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Music Review: R.E.M. – “Mine Smell Like Honey” single

By CARL CORTEZ 01/18/2011
R.E.M. - "Mine Smell Like Honey" single

It’s been some time since I’ve been excited by a new R.E.M. album. Both 2004’s AROUND THE SUN and 2008’s ACCELERATE promised greatness and a return to form, but were uneven, misshapen releases with few memorable moments. With their disc COLLAPSE INTO NOW due out March 8, the band has released its first single from that disc “Mine Smell Like Honey” which just hit iTunes and other online retail outlets. Damn, they’re back. While I’m all for a band exploring new sounds and textures, it felt like the jangly pop roots the band became famous for, gave way to more […]Read On »


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CD Review: Social Distortion – HARD TIMES AND NURSERY RHYMES

By CARL CORTEZ
Social Distortion - HARD TIMES AND NURSERY RHYMES | ©2011 Epitaph Records

While Social D is closely identified with SoCal’s punk music and have been going strong for nearly 30 years (despite long waits in between albums), HARD TIMES AND NURSERY RHYMES find the group in a particularly rockin’ mood. Some of it feels like the Southern California version of the Southern-fried rock showcased by the Black Crowes and Lynard Skynard (particularly on “California”). There’s even a bit of a Rolling Stones vibe thrown in for good measure as with the track “Can’t Take It With You” with the soulful female vocals chanting in the background.


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

By CARL CORTEZ
Yvonee Strahovski in CHUCK - Season 4 - "Vs. The Cubic Z" | ©2010 NBC

Come on CHUCK fans, we all knew that there was no way Chuck (Zachary Levi) was going to be able propose to Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) without some complications.

Of course, that’s the pleasure of “Vs. The Balcony” a light and fun episode detailing some routine spy stuff in France accompanied by Chuck’s constantly foiled attempts to propose to Sarah.


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CD Review: FLESH + BLOOD soundtrack (2,000 edition)

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER
Flesh + Blood Soundtrack | ©2010 Intrada Records

Basil Poledouris was at the height of his macho musical glory in 1985 with the likes of CONAN and RED DAWN, so it was no wonder that violence and sex-loving Dutch director Paul Verhoeven sought him out to score his first English language outing. Where this visceral medieval epic about lusty marauders, not-so nobles, and the slutty princess they all desire might have seemed dark age on the surface, the sheer lunacy of Verhoeven’s excesses allowed Poledouris to deliver a surprisingly high-spirited epic score, one based in jaunty medieval plainsong as much as it was knightly melodies. More in the […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: ‘V’ executive producer Scott Rosenbaum prepares for the end of the world – Part 1

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Joel Gretsch in V - Season 2 - "Serpent's Tooth" |©2011 ABC/Sergei Backlakov

If Earth wasn’t in enough trouble in the first season of ABC’s reboot of the Eighties alien invasion series V, now there’s a power struggle among the Visitors, an alien/human baby, deadly red rain, homicidal reptile tails and new cast members to contend with. V show runner Scott Rosenbaum – with some additional thoughts from actor Joel Gretsch, who plays Father Jack Landry (stay tuned for our exclusive interview with the performer) – talks to us about how the war is going, the guest cast and why Gretsch wishes Rosenbaum could visit the set more often in the first part […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE CAPE – Season 1 – ‘Tarot’

By RACHEL REITSLEFF
David Lyons in THE CAPE - Season 1 | ©2011 NBC

Wasting no time for its audience or its characters, “Tarot,” the second episode of THE CAPE gets into all kinds of mayhem in no time, as our hero Vince Faraday, aka the Cape (David Lyons), seems to get the drop on his arch-nemesis Chess (James Frain) – only to be felled by poison delivered by Cain, aka the Chef (Raza Jaffrey).


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TV Review: PRIMEVAL – Season 4 – “Episode Three”

By ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG 01/17/2011
Ben Mansfield in PRIMEVAL - Season 4 - "Episode Three" | ©2010 Impossible Pictures

It may be that I’m just lowering my standards, but in its third week, the fourth series of PRIMEVAL appears to be finding a better balance with its new characters and offering a bit more than just another monster runaround. Well, not much more, but if there is a reason to praise this episode it’s Alexander Siddig, who finally gets a chance to show why they made a good choice adding him to the cast. His suave villainy – not that he’s doing anything too villainous yet, but I’m expecting – in the first two episodes amounted to little more than a walk-on smirk, but this time around he helps to carry one of the two plot strands, and his DS9-trained acting chops are very welcome.


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TCA 2011: The scoop on THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (Hint – Klaus is coming)

By CARL CORTEZ 01/14/2011
Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - Season Two | © 2010 The CW

While speaking at today’s Winter TCA session, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES actress Nina Dobrev hinted that Klaus will be seen on the show. “He’s coming at some point at the end of the season,” says Dobrev. “He hasn’t been cast yet, but he’s going to be a Big Bad Vampire.” Candice Accola, who also stars on DIARIES, also notes that werewolves will be playing a big part in the latter part of the season. “We’re introduced to more werewolf action,” says Accola. “We show the meeting of vampires and werewolves and how they will be part of each others lives. It’s […]Read On »


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TCA 2011: (Update) Erica Durance talks about the end of SMALLVILLE

By CARL CORTEZ
Erica Durance in SMALLVILLE | ©2008 The CW

While speaking at today’s CBS Winter TCA press day in Pasadena, CA, Erica Durance spoke about working on SMALLVILLE this season, when she knows it’s the end. This is what she had to say … “It’s pretty bittersweet,” says Durance who plays Lois Lane. “There’s so much work to do, to look forward to the end, you miss doing justice to the scenes you’re working on. You want to do justice, but there are moments you think, ‘My god, this is the last time I’m going to work with you?’ And I remember doing a scene with Allison Mack and […]Read On »


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TCA 2011: Showtime says DEXTER has life beyond Season 6

By CARL CORTEZ
Michael C. Hall in DEXTER - Season 5 - "My Bad" | ©2010 Showtime

While speaking at today’s CBS Winter TCA press day in Pasadena, CA, newly appointed Showtime Entertainment President David Nevins acknowledged that he hopes DEXTER has a long life on Showtime. “I think there’s a lot of life left in DEXTER,” he admits. “DEXTER was up 11 percent in its 5th season which defies the usual ratings decline. The audience is still coming to it, and it’s not a plot driven show. It’s fundamentally a character driven show. A lot of what the show is tracking is the evolution and the maturation of Dexter. He’s barely an adolescent in the way […]Read On »


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