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Blu-ray and DVD Reviews for the Week of July 14, 2015

By PETER BROWN | 07/20/2015
EX MACHINA | © 2015 Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: EX MACHINA – There have been a number of interesting films that delve into the artificial intelligence/robot aspect and how they would act if they ever became self-aware. EX MACHINA does a great job of not treading on any of the territory that these other films have […]Read On »


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MASTERS OF SEX: Michelle Ashford and Caitlin FitzGerald chat Season 3 interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/19/2015
MASTERS OF SEX - Season 3 Key Art | ©2015 Showtime

When Showtime’s award-winning MASTERS OF SEX returns for its third season on Sunday, July 12 at 10 PM, there are some changes. We’re out of the uptight 1950s and into swinging 1966. No longer toiling in obscurity and persecution, real-life sex researchers Dr. William Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) are now becoming increasingly famous for their groundbreaking work. At home, things are opening up as well. Masters’ wife Libby, played by Caitlin FitzGerald, has come to accept Johnson as part of the family – in every way. Allison Janney and Beau Bridges have just been announced as […]Read On »


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ANT-MAN: Composer CHRISTOPHE BECK gets big with new Marvel movie

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |

Few Marvel superheroes might have an inferiority complex like Ant-Man. He’s a guy decked out in blue and red, wearing what appears to be some diver’s helmet, gifted with the ability to shrink down to insect size while still delivering a man-sized punch. Not exactly as cool as a mythic hammer, a repulsor ray equipped iron suit or an ability to turn into a big green rage engine. Plus, there’s that name, one subject to any number of self-effacing quips by Paul Rudd, an oft-comedic actor. You know THE DARK KNIGHT which is great indeed when it comes to giving […]Read On »


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MINIONS: Composer Heitor Pereira gives Groo’s hench-things a swinging ’60s spy-pop groove

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER | 07/18/2015
MINIONS | ©2015 Universal Pictures

While the films he scores might not have to do much with his homeland of Brazil (even if they’re filled with yellow characters with mad love for a certain tropical fruit), there’s most often a joyous, rhythmic energy that fills the soundtracks of Heitor Pereira. With a surfeit of kids’ movies to his credits, Pereira’s lovably bouncy, melodically eccentric scores are the equivalent of smurfs, chimps and Chihuahuas, all jumping for joy and lapping your face. They’ve got enough unrestrained, clever fun to put an energetic smile on anyone’s face, perhaps most notably one super villain hell-bent on being the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TRAINWRECK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/17/2015
Trainwreck | © 2015 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Tilda Swinton, Vanessa Bayer, LeBron James, Brie Larson, John Cena, Colin Quinn, Norman Lloyd, Mike Birbiglia, Randall Park, Ezra Miller Writer: Amy Schumer Director: Judd Apatow Distributor: Universal Release Date: July 17, 2015 Somewhere between a character study and a semi-unconventional romcom, TRAINWRECK is more funny and enjoyable than not. Its politics aside (what’s one more female screen protagonist primarily defined by her approach to romance at this late date?), Amy Schumer’s script tries to keep us on our toes while getting us to laugh and make us uncomfortable, all at the same […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ANT-MAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Ant-Man | © 2015 Disney

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Pena, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Wood Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalian, Abby Ryder Fortsom Writers: Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd, story by Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish, based on the comic books created by Stan Lee & Larry Lieber & Joe Kirby Director: Peyton Reed Distributor: Disney Release Date: July 17, 2015 Although it is unmistakably from the Marvel stable, ANT-MAN is sometimes reminiscent of films from another of distributor Disney’s partners, Pixar. With its cheerful sense of goofiness and acute […]Read On »


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TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 10 – “Dark Dynasty”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF | 07/16/2015
Jensen Ackles as Dean in SUPERNATURAL | © 2015 Katie Yu/The CW

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark A. Sheppard, Felicia Day, Ruth Connell, Markus Flanagan, David Hoflin, Matt Bellefleur Writers: Eugenie Ross-Leming & Brad Buckner, series created by Eric Kripke Director: Robert Singer Network: The CW, Wednesdays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: May 6, 2015 SUPERNATURAL combines real seriousness and real silliness in “Dark Dynasty,” a title that works on its own (as opposed to being simply a riff on another TV show or film, which sometimes happens here). We lose a major and well-loved (by most) character, we find out the resonant mythic background of the evil and […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 10 – “The Lost in the Found”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF |
Emily Deschanel as Brennan in BONES "The Lost in the Found" | © 2015 Patrick McElhenney/FOX

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Boyd, Carla Gallo, Alysia Reiner, China Ann McClain, McKaley Miller, Brielle Barbusca, Adam William Zastrow Writer: Emily Silver, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Jeannot Szwarc Network: Fox, Thursdays @ 8 PM Airdate: May 7, 2015 On the one hand, “The Lost in the Found” does a good job of exploring teen depression, bullying and suicide. On the other hand, in its tenth season, BONES chalks up a major fail by stretching credibility past the breaking point when it […]Read On »


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WAYWARD PINES: Chad Hodge says the series will end with Episode 10 – interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/15/2015
Matt Dillon in WAYWARD PINES - Season 1 - "Cycle" | ©2015 Fox/Liane Hentscher

On Fox’s WAYWARD PINES, Thursdays at 9 PM, we’re in a small town that contains an epic, one might even say world-changing, secret. Based on a trilogy of books by Blake Crouch, WAYWARD PINES doesn’t try to keep us guessing for the whole of its ten-episode miniseries run. Instead, adaptor/executive producer/show runner Chad Hodge provides the big reveal at the halfway mark and seems to be spending the rest of the show investigating the many, many ramifications. Hodge, who created the series THE PLAYBOY CLUB and worked on RUNAWAY and TRU CALLING, also is working on a biographical film about […]Read On »


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iZOMBIE: Malcolm Goodwin takes on the dead beat – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/14/2015
Malcolm Goodwin in iZOMBIE - Season 1 - "Dead Rat" | ©2015 The CW/Kharen Hill

In The CW’s iZOMBIE, Tuesdays at 9 PM and renewed for a second season, Rose McIver plays the title character, Liv Moore. Liv has been transformed into one of the living dead by a scratch and now works as a crime-solving morgue assistant. Malcolm Goodwin plays police detective Clive Babineaux, who seeks out Liv’s help in finding murderers. Clive buys Liv’s line that she’s psychic, unaware that she really gets her information from eating the brains of murder victims. Goodwin was previously a regular on BREAKOUT KINGS; his feature credits include AMERICAN GANGSTER, LEATHERHEADS, MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA and RUN […]Read On »


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