Movie Review: THE IRON LADY

Rating: PG-13
Stars: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Harry Lloyd, Alexandra Roach, Iain Glen, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant
Writer: Abi Morgan
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Release Date: December 30, 2011...

TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. The Baby”

Abigail Moore, Sarah Lancaster and Ryan McPartlin in CHUCK - Season 5 - Vs. The Baby | ©2011 NBC/Greg Gayne
Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPartlin
Wri...

CD Review: DIRTY GIRL soundtrack

It’s been a long time since the glory song-soundtrack days of FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH and THE BREAKFAST CLUB, LP’s so full of instantly great, eternally listenable FM hits that you were guaranteed to wear th...

Exclusive Interview: CHUCK star Mark Christopher Lawrence looks back on five seasons of Buy More fun

Mark Christopher Lawrence and Zachary Levi in CHUCK - Season 4 - Vs. Agent X | ©2011 NBC/Chris Haston
Actor Mark Christopher Lawrence is known to stage audiences for his comedy in both the stand-up and gospel arenas. In film, he’s had small roles ...

CD Review: THE CORE soundtrack

If it’s going to be the end of our globe as we know it, leave it to Christopher Young to be damn sure to try and save it with a big bang instead of a whimper for THE CORE. After doing many ferocious scores about the depths of hell...

Exclusive Interview: James Marsters on reforming the band GHOST OF THE ROBOT – Part 2

GHOST OF THE ROBOT - MURPHY'S LAW | ©2011 Ghost of the Robot
The band Ghost of the Robot, headed up by James Marsters, Charlie De Mars and Kevin McPherson, has reunited with new members guitarist Sullivan Marsters (James Marsters’ 15-year-old son)...

CD Review: DEUS EX soundtrack

CD Review: DEUS EX soundtrack

If you dug the techno sheen of TRON LEGACY then you’ll likely love the vibe of DEUS EX, an impress...

Concert Review: CRACKER / CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN – December 27, 2011 – Belly Up, Solana Beach, CA

David Lowery of Cracker performs at Belly Up in Solana Beach, CA on December 27, 2011 | Photo ©2011 and courtesy Ami J. Flori
Few artists can claim they are part of one successful band, but David Lowery can cite two  – Cracker and Camper Van Beeth...

CD Review: REAL STEEL soundtrack

If there was one film whose high concept promised a TKO, then it was having the director of the disastrous PINK PANTHER redo make the movie version of the old Hasbro toy Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots- as channeled through the father-so...

Exclusive Interview: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES star Paul Wesley has a bite

Paul Wesley in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - Season 3 - The End of the Affair | ©2011 The CW/Bob Mahoney
For the first two seasons of CW’s big hit THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (Thursdays at 8 PM), it was easy to tell the two vampire Salvatore brothers apart. Stefa...

CD Review: TRADING PLACES soundtrack (2,000 edition)

An old fogey named Elmer Bernstein became the new (and perhaps unwitting) king of youth comedy scores when filmmaker John Landis had the idea that the composer’s straight-laced, old Hollywood approach would be ideal to play the classically pompous...

Exclusive Interview: Kirk Acevedo discusses the different worlds of PRIME SUSPECT and FRINGE

Kirk Acevedo and Maria Bello in PRIME SUSPECT - Season 1 - Pilot | ©2011 NBC/Patrick Harbon
Bronx-born actor Kirk Acevedo has spent a good portion of his performing career playing people on one side or the other of the law. After costarring as a s...

Exclusive Interview: James Marsters and the band mates of GHOST OF THE ROBOT reunite – Part 1

GHOST OF THE ROBOT | ©2011 Ghost of the Robot
The story of Ghost of the Robot is one of rock ‘n’ roll reunion. Back in 2001, Charlie De Mars, then in his teens, moved from Sacramento to Los Angeles. His new next-door neighbor was James Marsters, t...

Composer Interview: Howard Shore talks HUGO and A DANGEROUS METHOD

HUGO soundtrack | ©2011 Howe Records
In the near four decades that have taken him from being the bandleader of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE  to walking onto the stage to accept a couple of Oscars, you could say that Howard Shore has been on a continual jou...

