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TV Review: SLEEPY HOLLOW – Season 1 – “The Lesser Key of Solomon”

Tom Mison in SLEEPY HOLLOW - Season 1 - "The Lesser Key of Solomon" | ©2013 Fox/Brownie Harris

Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter, Lyndie Greenwood, Nicholas Gonzalez, Carsten Norgaard Writer: Damian Kindler, story by Phillip Iscove, series created by Phillip Iscove & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci & Len Wiseman Director: Paul Edwards Network: Fox, Mondays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: October 7, 2013 SLEEPY HOLLOW adds creative historical footnotes to its already impressive list of assets. In “The Lesser Key of Solomon,” we learn that Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) orchestrated the Boston Tea Party in order to steal a mystical item (see the episode title) from the Hessians. The Horseman was/is one of […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE TOMORROW PEOPLE – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Series Premiere

Peyton List as Cara in THE TOMORROW PEOPLE "Pilot" | (c) 2013 Barbara Nitke/The CW

Stars: Robbie Amell, Peyton List, Luke Mitchell, Aaron Yoo, Madeleine Mantock, Mark Pellegrino Writer: Phil Klemmer, series created by Greg Berlanti & Phil Klemmer & Julie Plec, based on the British series created by Roger Damon Price Director: Danny Cannon Network: The CW, Wednesdays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: October 9, 2013 THE TOMORROW PEOPLE was originally a British TV series, created by Roger Damon Price, that ran for sixty-eight episodes over eight seasons, 1973-1979, back in the days when the title didn’t seem quite so silly. It was revived in 1992, and now writers/producers Phil Klemmer & Greg Berlanti […]Read On »


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TV Review: REVOLUTION – SEASON 2 – “Love Story”

Aaron (Zak Orth) runs for his life on REVOLUTION "Love Story" | (c) 2013 Felicia Graham/NBC

Cast: Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Zak Orth, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Lyons, Giancarlo Esposito Writer: David Rambo Director: Helen Shaver Network: Airs on NBC, Wednesdays @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: Oct. 9, 2013 It is pretty safe to assume that whoever is claiming to be the U.S. government on REVOLUTION isn’t all that they are cracked up to be. In the amusingly titled “Love Story” we learn that the so-called government has been paying the crazy child molester turned cult leader, Titus, to scare the town of Texas where Rachel, Miles and crew have been holding up since after the bombs […]Read On »


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TV Review: REVOLUTION – SEASON 2 – “There Will be Blood”

Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) hunts Monroe on REVOLUTION "There Will be Blood" | (c) 2013 Bill Records/NBC

Cast: Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Zak Orth, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Lyons, Giancarlo Esposito Writer: Paul Grellong Director: Phil Sgriccia Network: Airs on NBC, Wednesdays @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: Oct. 2, 2013 Well they have certainly have flipped the tables in the second season of REVOLUTION. Gone is the tired war between the rebels and the Monroe (David Lyons) militia and now we are seeing a variety of storylines going for multiple characters and shockingly, extremely shocking, they are all pretty good. First, who knew that a piece of pool tile could be so damn handy? But Monroe sure knew […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 9 – “The Sense in the Sacrifice”

Booth (David Boreanaz) searches for Brennan in the "The Sense in the Sacrifice" episode of BONES | (c) 2013 Patrick McElhenney/FOX

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, TJ Thyne, John Francis Daley, Patricia Belcher, Andrew Leeds, Reed Diamond, Mather Zickel, Robert Curtis Brown Writer: Jonathan Collier, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Kate Woods Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Original Telecast: October 7, 2013 BONES is, among other things, a crime procedural. We spend a lot of time watching our heroes process evidence. However, when it comes to serial killer Christopher Pelant (Andrew Leeds), they and we know that evidence is often falsified. So what should everyone believe […]Read On »


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TV Review: ARROW – Season 2 – “City of Heroes”

Stephen Amell as The Arrow in ARROW City of Heroes | (c) 2013 Cate Cameron/The CW

Stars:  Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Paul Blackthorne, Susanna Thompson, Colin Salmon, Willa Holland, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Manu Bennett, Colton Haynes, Celina Jade, Summer Glau Teleplay: Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim Story: Greg Berlanti Director: John Behring Network: The CW, airs Wednesday Nights Original Telecast: October 9, 2013 In a day and age when A) our movie and TV screens are clogged with adaptations of superhero comics and B) the trend in those stories is towards gritty, gloomy, existential despair-fests, ARROW emerged last year as a series that was only halfway committed to riding that particular wave.  It’s first […]Read On »


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TV REVIEW: MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD – SEASON 1 – “The Asset”

Skye (Chloe Bennet) on MARVEL'S AGENTS OF SHIELD "The Asset" | (c) 2013 ABC/Justin Lubin

Cast: Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Ron Glass, J. August Richards Writer: Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen Director: Milan Cheylov Network: Airs on ABC, Tuesdays @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: Oct. 8, 2013 The third episode of MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD was all about Skye (Chloe Bennet) and her contribution to a team of trained professionals with all a certain skill set. Yet Skye’s only skill set is being a brilliant hacker with an allegiance to an organization sworn to uncover the truths of the world. So, “The Asset” focused on […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 5 – “I Know What You Did Last Summer” – Season Premiere

Nina Dobrev as Elena and Steven. R. McQueen as Jeremy in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES I Know What You Did Last Summer | (c) 2013 Annette Brown/The CW

Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R. McQueen, Kat Graham, Zach Roerig, Candice Accola, Michael Trevino Writers: Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Caroline Dries, series created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on characters created in L.J. Smith’s THE VAMPIRE DIARIES novels Director: Lance Anderson Network: The CW, Thursdays @ 8 PM Original Airdate: October 3, 2013 (Season 5 premiere) The summer has ended and Elena Gilbert and Caroline Forbes are off to college, finally. Elena has broken the sire bond, and picked Damon as the love of her life. Stefan upset and hurting has disappeared, but as […]Read On »


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Interview: Todd McFarlane on SUPERHEROES: A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE

SUPERHEROES A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE | (c) 2013 PBS

SUPERHEROES: A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE is a three-hour documentary on comic books and the culture they’ve created that airs Tuesday October 15 on PBS. Documentarian Michael Kantor says, “We made this series so that no parent would ever throw out their kids’ comic books again. This series is not just for comic book geeks – it’s funded both by the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment of Humanities, and it contextualizes the stories of comic book superheroes within the greater history, that of the Great Depression, World War II, the congressional witch hunts of the 1950s, the Watergate […]Read On »


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DVD/Blu-ray Review: FOYLE’S WAR – Set 7 – “The Eternity Ring,” “The Cage,” “Sunflower”

FOYLES WAR SET 7 | (c) 2013 Acorn Media

Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Daniel Weyman, Ellie Haddington, Nicholas Jones Writers: Anthony Horowitz and David Kane, created by Anthony Horowitz Directors: Stuart Orme and Andy Hay Distributor: RLJ Entertainment/Acorn Media Release Date: September 24, 2013 It’s relatively rare for a series to actually change genres, but with Season 7 (or Series 7, as the British call it), FOYLE’S WAR goes from a WWII police drama to a post-WWII espionage thriller without losing any of its tone, clarity, twists or, crucially, its hero Christopher Foyle, impeccably played by Michael Kitchen. There may be some confusion as to the contents of […]Read On »


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