TV Review: ALCATRAZ Season 1 “Cal Sweeney”Cast: Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill, Parminder Nagra, Jonny Coyne
Writer: Elizabeth Sarnof
Director: Brad Anderson
Network: Fox, Airs Mondays @ 9 p.m.
Original Telecast: January 30, 2012
The bigge...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
TV Review: ALCATRAZ – Season 1 – “Cal Sweeney”
Exclusive Photos from the Michael Jackson Hand and Footprint Ceremony
Exclusive Photos from the Michael Jackson Hand and Footprint CeremonyOn January 26th, THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL JACKSON held a special HAND FOOTPRINT CEREMONY for THE KING OF POP at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Hollywood Boulevard was shu...
Exclusive Interview: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES star Candice Accola is the show’s sweet Caroline
Exclusive Interview: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES star Candice Accola is the show’s sweet Caroline...
Monday, January 30, 2012
TV News: Could TRUE BLOOD actress Laura Pulver be on DOCTOR WHO?
Lara Pulver has just had the pleasure of working with writer and producer Steven Moffat for his new series of SHERLOCK, which will be airing in the U.S. in May.
As so often happens, Mr. Moffat tends to use actors that he likes in other projects th...
TV Review: ONCE UPON A TIME – Season 1 – “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree”
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Jared Gilmore, Josh Dallas, Raphael Sbarge
Writer: Ian Goldberg and Andrew Chambliss
Director: Bryan Spicer
Network: ABC, Sunday nights, 8 p.m.
Original Telecast: January 2...
Blu-ray and DVD picks of the week including REAL STEEL
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...
Exclusive Photos from the MAN ON A LEDGE Los Angeles Premiere
Summit Entertainment held the Los Angeles Premiere of MAN ON A LEDGE recently at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
MAN ON A LEDGE stars Sam Worthington as ex-cop Nick Cassidy. After escaping from prison he stands on the ledge of a New Yo...
Exclusive Interview: ALCATRAZ star Parminder Nagra gets a piece of the Rock
Parminder Nagra and Jorge Garcia in ALCATRAZ - Season 1 - Pilot | ©2012 Fox/Liane Hentscher
Ask Parminder Nagre a question about Fox’s new series ALCATRAZ, which airs Mondays at 9 PM, and the actress will burst out laughing. It’s not that she thin...
CD Review: TOWER HEIST soundtrack
Brett Ratner might not have the best tastes in p.c.-friendly sound bytes, but he certainly can make fun movies like three RUSH HOUR pictures, let alone have the geek love to get a legit movie jazz master like Lalo Schifrin to score those Chan / Tu...
Sunday, January 29, 2012
CD Review: SHAOLIN soundtrack
Composer Nicholas Errera (SLEEPLESS NIGHT) might hail from modern Paris as opposed to feudal China, but you’d think he was musically trained by Master Po himself, given the gentle sweep of SHAOLIN. Where many Hong...
CD Review: CHILLERAMA PRESENTS ZOM-B MOVIE soundtrack
Though he’s done a crazed job on the hellbilly scores of the REST STOP films and WRONG TURN 2, Bear McCreary’s zanier supernatural tastes have been held in check to the point of brain dead-ness by the muted tone o...
Saturday, January 28, 2012
TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. The Goodbye” – Series Finale
[Editor's Note: Since the two-hour season finale of CHUCK is essentially two separate episodes strung together, AX decided it was best to review them individually]
Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scot...
Exclusive Interview: Luke Perry returns with GOODNIGHT FOR JUSTICE: THE MEASURE OF A MAN
Luke Perry is known to ‘90s TV fans as BEVERLY HILLS 90210’s Dylan McKay , HBO’s OZ fans as the Reverend Jeremiah Cloutier and to fans of post-apocalyptic science fiction for his portrayal of the title role in two seasons of JEREMIAH.
Perry has do...
CD Review: A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS soundtrack
CD Review: A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS soundtrack...
TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. Sarah”
[Editor's Note: Since the two-hour season finale of CHUCK is essentially two separate episodes strung together, AX decided it was best to review them individually]
Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scot...
Friday, January 27, 2012
Exclusive Interview: CHUCK star Zachary Levi on the show’s finale and the prospects of future CHUCK movies
Joshua Gomez, Yvonne Strahovski, Zachary Levi and Adam Baldwin in CHUCK - Season 5 | ©2012 NBC/Mitchell Haaseth
For five seasons Zachary Levi has taken his Chuck Bartowski character on CHUCK from slacker nerd to suave spy. The series ends tonight ...
