Entertainment

When I was a kid, I collected trading cards. I bought packs that featured superheroes and scenes from movies like “Star Wars.” I kept them organized in nine-pocket plastic sheets and stored them in three-ring binders.

It’s 20 years later and I’m still collecting “Star Wars” cards — but I’m doing it digitally. On my phone. That’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.

By the opening credits of “Mr. Robot,” I was immediately hooked. The show follows Elliot (Rami Malek), a talented programmer who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and as a vigilante hacker by night. Elliot’s not your typical hero: he’s got social anxiety disorder, depression and an addiction to morphine. He talks to us, the audience, in a monotone voice as though we’re his imaginary friend. He hides under his hoodie while his wide, unblinking eyes peek out at the world. 

In HBO’s “True Detective,” returned now for its second season, you won’t find Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. They were the stars of the wonderful first season, which featured two detectives investigating a ritualistic murder in Louisiana.
The second season of this anthology series tells a brand new tale set in California with a different cast, including Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch. 

It seems like 2015 may go down in history as the year Hollywood officially ran out of ideas. Beloved TV shows are being revived left and right, feeding on our nostalgia for classics from decades past.