Archive for 2012

Interview: THE AVENGERS Director Joss Whedon captures the essence of the comics

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/04/2012
Joss Whedon on the set of THE AVENGERS | (c) 2012 Marvel

A little movie called THE AVENGERS just opened.  Chances are good you’ve heard of it. Chances are also good you’ve heard of Joss Whedon, the gentleman who directed the film and wrote the script, working from a story he and Zak Penn co-created, based on the Marvel Comics. Whedon, an Oscar nominee for his work on the original TOY STORY screenplay, won a New Media Emmy for his Internet musical DOCTOR HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG BLOG. He also created the TV series BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL (with David Greenwalt), FIREFLY and DOLLHOUSE, wrote and directed the feature film FIREFLY continuation SERENITY […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE AVENGERS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE AVENGERS movie poster | (c) 2012 Marvel

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow Writer: Joss Whedon, story by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon Director: Joss Whedon Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures Release Date (U.S.): May 4, 2012 THE AVENGERS is spectacular in several senses of the word. It is literally a spectacle, with people flying up into the sky, monsters plummeting out of it, airships flying through it and so on. However, the real dynamism here is in the character interactions, not something one expects […]Read On »


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AMERICAN IDOL Season 11 recap: Skylar Laine Kicked Off, Four Left

By PETER BROWN
Skylar Laine and Hollie Cavanaugh wait for the final results on AMERICAN IDOL Season 11 | (c) 2012 Fox

Cast: Ryan Seacrest, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson Network: Fox, airs Wednesdays and Thursdays @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: May 3, 2012 After tonight there were only four contestants left on the world’s greatest karaoke competition, AMERICAN IDOL. But who got the boot? By now, you know that Skylar Laine was kicked off the show with Hollie Cavanaugh also in the bottom. I’ll get to how the results were broken down and as usual I will spare you all the fluff including two performances from Coldplay (which is actually pretty cool), a performance from former IDOL winner Carrie Underwood, […]Read On »


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Interview: THE AVENGERS’ Samuel L. Jackson on the fun of a big budget action epic

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/03/2012
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in THE AVENGERS | (c) 2012 Fox/Marvel

If you want audiences to know immediately that a character is to be respected, can handle just about anything, will put up with no b.s. and is absolutely cool without having to explain all of the above, your best bet is to just cast Samuel L. Jackson. This isn’t to say that the Washington, D.C.-born actor can’t play tender, confused, vulnerable or pretty much anything else –Jackson has proven his extraordinary versatility many times over on film and on stage – but he’s become big-budget movie shorthand for badass authority. No wonder then that when S.H.I.E.L.D. Initiative Director Nick Fury […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 7 – “The Family in the Feud”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF
Booth (David Boreanaz) takes an unexpected fall in BONES The Family in the Feud | (c) 2012 Patrick McElhenney/Fox

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Ryan O’Neal, Carla Gallo, Patricia Belcher, William Sanderson, Rebecca Tilley, Joe Adler, Ezra Buzzington, MacKenzie Mauzy, Tico Wells, J.P. Manoux Writers: Pat Charles & Janet Lin, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Dwight Little Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Original Telecast: April 30, 2012 Given that BONES tends to divide its episodes between the arc story where something important happens to the characters and the procedural story where they solve a crime (usually never to be […]Read On »


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Interview: MAGIC CITY’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan Mobs His Way Through Miami

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Ike Evans in MAGIC CITY | (c) 2012 Starz

In Starz’s drama MAGIC CITY, which airs Fridays at 10 PM, the Miramar Hotel in 1959Miami is awash with both glamour and crime. In the series created by Mitch Glazer, celebrities visit, as do mobsters and Cubans fleeing revolutionaryHavana. Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Ike Evans, the hotel manager who presides over this little kingdom, which – along with his new wife (Olga Kurylenko) and two sons (StevenStrait, Christian Cooke) – is everything to him. Ike built theMiramar with help from silent partner Ben “the Butcher” Diamond (Danny Huston). Unfortunately for Ike, Ben is now much less silent, leading to a […]Read On »


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THE VAMPIRE DIARIES’ Marguerite MacIntyre doesn’t have it easy as sheriff – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Marguerite MacIntyre as Sheriff Forbes on THE VAMPIRE DIARIES | © 2012 Bob Mahoney/The CW

Being the sheriff of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES setting ofMystic Falls,Virginia is no picnic. Sure, it may look like a picturesque small town, but the place is full of vampires, werewolves, hybrids and ghosts. However, Sheriff Liz Forbes, played by Marguerite MacIntyre, has shown she’s up to the task, even after having to deal with the fact that her own teenaged daughter Caroline (Candice Accola) is now a member of the undead. MacIntyre has previous experience playing a parental figure to an unusual adolescent – she was adoptive mom Nicole Trager on KYLE XY. The Michigan-born actress has worked in theatre, […]Read On »


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TV Review: EUREKA – Season 5 – “Force Quit”

By ANNE LOUISE BANNON 05/02/2012
Colin Ferguson as Jack Carter in EUREKA | (c) 2012 Justin Stephens/Syfy

Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston, Niall Matter, Kavan Smith, Wil Wheaton Writer: Terri Hughes Burton Director: Mike Rohl Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 8 PM Original Airdate: April 30, 2012 When last we left EUREKA, the ground crew had found where the doomed Astraeus had gone, but was too late to rescue the ship’s crew, being kept in a virtual trance by the evil Beverly Barlow (Debrah Farantino) under the command of Senator Wen (Ming Na). And Jack (Colin Ferguson) had just figured out that Wen was behind the removal. In “Force Quit,” the key is to find out […]Read On »


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TV Review: GAME OF THRONES – Season 2 – “The Ghost of Harrenhal”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF
Nonso Anozie as Xaro Xhoan Daxos in GAME OF THRONES The Ghost of Harrenthal | (c) 2012 HBO/Paul Schiraldi

Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Iain Glen, Kit Harington, Liam Cunningham, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Richard Madden, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Alfie Allen, John Bradley, Jack Gleeson, Charles Dance, Rory McCann, Stephen Dillane, Carice Van Houten, James Cosmo, Jerome Flynn, Conleth Hill, Sibel Kekilli, Robert Pugh, Gethin Anthony, Natalie Dormer, Gwendoline Christie, Patrick Malahide, Gemma Whelan, Donald Sumpter, Finn Jones, Julian Glover, Francis Magee, Joe Dempsie, Nonzo Anozie, Nicholas Blane, Oona Chaplin Writers: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, series created by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, based on George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 3 – “Do Not Go Gentle”

By SEAN ELLIOTT
Torrey DeVitto as Meredith in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Do Not Go Gentle | © 2012 Quantrell D. Colbert/The CW

Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder Writer: Michael Narducci, Based on the book by L.J. Smith Director: Joshua Butler     Network: The CW, airs Thursday nights Original Telecast: April 24, 2012 The most important thing about THE VAMPIRE DIARIES episode “Do not go Gentle” is the fact that they are finally doing something with Alaric (Matthew Davis) that is worthwhile! For the better part of this season I have been railing on the fact that the writers just can’t seem to make up their minds in regards to what to do with Alaric. He gets smacked around, killed and […]Read On »


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