Exclusive Interview: SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE talk with Lucy Lawless and creator Steven S. DeKnight
Lucy Lawless in SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE | ©2012 Starz
SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE, which premieres tonight on Starz at 10 PM, is actually the second season of the SPARTACUS series, even though it’s the third year of the show. Series creator and executive pr...
Interview: CHUCK finale talk with co-creator Chris Fedak and actor Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin, Joshua Gomez, Zachary Levi and Ryan McPartlin in CHUCK - Season 4 - Vs. Agent X |©2011 NBC/Chris Haston
CHUCK, NBC’s cult hit comedy about a good-hearted big box store worker turned international spy played by Zachary Levi, comes to ...
Exclusive Interview: CHUCK star Yvonne Strahovski kicks ass to the end as the NBC series signs off
Yvonne Strahovski in CHUCK - Season 5 - Vs. The Bullet Train | ©2012 NBC/Byron Cohen
For five years, Australian actress Yvonne Strahovski has kicked ass as CIA spy Sarah Walker on NBC’s action-comedy CHUCK.
In that time, Sarah has went from a cold...
Blu-ray Review: DEAD POET’S SOCIETY
Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Kurtwood Smith
Writer: Tom Schulman
Director: Peter Weir
Distributor: Touchstone Home Entertainment
Suggested Retail Price: $20.00
DEAD POET’S SOCIETY was a great movie the yea...
CD Review: SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS soundtrack
Sherlock Holmes was always a bit of a stuffed British shirt before Guy Ritchie gave him a rock and roll, martial arts attitude that re-invigorated the character with his SHERLOCK HOLMES franchise and its latest installment SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Interview: CHUCK co-creator Josh Schwartz looks back on five years of the NBC series
Zachary Levi and Yvonne Strahovski in CHUCK - Season 5 | ©2011 NBC/Mitchell Haaseth
CHUCK, the romantic spy comedy that has lasted five seasons on NBC, draws to a close with a two-hour series finale this Friday night at 8 PM. Co-created by Chris F...
Exclusive Photos from the SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE Premiere
STARZ presented the premiere of SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE on January 18th at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood.
The story: on the heels of the bloody escape from the House of Batiatus that concluded SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND, the gladiator rebell...
Exclusive Interview: Callum Keith Rennie joins THE FIRM
Callum Keith Rennie in THE FIRM - Season 1 - Chapter 4 | ©2012 NBC/Ian Watson
In NBC’s new dramatic thriller THE FIRM, airing Thursdays at 10 PM, ten years have passed since the events in John Grisham’s best seller, which became a 1993 film starri...
TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 2 – “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?”
Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hagen, Natalie Brown, Robert Naylor, Dichen Lachman
Writer: Nancy Won, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse
Director: Paol...
TV Review: AMERICAN IDOL – Season 11 – “Auditions No. 4: Aspen”
Shelby Meredith in AMERICAN IDOL - Season 11 - Auditions 4 - Aspen | ©2012 Fox/Michael Becker
Cast: Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler
Network: Fox, Airs @ 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays
Original Telecast: Jan. 25, 2012
So...
CD Review: ARKHAM CITY soundtrack
It’s a very dark musical night when the bats are ruling the belfry, or in this case the unleashed, insane inmates of comics’ most infamous asylum- one that’s also become video gaming’s most acclaimed lock-up. Arkham’s gotten expanded to its own bi...
TV Review: TOUCH – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Season Premiere
TV Review: TOUCH – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Season Premiere...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Exclusive Photos from the UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING World Premiere
Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment held the World Premiere of UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on January 19th.
Kate Beckinsale, the star of the first two films, returns to the franchise as the vampire warri...
Exclusive Interview: Kiefer Sutherland talks TOUCH and 24 movie
Exclusive Interview: Kiefer Sutherland talks TOUCH and 24 movie...
DVD/Blu-ray Review: 24 – SEASON 8: THE COMPLETE FINAL SEASON
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Cherry Jones, Anil Kapoor, Annie Wersching, Katee Sackhoff, Mykelti Williamson, Freddie Prinze Jr.
Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Suggested retail price: $59.98 (DVD), $69.99 (Blu-ray)...
