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TV Review: SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE – “Sacramentum”

Dustin Clare in SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE - "Sacramentum" | ©2012 Starz

Stars: Lucy Lawless, Liam McIntyre, Manu Bennett, Peter Mensah, Viva Bianca, Craig Parker Writer: Seamus Kevin Fahey, Created by Steven S. DeKnight Director: Jesse Warn Network: STARZ, airs Friday nights Original Telecast: March 9, 2012 The pacing of the last couple of SPARTACUS VENGEANCE episodes continues with “Sacramentum”. Instead of just skulking around the woods and killing off Romans (and yes rescuing people when the need calls for it) Spartacus (Liam McIntyre) decides to head to the ports and liberate some warriors who are being sold into slavery. The ship they overtake is full of Agron’s (Daniel Feuerriegel) people, so […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 2 – “When I Think About You, I Shred Myself”

Sam Witwer in BEING HUMAN - Season 2 - "When I Think About You, I Shred Myself" | ©2012 Syfy/Phillipe Bosse

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kyle Schmid, Natalie Brown, Robert Naylor, Susanna Fournier, Jay Baruchel, Dusan Dukic, Gianpaolo Venuta Writer: Mike Ostrowski, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Stefan Schwartz Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: March 12, 2012 BEING HUMAN takes on the trappings of ‘80s horror with some of the developments in “When I Think About You, I Shred Myself.” While we may have suspected that all is not as it seems with Sally’s (Meaghan Rath) Reaper would-be mentor (Dusan Dukic), the revelation […]Read On »


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Interview: Cliff Curtis goes CIA on MISSING

Cliff Curtis in MISSING - Season 1 | ©2012 ABC/Bob D'Amico

A mother in search of her kidnapped son can be formidable. A mother in that situation, who also used to be a CIA field agent, can be the proverbial unstoppable force. Certainly, that’s the case with Ashley Judd’s MISSING character Rebecca Winstone, who has raised her son Michael (Nick Eversman) alone ever since the death of Nick’s father, Rebecca’s husband and fellow CIA agent Paul Winstone (Sean Bean, see in flashbacks throughout the series). Naturally, the CIA isn’t too thrilled with the idea of one of their own, albeit retired, deploying her Agency skills around the globe. European station chief […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Parker Young lives in SUBURGATORY

Parker Young in SUBURGATORY - Season 1 - "The Barbecue" | ©2012 ABC/Richard Cartwright

ABC’s freshman comedy SUBURGATORY, which runs Wednesdays at 8:30 PM, has already been renewed for a second season. The show, created by Emily Kapnek, is genuinely funny and features a great cast, headed up by Jane Levy as teenage protagonist Tessa Altman. Tessa’s well-meaning dad George (Jeremy Sisto) has moved the family from Manhattan to the suburbs, where Tessa’s high school is full of suburban mean mall girls. Many of the girls are interested in hunky male classmate Ryan Shay, played by Parker Young. The 23-year-old actor has an extensive resume in television and film, but SUBURGATORY is his first […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: KEY AND PEELE star Jordan Peele chats about the new hit Comedy Central series

Jordan Peele in KEY AND PEELE - Season 1 | ©2012 Comedy Central/Matt Hoyle

One of the funniest new sketch comedy series is KEY AND PEELE currently airing Tuesday nights on Comedy Central (and already picked up for a second season). The show features former MADtv funnymen Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael Key as they tear through everything from pop culture, race relations and more in their own unique ground-breaking style. ASSIGNMENT X recently spoke with Peele about the breakout new hit, his dead-on Barack Obama impersonation (he had to turn down an offer to take on that part on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE years ago), and the status of his guest appearances on the […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: JUSTIFIED star Joelle Carter is a creature of Elmore Leonard

Joelle Carter in JUSTIFIED - Season 3 | ©2012 FX/Frank Ockenfels III

On JUSTIFIED, FX’s hit series now in its third season Tuesdays at 10 PM, a lot of the characters are passionate, strong-willed rule breakers. This is obviously true of the hero, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, played by Timothy Olyphant, and his onetime childhood friend and now sometime ally/sometime adversary, the outlaw Boyd Crowder, played by Walton Goggins. However, Joelle Carter’s character Ava Crowder can and does give both men a run for their money in the gritty determination department. Ava shot and killed her abusive husband Bowman, who was Boyd’s brother. She then hooked up with Raylan for awhile, but […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE WALKING DEAD – Season 2 – “Better Angels”

Jon Bernthal in THE WALKING DEAD - Season 2 | ©2012 AMC/Gene Page

Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, Melissa Suzanne McBride, IronE Singleton, Lauren Cohan, Michael Zegen, Jane McNeill, James Allen McCune Writer: Evan Reilly, Glen Mazzara Director:  Guy Ferland Network: AMC, airs Sunday nights  Original Telecast: March 11, 2011 In the twelfth episode of THE WALKING DEAD Season 2, “Better Angels,” Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) is laid to rest, and the group takes stock of where they stand. Hershel (Scott Wilson) invites everyone into the house, hearts are bared, and the survivors plan to heal and prove that Dale’s fear of a “broken” group is […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Jennifer Johnson does time on ALCATRAZ

Sam Neill, Jorge Garcia and Sarah Jones in ALCATRAZ - Season 1 - "Clarence Montgomery" | ©2012 Fox/Liane Hentscher

Fox’s new series ALCATRAZ, Mondays at 9 PM, is the newest television offering from prolific producer J.J. Abrams. In the show, we learn that the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island was closed fifty years ago, not for the reasons given to the public, but because all of the inmates disappeared overnight. When they begin showing up in present-day San Francisco, it’s up to a team played by Sam Neill, Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia (who previously played Hugo “Hurley” Reyes for Abrams on LOST) and Parminder Nagra to track down the out-of-time miscreants and figure out what’s happened. As ALCATRAZ […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: ONCE UPON A TIME star Raphael Sbarge is the conscience of the hit ABC series

Raphael Sbarge in ONCE UPON A TIME - Season 1 | ©2012 ABC/Kharen Hill

For the new ABC series ONCE UPON A TIME, all of Disney’s classic fairy tales have been reworked in a fresh new way with a story that takes the fantasy denizens drops them into the middle of modern day suburbia. Recently, ASSIGNMENT X got the chance to sit down with Raphael Sbage to talk with him about his character Archie Hopper aka Jiminy Cricket. Turning the tables, Raphael started to interview ASSIGNMENT X about the show and what we thought of it at the beginning of the interview. Here’s what he had to say. ASSIGNMENT X: Tell me a little […]Read On »


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Blu-ray and DVD Picks of the Week Including GAME OF THRONES: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

GAME OF THRONES S1 | © 2012 HBO Home Video

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 IMMORTALS – The soon-to-be new Superman, Henry Cavill, stars in this tale of gods versus men from the producers of 300. Rich in CGI, the film is action packed with a number of cool moments and battles that only serve to enhance even more CGI moments. It […]Read On »


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