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TV Review: GLEE – Season 4 – “Shooting Star”

Jane Lynch in GLEE - Season 4 - "Shooting Star" | ©2013 Fox/Adam Rose

Stars: Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Chord Overstreet, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Jenna Ushkowitz, Whoopi Goldberg, Kate Hudson Writer: Matthew Hodgson Director: Bradley Buecker Network: Fox, airs Thursday nights Original Telecast: April 11, 2013 I wasn’t sure what to think when GLEE decided to tackle school violence and kids bringing guns to school. It’s a very tricky topic, if handled poorly could totally fail miserably. If handled properly, it might shine some light on recent events that has been all over the news in […]Read On »


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CD Review: NAPOLEON AND EUROPE (500 edition)

NAPOLEON AND EUROPE soundtrack | ©2013 Music Box Records

Just before he’d briefly invade Hollywood with his spectacularly ominous score for 1992’s DRACULA, esteemed Polish composer Wojciech Kilar would wave the colors for France’s self-appointed Emperor for the Gallic television series NAPOLEON AND EUROPE. Those American fans used to the elegant, brooding quality of Kilar’s work on DEATH AND THE MAIDEN and WE OWN THE NIGHT might be pleasantly surprised by the sometimes joyful quality of his main theme as it revels in triumphant orchestral splendor, sprightly marches and even a bit of Baroque harpsichord comedy, all setting the stage for a little man’s sense of greatness, and the […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Los Angeles Premiere

Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson at the Los Angeles premiere of G.I. JOE RETALIATION | ©2013 Sue Schneider

Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Skydance Productions, in association with Hasbro presented A di Bonaventura Pictures Production G.I. JOE: RETALIATION on March 28th at the Los Angeles Premiere held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The fans screamed very loudly when Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson arrived, which alerted the media that the main stars had arrived at the premiere. Walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, D.J. Cotrona, Adrianne Palicki, Byung-hun Lee, Ray Stevenson, Elodie Yung, Luke Bracey, DeRay Davis, Matt Gerald, Leo Howard, Joseph Mazzello, Robert Baker, Lorenzo di […]Read On »


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TV Review: DALLAS – Season 2 – “Love and Family”

DALLAS - Season 2 - "Let Me In" | ©2013 TNT/Zade Rosenthal

Stars: Patrick Duffy, Brenda Strong, Linda Gray, Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo Writer: John Whelpley Director: Randy Zisk Network: TNT, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: April 8th,  2013 Deception and subversion are coming to a head on DALLAS as season two draws to an end. John Ross (Josh Henderson) finally gets Pamela (Julie Gonzalo) to believe him when he told her that her father Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) is responsible for the Ewing rig explosion. She is a woman with a vendetta against her father now and she will stop at nothing to seek her revenge on […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Kevin McHale on GLEE on Season 4 changes and more

Melissa Benoist and Kevin McHale in GLEE - Season 4 | ©2013 Fox/Tommy Garcia

GLEE, the series created by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk about a small-town high school glee club with big dreams, is now in its fourth season on Fox, Thursdays at 9 PM. Some of the main characters graduated last year; the series follows them in their new adventures while continuing to follow events at McKinley High, where new students have joined the glee club. Kevin McHale plays Artie Abrams, who has been on GLEE from the beginning. This year, Artie is a senior. Artie is in a wheelchair, though Texas-born McHale is not only able-bodied but admired by […]Read On »


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CD Review: BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS soundtrack

BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS soundtrack | ©2013 Kritzerland Records

Those expecting this prequel score to repeat the 60s pop Latin swing of Burt Bacharach will be in for a delightfully rude Irish awakening when listening to the BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS soundtrack. It’s an iconoclastic gem of ’70s western scoring, courtesy of the unsung Patrick Willliams, whom Kritzerland last paid tribute to with heir release of CUBA. Not only does BUTCH  impress with its pennywhistle, harmonica and spoon percussion, but even more so by using a forlorn tuba, chirpy flutes and a harpsichord to give CASSIDY more the feel of a comedy about mismatched band mates in […]Read On »


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TV Review: DALLAS – Season 2 – “A Call to Arms”

DALLAS - Season 2 - "A Call To Arms" | ©2013 TNT/Zade Rosenthal

Stars: Patrick Duffy, Brenda Strong, Linda Gray, Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo Writer: Gail Gilchriest Director: Ken Topolsky Network: TNT, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: April 8th,  2013 Sex, drugs and lies pretty much sums up this week’s DALLAS. Everyone plots, schemes and lies to get what they want. So, it makes sense when even the truth is too much for some. When John Ross (Josh Henderson) tells Pamela (Julia Gonzalo) her father was to blame for the explosion that killed her babies she hardly believes him, throwing him out. Sometimes it’s easier to live a fallacy […]Read On »


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CD Review: THREE AMIGOS! soundtrack

THREE AMIGOS! soundtrack | ©2013 Perseverance Records

Credit longtime Elmer Bernstein fan (and family friend) John Landis as the guy who thought the composer’s important orchestral style could be applied to hilarious ends by being played straight in ANIMAL HOUSE. It was a film that made Bernstein an inadvertent king of comedy by unwinkingly using his old-school sound for the likes of AIRPLANE! STRIPES and GHOSTBUSTERS. So it was natural that Landis would call on Bernstein to inadvertently spoof the Oscar-nominated western sound of TRUE GRIT and THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN for three not-so magnificent silent movie stars fooled into becoming real heroes in 1986’s THREE AMIGOS!  Bernstein’s […]Read On »


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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 16 Recap: Lisa Vanderpump gets bumped from DWTS

Tom Bergeorn, Lisa Vanderpump and Gleb Savchenko in DANCING WITH THE STARS | ©2013 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: D.L. Hughley, Jacoby Jones, Lisa Vanderpump, Andy Dick, Victor Ortiz, Zendaya Coleman, Aly Raisman, Ingo Rademacher, Kellie Pickler, Sean Lowe Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: April 9th, 2013 The reality of DANCING WITH THE STARS has hit Lisa Vanderpump hard. As she recovers from the flu, she is also voted out second on season 16 alongside new pro Gleb Savchenko. Still, she proudly did her dance last night feeling under the weather and can be feel good about that. All felt good watching the pro girls open the show with a red hot number before a quick […]Read On »


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TV Review: VIKINGS – Season One – “Burial of the Dead”

Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) takes over as Earl in VIKINGS "Burial of the Dead" | (c) 2013 History/Jonathan Hession

Cast: Travis Fimmel, Clive Standen, Katheryn Winnick, Gabriel Byrne, Gustaf Skarsgard, Jessalyn Gilsig, George Blagden Writer: Michael Hirst Director: Ciaran Donnelly Network: Airs on History, Sundays at 10 p.m. Original Telecast: April 7, 2013 “Burial of the Dead” was the episode that has been building since the very first episode of the season on VIKINGS. It was the final confrontation between Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and the leader of their Nordic tribe Earl Haraldson (Gabriel Byrne) and the culmination of nearly everything we have seen on the show up until this point. Given the brutality of “Raid” from last week […]Read On »


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