TV Review: CASTLE – Season 4 – “An Embarrassment of Bitches”
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Tamala Jones, Seamus Deaver, Jon Huertas, Penny Johnson Jerald
Writer: Rob Hanning
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Network: ABC, Monday nights, 10 p.m.
Original Telecast: January 23, 2012...
CD Review: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
One of the most rollickingly enjoyable crime movies of any age is Michael Crichton’s 1978 historical heist flick THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY which had dapper Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and a particularly bodice-cous Lesley Anne-W...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
TV Review: ALCATRAZ – Season 1 – “Kit Nelson”
Stars: Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill
Director: Jack Bender
Network: Fox, airs Monday nights
Original Telecast: January 24, 2012
Like all new genre series, the pilot usually kicks things off in grand fashion, but the next few episode...
TV Review: ONCE UPON A TIME – Season 1 – “7:15 A.M.”
Gabe Khouth, Lee Arenberg, Ginnifer Goodwin, Faustino Dibauda, David Paul Grove and Michael Coleman in ONCE UPON A TIME - Season 1 - 7:15 A.M. | ©2012 ABC/Jack Rowand
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Jared...
TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. The Bullet Train”
Yvonne Strahovski, Zachary Levi and Adam Baldwin in CHUCK - Season 5 - Vs. The Bullet Train | ©2012 NBC/Byron Cohen
Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPar...
CD Review: HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED ANNIVERSARY soundtrack
It’s been ten years since The Master Chief took on The Covenant to essentially create the modern video game industry. And through numerous sequels, spin-offs and rip-offs, the legend of the HALO name brand has been the one ringwor...
Monday, January 23, 2012
Interview: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER star Alyson Hannigan chats about season seven, AMERICAN REUNION and babies
Jason Segel and Alyson Hannigan in HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER - Season 7 - Tailgate | ©2011 Fox/Eric McCandless
Relatively few actresses create three indelible characters in their careers, but Alyson Hannigan has managed this hat trick and may well ena...
Movie Review: UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING
Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley, Charles Dance
Writers: Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, J. Michael Straczynski, Allison Burnett
Directors: Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein
Distributor: Screen Gems
UNDERWORLD, much...
CD Review: THE IDES OF MARCH soundtrack
In the midst of a very busy year that’s included THE TREE OF LIFE, EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, the finale of HARRY POTTER and the ironic opening and closing titles of CARNAGE
Sunday, January 22, 2012
CD Review: I MELT WITH YOU soundtrack
Forty-something guys behaving badly get a beguiling collection of 8o’s era American punk, new wave and English beat songs for an album that plays like a Goth hell version of ST. ELMOS FIRE. You can practically see the black eye shadow dripping fro...
Saturday, January 21, 2012
TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 2 – “Turn This Mother Out” – Season Premiere
Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hagen, Terry Kinney, Deena Aziz, Robert Naylor
Writers: Jeremy Carver Anna Fricke, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse
D...
CD Review: SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND (3,000 edition)
CD Review: SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND (3,000 edition)...
CD Review: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Having dealt with political subterfuge in “Che” and his Oscar-nominated score for “The Constant Gardener,” Spaniard Alberto Iglesias gets to take on Britain’s spy agency of The Circus for the second major adaptation of John Le Carre’s classic nove...
Friday, January 20, 2012
TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 3 – “The Ties That Bind”
Joseph Morgan in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - Season 3 - The Ties That Bind | ©2012 The CW/Quantrell D. Colbert
Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder
Writer: Brian Young, Based on the book by L.J. Smith
Director: John Dahl
Network: The CW, ai...
Exclusive Photos from the JOYFUL NOISE World Premiere
Warner Bros. Pictures and Alcon Entertainment held the World Premiere of JOYFUL NOISE, a Farrell Paura Productions/O.N.C. Entertainment Production on January 9th at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
JOYFUL NOISE, which stars Dolly Parton...
Blu-ray and DVD picks of the week including ABDUCTION
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...
Movie Review: HAYWIRE
Rating: R
Stars: Gina Carano, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton
Writer: Lem Dobbs
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Distributor: Relativity Media
Release Date: January 20,...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
TV Review: AMERICAN IDOL – Season 11 – “Auditions No. 1 – Savannah” – Season Premiere
TV Review: AMERICAN IDOL – Season 11 – “Auditions No. 1 – Savannah” – Season Premiere...
