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COLONY: Sarah Wayne Callies protects the children in the USA series – exclusive interview

Sarah Wayne Callies stars as Katie Bowman in USA's COLONY | © 2016 Isabella Vosmikova/USA Network

Sarah Wayne Callies is an actress known for playing intense characters in intense television genre dramas. She played drug-addicted Dr. Sara Tancredi on PRISON BREAK, then portrayed Lori Grimes in the first several seasons of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD. Now Callies is tackling another protagonist dealing with cataclysm in USA Network’s COLONY, Thursdays at 10 PM. Much of the world has been destroyed by alien warships and Los Angeles is divided into a number of walled sectors. Callies’ character, Katie Newman, has had one of her three children taken away by the aliens. Katie’s husband Will, played by Josh Holloway, […]Read On »


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TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 11 – “Into the Mystic”

Dee Wallace guest stars on SUPERNATURAL | © 2016 Liane Hentscher/The CW

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Shoshannah Stern, Dee Wallace, Jonathan Potts Writer: Robbie Thompson, series created by Eric Kripke Director: John Badham Network: The CW, Wednesdays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: January 27, 2016 SUPERNATURAL, should it need saying, doesn’t have the most fabulous track record with female characters. The Season 11 episode “Into the Mystic” can’t on its own compensate for all that, but it at least passes the Bechdel test some of the time, with two guest women, Aileen (Shoshannah Stern) and Mildred (Dee Wallace), conferring over how to take out a banshee when they’re not […]Read On »


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SHADOWHUNTERS: Ed Decter on bringing THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS to TV – exclusive interview

Katherine McNamara stars as Clary Fray in Freeform's SHADOWHUNTERS | © 2016 ABC Family/Vu Ong

Freeform Network, formerly ABC Family, has brought Cassandra Clare’s best-selling urban fantasy series THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS to Tuesday night television as SHADOWHUNTERS: THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS. In SHADOWHUNTERS, Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara) learns that she has angelic blood and must join with other supernatural beings to fight demons in order to rescue her kidnapped mother. Executive producer Ed Decter (UNFORGETTABLE, THE CLIENT LIST, IN PLAIN SIGHT) adapted SHADOWHUNTERS for television. He talks about his supernatural series, its characters and more. AX: You’ve written some novels yourself – the OUTRIDERS and CHLOE GAMBLE series. Do you have any mixed feelings about adapting […]Read On »


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POP SHOW PODCAST – Episode 11: DEADPOOL and THE WALKING DEAD

POP SHOW PODCAST | © 2016 AssignmentX

Welcome back to another edition of the POP SHOW PODCAST starring Anthony C. Ferrante … except without Anthony C. Ferrante this week as he is off working or something. A likely story. In an event, Sonia Mansfield, Ryan Mitchelle, Chris Smith and myself discuss all the big pop culture news of the week. This is a special Valentine’s Day edition filled with loving topics such as zombies from THE WALKING DEAD, the merc with a mouth DEADPOOL, the new STAR TREK series being developed with Bryan Fuller and the new HARRY POTTER book coming soon. So sit back and enjoy […]Read On »


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WGN AMERICA’S OUTSIDERS: Gillian Alexy, David Morse, Thomas M. Wright – exclusive interview

Gillian Alexy as G'Winveer in OUTSIDERS | © 2016 WGN America

In WGN America’s OUTSIDERS, the drama created by Peter Mattei airing Tuesday nights, the Farrell clan lives in a remote area of the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky, as their families have for hundreds of years. A mining company is trying to force Wade Houghton, played by Thomas M. Wright, sheriff of the nearest small town, to get the Farrells off the mountain, but Wade is reluctant to do so. Meanwhile, Big Farrell, played by David Morse, has attempted to violently wrest leadership of his community from his mother. G’winn, the Farrell healer played by Gillian Alexy, is dealing both with […]Read On »


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RECOVERY ROAD: Sebastian De Souza goes to rehab – interview

Sebastian De Souza as Wes in RECOVERY ROAD | © 2016 ABC Family/Bob D'Amico

RECOVERY ROAD, in its first season Monday nights on Freeform Network (formerly ABC Family), is based on a novel by Blake Nelson. The series deals with the experiences of Maddie Graham (Jessica Sula), a high school student who is sent to a sober living facility after she shows up to class drunk, with drugs in her locker. One of Maddie’s peers in rehab is Wes Stewart, played by Sebastian De Souza. De Souza is a young English actor and writer who has previously starred in the U.K. version of SKINS, Showtime’s THE BORGIAS and the film PLASTIC. AX: So were […]Read On »


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CRIMSON PEAK highlights Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Release for Feb. 9, 2016

CRIMSON PEAK | © 2016 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

A slow week, which is probably to be expected after such a huge roll out of films and TV last week. Unfortunately, not that great of stuff but sometimes that’s how it goes. Movies: CRIMSON PEAK – There is something to be said about ghost movies and period pieces. They sometimes work and can be fairly amazing to look at. On the other hand, it risks becoming too bloated with so many costumes and crazy beautiful images that it derails the storyline. CRIMSON PEAK, unfortunately, falls into this category. It is a beautiful movie with vivid images, costumes, set pieces […]Read On »


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BEOWULF: RETURN TO THE SHIELDLANDS: David Ajala – exclusive interview

In Esquire Network’s new series BEOWULF: RETURN TO THE SHIELDLANDS, Saturday nights, Kieran Bew plays the title hero. Not only does his Beowulf have to defend the legendary kingdom of Hierot against monsters and himself against the jealous prince Slean, portrayed by Ed Speleers, but he’s got to figure out how to contend with the other tribes of ancient Scandinavia. One tribe is the Vardi, led by the thane Rate, played by David Ajala. Ajala (pronounced Ah-Jah-Lah) , from London, England, has starred in the British TV series TREXX AND FLIPSIDE and the ABC Network drama BLACK BOX in the […]Read On »


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SECOND CHANCE: Rand Ravich on Fox’s new series – exclusive interview

Rob Kazinsky as Jimmy Pritchard in SECOND CHANCE | © 2016 Justin Stephens/FOX

In Fox Network’s new series SECOND CHANCE, Fridays at 9 PM, an old soul gets to inhabit a new body, but the resurrection is a feat of technology, not the supernatural. When aging former sheriff Jimmy Pritchard (Philip Baker Hall) is murdered while investigating a conspiracy that threatens his police detective son Duval (Tim DeKay), his death is disguised as a suicide. Jimmy’s body is recovered and rejuvenated to its thirty-something state (now played by Rob Kazinsky) by tech billionaire Otto Goodwin (Adhir Kalyan). Otto needs a constant, fresh supply of Jimmy’s rare cell type to keep Otto’s ailing sister […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ZOOLANDER 2

ZOOLANDER 2 | © 2016 Paramount

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Penelope Cruz, Cyrus Arnold, Kristen Wiig Writers: Justin Theroux & Ben Stiller and Nicholas Stoller and John Hamburg, based on characters created by Drake Sather & Ben Stiller Director: Ben Stiller Distributor: Paramount Release Date: February 12, 2016 Ben Stiller’s epically airheaded supermodel character Derek Zoolander, created by the actor and his then-writing partner, the late Drake Sather, began life in the ‘90s in sketches created for the VH1 Fashion Awards. In 2001, ZOOLANDER got his own movie, with the character jockeying for position with fellow male supermodel Hansel, played by […]Read On »


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