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Blu-ray/DVD Review: IN FEAR

IN FEAR poster | ©2014 Anchor Bay

Rating: R Stars: Iain De Caestecker, Alice Englert, Allen Leech Writer: Jeremy Lovering Director: Jeremy Lovering Distributor: Anchor Bay Films Blu-Ray/DVD/VOD Release Date: March 11, 2014 It’s hard to make any kind of a gripping movie with limited sets and very few cast members, but writer/director Jeremy Lovering succeeds with his debut feature, IN FEAR. Genre fans can relate elements of the scenario to a lot of other suspense/horror films, but IN FEAR works as an original, as well as an unexpectedly good character piece. Scotsman Tom (Iain De Caestecker) and English Lucy (Alice Englert) have only been dating for […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Adan Canto chats MIXOLOGY and X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

Adan Canto as Dominic in MIXOLOGY - Season 1 | ©2014 ABC/Craig Sjodin

The entirety of the first season of ABC’s new half-hour comedy MIXOLOGY, Wednesdays at 9:30 PM, takes place over the course of one evening at a singles’ bar. We go back and forth in time as we see how various couples do or don’t hook up throughout the night. One of the scripted series’ producers is Ryan Seacrest, who is known largely for his reality fare. Adan Canto plays MIXOLOGY’s bartender Dominic, a well-intentioned fellow who is a bit clueless when it comes to the expectations prompted by romantic entanglements. Canto spent last season playing serial killer Paul Torres on […]Read On »


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Blu-ray/DVD Review: KILL YOUR DARLINGS

KILL YOUR DARLINGS movie poster | ©2014 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Ben Foster, David Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Elizabeth Olsen, Kyra Sedgwick, John Cullum, David Rasche Writers: John Krokidas & Austin Bunn, story by Austin Bunn, based on biographical material by Allen Ginsberg Director: John Krokidas Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: March 18, 2013 KILL YOUR DARLINGS is advice that essentially means a writer should remove any elements that he or she feels particularly precious about or identifies with too much. In this fact-based film, it also has a more literal interpretation. It turns out that […]Read On »


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Interview: Bill Lawrence talks new series SURVIVING JACK and COUGAR TOWN

SURVIVING JACK - Season 1 key art | ©2014 Fox/Joseph Cultice

Bill Lawrence is a very busy writer/executive producer/show runner. His new half-hour comedy series, SURVIVING JACK, launches Thursday, March 27 at 8:30 PM on Fox. The show is set in the Nineties, with Christopher Meloni as Jack Dunlevy, a successful doctor who thinks he can handle being the primary parent in the household when his wife (Rachael Harris) decides it’s time to get her law degree. Lawrence’s COUGAR TOWN, starring Courteney Cox, is now in its fifth season – its second on TBS, Tuesdays at 10 PM, following a three-year run on ABC. GROUND FLOOR, a comedy about a romance […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 5 – “500 Years of Solitude”

Olga Fonda as Nadia in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - Season 5 - "500 Years of Solitude" | ©2014 The CW/Bob Mahoney

Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R. McQueen, Kat Graham, Zach Roerig, Candice Accola, Michael Trevino
 Writers: Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Caroline Dries, series created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on characters created in L.J. Smith’s THE VAMPIRE DIARIES novels
  Director: Chris Grismer Network: The CW, Thursdays @ 8 PM
  Original Airdate: January 23, 2014 “500 Years of Solitude” is THE VAMPIRE DIARIES 100th episode…so congrats CW and the stars of the show. At the end of the “Fifty Shades of Grayson” (Episode 10, which aired December 12, 2013), before the show took a winter break […]Read On »


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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 18 Recap: High Scores, Star Wars and Big Debuts for Week One Premiere

Sharkna Burgess and Charlie White on DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 18 | ©2014 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Nene Leakes, James Maslow, Danica McKellar, Sean Avery, Billy Dee Williams, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Cody Simpson, Drew Carey, Amy Purdy, Diana Nyad, Charlie White Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: March 17th, 2014 It’s that time of year. It only happens twice a year, once in the fall and now in the spring time. DANCING WITH THE STARS: Season 18 has begun. Learning from some failed change ups last fall, the DWTS producers decided to bring back some old elements, while bringing on some new faces, co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet and the entire band was let go after […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Valorie Curry on THE FOLLOWING on Season 2

Valorie Curry is Emma in THE FOLLOWING - Season 2 | ©2014 Fox/Michael Lavine

THE FOLLOWING, now in its second season on Fox, Mondays at 9 PM, concerns the hunt by Kevin Bacon’s character, former FBI profiler Ryan Hardy, for serial killer Joe Carroll, played by James Purefoy. Joe isn’t just any old serial killer – he has a large and surprising following of sympathizers and fellow killers. Among their number, arguably the most ardent is Valorie Curry’s Emma Hill. Emma, as we’ve seen, is a mistress of disguise and misdirection, able to seem entirely innocent and normal while being entirely lethal. When Curry auditioned for Emma, THE FOLLOWING’s creator/executive producer Kevin Williamson says […]Read On »


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HOMEFRONT Highlights this week in Blu-ray, DVD and VOD Releases

HOMEFRONT | © 2014 Universal Home Entertainment

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 some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: HOMEFRONT – When you see Jason Statham as the star of a new film you probably know what you are going to get from the start. A kick-ass dude that makes everyone else seem Busch league and is someone that you really should not mess with. Statham […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Delroy Lindo makes you BELIEVE

Delroy Lindo as Winter in BELIEVE - Season 1 - "Pilot" | ©2014 NBC/Justin Stephens

In NBC’s BELIEVE, Sundays at 9 PM, we meet Bo, a young girl with special powers. Created by Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Friedman and executive-produced by Cuaron, J.J. Abrams and show runner Jonas Pate, BELIEVE chronicles what happens after Bo is forcibly removed from her most recent set of Foster parents. Tate (Jake McLaughlin) is sprung from prison to protect Bo, even though he’s never met the child. The man overseeing Bo’s rescue, Tate’s release and bringing the two together is Milton Winter, played by Delroy Lindo. Lindo, a prolific actor who was born in London, England, has […]Read On »


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Interview with HANNIBAL star Mads Mikkelsen – Season 2 Scoop

Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lecter in HANNIBAL on NBC | © 2014 Brooke Palmer/NBC

Writer Thomas Harris’ creation Hannibal Lecter, first introduced as Hannibal Lektor in the novel RED DRAGON, has been played on film by a number of actors – first Brian Cox in MANHUNTER, then Anthony Hopkins in his Oscar-winning turn in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, followed by HANNIBAL and the MANHUNTER remake RED DRAGON and finally by Gaspard Ulliel (and, as the child Hannibal, Aaran Thomas) in the Hannibal-as-a-young-man prequel HANNIBAL RISING. Producer/show runner Bryan Fuller has adapted HANNIBAL for television. Now in its second season on NBC, Fridays at 10 PM, HANNIBAL chronicles the adventures of the brilliant cannibalistic serial […]Read On »


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