TV Review: REVENGE – Season 1 – “Commitment”
Stars: Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe, Henry Czerny, Josh Bowman, Nick Wechsler, Gabriel Mann, Ashley Madekwe, Christa B. Allen, Connor Paolo
Writer: Dan Dworkin Jay Beattie
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Network: ABC, Wednesday nights, 10 p.m.
Orig...
TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 7 – “Time After Time”
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Kim Rhodes, Nicholas Lea, Jason Dohring, Melissa Roxburgh, Linda Darlow
Writer: Robbie Thompson, series created by Eric Kripke
Director: Phil Sgriccia
Network: The CW, Fridays @ 9 PM
Original Airdate: January...
TV Review: BONES – Season 7 – “The Crack in the Code”
Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Patricia Belcher, Michael Grant Terry, Andrew Leeds, Robert Cicchini
Writer: Carla Kettner
Director: Ian Toynton
Network: Fox, Thursdays @ 8 PM...
TV Review: BONES – Season 7 – “The Twist in the Twister”
Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Joel David Moore, Billy F. Gibbons
Writer: Karine Rosenthal, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs
Dire...
TV Review: CASTLE – Season 4 – “Dial M For Mayor”
TV Review: CASTLE – Season 4 – “Dial M For Mayor”...
TV Review: ONCE UPON A TIME – Season 1 – “True North”
TV Review: ONCE UPON A TIME – Season 1 – “True North”...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
TV Review: GLEE – Season 3 – “Yes/No”
Matthew Morrison and Jayma Mays in GLEE - Season 3 - Yes/No | ©2012 Fox/Adam Rose
Stars: Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Nay...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Exclusive Interview: JUSTIFIED star Walton Goggins talks Season 3
Walton Goggins in JUSTIFIED - Season 3 - The Gunfighter | ©2012 FX/Prashant Gupta
JUSTIFIED, which has its third-season premiere tonight on FX at 10 PM, has brought the contemporary Western back to life. Originally based on Elmore Leonard’s short ...
TV Review: ALCATRAZ – Season 1 – “Pilot”/“Earnest Cobb” – Series Premiere
Sam Neill in ALCATRAZ - Season 1 - Pilot | ©2012 Fox/James Dittiger
Cast: Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill, Parminder Nagra
Writers: Elizabeth Sarnoff, Jack Bender
Directors: Danny Cannon, Steven Lilen, Bryan Wynbrandt
Network: Fox, Airs Monda...
TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 3 – “Our Town”
Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder
Writer: Rebecca Sonnenshine, Based on the book by L.J. Smith
Director: Wendy Stanzler
Network: The CW, airs Thursday nights
Original Telecast: January 12, 2012
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is still one of m...
TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 7 – “Adventures in Babysitting”
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Kevin R. McNally, Madison McLoughlin, Ian Tracey
Writer:Adam Glass, series created by Eric Kripke
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Network: The CW, Fridays @ 9 PM
Original Airdate: January 6, 2012
In a note that is b...
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Exclusive Interview: Adam Horowitz chats about ONCE UPON A TIME
Ginnifer Goodwin and Amos Stern in ONCE UPON A TIME - Season 1 - Snow Falls | ©2011 ABC/Chris Helcermanas-Benge
ABC’s new series ONCE UPON A TIME, airing Sundays at 8 PM, is definitely a fantasy, but beyond that, it’s hard to compare to anything o...
TCA News: The Scoop on WILFRED Season 2
At today’s TCA session for the FX Network, details were revealed on the second season of the popular comedy WILFRED starring Elijah Wood as Ryan, who may or may not be hallucinating that his girlfriend’s dog Wilfred (Jason Gann) i...
TCA News: Dustin Hoffman talks about the LUCK of doing the new HBO series
One of the biggest coups in TV this year comes from HBO that nabbed actor Dustin Hoffman to star in LUCK, the gambling drama created by David Milch and directed by Michael Mann.
At HBO’s TCA session for the series which deb...
TCA News: Julianne Moore talks about playing Sarah Palin in HBO’s GAME CHANGE
HBO is digging back into the well of the recent political past with their new movie GAME CHANGE based on John Heilemann and Mark Halperin non-fiction book about the 2008 Presidential Race.
Playing Sarah Palin, who ran for v...
TCA News: TNT’s new DALLAS series is a continuation not a reboot or remake
The big question when TNT announced they were bringing back the iconic 1980s soap opera DALLAS a weekly series, was whether it would continue to mythology previously established or do its own thing.
At TNT’s TCA press tour,...
