Reviews

Stage Review: MICHAEL JACKSON ONE presented by Cirque Du Soleil

By PAMELA HARLAND 06/23/2013
MICHAEL JACKSON ONE | ©2013 Cirque Du Soleil

They finally got it right! I finally decided to go back to Las Vegas to give a Michael Jackson Cirque Du Soleil show a try and boy am I glad I did as MICHAEL JACKSON ONE is a winner. About a year and a half ago, The Mandalay Bay showcased the traveling MICHAEL JACKSON: IMMORTAL show presented by Cirque Du Soleil. My niece and I couldn’t wait to go. I was a huge MJ follower as a teenager and needed the nostalgic tour to fitfully mourn his passing. Plus, now my teenage niece is a devoted MJ fan so who […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WORLD WAR Z

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/22/2013
WORLD WAR Z movie poster | ©2013 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena, James Badge Dale, Ludi Boeken, David Morse, Matthew Fox, David Andrews, Elyes Gabel, Sterling Jerins, Abigail Hargrove, Fabrizio Zacharee Guido Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan and Drew Goddard & Damon Lindelof, screen story by Matthew Michael Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, based on the novel by Max Brooks Director: Marc Forster Distributor: Paramount Release Date: June 21, 2013 First things first. Max Brooks’ novel WORLD WAR Z is a wonderful book that stands up to repeated readings. In straight-faced fashion, WORLD WAR Z is told via a series of interviews […]Read On »


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JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Highlights this week in Blu-ray and DVD Releases

By PETER BROWN 06/21/2013
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | (c) 2013 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: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER – As big sprawling CG laden films go, JACK THE GIANT SLAYER isn’t a bad movie at all. If you are looking for something that takes the fable of Jack and the beanstalk to an intellectual or heavy plot driven means, this won’t […]Read On »


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Blu-ray Review: LIFEFORCE COLLECTOR’S EDITION

By CARL CORTEZ
LIFEFORCE Blu-ray | ©2013 Scream! Factory

Rating: R Stars: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart Writers: Dan O’Bannon & Don Jakoby based on the novel SPACE VAMPIRES by Colin Wilson Director: Tobe Hooper Distributor: Scream! Factory Suggested Retail Price: $29.93 Release Date: June 19, 2013 After the success of POLTERGEIST, director Tobe Hooper was poised for studio stardom. However, instead of parlaying that success into something substantial, he opted to helm 1985’s listless LIFEFORCE. Based on the Colin Wilson novel SPACE VAMPIRES, the movie itself should have been epic. It deals with a crew of astronauts entering Haley’s Comet and finding life […]Read On »


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TV Review: WILFRED – Season 3 – “Uncertainty” – Season Premiere

By RACHEL REITSLEFF
Jason Gann in WILFRED - Season 3 premiere - "Uncertainty" | ©2013 FX/Frank Ockenfels

Stars: Elijah Wood, Jason Gann, Angela Kinsey Writers: Reed Agnew & Eli Jorne, series created by Jason Gann & Adam Zwar, adapted for American television by David Zuckerman Director: Randall Einhorn Network: FX, Thursdays @ 10 PM Airdate: June 20, 2013 WILFRED is a series about Ryan (Elijah Wood), who sees his neighbor’s dog Wilfred (Jason Gann) as an Australian man in a dog suit. If you saw your neighbor’s dog as a man in a dog suit, you might wonder about your sanity, too, and that’s how we find Ryan at the beginning of “Uncertainty.” Ryan is particularly bothered […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 6 – “Who Are You Really?” – Season Premiere

By RACHEL REITSLEFF
TRUE BLOOD - Season 6 poster | ©2013 HBO

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael McMillian, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Todd Lowe, Carrie Preston, Lauren Bowles, Lucy Griffiths, Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Dale Dickey, Kelly Overton, Arliss Howard Writer: Rielle Hunter, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Stephen Moyer Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: June 16, 2013 When last we saw our friends from Louisiana in the Season 5 finale of TRUE BLOOD, the Vampire Authority headquarters was on fire, Bill Compton (Stephen […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: More HANNIBAL news with Bryan Fuller and PUSHING DAISIES too

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/20/2013
Hugh Dancy in HANNIBAL - Season 1 - "Savoureaux" | ©2013 NBC/Brooke Palmer

In Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Bryan Fuller, creator of HANNIBAL – which airs on NBC, Thursdays at 10 PM – we discuss Hannibal’s food philosophy, the possibility of a PUSHING DAISIES revival and much more. ASSIGNMENT X: How did you decide on the first season’s spine? Obviously, you go from the A of Hannibal, played by Mads Mikkelsen, and Will Graham, played by Hugh Dancy, meeting to the B of whatever the end of the season is, but can you talk about how the interior of the season unfolded for you? FULLER: It was something that I […]Read On »


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Blu-ray Review: THE HOWLING COLLECTOR’S EDITION

By CARL CORTEZ
THE HOWLING Blu-ray | ©2013 Scream! Factory

Rating: R Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Belaski Writers: John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless based on the novel by Gary Bradner Director: Joe Dante Distributor: Scream! Factory Suggested Retail Price: $29.99 Release Date: June 19, 2013 While AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON gets kudos as the ground-breaking werewolf movie from 1981 (and rightfully so, because it’s a great movie), some people forget that THE HOWLING came out in 1981 and was just as ground-breaking and entertaining. The two films work in tandem as great examples of excellent genre filmmaking from two rising directors of […]Read On »


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TV Review: FALLING SKIES – Season 3 – “Badlands”

By EGAN BRUMLEY 06/19/2013
Noah Wyle in FALLING SKIES - Season 3 - "Badlands" | ©2013 TNT/James Dittiger

Stars:  Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Jessy Schram, Maxim Knight, Connor Jessup, Will Patton, Colin Cunningham, Sarah Sanguin Carter, Seychelle Gabriel, Mpho Koaho, Gloria Reuben, Matt Frewer Writer: John Wirth Director: David Soloman Network: TNT, airs Sunday Nights Original Telecast: June 16, 2013 Even though it’s still early in its third season, FALLING SKIES made the somewhat bold decision to give us a completely alien-free episode this week, and the results were not terrible.  Whether this was a decision based on budgetary constraints, or its creators made a strategic decision that the show needed to spend more time building […]Read On »


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Column: The KIA RIO EX road trip to NBC’s THE VOICE

By A.C. FERRANTE 06/18/2013
KIA RIO EX | photo courtesy Midnight Productions Inc.

One of the great pleasures of reviewing for ASSIGNMENT X, is the various opportunities the KIA motor company has extended to the magazine to review their various vehicles. From the Sorento to the Soul, we’ve experienced the power and imagination of this company throughout it’s various vehicle experiences. That’s what made the latest event so intriguing. The chance to go on a KIA road trip to the taping of NBC’s musical competition series THE VOICE which KIA is an official automotive partner of. It being a very hot and sunny Southern California afternoon, I took my niece Rachel with me […]Read On »


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