• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Film
  • DVD
  • Editorial
  • About ScreenFish

ScreenFish

where faith and film are intertwined

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • News
  • OtherFish
  • Podcast
  • Give
You are here: Home / Reviews / TV on DVD Roundup: Tell Me a Story & Charmed

TV on DVD Roundup: Tell Me a Story & Charmed

September 27, 2019 by Jacob Sahms Leave a Comment

Tell Me a Story

Seeing the name Kevin Williamson attached to Tell Me a Story might bring to mind images of North Carolina’s Dawson’s Creek, but Williamson has also helped create the horrific and the supernatural in Scream, Dawson’s Creek, The Faculty, and The Vampire Diaries. On CBS All-Access’ real-world fairy tale drama, the bite is there to bring gritty realism to challenge what we think we know about the Grimm Brothers’ stories.

The Three Little Pigs, Hansel & Gretel, and Little Red Riding Hood all provide thematic elements in a series that looks at life in the city (New York City, to be precise), with actors you’ve seen before but may not yet know their names. They act admirably through different stages of love and grief: with episodes titled “Hope,” “Loss,” and “Forgiveness,” among others, Williamson is aiming for some heavy subjects set against restaurants, relationships, and robberies. There’s plenty to unpack, and it’s diverse enough in characters to find someone audiences will connect with. For those seeking something more mature, this definitely plays across a canvas that’s aiming more for a PPV channel than network TV.

Charmed: Season One

Based on the show of the same name that ran from 1998 to 2006, Charmed tells the story of three sisters with magical abilities who find out that they’re witches with the ability to battle evil forces that their mother hid from them. Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffrey, and Madeleine Mantock star as the sisters under The Man from High Castle’s Rupert Evans’ careful direction. Focusing on feminism and more diversity (they’re Latina, and African American, rather than Caucasian), the show banks on a built-in audience from the previous series (and maybe a few folks from Supernatural taking the plunge).

Besides the gag reel, there’s also a special feature called “The Charmed Life: A Bewitching First Season.”

Share it!

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Related

Filed Under: Reviews

About Jacob Sahms

Jacob serves as a United Methodist pastor in Virginia, where he spends his downtime in a theater or playing sports

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Primary Sidebar

THE SF NEWS

Get a special look, just for you.

sf podcast

Hot Off the Press

  • One Night in Miami: History for Today
  • Darrel’s Dozen (or so) 2020
  • Another Round – Just a Little Buzz
  • Disenchantment Part 3: Seeing the Present in the Past
  • The Ultimate Playlist of Noise: Listening for Life
Find tickets and showtimes on Fandango.

where faith and film are intertwined

film and television carry stories which remind us of the stories God has woven since the beginning of time. come with us on a journey to see where faith and film are intertwined.

Footer

ScreenFish Articles

One Night in Miami: History for Today

Darrel’s Dozen (or so) 2020

  • About ScreenFish
  • Privacy Policy

© 2021 · ScreenFish.net · Built by Aaron Lee

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.