TCA News: Update on new Charlie Sheen FX series ANGER MANAGEMENT
Even though FX has picked up the new Charlie Sheen sitcom ANGER MANAGEMENT created by Bruce Helford, President and General Manager of the FX network says that he was initially skeptical of the pitch before he heard it.
“Cha...
TCA News: POWERS adaptation still in limbo at FX, but not dead
At today’s TCA press day for the FX Network, President & General Manager John Landgraf says the status of the POWERS graphic novel adaptation created by Brian Michael Bendis is still in limbo – though still alive.
“We d...
TCA News: The status of AMERICAN HORROR STORY Season 2
When AMERICAN HORROR STORY ended Season 1, the big twist wasnt what happened to the characters, its what happened to the show. Executive producer and co-creator Ryan Murphy essentially pulled the wool over the viewers eyes and created a TV series ...
Saturday, January 14, 2012
TV News: Ricky Gervais chats about his third time as Golden Globes host
After hosting the Golden Globe Awards twice, Ricky Gervais is returning for a third time this Sunday night for THE 69th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES.
While promoting his new HBO faux docu-comedy series LIFE’S TOO SHORT
TCA News: First News on THE CLOSER spin-off MAJOR CRIMES
At today’s TCA press tour for the Turner networks, details on the new THE CLOSER spin-off for TNT was announced.
The series will be called MAJOR CRIMES and will pick up directly where THE CLOSER
TCA News: LIFE’S TOO SHORT for STAR WARS star Warwick Davis
For the new HBO faux documentary series LIFE’S TOO SHORT (debuting February 19), Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have created a comedy centered around Warwick Davis – the little star of STAR WARS: EPISODE IV: RETURN OF ...
Friday, January 13, 2012
TV Review: REVENGE – Season 1 – “Infamy”
Ciara Hanna and Margarita Levieva in REVENGE - Season 1 - Infamy | ©2012 ABC/Karen Neal
Stars: Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe, Henry Czerny, Josh Bowman, Nick Wechsler, Gabriel Mann, Ashley Madekwe, Christa B. Allen, Connor Paolo
Writer: Dan Dwork...
Exclusive Interview: CHUCK star Vik Sahay on five years of being Lester
Vik Sahay, Joshua Gomez and Scott Krinsky in CHUCK - Season 2 - Vs. The Ring | ©NBC/Chris Haston
For five years on CHUCK, our title hero, played by Zachary Levi, has had to juggle his secret spy life with his work life at the big-box Buy More stor...
Exclusive Interview: FRINGE actor Joshua Jackson talks about the Fox series
Joshua Jackson in FRINGE - Season 4 - Wallflower | ©2011 Fox/Liane Hentscher
The third season of Fox’s science-fiction series FRINGE ended on a cliff-hanger. Our universe and a parallel universe were both eroding due to a recently-discovered pheno...
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Movie Review: THE DIVIDE
Rating: Unrated
Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance, Ivan Gonzalez, Michael Eklund, Ashton Holmes, Rosanna Arquette
Writers: Karl Mueller Eron Sheean
Director: Xavier Gens
Distributor: Anchor Bay Films
Release...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
TV Review: CASTLE – Season 4 – “Till Death Do Us Part”
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Tamala Jones, Seamus Deaver, Jon Huertas, Penny Johnson Jerald
Writer: David Grae
Director: Jeff Bleckner
Network: ABC, Monday nights, 10 p.m.
Original Telecast: January 9, 2011
For ...
Blu-ray and DVD picks of the week including MONEYBALL
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...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
TCA News: Creator says DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES feature film will not happen after the show ends
TCA News: Creator says DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES feature film will not happen after the show ends...
TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 3 – “The New Deal”
Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder
Writer: Michael Narducci, Based on the book by L.J. Smith
Director: John Behring
Network: The CW, airs Thursday nights
Original Telecast: January 5, 2012
Well, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is back from h...
TV Review: ONCE UPON A TIME – Season 1 – “Desperate Souls”
Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Jared Gilmore, Josh Dallas, Raphael Sbarge
Writer: Jane Espenson
Director: Michael Waxman
Network: ABC, Sunday nights, 8 p.m.
Original Telecast: December 11, 2011
One of th...
TCA News: DON’T TRUST THE B IN APT. 23 lets James Van Der Beek be James Van Der Beek
In the new ABC comedy DON’T TRUST THE B IN APT.23, James Van Der Beek plays a character named James Van Der Beek, although it’s a character that’s pretty far from himself.
