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CD Review: ONLY GOD FORGIVES soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER | 10/03/2013
ONLY GOD FORGIVES soundtrack | ©2013 Milan Records

Most times, a composer’s job is to support the emotions of an actor’s performance, not become the performance. But where any other musician might be condemned for overstepping the boundaries of good taste, Cliff Martinez deserves a medal for brilliantly providing just about the only humanity for Nicolas Winding Refn’s lavish exercise in artsy sadism with ONLY GOD FORGIVES. Far more in the realm of the filmmaker’s FEAR X  than his infinitely more accessible DRIVE, Refn’s bitch slap of unending, beyond-explicit revenge is actually more of a fight club for staring. Given endless stretches of unblinking silence in between its […]Read On »


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TV REVIEW: MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD – Season 1 – “0-8-4”

By PETER BROWN |
Chloe Bennet as Skye in MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. "0-8-4" | (c) 2013 ABC/Richard Foreman

Cast: Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Ron Glass, J. August Richards Writer: Jeffery Bell, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen Director: David Straiton Network: Airs on ABC, Tuesdays @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: Oct. 1, 2013 The second episode of MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD was a bit of a disappointment. After a really good opening episode full of interesting subplots and witty banter, this played out more like a straight laced action black ops mission – something that we’d see on numerous other shows on numerous other networks. I was aware that […]Read On »


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TV Review: REVOLUTION – Season 2 – “Born in the U.S.A” – Season Premiere

By PETER BROWN | 10/02/2013
Zak Orth as Aaron in REVOLUTION "Born in the U.S.A." | (c) 2013 Bill Records/NBC

Cast: Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Zak Orth, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Lyons, Giancarlo Esposito Writer: Eric Kripke Director: Steve Boyum Network: Airs on NBC, Wednesdays @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: Sept. 25, 2013 Can you say reboot? I know that I can. Apparently, those over at NBC and the producers of REVOLUTION can as well. At the end of Season 1 of REVOLUTION, the culmination of the Tower plotline came to be and we saw that Flynn’s agenda all along was to end the war between the rebels and the Monroe militia by dropping nukes on them. The reason for this […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: IRONSIDE star Blair Underwood goes for a ride

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Blair Underwood in IRONSIDE - Season 1 - "Pentimento" | ©2013 NBC/J.R. Mankoff

Those old enough to remember – or retro enough to watch rerun channels – have spent years thinking of Ironside as the character portrayed by Raymond Burr for eight seasons (1967-1975), a police detective in a wheelchair whose skills were entirely cerebral rather than physical. Now NBC has rebooted IRONSIDE, Wednesdays, beginning October 2, at 10 PM, with Blair Underwood in the leading role. Underwood’s NYPD detective Robert Ironside may have lost the use of his legs as the result of a high fall in the line of duty, but he works out ferociously to strengthen the rest of his […]Read On »


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CD Review: THE LAST OF US soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
THE LAST OF US soundtrack | ©2013 Sony Music

When it comes to video game scoring, it’s often the bigger, the better. And there’s nothing wrong with that, especially when the composer is mostly trying to make an impression amidst shattering spaceships, cannon-blasting world wars, dragon-slaying sword battles and zombie holocausts. Though THE LAST OF US deals with the latter, it’s on a far more human scale that’s ennobled a strikingly stripped-down score from Gustavo Santaolalla that just might be the least amount of “music” ever done for the genre. But then, having Naughty Dog hire the Oscar winning composer of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and BABEL to do to a […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 9 – “El Carnicero en el Coche”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF |
TJ Thyne in BONES - Season 9 - "El Carnicero en el Coche" | ©2013 Fox/Ray Mickshaw

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, TJ Thyne, John Francis Daley, Patricia Belcher, Michael Grant Terry, Aline Elasmar, Felix Miguel Avitia, Vicellous Shannon, Steven W. Bailey, Chum Ehelepola, Joe Coots Writers: Jonathan Collier & Dean Lopata, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Ian Toynton Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: September 30, 2013 With all of the international intrigue in many episodes, it seems fitting that BONES should at some point tackle gang violence, especially as it’s based in D.C. “El Carnicero en el Coche” does well […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE BLACKLIST – Season 1 – “The Freelancer”

By PETER BROWN | 10/01/2013
James Spader as Raymond 'Red' Reddington in THE BLACKLIST "The Freelancer" | (c) 2013 Will Hart/NBC

Cast: James Spader, Megan Boone, Ryan Eggold, Harry Lennix, Diego Klattenhoff, Parminder Nagra Writer: Jon Bokencamp Director: Jace Alexander Network: Airs on NBC, Mondays @ 10 p.m. Original Telecast: Sept. 30, 2013 “The FBI work for me now.” – Raymond Reddington on THE BLACKLIST “The Freelancer” Episode 2 of THE BLACKLIST continues to build on the foundation that was set in the “Pilot” episode with Raymond Reddington (James Spader) continuing to deceive and allude the FBI on route to accomplishing his own task that he had set from the beginning. Obviously this is the direction in which this show is […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos From the 2013 EYEGORE AWARDS Red Carpet

By SUE SCHNEIDER |
Ozzy Osbourne at the HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS EYEGORE AWARDS | ©2013 Sue Schneider

The 2013 EyeGore Awards were held at Universal Studios, in Universal City, CA  on September 20 to kick off the park’s annual HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS event. This year’s mazes include such movie-inspired scares as EVIL DEAD and INSIDIOUS, as well as AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD. Of the original mazes, there’s BLACK SABBATH 13 in 3D which incorporates music and imagery inspired by the band fronted by Ozzy Osbourne as well as El Cucuy: The Boogeyman with some inspiration courtesy of actor Danny Trejo being the face of this attraction. The winners walking the carpet at the EyeGore’s included: Ozzy Osbourne […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Jaime Murray sinks her teeth into FRIGHT NIGHT 2

By PETER BROWN |
FRIGHT NIGHT 2 NEW BLOOD | (c) 2013 Twentieth Century Fox

Jaime Murray has made a habit of playing strong female characters. Just look at what she brought to the table as Stahma Tarr in DEFIANCE. Now she’s chomping at the bit to bite into the vampire realm in her new role as Gerri Dandridge in the upcoming FRIGHT NIGHT 2: NEW BLOOD. Murray sat down to chat with ASSIGNMENT X about her the movie and what to expect from her character. ASSIGNMENT X: So tell me about Gerri Dandridge and her take in the film? JAIME MURRAY: I play a serious professor teaching at a Romanian university. Charlie, Amy and […]Read On »


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Blu-ray Review: THE WALKING DEAD – THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON

By CARL CORTEZ |
THE WALKING DEAD - THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON Blu-ray | ©2013 AMC

Stars: Andrew Lincoln, David Morrissey, Laurie Holden, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira, Michael Rooker, Melissa Suzanne McBride, Scott Wilson, Emily Kinney, Dallas Roberts Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment Suggested Retail Price: $79.99 With the showrunner turnover at THE WALKING DEAD occurring practically every season, you would think the series would suffer creatively and tonally, but as Season 3 of the AMC series proved, the story is compelling and strong enough to withstand occasional creative disruptions. THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON compiles all 16 episodes from the shocking arc that pitted Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and […]Read On »


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