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Book Review: SERPENT’S STORM by Amber Benson

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/23/2011
SERPENT'S STORM by Amber Benson

Writer: Amber Benson Suggested Retain Price: $7.99 Publisher: Ace Mass Market Paperback Original Publication Date: February 22, 2011 SERPENT’S STORM is the third novel in Amber Benson’s Calliope Reaper-Jones series, which began with DEATH’S DAUGHTER and continued in CAT’S CLAW. While there will reportedly be more books to follow, SERPENT’S STORM feels very much like the conclusion to a trilogy that it in fact is, paying off many elements that were set up in the earlier installments. What’s really gratifying here is that as our heroine Callie has grown and matured, so has her ability to process what’s happening around […]Read On »


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SKYLINE – This Week’s Highlight in AX’s DVD/Blu-ray Roundup

By PETER BROWN
SKYLINE | (c) 2011 Fox Home Entertainment

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. Sorry, I missed last week, so I am including both March 15 and March 22 titles that are out and of interest. Movies: SKYLINE – What begins as an interesting premise about an alien invasion and could have been a modern day INDEPENDENCE DAY instead boils down to […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 1 – “Dog Eat Dog”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 03/22/2011
Meaghan Rath and Sam Huntington in BEING HUMAN - Season 1 - "Dog Eat Dog" | ©2011 Syfy/Philippe Bosse

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Mark Pellegrino, Sarah Allen, Terry Kinney, Vlasta Vrana Writers: Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke Director: Paolo Barzman Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: March 21, 2011 In “Dog Eat Dog,” the U.S. BEING HUMAN again enters new territory and is again the better for it. Show runners Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke have crafted an episode with good suspense, surprises and no dead spots. As a bonus, director Paolo Barzman is a veteran of HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES, which means he’s an old, deft hand at the 1940s flashbacks that show a very […]Read On »


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TV Review: CASTLE – Season 3 – “One Life to Lose”

By ANNE LOUISE BANNON
Jane Seymour in CASTLE - Season 3 - "One Life to Lose" | ©2011 ABC/Randy Holmes

Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly C. Quinn, Jon Huertas, Seamus Dever, Tamala Jones Writer: Elizabeth Davis Director: David Barrett Network: ABC, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: March 21, 2011 After nearly dying in each other’s arms twice in the CASTLE two-parter where we last left author Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) and homicide cop Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), this episode is back to business as usual, but in the good kind of way. It’s got the charm, some of the silliness and the warmth that make this whodunit so engaging. In “One Life to Lose,” the head writer […]Read On »


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TV Review: CHUCK – Season 4 – “Vs. The Muuurder”

By CARL CORTEZ
Zachary Levi in CHUCK - Season 4 - "Vs. The Cubic Z" | ©2011 NBC/Greg Gayne

Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Adam Baldwin, Joshua Gomez, Vic Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Sarah Lancaster, Ryan McPartlin, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Bonita Friedericy Writers: Alex Katsnelson, Kristin Newman Director: Allan Kroeker Network: NBC, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: March 21, 2011 With last week’s plans for the Gretas to become the next generation of Intersect Agents, this week on CHUCK, Chuck (Zachary Levi) is put in charge of finding more agents like him (namely geeky and emotional) to have the Intersect put inside their head. In “Vs. The Muuurder” there are four potential candidates, but someone wants them all dead and […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE CHICAGO CODE – Season 1 – “Black Hand and the Shotgun Man”

By CARL CORTEZ
Billy Lush and Delroy Lindo in THE CHICAGO CODE - Season 1 - "Black Hand and the Shotgun Man" | ©2011 Fox/Jeffrey Garland

Stars: Delroy Lindo, Billy Lush, Matt Lauria, Jennifer Beals, Jason Clarke, Devin Kelley and Todd Williams Writers:  Davey Holmes Director:  Billy Gierhart Network: Fox, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: March 21, 2011 Grade: B+ Whereas last week’s episode of THE CHICAGO CODE felt a little too conventional for its own good, this week’s “Black Hand and the Shotgun Man” finds the show back on solid footing. A drug kingpin is caught by the police who soon discover the reason he had a bag full of cash was to pay a ransom on his 7-year old son who was kidnapped. From […]Read On »


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TV Review: DANCING WITH THE STARS – Season 12 – “11 Couples Perform – Week 1” – Season Premiere

By PAMELA HARLAND
DANCING WITH THE STARS - Winter 2011 contestants: Kirstie Alley, Hines Ward, Chris Jericho, Wendy Williams, Ralph Macchio, Romeo, "Psycho" Mike Catherwood, Sugar Ray Leonard, Kendra Wilkinson, Chelsea Kane | ©2011 ABC/Adam Larkey

Stars: Chelsea Kane, Kirstie Alley, Wendy Williams, Hines Ward, Petra Nemcova, Romeo, Sugar Ray Leonard, Kendra Wilkinson, Ralph Macchio, Chris Jericho, Mike Catherwood Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: March 21, 2011 And so it begins … Season 12 of DANCING WITH THE STARS. Those who were expected to wow us – Sugar Ray Leonard – only mildly amused us and those who were expected to flail and flop on the dance floor – Kirstie Alley – came out fighting! Who would have thought the “original” Karate Kid Ralph Macchio had such showmanship and grace? Macchio leads the pack […]Read On »


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TV Review: FRINGE – Season 3 – “Stowaway”

By PETER BROWN 03/21/2011
Anna Torv in FRINGE - Season 3- "Stowaway" | ©2011 Fox/Liane Hentscher

Cast: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Jasika Nicole Writers: Danielle Dispaltro from a story by J.H. Wyman, Jeff Pinkner and Akiva Goldsman Director: Charles Beeson Network: Fox, airs Fridays Original Telecast: March 18, 2011 “Stowaway” was certainly a bi-polar episode of FRINGE. On one hand we had the invasion of William Bell into the body of Olivia (Anna Torv), where we had epic reactions from Peter (Joshua Jackson), who of course is in love with her and in a relationship, and a number of buddy comedy moments with Walter (John Noble). On the other hand, we had […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PAUL

By CARL CORTEZ 03/18/2011
PAUL movie poster | ©2011 Universal Pictures

Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Hader, Kristen Wigg Writers: Simon Pegg & Nick Frost Director: Greg Mottola Distributor: Universal Release Date: March 17, 2010 It’s rare a comedy comes around that’s as delightfully original and laugh-out loud funny as PAUL. Written by Nick Frost and Simon Pegg (who have previously teamed up as actors in SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ), it’s a very meta-take on what would happen if two geeky nubs came across an actual alien while traveling cross-country in America. In this case, those nubs are English – Graeme […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LIMITLESS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
LIMITLESS poster | ©2011 Relativity

Rating: R Stars: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Anna Friel, Andrew Howard, Johnny Whitworth Writer: Leslie Dixon, based on the novel THE DARK FIELDS by Alan Glynn Director: Neil Burger Distributor: Relativity Release Date: March 18, 2011 There are (and will continue to be) a lot of science fiction thrillers that desperately want to be smart and snappy. LIMITLESS is the movie that those are trying to be. There is only one genre twist here, but it informs pretty much everything else that happens, which gives the movie a sound foundation. What makes LIMITLESS work so well, though, […]Read On »


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