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PATIENCE: Head writer Matt Baker on PBS’s neurodivergent crime procedural drama – Exclusive Interview

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The first season of PATIENCE is now on PBS Sunday nights, with episodes streaming on PBS platforms thereafter. The U.K.-based procedural drama stars Ella Maisy Purvis as the title character, a criminologist with the York police records department. Patience is neurodivergent, with a talent for seeing patterns that others miss. Her skills bring her to the attention of Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf (Laura Fraser), who brings Patience onto her team to help solve cases. One aspect of PATIENCE that makes it unusual is that star Purvis, like her character, is neurodivergent. Writer Matt Baker helped adapt PATIENCE from the French […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SWEET RELIEF

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Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alisa Leigh, B.R. Yeager, Adam Michael Kozak, Lucie Rosenfeld, Jocelyn Lopez, Catie Dupont, Erica Pinto, Daniel James Cashman, Gianni Passiglia, Cooper B. Handy, Joey Ogden, Jimmy Laine, Jane Karakula, Paul Lazar Writer: Nick Verdi Director: Nick Verdi Distributor: Art Brut Films Release Date: June 27, 2025 (theatrical, Eventive VOD) SWEET RELIEF takes its title from an online murder challenge game. While it’s not exactly what happened in real life with “Slender Man,” it’s in that general vicinity: an invented online supernatural myth that spreads and encourages harm. Hannah (Lucie Rosenfeld) enlists her besties, Lily (Jocelyn Lopez) […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Actress Sara Tomko chats about Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

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RESIDENT ALIEN, based on the graphic novels by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, airs Friday nights on USA and Syfy, with episodes thereafter available for streaming on Peacock. Beginning July 4, RESIDENT ALIEN moves to a new Friday timeslot at 10 PM ET/PT, 9 PM Central. Developed for television by showrunner Chris Sheridan, RESIDENT ALIEN follows the misadventures of an extraterrestrial who has assumed to appearance and identity of small-town Patience, Colorado doctor Harry Vanderspiegle (Alan Tudyk). Sara Tomko plays Harry’s nurse, Asta Twelvetrees, who almost immediately finds out Harry’s big secret. Despite being at odds at first – it […]Read On »


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Movie Review: F1: THE MOVIE

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Rating: PG-13 Stars: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Sarah Niles, Callie Cooke, Abdul Salis, Samson Kayo Writer: Ehren Kruger, story by Joseph Kosinski & Ehren Kruger Director: Joseph Kosinski Distributor: Warner Bros./Apple Films Release Date: June 27, 2025 F1 is short for Formula One, which is described by Wikipedia as “the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile.” F1: THE MOVIE is also the title of a well-made but very formulaic film about the sport. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, who co-wrote the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: M3GAN 2.0

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Rating: PG-13 Stars: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis (voice), Ivanna Sakhno, Jemaine Clement, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Aristotle Athari, Timm Sharp Writer: Gerard Johnstone, story by Gerard Johnstone & Akela Cooper, based on characters created by Akela Cooper & James Wan Director: Gerard Johnstone Distributor: Universal Release Date: June 27, 2025 M3GAN 2.0 arrives two-and-a-half years after M3GAN. Since she’s all over the poster and the trailers, it’s no spoiler to say that M3GAN (voiced by Jenna Davis, played onscreen by Amie Donald), the companion doll-turned-murderous independent AI robot, is back. How and why she […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE SOUND

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Rating: R Stars: Marc Hills, Nicholas Baroudi, Rachel Finninger, Jolene Kay, Gabe Greenspan, Christina Kirkman, Michael Chen, Christian Howard, Elise Greene, Wayne Charles Baker, William Fichtner, Scott Bennett, Adrian Ballinger, Jocelyn Hudon, David Clennon, Kyle Gass Writer: Brendan Devane Director: Brendan Devane Distributor: Blue Harbor Entertainment Release Date: June 27, 2025 (theatrical, VOD) It doesn’t take long for one aspect of THE SOUND to become plain: writer/director Brendan Devane really loves climbing. It’s evident in his impressive framing of shots of characters going up and down tall, sheer rock faces, in their war stories, and in the way they don’t […]Read On »


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Movie Review: 28 YEARS LATER

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Rating: R Stars: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, Christopher Fulford, Amy Cameron, Rocco Haynes, Chi Lewis-Parry, Celi Crossland Writer: Alex Garland Director: Danny Boyle Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: June 20, 2025 Has it really been twenty-eight years since the release of the original 28 DAYS LATER? No, it’s only been twenty-two years since the zombie-esque horror film came out in 2003, but that’s fine. Original director Danny Boyle and original screenwriter Alex Garland, after letting other folks handle 2007’s 28 WEEKS LATER, are back with this third installment in the series. Onscreen, it has indeed been twenty-eight […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Star Alan Tudyk on Season 4 of the Syfy series – Exclusive Interview

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RESIDENT ALIEN launches its fourth season on both the Syfy and USA Networks on Friday, June 6. The series, adapted by Chris Sheridan from the graphic novels by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, stars Alan Tudyk as an extraterrestrial posing as Dr. Harry Vanderspiegle in the small mountain town of Patience, Colorado. Over time, Harry has gone from being fine with his mission of destroying humanity to becoming a protector of our species, though he still thinks we’re generally irrational and weak. Season 3 ended on a cliffhanger, with Harry and his baby son Bridget (voiced by Andrea Geones) trapped […]Read On »


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WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: Executive producer Andrew Cohen and paleontologist Dr. Emily Bamforth on new docuseries – Exclusive Interview

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The documentary series WALKING WITH DINOSAURS premieres its long-awaited second season on PBS, pbs.org, and the PBS app on Monday, June 16. While there hasn’t literally been an eon between them, the first series of WALKING WITH DINOSAURS aired in 1999, with the film WALKING WITH DINOSAURS 3D in 2013. Produced by BBC Studios in conjunction with ZDF and France Télévisions, and narrated by Bertie Carvel, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS combines footage of real-life paleontology digs around the world and their finds with VFX recreations of how the dinosaurs looked, sounded and lived. Andrew Cohen, one of the WALKING WITH DINOSAURS […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2025

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Rating: PG Stars: Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Naomi Wirthner Writer: Dean DeBlois, based on the screenplay for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON by William Davies and Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders, based on the novel by Cressida Cowell Director: Dean DeBlois Distributor: Universal/DreamWorks Release Date: July 13, 2025 The original 3D-animated HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON was released in 2010. Directed by Dean DeBlois (who subsequently directed the sequels solo) & Chris Sanders, who both wrote the screenplay with William Davies, based on the novel by Cressida Cowell, […]Read On »


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