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Movie Review: JURASSIC WORLD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/14/2015
JURASSIC WORLD poster | ©2015 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong, Judy Greer Writers: Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly, story by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, based on characters created by Michael Crichton Director: Colin Trevorrow Distributor: Universal Release Date: June 12, 2015 There is a fair amount that is right with JURASSIC WORLD, starting with the excellent rendering of its main attraction, the dinosaurs. Animatronic and digital technology have both come a long way since the original 1993 JURASSIC PARK, which at […]Read On »


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WAYWARD PINES: Reed Diamond on the new Fox summer series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/11/2015
Reed Diamond in WAYWARD PINES - Season 1 | ©2015 Fox/James Minchin

In Fox’s miniseries WAYWARD PINES, Thursdays at 9 PM, Secret Service Agent Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon) is understandably upset. Not only is he trapped in the title town, where people are executed over transgressions like referring to their lives pre-arrival, but he finds his partner/ex-lover Kate Hewson (Carla Gugino) claiming she’s lived here for twelve years, even though she’s only been missing a few weeks. Morever, Kate says she’s been married for years to local toymaker Harold Balinger, played by Reed Diamond. Native New Yorker Diamond is no stranger to television or to genre. He was one of the starring […]Read On »


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BONES: John Boyd on Season 10 and being a newbie – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
John Boyd in BONES - Season 10 | ©2015 Patrick McElhenney/FOX

Fox Network’s BONES is celebrating its tenth-season finale this Thursday, June 11 at 8 PM, and will be back in the fall for Season 11. Stars Emily Deschanel, who plays forensic pathologist Temperance “Bones” Brennan, and David Boreanaz, as her FBI agent spouse Seeley Booth, have been with the series since the beginning, as have supporting actors Michaela Conlin (as artist/computer expert Angela Montenegro) and TJ Thyne (as forensic entomologist Dr. Jack Hodgins). Tamara Taylor, who portrays lab boss Camille Saroyan, joined the cast in Season 2. It seems like it could be difficult entering this group at this stage, […]Read On »


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PENNY DREADFUL: Timothy Dalton on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/08/2015
Timothy Dalton in PENNY DREADFUL - Season 2 | ©2015 Showtime

In creator John Logan’s Showtime series PENNY DREADFUL, now in its second season Sundays at 10 PM, nobody is having an easy time of it in late nineteenth-century London. American gunslinger Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) is dealing with his dual nature and the death of his girlfriend Brona (Billie Piper), whose corpse has been appropriated by Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) to make a mate for his original creation (Rory Kinnear). Medium Vanessa Ives, played by Eva Green, is coping with demonic possession. Sir Malcolm Murray, played by Timothy Dalton, is at the center of all these people, and more. […]Read On »


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AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR: Akbar Gbaja-Biamila on the athletic competition series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR key art| ©2015 NBC

The athletic reality competition series AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR began life on the G4 network as a U.S. adaptation of the Japanese SASUKE, and is now on NBC, Mondays at 8 PM, in its seventh season. The show features a group of very fit people from various backgrounds attempting to make it through obstacles courses of increasing difficulty. Akbar Gbaja-Biamila has been hosting AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR alongside Matt Iseman since last season. Gbaja-Biamila, who played high school basketball at Crenshaw High School in Southern California before becoming a professional football player, was one of three athletes on the team for 2010’s […]Read On »


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Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Download Review: LET US PREY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/07/2015
LET US PREY movie poster | ©2015 Dark Sky Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge, Douglas Russell, Niall Greig Fulton, Jonathan Watson, Brian Vernel, James McCreadie Writers: Fiona Watson & David Cairns Director: Brian O’Malley Distributor: Dark Sky Films Release Date: May 26, 2015 LET US PREY takes place in a Scottish city so bleak and barren and empty at night that it comes as something of a surprise to find that the film is set in our world as opposed to, say, Purgatory. The story unspools over five hours, starting when PC Rachel Heggie (Pollyanna McIntosh) wakes up, gets out of bed […]Read On »


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100 THINGS TO DO BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL: Owen Joyner on new Nickelodeon series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/06/2015
Owen Joyner in 100 THINGS TO DO BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL | ©2015 Nickelodeon/Robert Voets

In Nickelodeon’s 100 THINGS TO DO BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL, Saturdays at 8 PM, three middle-school friends work on accomplishing the above. The series was created by Scott Fellows. Owen Joyner plays Crispo Powers, lifelong friends with CJ Martin (Isabela Moner) and Fenwick Frazier (Raheem Toombs). 100 THINGS TO DO BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL is his first series. We asked Joyner ten things about his work on 100 THINGS. ASSIGNMENT X: What was the thing you most wanted to do before high school? OWEN JOYNER: Go to NYC and see as many Broadway shows as I can fit in and be cast […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SPY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
SPY movie poster | ©2015 20th Century Fox

Rating: R Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Peter Serafinowicz, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, Jude Law, Morena Baccarin Writer: Paul Feig Director: Paul Feig Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: June 5, 2015 SPY is a rarity, a send-up of the James Bond genre that actually works. Part of its success is that star Melissa McCarthy actually seems like someone who could both be totally taken for granted and entirely capable, part of it works because the script by director Paul Feig has a lot of good jokes that are timed well and part of it is […]Read On »


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iZOMBIE: Rahul Kohli on curing the zombie apocalypse – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/04/2015
Rahul Kohli in iZOMBIE - Season 1 | ©2015 The CW/Kharen Hill

In The CW’s iZOMBIE, now in its first season Tuesdays at 9 PM and renewed for a second, Rose McIver stars as morgue assistant Liv Moore. Liv is a zombie, though she has managed to conceal this fact from most people. However, Liv’s secret is known to her boss, Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti, played by Rahul Kohli. Far from being afraid of his coworker, Ravi is thrilled to have a chance to study the zombie phenomenon up close. He thinks it’s great that when Liv eats the brains of murder victims after they arrive at the morgue, she gets their memories, […]Read On »


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WAYWARD PINES: Matt Dillon searches for answers in new Fox series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Matt Dillon in WAYWARD PINES - Season 1 | ©2015 Fox/Frank Ockenfels

In Fox Network’s limited series WAYWARD PINES, Thursdays at 9 PM, the deceptively pleasant-looking small Idaho town has a lot of secrets, one big one being that nobody is allowed to leave. Executive-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, who directed the premiere, and developed for television Chad Hodge from the novels by Blake Crouch, WAYWARD PINES focuses on U.S. Secret Service Agent Ethan Burke, played by Matt Dillon. Ethan awakens from a car crash in Wayward Pines, where he is lied to and held captive. When he gets a measure of freedom, Ethan finds his partner Kate Hewson (Carla Gugino), who […]Read On »


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