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BILLIONS: Exclusive interview with co-star Condola Rashad

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/07/2016
Condola Rashad as Kate Sacher in Showtime's BILLIONS | © 2016 Showtime

In Showtime Network’s BILLIONS, Sundays at 10 PM, New York U.S. attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) wants to bring down Wall Street billionaire Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) by any means necessary or possible. One of Rhoades’ assets is assistant U.S. attorney Kate Sacher, played by Condola Rashad. Rashad, herself a native New Yorker, played Shelby in the 2012 telefilm adaptation of STEEL MAGNOLIAS. She was also Juliet in the 2014 film of ROMEO AND JULIET, played Egyptian royal Nefertari in the 2014 telefilm HIEROGLYPH and had a recurring role on the musical drama SMASH. Rashad is also a second-generation actress; […]Read On »


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CREED highlights Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Release for March 1, 2016

By PETER BROWN | 03/05/2016
CREED | © 2016 Warner Home Video

This week there are some really good films out including THE DANISH GIRL and ROOM that took home Oscars at the recent Academy Awards but also others that didn’t make the cut at the awards show. This week also marks the debut of many 4K titles being released. For those that don’t know, 4K is the ultra HD version of movies that looks even that much better than Blu-ray, bringing an even better experience to home video. Movies: CREED – Call it ROCKY VII, call it a reboot, call it a re-imagining, call it late for dinner, there is one […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT | © 2016 Paramount

Rating: R Stars: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Christopher Abbott, Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thornton, Evan Jonigkeit, Josh Charles Writer: Robert Carlock, based on the book THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE: STRANGE DAYS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN by Kim Barker Directors: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa Distributor: Paramount Release Date: March 4, 2016 WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT is a fictionalized dramedy about war correspondent Kim Barker’s nonfiction book THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE: STRANGE DAYS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. Her onscreen counterpart here, Kim Baker (Tina Fey), stays with the story in Afghanistan. The movie, written by Robert Carlock and directed by the team […]Read On »


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THE REAL O’NEALS: exclusive interview with Todd Holland

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/03/2016
Bebe Wood as Shannon O'Neal and Martha Plimpton as Eileen O'Neal in THE REAL O'NEALS | © 2016 Jack Rowand/ABC

In ABC Network’s new half-hour comedy THE REAL O’NEALS, fourteen-year-old Kenny (Noah Galvin) comes out as gay to his very religious mother Eileen (Martha Plimpton) and police officer father Pat (Jay R. Ferguson). To his shock, Kenny learns his parents are separating, older brother Jimmy (Matt Shively) is obsessed with losing weight for his wrestling team and sister Shannon (Bebe Wood) steals things. No wonder Kenny sees Jesus – he is in need of more-than-human help. THE REAL O’NEALS, which premieres its first two episodes Wednesday March 2 before moving into its regular Tuesday-night slot next week, was adapted for […]Read On »


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THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: Larry Karaszewski – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/02/2016
The infamous white bronco chase during THE PEOPLE V. OJ SIMPSON | © 2016 FX

In 1994, if you were alive, in America and had access to the news, you knew that former football star O.J. Simpson was accused of killing his wife, Nicole Simpson Brown, and her friend Ronald Goldman. You probably also knew about the highly-publicized trial that ensued. FX Network’s THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY is a 10-episode exploration of the trial and the events surrounding it, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as Simpson, John Travolta as defense lawyer Bob Shapiro, Sarah Paulson as prosecutor Marcia Clark, David Schwimmer as Simpson’s friend and attorney Robert Kardashian and Courtney B. Vance […]Read On »


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POP SHOW PODCAST – Episode 13: Academy Awards review

By PETER BROWN | 03/01/2016
POP SHOW PODCAST | © 2016 AssignmentX

Welcome to another edition of the POP SHOW PODCAST starring Anthony C. Ferrante, but with Anthony on set location, once again Ryan Mitchelle, Sonia Mansfield (@TheSoniaShow), Chris Smith (@JettJergens) and myself (@peterbrownAX) helm the show in a general discussion about the big show that happened on Sunday: the Academy Awards. We discuss Chris Rock’s performance, the general theme of the show, the winners, the losers and how those big nerds Chris and Sonia did in their Oscar pools. We also have a look at the Razzies and the finale of THE X-FILES. Come have a listen, won’t you? Listen and […]Read On »


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THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES: Jonathan Liebesman films a dystopian future – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Manu Bennett stars as Allanon in THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES | © 2016 MTV

Adapted from Terry Brooks’ best-selling fantasy novel series, MTV’s THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES, Tuesdays at 10 PM, is set thousands of years in the future, when humans are subservient to elves and all are doomed unless it’s possible to stem the flow of demons from another realm into this one. Jonathan Liebesman set the tone for SHANNARA by directing the first two episodes. Liebesman is known for helming feature films, including the horror movies DARKNESS FALLS, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING and THE KILLING ROOM, the alien invasion action thriller BATTLE LOS ANGELES, the fantasy WRATH OF THE TITANS and […]Read On »


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JANE THE VIRGIN: Yael Grobglas keep audiences guessing about Petra – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Yael Grobglas as Petra in JANE THE VIRGIN | © 2016 Nino Muñoz/The CW

Gina Rodriguez plays the title character in The CW’s one-hour comedy JANE THE VIRGIN, now in its second season Mondays at 8 PM. Although engaged to police officer Michael (Brett Dier), Jane was accidentally inseminated (during what was supposed to be a routine pap smear) with sperm from her employer, wealthy Rafael Solano (Justin Baldoni). Jane is now the loving mother of little Mateo, but meanwhile, Rafael’s scheming but occasionally conscience-stricken ex-wife Petra, played by Yael Grobglas, has found a way to get pregnant on her own. Grobglas starred in the recent horror film JERUZALEM and had an arc on […]Read On »


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THE GOOD DINOSAUR highlights Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Releases for Feb. 23, 2016

By PETER BROWN | 02/27/2016
THE GOOD DINOSAUR | © 2016 Disney Home Video

Movies: THE GOOD DINOSAUR – Pixar has been rolling out the good stuff for over a decade and they continue that hot streak with THE GOOD DINOSAUR, a new take on animated films that changes history presenting a world where life wasn’t wiped out by an asteroid but a world where dinosaurs lived on and evolved into more intelligent beasts and humans remain as animals. When Arlo the dinosaur goes on a journey, he hooks up with a human friend and the two travel the harsh landscape meeting a slew of unlikely allies in the process. The two get into […]Read On »


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Movie Review: EDDIE THE EAGLE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 02/26/2016
EDDIE THE EAGLE | © 2016 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Jo Hartley, Keith Allen, Tim McInnerny, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Walken Writers: Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton, story by Simon Kelton Director: Dexter Fletcher Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: February 26, 2016 EDDIE THE EAGLE is a movie that shouldn’t work. This isn’t because the subject matter isn’t engaging – a late-coming rookie to a death-defying sport who makes the Olympics is perfectly cinematic in narrative and visual terms. However, the fictional treatment of how real-life Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards achieved fame is so broad that there a character literally does a […]Read On »


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