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CHARMING CHRISTMAS: Julie Benz on the new Hallmark telefilm – exclusive interview

Julie Benz stars as Meredith Rossman in Hallmark's CHARMING CHRISTMAS | © 2015 Hallmark Channel

Actress Julie Benz tends to be known for her work in darker, grittier fare, from her big-screen debut in TWO EVIL EYES to her series regular gig as a cop on ROSWELL to her crucial recurring role as the vampire Darla on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and ANGEL to the doomed Rita Morgan on DEXTER and the morally grounded mayor/madam Amanda Rosewater on three seasons of Syfy’s DEFIANCE. However, Benz’s softer side is on view in the new Hallmark holiday movie CHARMING CHRISTMAS, which has its next airing Thursday, November 12 at 8 PM. Benz plays Meredith Rossman, a business […]Read On »


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LIMITLESS: Executive producer Alex Kurtzman the CBS series, SLEEPY HOLLOW and Universal’s MONSTER UNIVERSE – Interview

Jake McDorman as Brian Finch n LIMITLESS - Season 1 | © 2015 CBS/John Paul Filo

In the 2011 film LIMITLESS, Bradley Cooper played Eddie Morra, an ordinary man who gained extraordinary mental acuity, thanks to NZT, a (fictional) neuro-enhancement drug that lets the human brain access one hundred percent of its power. In the new CBS series LIMITLESS, Tuesdays at 10 PM, Eddie – still played in a recurring role by Cooper, who is one of the series’ executive producers – is now a senator, who is guiding Jake McDorman’s character Brian Lynch, who is enabled by NZT to help the FBI solve crimes. Alex Kurtzman (of FRINGE, TRANSFORMERS and the new STAR TREK films) […]Read On »


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FARGO: Brad Garrett on Season 2 of the FX series – Exclusive Interview

Brad Garrett in FARGO - Season 2 - "The Myth of Sisyphus" | ©2015 FX/Chris Large

Brad Garrett started out as a standup comedian. The very tall (6’8”) Los Angeles native went on to star as big brother to Ray Romano’s character in nine seasons of the sitcom EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, followed by four seasons as the lead in the half-hour comedy ‘TIL DEATH, with all sorts of other TV, film and voice work before, after and in between. Now Garrett is doing something different by playing Kansas City gangster Joe Bulo in Season 2 of FX’s FARGO (Mondays at 10 PM) who encountered a very nasty ambush on last night’s episode. Series creator Noah Hawley […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE PEANUTS MOVIE

The Peanuts Movie | © 2015 20th Century Fox

Rating: G Stars (voices): Noah Schnapp, Hadley Belle Miller, Bill Melendez, Mariel Sheets, Alexander Garfin, Venus Schultheis, Rebecca Bloom Writers: Bryan Schulz, Craig Schulz, Cornelius Uliano, based on the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz Director: Steve Martino Distributor: 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky Release Date: November 6, 2015 THE PEANUTS MOVIE is a whole lot like a PEANUTS TV special. Charlie Brown pines for the Little Red-Haired Girl, while his dog Snoopy imagines wild feats of aviation as a WWI flying ace combating the notorious German pilot, the Red Baron. Really, that’s it. The screenplay by Bryan Schulz, Craig […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE FINAL GIRLS

THE FINAL GIRLS | © 2015 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Adam DeVine, Thomas Middleditch, Alia Shawkat, Alexader Ludwig, Nina Dobrev, Dan B. Norris Writers: M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Release Date (Blu-ray & DVD): November 3, 2015 “Delightful” isn’t generally the very first word that comes to mind when describing most slasher horror films. For that matter, “genuinely funny” isn’t necessarily a phrase that applies to some horror comedies. However, THE FINAL GIRLS really is all that. Written by M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller and directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson, THE FINAL GIRLS takes […]Read On »


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Exclusive interview with GHOST OF THE ROBOT on their new album BOURGEOIS FAUX PAS – Part 3

GHOST OF THE ROBOT - BOURGEOIS FAUX PAIS | ©2015 Ghost of the Robot/Mark Devine

In Part 3 of our exclusive interview with the band Ghost of the Robot – Charlie De Mars, James Marsters, Sullivan Marsters and Kevin McPherson – they talk more about their new album BOURGEOIS FAUX PAS, collaboration, the impact of the Internet on the modern music industry and more. AX: When you present songs to each other to work on, do you ever ask each other, “What are you actually trying to say here?” or do you just go with your interpretation of it and think, “What would be fun to do with this?” CHARLIE DE MARS: I think we […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT | © 2015 Open Road

Rating: R Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci, Brian D’Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery Writers: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, based on the book BETRAYAL by the investigative staff of the Boston Globe Director: Tom McCarthy Distributor: Open Road Release Date: November 5, 2015 SPOTLIGHT harks back to ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, the 1976 feature film about Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward (played by Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (played by Dustin Hoffman) digging into the story of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel, which ultimately toppled the presidency of Richard Nixon. While the action in […]Read On »


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THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER: Lee Jones chats about Season 1 – exclusive interview

Lee Jones stars as Wilkin Brattle in the FX show THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER | © 2015 Ollie Upton/FX

In THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER, now in its first season on FX Network Tuesdays at 10 PM, Lee Jones plays Wilkin Brattle. Wilkin is a soldier in fourteenth-century Wales who wants a peaceful village life, but a combination of personal catastrophe and an apparently supernatural message cause him to accept a position as traveling executioner under the command of scheming politician Milus Corbett (Stephen Moyer). Jones, an Australian actor, traveled halfway round the world for BASTARD EXECUTIONER, created by Kurt Sutter (SONS OF ANARCHY). In a conversation during FX Network’s portion of the Television Critics Association press tour, Jones talks about […]Read On »


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FARGO: Jeffrey Donovan talks about his role in Season 2 – exclusive interview

Jeffrey Donovan stars as Dodd Gerhardt in FARGO Season 2 | © 2015 Chris Large/FX

Season 2 of FX’s FARGO, Mondays at 10 PM, is not entirely unconnected to Season 1. In the series created by Noah Hawley, which takes its title and tone but no characters from the Coen Brothers’ 1996 feature, bad things just keep happening in Sioux Falls, North Dakota, and Luverne, Minnesota. In Season 2, it’s 1979, and State Police officer Lou Solverson (played by Patrick Wilson; the older version of the character was played by Keith Carradine in Season 1) is looking into a mystifying incident that involves both local and out-of-state criminals. One of the town’s bad men is […]Read On »


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TV Review: DANCING WITH THE STARS – Season 21 – Week 8 – Icon night/Dance off – Andy Grammer is erased from the floor

Allison Holker and Andy Grammer in DANCING WITH THE STARS | Emma Slater and Hayes Grier are voted out on DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 21 | ©2015 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega, Nick Carter, Bindi Irwin, Alek Skarlatos, Tamar Braxton, Andy Grammer, Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: Nov. 2nd, 2015 It was a whole lotta gyrating in two hours tonight on DANCING WITH THE STARS. First, it was Icon night where the duos danced tributary dances to their idols. Then, whomever scored the highest of those dances won three points and immunity from not only elimination but from a dance off in the show’s second hour. Nick Carter & Sharna Burgess slammed the competition getting the only perfect score of the night, essentially giving them a […]Read On »


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