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Exclusive Interview: Laura Haddock on DA VINCI’S DEMONS and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/25/2014
Laura Haddock in DA VINCI'S DEMONS - Season 2 | ©2014 Starz

DA VINCI’S DEMONS, now in its second season on Starz, Saturdays at 9 PM, explores the extremely adventurous life of Leonardo Da Vinci, played by Tom Riley, as a young artist, inventor and explorer in the Renaissance era. Created by David S. Goyer, the series is full of complex characters, but one of the most startling is Lucrezia Donati, played by Laura Haddock. In Season 1, Lucrezia is mistress to the powerful prince Lorenzo de Medici (Elliot Cowan), has an affair with Da Vinci, frames and murders an innocent man and spies for Rome. We find out that her father […]Read On »


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CD Review: YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER | 05/24/2014
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES soundtrack | ©2014 Intrada Records

The ’80s were the glory days when it came to the Amblin pictures that truly imparted company head Steven Spielberg’s handprint of thrillingly humanistic fantasy and chills to any number of movies that stand as classics for a certain generation – among them BACK TO THE FUTURE, GREMLINS and THE GOONIES. Also uniting these movies were their sweeping orchestral scores by the likes of Alan Silvestri, Jerry Goldsmith and Dave Grusin, which also resonated with a topical pop sound. But if there was one Amblin composer who stood as the answer to equaling the thrillingly lush, symphonic quality of John […]Read On »


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Movie Review: COLD IN JULY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
COLD IN JULY movie poster | ©2014 IFC Films

Rating: Unrated Stars: Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, Vinessa Shaw Writers: Nick Damici & Jim Mickle, based on the novel by Joe R. Lansdale Director: Jim Mickle Distributor: IFC Films Release Date: May 23, 2014 Adapted from a novel by Joe R. Lansdale, one can see the elements that should make COLD IN JULY a sharp thriller. It’s got a great cast, headed up by Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson, an intriguing premise and, in Jim Mickle, a director who wants to make sure that the scenes look interesting. So what’s the problem? Without having […]Read On »


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Movie Review: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
X-MEN - DAYS OF FUTURE PAST poster | ©2014 Fox/Marvel

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Halle Berry, Nicholas Hoult, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Peter Dinklage, Shawn Ashmore. Omar Sy, Evan Peters Writer: Simon Kinberg, story by Jane Goldman & Simon Kinberg & Matthew Vaughn Director: Bryan Singer Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: May 23, 2014 If you’re going to make an installment of a film franchise that potentially erases the continuity of previous endeavors, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST demonstrates how to do it with not only style but real urgency. Don’t just randomly drop time travelers into the […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Mark Ruffalo talks THE NORMAL HEART

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/22/2014
Mark Ruffalo in THE NORMAL HEART | ©2014 HBO/Jojo Whilden

Larry Kramer’s play THE NORMAL HEART was first produced off-Broadway in 1985. In real life, Kramer is one of the founders of ACT UP, which describes itself as “a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis,” which was being largely ignored by the government in the Eighties. In NORMAL HEART, the main character Ned Weeks is Kramer’s fictional surrogate, a gay man who is enraged by the indifference he encounters as he tries to get help for his critically ill lover and friends in 1981. Kramer has now adapted […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the GODZILLA Los Angeles Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER |
Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson at the Los Angeles Premiere of GODZILLA | ©2014 Sue Schneider

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures presented the Los Angeles premiere of GODZILLA at the Dolby Theatre recently. The black carpet ran down Hollywood Boulevard through Hollywood/Highland to the entrance of the theatre. The only thing missing was the statue of GODZILLA, which was not put up till the next day in the foyer in front of the TCL Theaters. Walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanable, Richard T. Jones, Victor Rasuk, Carson Bolde, CJ Adams, Patrick Sabongui, Director Gareth Edwards, Writer Max Borenstein and Producer Thomas Tull. […]Read On »


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TV Review: 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY – Season 9 – “2:00 PM to 3:00 PM”

By PETER BROWN | 05/21/2014
Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) does what it takes to secure data from a flight key in 24 | © 2014 Daniel Smith/FOX

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Yvonne Strahovski, Tate Donovan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, William Devane, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Giles Matthey, Michael Wincott, Benjamin Bratt, Kim Raver Writers: Patrick Harbinson Director: Adam Kane Network: Fox, airs Monday nights @ 9 p.m. Original Telecast: May 19, 2014 Last week my review stated there are always things to expect when watching a season of 24, namely: Lots of running. Moles Dammit Jack doing bad things to good people. But I totally whiffed on No. 5, which is torture. Never goes a season without someone (or multiple someones) getting tortured to some means.  That happened in “2:00 PM […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: The scoop on 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY from executive producer Howard Gordon

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/20/2014
Kiefer Sutherland in 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY | © 2014 Fox/Greg Williams

Depending on how you look at it, 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY is either a miniseries about Kiefer Sutherland’s redoubtable ex-counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer, or simply Season 9 of 24, resuming after a four-year break in a twelve-hour frame, airing on Fox Mondays at 9 PM. Howard Gordon, executive producer of 24 for much of its run, is back on 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY. Gordon also has three other series in production – the multi-award-winning HOMELAND, coming back for its fourth season in the fall, FX’s new TYRANT and TNT’s LEGEND. This raises the question of whether Gordon is secretly affiliated […]Read On »


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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 18 Recap: James Maslow is out leading into the Finals

By PAMELA HARLAND |
James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 18 | ©2014 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: James Maslow, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Amy Purdy, Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: May 19th, 2014 Wow! All I can say is there are some die hard FULL HOUSE fans out there! Not since Bristal Palin or Marie Osmond made it to the DANCING WITH THE STARS finals has a celeb with the lowest scores continued to thrive on the show – not to say she is as bad as Palin, Candace Cameron Bure is a much better dancer. Still, Bure and partner & Mark Ballas have beaten the odds and are now on to day two […]Read On »


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I, FRANKENSTEIN Highlights this week in Blu-ray, DVD and VOD Releases

By PETER BROWN | 05/18/2014
I FRANKENSTIEN | © 2014 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: I, FRANKENSTEIN – Some major blockbusters are not meant to be anything more than just a popcorn flick where you sit and see what they present to you and whether it is good or bad, it is at least enjoyable. I, FRANKENSTEIN is definitely one of these […]Read On »


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