“I auditioned against six other James Van Der Beeks...
TCA News: ABC says DANCING WITH THE STARS will be on the air for years to come
While reality show hits seem to wane and wax over the years, ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee says he expects DANCING WITH THE STARS to remain on the schedule for years to come.
“Obviously each year the casting so...
TCA News: ABC talks about the eight episode THE RIVER order and its future beyond Season 1
One of the most ambitious (and utterly different) series to air this season is the new ABC thriller THE RIVER which comes from PARANORMAL ACTIVITY creator Oren Peli and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
...
TCA News: The future of GREY’S ANATOMY is secure says ABC
While GREY’S ANATOMY continues to be a strong player on Thursday nights on ABC, it’s future looks bright this season and beyond according to ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee.
“GREY’S came roaring ...
TCA News: ABC talks about the success of ONCE UPON A TIME
One of the biggest surprises of the fall season has been ABC’s fairy tale series ONCE UPON A TIME – a show that was very ambitious, but started with an uncertainty as to whether fans would stick with its rich mythology week after ...
TCA News: ABC says COUGAR TOWN will return for Season 3 as early as March
The ABC series comedy series COUGAR TOWN starring Courteney Cox may feel as if it’s been eternally benched this entire year, yet at today’s ABC TCA press session, ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee says that they already h...
Monday, January 9, 2012
Music Review: The 10 Best Songs of 2011 (Some Brown, a little Perry, People and a whole lot to Gaga over)
It was a pretty eclectic year in music, and thats reflected with the best songs of 2011. A little Adele, a bit of Kanye and some more than welcome Katy Perry. And what would a year be without a song to go Gaga over.
So heres the ten best songs of ...
Exclusive Photos from Super 8 Blu-ray/DVD release celebration
Recently Paramount Home Entertainment held a celebration for the SUPER 8 release on Blu-ray and DVD debut at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.
Walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Elle Fann...
CD Review: 2011′s Best Soundtracks: The Runners-Up and Composers to Watch
It was hard to whittle down the years best scores to ten top picks, let alone ten runners-up. Here are the best of a close batch of scores that are far more than second-runs, followed up by the budding composers to watch.
ALBERT NOBBS soundtrack |...
TCA News: With movie ELIXER, ABC Family brings more musical programming to the net
As ABC Family continues to have success with various series in different genres like SWITCHED AT BIRTH, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS and MELISSA AND JOEY, the next phase of development for President Michael Riley is bringi...
TCA News: ABC Family thrilled with the success of THE LYING GAME
While THE LYING GAME performed well during the first half of Season 1 last summer, ABC Family President Michael Riley says the slight changes made to the second half of the season and a time slot shift this month has rewarded the ...
TCA News: CHLOE KING made-for-TV movie in development at ABC Family
Even though THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING didn’t get renewed for a second season on ABC Family, there is potentially good news on the horizon. At today’s TCA press session, ABC Family President Michael Riley says they are currently...
Sunday, January 8, 2012
TCA News: BONES creator says it will likely return for Season 8
If youre wondering whether BONES will return for an eighth season, creator Hart Hanson confirmed today that hes confident the show has more life in it.
Hell yeah, says Hanson via Skype at Foxs TCA press tour today while talking about his the BONES...
TCA News: The future of TERRA NOVA is still uncertain according to Fox
Despite strong ratings, Fox is still not committing to a second season of TERRA NOVA yet.
At today’s Fox TCA session, Entertainment President Kevin Reilly says with a smile “we’ve done a good job avoiding some of these big ...
TCA News: Fox wants to keep Ryan Seacrest on AMERICAN IDOL
After watching THE X FACTOR host Steve Jones struggle throughout the first season, it became quite clear that Ryan Seacrest is a natural when it comes to handling contestants, overruns and political correctness on AMERICAN...
TCA News: Fox officially cancels ALLEN GREGORY and explains why
In this day and age, TV shows aren’t cancelled anymore, they’re just quietly taken off the air with hopes no one will notice.
In the case of Fox’s new animated series ALLEN GREGORY (co-created and voiced by Jonah Hill), Fox...
TCA News: There will be no GLEE spin-off next year according to Fox
For awhile, it looked like Fox and GLEE co-creator Ryan Murphy were going to spin-off the show with its graduating characters next season. At today’s Fox TCA press session, Entertainment President Kevin Reilly says those plans hav...
