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THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: Director John Singleton on helming the courtroom drama – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/23/2016
Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson in THE PEOPLE VS OJ SIMPSON | © 2016 FX

Director John Singleton and actor Cuba Gooding Jr. both made their names with 1991’s BOYZ N THE HOOD. The influential film was Singleton’s feature directorial debut, earning him Oscar nominations for both directing and his original screenplay. Although Gooding had previous movie and TV roles, it was his performance as L.A. teen Tre Styles that propelled him to stardom. Now Singleton and Gooding are working together again on FX Network’s limited series THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON, Tuesdays at 10 PM. Gooding stars as the real-life football celebrity turned murder suspect of the title; Singleton directed the episode “The Race […]Read On »


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DAREDEVIL: Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez give the Season 2 scoop – interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/20/2016
DAREDEVIL | © 2016 Netflix

MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL is back with a 13-episode second season on Netflix, starting March 18. Blind Hell’s Kitchen lawyer/secret crime-fighter Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) has triumphed over gangster Wilson Fisk, only to find that his turf is now being invaded by vigilante Frank Castle, aka the Punisher, played by THE WALKING DEAD’s Jon Bernthal. Female justice dispenser Elektra (Elodie Yung) also comes to town. There are some behind-the-scenes changes as well. Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez, Season 1 staff writers, are now show runners and an executive producer and co-executive producer, respectively, for Season 2 (Season 1 show runner Steven S. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE PROGRAM

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE PROGRAM | © 2016 Momentum Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Lee Pace Writer: John Hodge, inspired by the book SEVEN DEADLY SINS by David Walsh Director: Stephen Frears Distributor: Momentum Pictures Release Date (theatrical and VOD): March 18, 2016 THE PROGRAM begins with a lone cyclist on a paved mountain road, clouds billowing to one side of the cliff as he determinedly pushes forward. This is a fitting introduction to seven-time Tour de France winner/disgraced athlete Lance Armstrong, as played here by Ben Foster. For those who weren’t paying much attention at the time, Lance Armstrong survived cancer in […]Read On »


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GRIMM: Claire Coffee goes through change in Season 5 – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Claire Coffee as Adalind Schade in GRIMM | © 2016 Scott Green/NBC

As GRIMM celebrates its hundredth episode in its fifth season on NBC, Fridays at 9, Claire Coffee’s character Adalind continues to go through changes. Adalind started in the opening episode as a malevolent Hexenbiest – a kind of witch she can shapeshift into a ghoulish guise. Since then, Adalind has lost, regained and re-lost her magical powers and had two children, the first by Zauberbiest Portland, Oregon police captain Sean Renard (Sasha Roiz) and the second by the show’s hero, police detective and monster-fighting Grimm Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli). Adalind is currently human and benevolent, but there are hints that […]Read On »


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THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: Courtney B. Vance on playing Johnnie Cochran – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/17/2016
Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran in THE PEOPLE VS. O.J. SIMPSON | © 2016 FX

FX Network’s THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY, Tuesdays at 10 PM, is a ten-episode drama about the famous ’90s court case that had racism, sexism, celebrity and courtroom game-playing on full public view. One of the more memorable participants in those events was the late defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, who epitomized the combination of canny strategy and showmanship. Whatever Cochran privately thought about Simpson’s innocence or guilt, he saw the case as an opportunity to spotlight police abuse of African-Americans. Cochran is portrayed in the miniseries by Courtney B. Vance. Vance, a veteran of stage (Tony winner […]Read On »


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THE AMERICANS: Joel Fields gives the scoop on Season 4 – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings and Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings in THE AMERICANS | © 2016 FX

Season 4 of FX Network’s THE AMERICANS commences Wednesday night, March 16 at 10 PM. Its antiheroes, Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell), apparently a couple of perfectly normal travel agents with two kids in the early Eighties, are actually embedded KGB spies. They have finally acknowledged their true identities to adolescent daughter Paige (Holly Taylor), who is devastated – and tells her pastor. As if this weren’t threat enough, across the street neighbor Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) is an FBI agent who wrongly believes his wife is having an affair with Philip. Executive producer Joel Fields, who […]Read On »


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SCORPION: Ari Stidham on Sylvester’s character development – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/15/2016
Ari Stidham stars as Sylvester in SCORPION | © 2016 Monty Brinton/CBS

In SCORPION, CBS’ quasi-fact-based series about a team of crime-solving geniuses, now in its second season Mondays at 9, Ari Stidham plays Sylvester Dodd. Sylvester is a statistics whiz who is passionate about comic books and afraid of heights, depths, germs and any other sort of danger. Team Scorpion’s adventures, with leader Walter O’Brien (Elyes Gabel) and Federal liaison Cabe Gallo (Robert Patrick), get Sylvester out of his comfort zone on a regular basis. This season, some of Sylvester’s more notable achievements have included impersonating a serial killer in prison, appearing on THE PRICE IS RIGHT and marrying the love […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BARNEY THOMSON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/12/2016
BARNEY THOMSON | © 2016 Gravitas Ventures

Rating: R Stars: Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Martin Compston, Ashley Jensen, Brian Pettifer, James Cosmo, Sir Tom Courtenay Writers: Richard Cowan and Colin McLaren, adapted for the screen by Richard Cowan, based on the novel THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON by Douglas Lindsay Director: Robert Carlyle Distributor: Gravitas Ventures Release Date: March 11, 2016 Scottish actor Robert Carlyle makes his first stab at feature film directing with BARNEY THOMSON. While the setting – urban Glasgow – and the sensibility are perfectly Scottish as well, the movie is more reminiscent of English black comedies like KIND HEARTS AND […]Read On »


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Movie Review: EYE IN THE SKY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
EYE IN THE SKY | © 2016 Bleecker Street

Rating: R Stars: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox, Aisha Takow Writer: Guy Hibbert Director: Gavin Hood Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: March 11, 2016 The term “thought-provoking” is thrown around so much that it’s almost meaningless – anything that attracts your notice should provoke some sort of thought – but EYE IN THE SKY brings the phrase back to its original intention. A drama about the whys and why-nots surrounding the possibility of a join U.K./U.S. drone strike on a “high-value” target in Kenya, the film presents so many possibilities and […]Read On »


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GRIMM: Silas Weir Mitchell on the 100th episode of the NBC series – interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/10/2016
Silas Weir Mitchell as Monroe in NBC's GRIMM | © 2016 Chris Haston/NBC

GRIMM, the NBC fantasy/horror series created by Stephen Carpenter and executive producers David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf, celebrates its one-hundredth episode this Friday night, March 11. Five seasons in, faithful fans are glued to the adventures of Portland, Oregon police detective and hereditary Grimm Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli), who has learned that even though some Wesen – creatures that can pretend to be human but are actually something else – are evil, many others are good, and some even make good friends. A case in point is Nick’s best friend Monroe, played by Silas Weir Mitchell. Monroe is a Blutbad […]Read On »


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