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Exclusive Interview: CINEMA VERITE actor Thomas Dekker on THE SECRET CIRCLE, HEROES and TERMINATOR – Part 2

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 04/24/2011

Thomas Dekker at the World Premiere of I AM NUMBER FOUR | ©2011 Sue Schneider

Though Thomas Dekker makes a big impression as Lance Loud in HBO’s CINEMA VERITE movie based on the 1970s PBS documentary series AN AMERICAN FAMILY, this certainly won’t be the first, and last time this charismatic young actor will be in the spotlight. Starting from the age of six, Dekker’s grew from parts in SEINFELD and TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL to cartoon voices for LAND BEFORE TIME and AMERICAN TAIL spin-offs, then turned in notable teen performances in BOSTON PUBLIC, CSI and HOUSE M.D. Dekker then gained a true cult following on the shows HEROES and TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR […]Read On »

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TV Review: DOCTOR WHO – Series 6 – “The Impossible Astronaut” – Season Premiere

By ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG

Matt Smith in DOCTOR WHO - Series 6 - Episode 1 | ©2011 BBC

Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Alex Kingston, Mark Sheppard, William Morgan Sheppard, Stuart Milligan Writer: Steven Moffat Director: Toby Haynes Network: BBC America, airs Saturday nights Original Telecast: April 23, 2011 As DOCTOR WHO begins Series 6, Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) have taken a brief break from travel with the Doctor (Matt Smith) to set up house and begin married life, but their respite is interrupted when they’re summoned along with River Song (Alex Kingston) and an elderly man named Canton Everett Delaware III (W. Morgan Sheppard) to rendezvous for a picnic in Utah. There […]Read On »

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TV Review: BONES – Season 6 – “The Finder”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 04/23/2011

Geoff Stults in BONES - Season 6 - "The Finder" | ©2011 Fox/Ray Mickshaw

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor, Geoff Stults, Saffron Burrows, Michael Clarke Duncan, Danny Trejo, Suzie Plakson, Carlo Rota Writer: Hart Hanson, based on characters created by Kathy Reichs, additional characters based on THE LOCATOR books by Richard Greener Director: Dan Sackheim Network: Fox, Thursdays @ 9 PM Airdate: April 21, 2011 Just when we’d forgotten all about it, BONES hosts a pilot spin-off hour, “The Finder.” When Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) are called out to identify a corpse in the Everglades, they quickly deduce that murder has been done. The victim […]Read On »

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Exclusive Interview: FRINGE actress Jasika Nicole puts in double time

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/22/2011

Jasika Nicole in FRINGE - Season 3 | ©2010 Fox/Smallz and Raskind

On FRINGE, now in its third season and renewed for a fourth on Fox on Friday nights, there are two parallel universes. In ours, brilliant but mentally unstable Dr. Walter Bishop (John Noble) long ago found a way to travel between the two, with lingering terrifying results. His son Peter (Joshua Jackson), who is really from the other universe, and FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) often enlist Walter in investigating strange phenomenon. In the other universe, another Walter Bishop (Noble again) runs the government and feels he needs to destroy our reality to protect his own, while another […]Read On »

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Five Questions We Hope DOCTOR WHO Series 6 Will Answer

By ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG

DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 final poster |©2011 BBC

We’re a day away from the eagerly awaited debut of DOCTOR WHO Series 6 (simultaneously on BBC and BBC America), but there are so many lingering questions from the convoluted and complex saga that ran through Series 5! So let’s recap what mysteries still linger and what aspects of show runner Steven Moffat’s sprawling story arc – some of which began as far back as the 2008 two-part tale, “Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead” – we hope get wrapped up or at least explained this year: 1. Who or What is the Silence? ‘Silence will fall’ according to […]Read On »

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Exclusive Interview: CINEMA VERITE star Thomas Dekker gets real – Part 1

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 04/20/2011

Thomas Dekker in CINEMA VERITE | ©2011 HBO

In an age where no one bats an eye at watching a man with mascara on network family hour, or showing off their flamboyantly great fashion style for reality television, it’s hard to remember when homosexuals were barely shown (and swishily condescended to when they were) on America’s sets. Don’t even ask what you mostly got on the big screen. Leave it to Lance Loud to make his sexuality heard loud and clear for millions of Americans when PBS cameras became part of his clan’s lives for their groundbreaking series AN AMERICAN FAMILY. Beyond showing that “real” people were just […]Read On »

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Exclusive Interview: BREAKING IN star Christian Slater gets secure

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN

Christian Slater in BREAKING IN - Season 1 | ©2011 Fox/David Johnson

BREAKING IN concerns Contra Security, a firm that is hired to test various security systems by performing the title action. Created and executive-produced by Adam F. Goldberg and Seth Gordon, the new Wednesday night half-hour comedy on Fox features a troupe of deft comedic young actors as the Contra employees. Christian Slater plays their somewhat mysterious and prankish boss, Oz, who likes to surround himself with eclectic objects – for instance, Captain Kirk’s command chair from the bridge of the Enterprise. Slater has starred in two other TV series, NBC’s MY OWN WORST ENEMY and ABC’s THE FORGOTTEN, but BREAKING […]Read On »

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Exclusive Interview: RAISING HOPE star Garret Dillahunt raises Fox’s new hit comedy – Part 1

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/19/2011

Garret Dillahunt in RAISING HOPE - Season 1 | ©2010 Fox/Matthias Clamer

Actor Garret Dillahunt grew up in Washington State. He’s often associated with portraying ominous folks, though he has had his saintly moments on screen – he was even Jesus Christ in THE BOOK OF DANIEL – and has roots on stage and in comedy. With Fox’s freshman Tuesday night half-hour success RAISING HOPE (returning for new episodes tonight), Dillahunt returns to humor. His character Burt Chance is a married man who is nonplused to become a grandfather, especially when living-at-home son Jimmy (Lucas Neff) decides to keep baby Hope after Hope’s serial killer mom is executed. In part one of […]Read On »

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Exclusive Interview: More BUFFY Season 9 and ANGEL AND FAITH comics news from Dark Horse

By PETER BROWN

At WonderCon 2011, ASSIGNMENT X had the chance to sit down with Senior Managing Editor for Dark Horse Comics, Scott Allie, to talk about the upcoming new series for BUFFY – SEASON 9 and the new title ANGEL AND FAITH. While we revealed much of the details about these comics during WonderCon (and in our previous stories from our interview with him which are listed below), Allie has much more to say on the topic including a possible WILLOW mini-series as well as information about a possible SERENITY comic coming down the pipe from Dark Horse. ASSIGNMENT X: What are […]Read On »

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TV Review: THE CHICAGO CODE – Season 1 – “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre”

By CARL CORTEZ

John Heard in THE CHICAGO CODE - Season 1 - "St. Valentines Day" |©2011 Fox/Jeffrey Garland

Stars: Delroy Lindo, Billy Lush, Matt Lauria, Jennifer Beals, Jason Clarke, Devin Kelley and Todd Williams Writers: Christal Henry Director: Michael Offer Network: Fox, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: April 19, 2011 Is anyone else out there realizing what a great show THE CHICAGO CODE is? Sure, we’ve been pounding the pavement proclaiming what a brilliant and entertaining show this is, but why is the praise so hard to come by with the rest of mainstream media? THE CHICAGO CODE, week after week, has proven to be a show that’s smart, well-written and engrossing. It doesn’t do things the easy […]Read On »