CD Review: JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN soundtrack

If  Christophe Beck does his musical all to pump up the frequently inept robbers of TOWER HEIST  into master criminals, then Ilan Eshkeri has the even mightier job of turning Rowan Atkinson’s catastrophically inept 007 wannabe into a super agent w...

Interview: Lorraine Bracco and Sasha Alexander on RIZZOLI & ISLES

Lorraine Bracco in RIZZOLI ISLES - Season 2 - Don't Stop Dancing, Girl | © 2011 TNT
RIZZOLI ISLES, concluding its second season on TNT tonight, is a fan favorite. Not only is the series, based on Tess Gerritsen’s novels, a snappy crime-solving p...

CD Review: THE RUM DIARY soundtrack

If Christopher Young isn’t going on an orchestrally raging bender in the pits of hell, then it’s hitting jazz dives with an equally hot ensemble. Over the decades, his brilliant sets have ranged from funk gnarliness for ROUNDERs well-liquored card...

TV Review: DOCTOR WHO – Series 6 – “The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe” – Christmas Special

Stars: Matt Smith, Claire Skinner, Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir, Alexander Armstrong, Maurice Cole, Holly Earl, Paul Bazely, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director:  Farren Blackburn
Network: BBC America, airs Sunday night 
Orig...

CD Review: GREMLINS soundtrack

If you were among the generation that saw one great genre film after the other in the early 80’s, perhaps no signature theme signaled these pictures’ often seditious spin on kid-friendly formulas than the sweet whistling of Gizmo and the cackling,...

Movie Review: WAR HORSE

Rating: PG-13
Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis, Celine Buckens, Eddie Marsan
Writers: Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, based on the novel by Micharl Morpurgo
Director...

TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. the Santa Suit”

Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPartlin
Writer: Amanda Kate Shuman
Director: Peter Lauer
Network: NBC, Friday nights, 8 p.m.
Original Telecast: Decembe...

CD Review: THE MUPPETS soundtrack

It’s time to play to play the music, and light the lights after way too long a spell without Muppets tunes to delight. Now innocent kids, old coot fans and spoof-loving hipsters will find equal fun in the fresh approach taken by the FIGHT OF THE C...

Assignment X’s 2011 Last Minute Shopping Guide

Assignment X’s 2011 Last Minute Shopping Guide...

TV Review: AMERICAN HORROR STORY – Season 1 finale – “Afterbirth”

TV Review: AMERICAN HORROR STORY – Season 1 finale – “Afterbirth”...

Blu-ray and DVD picks of the week including DOLPHIN TALE

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab...

TV Review: DEXTER – Season 6 finale – “This Is the Way the World Ends”

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Geoff Pierson, Colin Hanks, Billy Brown, Josh Cooke, Jordana Spiro, Rya Kihlstedt
Writers: Scott Buck Wendy West, seri...

Exclusive Interview: It’s Awesome to be Ryan McPartlin on CHUCK

Ryan McPartlin and wife Danielle Kirlin at the World Premiere of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1 | ©2011 SUe Schneider
Ryan McPartlin has played brother-in-law Devon Woodcomb, aka Captain Awesome, to the title hero (Zachary Levi) on five...

Movie Review: WE BOUGHT A ZOO

Rating: PG
Stars: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johannson, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Angus Macfadyen, Elle Fanning, Patrick Fugit, John Michael Higgins, Carla Gallo, J.B. Smoove
Writers: Aline Brosh McKenna and Cameron Crowe,...

Exclusive Photos from THE SMURFS Hand and Footprint Ceremony

THE SMURFS are adorable…. blue…and now join The Chipmunks, Donald Duck and human stars from today and yesterday at the historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment celebrated the release of Sony Pictures Animat...

Movie Review: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

Rating: PG
Stars (motion-capture): Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Writers: Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright Joe Cornish, based on the comic book series by Herge
Director: Steven Spielberg
Distributors: Paramount/Colum...

Movie Review: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

Rating: R
Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard, Steven Berkoff, Geraldine James, Joely Richardson, Yorick Van Wageningen, Goran Visnjic, Donald Sumpter
Writer: Steven Zaillian, based on the novel b...

Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Ten Amazing Video Games

With all the Christmas songs on the radio and in the mall, corporate sponsored holiday specials taking over the airwaves and department store commercials encouraging you to BUY, BUY, BUY, it becomes harder and harder each year to find that perfect...