TCA News: Fox says FRINGE is on the bubble for Season 5 renewal
Will FRINGE be back for a Season 5? That was one of the questions looming large during Foxs TCA executive session where Entertainment President Kevin Reilly says he has a hard decision to make on the show in the coming weeks.
FRINGE has been a poi...
Breaking News: Yes, STAR TREK 2 will be in 3D, but post-converted according to J.J. Abrams
As J.J. Abrams fears up to direct STAR TREK 2, rumors of characters and plots have been bubbling to the surface, yet there is one thing that is concrete – the movie will be in 3D.
J.J. Abrams spoke briefly about what’s happ...
TCA News: J.J. Abrams says ALCATRAZ will be standalone, but with serialized elements
Like many TV shows executive produced by J.J. Abrams (FRINGE, ALIAS, LOST), there will be a heavy mythology component to his new Fox series ALCATRAZ which debuts Monday, January 16 .
The story follows three...
TCA News: Kiefer Sutherland says TOUCH role is completely different than 24′s Jack Bauer
This winter, Kiefer Sutherland returns to Fox network with the new genre series TOUCH playing Martin Bohm, a widowed father trying to communicate with his autistic son 11-year old son (David Mazouz) who he discovers has the abilit...
Breaking News: Kiefer Sutherland says 24 movie will shoot this Spring
Fans of 24 have been waiting patiently for two years for the official greenlight of a movie based on the hit Fox series 24 and at today’s Fox TCA press session to promote his new Fox series TOUCH,...
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Exclusive Interview: CHUCK star Scott Krinsky clears his head and looks back on the series
Vik Sahay and Scott Krinsky in CHUCK - Season 4 - Vs. Agent X | ©2011 NBC/Chris Haston
On NBC’s CHUCK, now on Friday nights at 8 PM as it winds up its fifth and final season, the title hero played by Zachary Levi is still juggling his Buy More wor...
Movie Review: THE INNKEEPERS
Rating: R
Stars: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis
Writer: Ti West
Director: Ti West
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Release Date: VOD, December 30, 2011; theatrical, February 3, 2012
Probably the most important aspect of THE INNKEEPERS...
TV Review: CHUCK Season 5 “Vs. the Kept Man”
Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPartlin
Network: NBC, Friday nights, 8 p.m.
Original Telecast: January 7, 2011
I have to say that in spite of a rocky s...
Friday, January 6, 2012
Blu-ray and DVD picks of the week including CONTAGION
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...
TCA News: Chelsea Handler glad she’s not playing herself on new NBC comedy ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA?
Talk show host Chelsea Handler adds the sitcom to her resume with the new NBC comedy ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA? which is based on her book and life exploits and her love of Vodka. The series airs Wednesday nights at 8:30 pm beginning...
TCA News: Betty White is OFF HER ROCKER for new NBC reality show
At age 89 (soon to be 90), Betty White is one of the hottest and most sought after comediennes currently working today and now NBC has nabbed her for a new reality show called BETTY WHITE’S OFF HER ROCKER.
In the series, sh...
TCA News: NBC not worried about Howard Stern as an AMERICA’S GOT TALENT judge
With Howard Stern set to take over for Piers Morgan on AMERICA’S GOT TALENT this summer, NBC has been taken to task by the Parents Television Council (PTC) for this decision, worried that Stern will tarnish the show’s family-frien...
TCA News: NBC very proud of UP ALL NIGHT and hopes for growth on Thursday nights
Even though NBC gave its plum post THE OFFICE time slot to the traditional sitcom WHITNEY this fall, NBC has been very encouraged by the single camera comedy UP ALL NIGHT starring Christina Appleg...
TCA News: Expect more FEAR FACTOR on NBC in the years to come
One of the biggest surprises this December was the ratings success for the limited return of NBC’s once seminal reality series FEAR FACTOR.
Even though it’s not currently scheduled for mid-season, NBC Entertainment Chairman...
TCA News: NBC reflects on the failure of PRIME SUSPECT
Even though PRIME SUSPECT looked like one of NBC’s most promising fall dramas (and was given the prime Thursday 10:00 pm time slot), yet the series never clicked with viewers.
Reflecting on why the series didn’t work, NBC E...
TCA News: NBC says SMASH is very important show to the network
While there’s been a lot of hype for the new NBC midseason musical drama SMASH (and yes, the show more than lives up to it), today at the NBC TCA press tour, Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt says the series is very importa...
