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Exclusive Interview: BLACK SAILS star Mark Ryan chats about stunts and violence – Part 3

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 02/11/2014
Mark Ryan (Gates) in BLACK SAILS - Season 1 | ©2014 Starz

In Part 3 of our exclusive interview with Mark Ryan, who plays the quartermaster Mr.Gates on Starz’s new pirate drama BLACK SAILS, he discusses the show’s blend of invention and history, his upcoming autobiography and the new golden age of television. AX: In terms of the violence in BLACK SAILS, did you guys have a sword master? As someone who has been a sword master – on KING ARTHUR and Bob Anderson’s assistant on FIRST KNIGHT – did you get to do any swordfighting? MARK RYAN: There was a stunt team that did most of the swordfights. I would have […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 9 – “Big in the Philippines”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF |
Country music artist Charlie Worsham guest-stars in BONES "Big in the Phillipines" | © 2014 Patrick McElhenney/FOX

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, TJ Thyne, John Francis Daley, Michael Grant Terry, Jamie Anne Allman, Charlie Worsham, Robert Baker, Jon Jon Briones, Kay Lenz Writer: Keith Fogleson, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: David Boreanaz Network: Fox, Fridays @ 8 PM Airdate: January 17, 2014 The 2012 Feature-Length Documentary Oscar went to a movie called SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN. The film chronicled the search for Sixto Rodriguez, a music legend for decades in South Africa, who was living in total anonymity in the U.S. with no […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 4 – “Old Dog, New Tricks” – SEASON PREMIERE

By RACHEL REITSLEFF |
Samuel Witwer as Aidan Waite in BEING HUMAN "Old Dog, New Tricks" | © 2014 Philippe Bosse/Syfy

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Amy Aquino, Connor Price, Helen Colliander, Katharine Isabelle, Janine Theriault, Deanna Russo Writer: Anna Fricke, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Stefan Pleszczynski Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: January 13, 2014 The fourth season of BEING HUMAN hits the ground running pretty literally with “Old Dog, New Tricks.” Within the story, it’s been three months since the end of last season. Vampire Aidan (Sam Witwer) and werewolf-in-human-form Nora (Kristen Hager) are trying to keep werewolf Josh (Sam Huntington) healthy. Josh has become a reverse […]Read On »


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CD Review: HOURS soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER | 02/08/2014
HOURS soundtrack | ©2013 Varese Sarabande Records

Having made his breakthrough score with the innovative Britain prison bust-out of THE ESCAPIST, Englishman Benjamin Wallfisch makes a notable return to confined spaces with his desperate musical HOURS. What makes his score particularly intriguing, and effective, is that said penitentiary is actually a post-Katrina hospital in New Orleans, where Paul Walker’s bereft husband find himself virtually chained to the respirator keeping his newborn son alive. Music is also vital in keeping company for virtual one-character dramas of this sort, and Wallfisch does a powerful job of ticking down one man’s emotionally draining journey, all while keeping soundtrack interest very […]Read On »


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ESCAPE PLAN Highlights this week in Blu-ray, DVD and VOD Releases

By PETER BROWN |
ESCAPE PLAN | © 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: ESCAPE PLAN – Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are no strangers to working together after a few stints in the EXPENDABLES films. However, there relationship gets taken to a whole new height in ESCAPE PLAN, a pretty decent action flick starring the aging action stars doing what […]Read On »


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DVD Review: THE BANSHEE CHAPTER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 02/07/2014
BANSHEE CHAPTER | © 2014 XLrator Media

Rating: R Stars: Katia Winter, Ted Levine, Michael McMillian, Jenny Gabrielle Writer: Blair Erickson, story by Daniel J. Healy Director: Blair Erickson Distributor: XLrator Media DVD Release Date: February 5, 2014 Although it relies to a large extent on found footage, fear not the format – THE BANSHEE CHAPTER is actually a well-made, delightfully acted and best of all honestly scary brain twist of a horror movie. Between some cleverly edited real footage (we hear from President Bill Clinton, of all people), the name-check of H.P. Lovecraft and a character clearly patterned after Hunter S. Thompson, it’s a trip in […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LEGO MOVIE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE LEGO MOVIE | © 2014 Warner Bros

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day Writers: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, story by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman and Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, based on Lego Construction Toys Directors: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: February 7, 2014 THE LEGO MOVIE, which takes a host of Lego figures, vehicles, structures and environments and deposits them in a story in 3D animation, has some very good jokes. It also has a message that gets repeated in various forms throughout […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MONUMENTS MEN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE MONUMENTS MEN | © 2014 Columbia Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett, Dimitri Leonidas Writers: George Clooney & Grant Heslov, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter Director: George Clooney Distributor: Columbia Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures Release Date: February 7, 2014 THE MONUMENTS MEN, directed by George Clooney and scripted by Clooney and Grant Heslov from a book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter, concerns a true, little-known chapter of World War II – and world art – history. Concerned by Hitler’s propensity for not just killing people but […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: LUST FOR LOVE star Dichen Lachman talks crowd-funded romantic-comedy – Part 1

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Dichen Lachman stars in LUST FOR LOVE | © 2014 Gravitas Ventures

LUST FOR LOVE, which premieres on Video on Demand and iTunes on February 7, is an independently-made, low-budget L.A. romantic comedy, written and directed by Anton King. Fran Kranz (DOLLHOUSE, CABIN IN THE WOODS, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING) plays Astor, who has spent his whole life in love with Mila, played by Beau Garrett (TRON: LEGACY, CRIMINAL MINDS: SUSPECT BEHAVIOR). When Mila breaks up with him, Astor enlists the help of female best friend Callie, played by Dichen Lachman (DOLLHOUSE, BEING HUMAN, LAST RESORT) in winning back his girlfriend. The movie also features other DOLLHOUSE alumni including Enver Gjokaj, Miracle […]Read On »


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CD Review: MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM soundtrack | ©2013 Decca Records

After his terrific work on EMPEROR, composer Alex Heffes continues on a historical roll, now turning his focus from a colonized post WW2 Japan to the Afrikaaner police state that was only overturned in fairly recent history by Nelson Mandela, with no small amount of support from his wife Winnie. Heffes hears his LONG WALK TO FREEDOM with a mighty, upraised musical fist, his score tone indebted to both the longtime symphonic approach of historical epics, as well as the pulsing samples of contemporary thrillers. The impassioned, orchestral march and tender emotion of this oppressed power couple are given a […]Read On »


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