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Movie Review: NARCOPOLIS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/08/2015
NARCOPOLIS movie poster | ©2015 IFC Midnight

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Eliot Cowan, Molly Gaisford, Elodie Young, Louis Trefgarne, Jonathan Pryce, James Callis, Harry Lloyd, Robert Bathurst Writer: Justin Trefgarne Director: Justin Tregarne Distributor: IFC Midnight Release Date: Theatrical & VOD, October 2, 2015 NARCOPOLIS is one of those movies that, in narrative terms, ties its shoelaces together at the start and never fully finds its footing thereafter. This is a pity, because writer/director Justin Trefgarne has assembled a strong cast and has the beginnings of a good idea. At the start, a title tells us we’re in 2044 London. Drug company kingpin Todd Ambro (James Callis) […]Read On »


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Blu-ray and DVD reviews this week – October 6, 2015

By PETER BROWN 10/06/2015
MAGIC MIKE XXL | © 2015 Warner 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: MAGIC MIKE XXL – So what happens when something surprises at the box office? You make a sequel of course. But that doesn’t mean it should actually happen. Take MAGIC MIKE XXL for instance. The first film wasn’t a powerful drama that challenged your thoughts and ideas […]Read On »


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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Frank Dillane & Elizabeth Rodriguez on Season 1 – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/04/2015
Alycia Debnam Carey as Alicia, Frank Dillane as Nick, Kim Dickens as Madison, Cliff Curtis as Travis, Elizabeth Rodriguez as Liza, Lorenzo James Henrie as Chris, Ruben Blades as Daniel Salazar, Patricia Reyes Spa­ndola as Griselda Salazar and Mercedes Mason as Ofelia in FEAR THE WALKING DEAD - Season 1 |©2015 AMC/Frank Ockenfels 3

Although it is co-created by THE WALKING DEAD comics originator Robert Kirkman, AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD is set across the country (in Los Angeles, rather than the American South) and some time earlier than both the comics and THE WALKING DEAD. FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, which wraps its first season Sunday at 9 PM after earning enormous ratings and will be back with a longer second season next year, is only based conceptually on the source material. Kirkman and Dave Erickson use FEAR to explore the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, when people at first have no idea what […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MARTIAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/02/2015
THE MARTIAN movie poster | ©2015 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Michael Cena, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, Aksel Hennie, Benedict Wong Writer: Drew Goddard, based on the novel by Andy Weir Director: Ridley Scott Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Release Date: October 2, 2015 Director Ridley Scott is an acknowledged master of the visual arts, but the words “charming” and “intentionally funny” don’t usually spring to mind to describe his works, especially those set largely in outer space (ALIEN and PROMETHEUS are not generally cited as sources of warm fuzziness). THE MARTIAN changes […]Read On »


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Blu-ray and DVD reviews this week – September 29, 2015

By PETER BROWN 09/29/2015
AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON | © 2015 Disney 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: MARVEL’S AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON 2 – As amusing as it is that critics disliked AVENGERS 2, it is still a very good superhero movie from top to bottom that does a good job of delivering the action and building toward other plotlines for other movies. Some […]Read On »


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TV Review: DANCING WITH THE STARS – Season 21 – Week 3 – TV theme night – Kim Zolciak is forced to withdraw

By PAMELA HARLAND
Kim Zolciak Biermann in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 21 | © 2015 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Alexa Pena Vega, Carlos PenaVega, Kim Zolciak, Hayes Grier, Nick Carter, Bindi Irwin, Alek Skarlatos,Tamar Braxton, Paula Deen, Gary Busey, Andy Grammer, Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: Sept. 28th, 2015 Big TV night for DANCING WITH THE STARS! The DWTS TV themed night had everything in it and then some. The drama – Kim Zolciak had a mini stroke and had to withdraw from the competition along with her partner Tony Dovolani. Comedy – Any time Gary Busey is on the dance floor. Reality TV – Nick Carter dropped a champagne glass that shattered all over the red […]Read On »


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NARCOS: Composer Pedro Bromfman on scoring the new Netflix series – Interview

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
NARCOS soundtrack | ©2015 Lakeshore Records

Whether it’s a desperately poor person or the most sophisticated (and seditiously entertained) movie and TV watcher, nothing represents the ruthlessly swift, or successfully doomed path to the good life like The Drug Lord. Whether real or imagined, these captains of illegal industry represent the ultimate in charisma, cunning and seduction, everything it takes to keep enemies close, maintain armies of devoted followers and addict the public to your supply. From Mexico’s “El Chapo” to Cuba’s imagined Tony Montana, Latin America has been a hothouse region from which these enthralling villains have emerged, which makes Brazilian composer Pedro Bromfman especially […]Read On »


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THE SCORCH TRIALS: Interview with composer John Paesano on new MAZE RUNNER movie

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 09/28/2015
THE SCORCH TRIALS | ©2015 20th Century Fox

From INSURGENT to THE HUNGER GAMES, the YA (i.e. Young Adult) sci-fi genre is all the rage when it comes to kids revolting against the evil, adult dystopian powers that be. And while all might have their share of tragedy and mayhem delivered upon its protagonists in their search for sanctuary, none have delivered the kind of epic mayhem better reserved for outright teen-unfriendly horror pictures with the expansive eye and ear-catching ferocity of THE MAZE RUNNER and its sequel THE SCORCH TRIALS. It seems like only yesterday (or at least last September) that Fox’s franchise, spun from James Dashner’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: 99 HOMES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/26/2015
99 HOMES movie poster | ©2015 Broad Green Pictures

MPAA Rating: R Stars: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Noah Lomax Writers: Ramin Bahrani and Amir Naderi and Bahareh Azimi Director: Ramin Bahrani Distributor: Broad Green Pictures Release Date: September 25, 2015 By now, it is widely accepted that one of the reasons for the 2008 U.S. economic recession was predatory lending practices by banks. One of the ugliest results of this was people getting turned out of their homes, often with no warning and sometimes when the house in question was the only one the residents had ever known. 99 HOMES takes this as a premise and turns […]Read On »


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TV Review: HEROES REBORN – Season 1 – “Brave New World”/“Odessa” – Season Premiere

By PETER BROWN 09/25/2015
Kiki Sukezane as Miko Otomo searches for her father in HEROES REBORN | © 2015 Christos Kalohoridis/NBC

Cast: Jack Coleman, Zachary Levi, Ryan Guzman, Robbie Kay, Kiki Sukezane, Gatlin Green, Henry Zebrowski, Toru Uchikado, Judith Shekoni, Danika Yarosh Writers: Tim Kring, Greg Beeman Director: Matt Shakman Network: Airs on NBC, Thursdays @ 9 p.m. Original Telecast: Sept. 24, 2015 Here’s a quick recap of the first incarnation of HEROES. The first season started out really good with a solid message (“Save the cheerleader, save the world”), interesting characters, a slick comic book come to life appeal and plotlines that while at times bogged down, at least furthered the narrative. Season 1 shined when the show focused specifically […]Read On »


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