TCA News: NBC explains decision to bench COMMUNITY and no, it’s not cancelled
When COMMUNITY was missing from NBC’s midseason schedule, many thought that this was the first nail in the coffin before cancellation. However, at today’s NBC TCA press tour session, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt wa...
TCA News: NBC is frank about the network’s disappointing fall season
It’s rare for a network big wig to be frank with the television press, but that’s what NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt did when he spoke today at NBC TCA press tour.
Before questions were asked, he came out and admitted that NB...
TCA News: NBC says CHUCK is officially over this time
No surprise here, but while at todays NBC TCA winter press tour, NBC Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt was asked about the status of CHUCK and if it may get a last minute reprieve during its fifth and previously announced final season. Unf...
TCA News: Harry Connick Jr. will appear on LAW & ORDER: SVU in four episodes
At this morning’s TCA press tour session for NBC, Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt revealed that Mariska Hargitay will appear in all episodes of the show’s current thirteenth season and she will not be leaving the show next year.
He...
TCA News: PBS says expect ENDEAVOUR, the INSPECTOR MORSE movie prequel, to become a regular series
The popular British detective series INSPECTOR MORSE has been transformed into a one-off TV movie prequel called ENDEAVOUR and is based on Colin Dexter’s novels. The movie has already made its debut in the U.K. on...
TCA News: PBS says expect a Series 3 of SHERLOCK
The current Second Series of the BBC/PBS co-production of SHERLOCK has been breaking records in the U.K. and even though PBS won’t air the episodes until May, talk of a third series is inevitable.
While speaking at the PBS ...
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Exclusive Interview: Nina Dobrev on her two sides of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Nina Dobrev at the Bing presents THE CW PREMIERE PARTY | ©2011 Sue Schneider
On the CW’s THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, now in its third season Thursdays at 8 PM, Nina Dobrev stars as Elena Gilbert. Elena always thought she’s just a normal teenager living i...
TCA News: JOHNNY CARSON: KING OF LATE NIGHT gets the latest AMERICAN MASTERS treatment on PBS
At today’s TCA session for PBS, director Peter Jones spoke about his work on the new AMERICAN MASTERS special – JOHNNY CARSON: KING OF LATE NIGHT.
This project, set to air in May 14, celebrates the 50t...
TCA News: Expect more Ken Burns documentaries on PBS including THE DUST BOWL
During the Winter 2012 TCAs this week, PBS revealed that Ken Burns will be a big part of their programming for years to come.
“I refer to it as our ‘marriage contract’ otherwise known as ‘’till death do us part,’” says PBS CEO and President...
TCA News: PBS talks about Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney calling for end to federal funding of the broadcaster
At PBS’s winter TCA press tour, the broadcaster’s President and CEO Paula Kerger responded to potential Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s call to end Federal funding and suggesting PBS start running ads.
Kerger says that its wonderful ...
TCA News: Is PBS becoming the new HBO with quality hits like DOWNTON ABBEY?
PBS kicked off the Winter 2012 Television Critics Association this week with its executive session with President and CEO Paula Kerger.
One of the talking points was a recent story in the New York Times that said PBS is giving the ...
TV Review: REVENGE – Season 1 – “Duress”
Josh Bowman and Emily VanCamp in REVENGE - Season 1 - Duress | ©2011 ABC/Colleen Hayes
Stars: Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe, Henry Czerny, Josh Bowman, Nick Wechsler, Gabriel Mann, Ashley Madekwe, Christa B. Allen, Connor Paolo
Writer: Elle Treid...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Exclusive Interview: Former LOST star Nestor Carbonell talks RINGER and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Nestor Carbonell at the Bing presents THE CW PREMIERE PARTY | ©2011 Sue Schneider
In the CW’s freshman series RINGER, which airs Tuesdays at 9 PM, Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as twin sisters Bridget and Siobhan. Wealthy Siobhan invited Bridget to ...
CD Review: WOLFEN soundtrack
In the late 1970s and super early 1980s, James Horner had been clawing his way up from the low-budget likes of THE LADY IN RED, HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP and BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, giving 110% of his already form...
Sunday, January 1, 2012
CD Review: RAPTURE soundtrack
In the early 1960’s, Georges Delerue was well established in Europe for his delicately classical, and distinctly French approach to such dramas as THE SOFT SKIN and CONTEMPT. It was this poetic sound that finally ...
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