Exclusive Interview: AMERICAN HORROR STORY actress Frances Conroy plays housekeeper

Connie Britton and Frances Conroy in AMERICAN HORROR STORY - Season 1 - Afterbirth | ©2011 FX/Prashant Gupta
In AMERICAN HORROR STORY, which has its first-season finale (its been renewed for a second) tonight on FX at 10 PM, some ghosts appear as ...

Exclusive Photos from the SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS Los Angeles Premiere

Warner Bros. Pictures presented in association with Village Roadshow Pictures the Los Angeles Premiere of SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS on December 6th at the Village Theater in Westwood.
Closing the streets around the theater so fans could w...

Exclusive Interview: Jon Cassar walks with dinosaurs on TERRA NOVA

Stephen Lang, Allison Miller, Christine Adams, Jason O'Mara, Naomi Scott, Landon Liboiron, Shelley Conn and Alana Mansour in TERRA NOVA - Season 1 | ©2011 Fox/Michael Lavine
In TERRA NOVA the Fox television series, which has its two-hour season fi...

Exclusive Interview: Jason O’Mara is on firm TERRA NOVA

Stephen Lang and Jason O'Mara in TERRA NOVA - Season 1 - Occupation | ©2011 Fox/Brook Rushton
Jason O’Mara stars as ex-cop Jim Shannon in Fox’s TERRA NOVA, which has its two-hour season finale tonight at 8 PM. Jim breaks out of prison in his prese...

Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Five Hot Gadgets

With all the Christmas songs on the radio and in the mall, corporate sponsored holiday specials taking over the airwaves and department store commercials encouraging you to BUY, BUY, BUY, it becomes harder and harder each year to find that perfect...

Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Five Great Gifts For the Kids

With all the Christmas songs on the radio and in the mall, corporate sponsored holiday specials taking over the airwaves and department store commercials encouraging you to BUY, BUY, BUY, it becomes harder and harder each year to find that perfect...

TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. The Curse”

Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPartlin
Writer: Alex Katsnelson
Director: Michael Schultz
Network: NBC, Friday nights, 8 p.m.
Original Telecast: Decemb...

Exclusive Interview: HELL ON WHEELS actress Dominique McElligott on the AMC series

Dominique McElligott in HELL ON WHEELS - Season 1 | ©2011 AMC/Chris Large
In AMC’s post-Civil War Western  HELL ON WHEELS, which had its first-season finale last night, the railroad-building camp is primarily populated by men. One exception to thi...

Exclusive Interview: HOMELAND creators Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa talk Season 1

Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin in HOMELAND - Season 1 | ©2011 Showtime/Kent Smith
Showtime’s HOMELAND has just been nominated for a batch of Golden Globe Awards, including Drama Series, leading actress Claire Danes and leading actor Damian Lewis....

Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Five Mind-Blowing Blu-rays

With all the Christmas songs on the radio and in the mall, corporate sponsored holiday specials taking over the airwaves and department store commercials encouraging you to BUY, BUY, BUY, it becomes harder and harder each year to find that perfect...

Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Five Must-Have DVD Box Sets

With all the Christmas songs on the radio and in the mall, corporate sponsored holiday specials taking over the airwaves and department store commercials encouraging you to BUY, BUY, BUY, it becomes harder and harder each year to find that perfect...

Exclusive Interview: HELL ON WHEELS Co-Creator Joe Gayton dusts off the western for AMC

Common in HELL ON WHEELS - Season 1 | ©2011 AMC/Chris Large
AMC’s HELL ON WHEELS, which has its first-season finale tonight at 10 PM, is a historical Western drama based in fact. Right after the American Civil War, Thomas “Doc” Durant (played in t...

Interview: STRAW DOGS composer Larry Groupe takes aim at the Peckinpah classic

STRAW DOGS soundtrack |© 2011 Madison Gate Records
We might primally root for him to take down a bunch of barbaric English yahoos. Yet as Sam Peckinpah’s violent parable STRAW DOGS more than pointed out in 1972, there’s little glory to be had by a...

