTV isn't so good at making series, we can see that from; Inbetweeners, and the recent one, Scream. The thing about scream is that it's a knock off from teen wolf. Think about it, their character roles are so similar. But that would be explained later in my review for Scream.

Another fact about MTV series is that they have a good plot and also hire very attractive set of actors with terrible acting, so that their terrible acting is hidden behind their attractiveness to the viewers. Although there are also some good actors such as Willa Fitzgerald (scream), Dylan O'Brien (Teen wolf), Ashley Rickards (Awkward), Colton Haynes (Teen wolf) and so on.

Teen wolf also has poor fight scenes. These people turn into hellhounds, werewolves or were coyote or whatever Kira is and yet all they do is shove each other and sometimes scratch. That's not how wild animals fight though, we want see some biting action, some claw flesh tearing action. I sometimes compare their fight scenes to that of arrow.....I don't know which is worse *smh.

I also saw towards the end of season 5 that Crystal Reed the actress who played Allison Argent who was killed off returned to the show after 2 years to act a flashback role. What happened, did she not get a better acting role somewhere else so she had to come back 😆😆. Also Derek hale's absence is unexplained.

TobyTale rating: 7.6/10

Related shows: Pretty little liars, Awkward etc.

Supernatural review

SUPERNATURAL

Rotten tomatoes: 91%                                                IMDb: 8.6/10
Air date: September 13, 2005
Number of seasons: 11
Network: The CW, The WB
Cast: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard etc
Creator: Eric Kripke

Jensen Ackles

Twitter: @jensenackles

Instagram: @jensenackles

How much is he paid per episode: $175,000 😱

Other appearances: Days of our lives, Dark Angel, Smallville etc.

Jared Padalecki

Twitter: @jarpad

Instagram: @jaredpadalecki

How much is he paid per episode: $125,000 😱

Other appearances: Gilmore girls, Friday the 13th, House of Wax etc.

PLOT

This haunting series follows the thrilling yet terrifying journeys of Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers who face an increasingly sinister landscape as they hunt monsters. After losing their mother to a supernatural force, the brothers were raised by their father as soldiers who track mysterious and demonic creatures. Violent memories and relationship-threatening secrets add additional burdens on Sam and Dean as they investigate all things that go bump in the night. As old tricks and tools are rendered useless and friends betray them, the brothers must rely on each other as they encounter new enemies.

OVERVIEW

Supernatural is a great show going on for long before I had cable tv. Unlike other series which gets tiresome or just ridiculous after 6-7 years, supernatural still push on with more mysterious happenings and suspense. Some people (many of my friends) say that they can't watch the show because it's blasphemous towards their religion (Christianity).

They aren't wrong. Supernatural has a habit of injecting stories from the Bible into their story line, they talk about, Angels , demons, arch Angels, Heaven, hell, the 4 horsemen, Eve, Cain and Abel, Lucifer and even went to the extent of God himself (why not Jesus). That one was expected but still shocked me when he was shown😳😳 (in human form of course). What amazes me is that the brothers have lost so much loved ones because they were involved in their lives but still they keep hunting monsters all in the name of carrying on their fathers legacy, that's not very wise, is it?

 This is not like other over dramatic shows or movies where the main character goes
"you have to stay out of it, it's too dangerous" and then the supporting character goes "I can take care of myself".... In Supernatural you'd actually die....🌚🌚
All in all I still love Supernatural, I've followed it till S11 E23 and I'd continue to follow it till the series comes to an end.

TobyTale rating: 8.9/10

Related shows :The vampire diaries, The originals