TV Review: AMERICAN HORROR STORY – Season 1 – “Birth”

Stars: Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Jessica Lange, Taissa Farmiga, Evan Peters, Frances Conroy, Kate Mara, Sarah Paulson, Zachary Quinto, Teddy Sears, Lily Rabe, Matt Ross
Writer: Tim Minear, series created by Ryan Murphy Brad Falchuk
Directo...

Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Five Awesome CD Sets You Can Crank Up to 11

With all the Christmas songs on the radio and in the mall, corporate sponsored holiday specials taking over the airwaves and department store commercials encouraging you to BUY, BUY, BUY, it becomes harder and harder each year to find that perfect...

Movie Review: CARNAGE

Rating: R
Stars: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Writers: Yasmina Reza and Roman Polanski, based on Reza’s play GOD OF CARNAGE
Director: Roman Polanski
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: December 16, 2011...

Movie Review: SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS

Rating: PG-13
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Kelly Reilly, Rachel McAdams, Stephen Fry
Writers: Michele Mulroney Kieran Mulroney, based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Director: Guy Ritchie
Distributor: War...

Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Five Geeky Books

With all the Christmas songs on the radio and in the mall, corporate sponsored holiday specials taking over the airwaves and department store commercials encouraging you to BUY, BUY, BUY, it becomes harder and harder each year to find that perfect...

Blu-ray and DVD picks of the week including RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab...

Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Five Cool Christmas-Themed Gifts

With all the Christmas songs on the radio and in the mall, corporate sponsored holiday specials taking over the airwaves and department store commercials encouraging you to BUY, BUY, BUY, it becomes harder and harder each year to find that perfect...

Exclusive Photos from the NEW YEAR’S EVE World Premiere

Warner Bros. Pictures held the World Premiere of NEW YEAR’S EVE recently at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Closing the street from Highland to Orange to accommodate the many fans that lined the street to watch the premiere. The stars ...

Exclusive Interview: HOMELAND star Damian Lewis delves into the two sides of patriotism

Damian Lewis in HOMELAND - Season 1 | ©2011 SHowtime/Kent Smith
Showtime’s HOMELAND, which concludes its first season with a special ninety-minute episode this Sunday at 10 PM, has had its audience dizzy with plot twists. At first, CIA agent Carri...

TV Review: GLEE – Season 3 – “Extraordinary Merry Christmas”

Stars: Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Jenna Ushkowitz
Writer:  Marti Noxon
Direc...

TV Review: AMERICAN HORROR STORY – Season 1 – “Smoldering Children”

Stars: Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Jessica Lange, Taissa Farmiga, Evan Peters, Denis O’Hare, Jamie Brewer, Michael Graziadei, Charles Dutton
Writer: James Wong, series created by Ryan Murphy Brad Falchuk
Director: Michael Lehmann
Network: FX...

Exclusive Interview: Denis O’Hare terrorizes AMERICAN HORROR STORY

Dylan McDermott and Denis O'Hare in AMERICAN HORROR STORY - Season 1 - Murder House | Dylan McDermott and Denis O'Hare | ©2011 FX.Ray Mickshaw
There are a plenty of ghosts and generally unwholesome entities roaming through FX’s hit AMERICAN HORROR...

TV Review: CASTLE – Season 4 – “Cuffed”

Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Tamala Jones, Seamus Deaver, Jon Huertas, Penny Johnson Jerald
Writer: Terri Edda Miller and Andrew W. Marlowe
Director: John Terleskey
Network: ABC, Monday nights, 10 p.m.
Original ...

TV Review: DEXTER – Season 6 – “Talk to the Hand”

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Geoff Pierson, Colin Hanks, Billy Brown, Josh Cooke, Jordana Spiro, Rya Kihlstedt
Writers: Manny Coto Tim Schlattman, ...

TV Review: ONCE UPON A TIME – Season 1 – “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”

Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Jared Gilmore, Josh Dallas, Raphael Sbarge
Writer: Edward Kitsis Adam Horowitz
Director: David M. Barrett
Network: ABC, Sunday nights, 8 p.m.
Original Telecast: December 1...

First Look: GAME OF THRONES – Season 2 teaser trailer is here

First Look: GAME OF THRONES – Season 2 teaser trailer is here...

First Look: MEN IN BLACK 3 teaser trailer goes back in time

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