SPOTLIGHT Magnify

MAMA Highlights this week in Blu-ray and DVD Releases

MAMA | (c) 2013 Universal 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: MAMA  – A pretty good but pretty sad horror flick about two girls that get lost once their father goes off the deep end and takes them to a remote shack in the middle of nowhere after killing his wife. As he just about kills the girls […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

TV Review: ARROW – Season 1 – “Darkness on the Edge of Town”

THE CW logo | ©The CW

Stars:  Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Paul Blackthorne, Colin Donnell, Susanna Thompson, Colin Salmon, Willa Holland, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, John Barrowman, Manu Bennett Writer:  Drew Z. Greenberg & Wendy Mericle Director: John Behring Network: The CW, airs Wednesday Nights Original Telecast: May 8, 2013 ARROW is normally at its strongest when it operates in shades of grey, but “Darkness on the Edge of Town” gives us a black & white, good vs. evil battle between Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman).  This is not necessarily a bad thing, though, because, while both men are hood-wearing vigilantes […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

Exclusive Interview: Jason O’Mara rolls the VEGAS dice

Jason O'Mara in VEGAS | ©2012 CBS/Lorey Sebastian

In VEGAS, Dennis Quaid plays farmer-turned-Las Vegas sheriff Ralph Lamb, who has to team up with casino owner/gangster Vincent Savino, played by Michael Chiklis, in the first-season finale, CBS, Friday May 10 at 9 PM. Jason O’Mara plays Jack Lamb, Ralph’s brother and now a deputy sheriff who has become romantically entangled with mob boss’ daughter Mia Rizzo, played by Sarah Jones. This situation has cost Jack dearly. As VEGAS is set in 1960-61, this marks the third TV series in a row that’s seen O’Mara playing a period role. He previously starred in the U.S. remake of LIFE ON […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

Exclusive Interview: Jake Shimabukuro on JAKE SHIMABUKURO: LIFE ON FOUR STRINGS

Jake Shimabukuro in JAKE SHIMABUKURO: LIFE IN FOUR STRINGS | ©2013 PBS

Jake Shimabukuro is a Hawaii-born ukulele virtuoso who shot to worldwide fame when a video of him playing George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in Central Park hit YouTube and went viral. Filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura has made a documentary about Shimabukuro, his success and his music in the documentary JAKE SHIMABUKURO: LIFE ON FOUR STRINGS, which airs tonight, Friday May 10, on PBS (check listings for local airtimes). After giving a rousing mini-concert and doing a question-and-answer panel with Nakamura, Shimabukuro makes himself available for a follow-up discussion about his passion for the ukulele, which he pronounces the Hawaiian […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

Exclusive Interview: Daniela Bobadilla talks ANGER MANAGEMENT

Daniela Bobadilia in ANGER MANAGEMENT - Season 2 | ©2013 FX/Frank Ockenfels/FX

On FX’s half-hour comedy ANGER MANAGEMENT, with new episodes currently airing Thursdays at 9 and 9:30 PM, Charlie Sheen plays anger management psychotherapist Charlie Goodson, who has some issues of his own. He is also the father of teenaged daughter Sam, played by Daniela Bobadilla. Bobadilla, who previously played the pregnant girlfriend of the Jason Isaacs’ character’s son on AWAKE, is a few years older than Sam in real life. Talking over the din at a party thrown by Fox and FX at the Television Critics Association press tour, the Mexico-born actress sounds like she’s enjoying the unusually fast pace […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

Breaking News: Neil Gaiman chats DOCTOR WHO and the return of the Cyberman

DOCTOR WHO - Series 7B - "Nightmare in Silver" | ©2013 BBCAmerica

This Saturday May 11 on BBCAmerica, the Cyberman return on DOCTOR WHO for an episode entitled “Nightmare in Silver” written by author and sometime WHO scribe Neil Gaiman. Gaiman spoke to the press today about his latest gig and revealed some cool things about his forthcoming episode. The big mandate, according to Gaiman, was making the Cyberman scary again. “[Executive Producer Stephen Moffat] said if I could find the time, he would love it if I could make the Cyberman scary again,” says Gaiman. “When I was a kid, I was a huge Patrick Troughton fan and he was my […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

Interview: Robert Downey Jr. suits up again for IRON MAN 3

Robert Downey Jr. in IRON MAN 3 | ©2013 Marvel Studios/Disney

If last year’s THE AVENGERS was any indication, Marvel Studios knows how to manage its stable of comic book characters in film and how to maximize storylines, characters and talent over the course of multiple movies. Anchoring THE AVENGERS was Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire Tony Stark, aka Iron Man and now he’s back flying solo again with IRON MAN 3. Although this could be viewed as a direct sequel to THE AVENGERS (Stark has post-traumatic stress from saving the world from invading aliens), the latest film directed by Shane Black (taking over from Jon Favreau) grounds the film in […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

Interview: Jesse Spencer adds heat to CHICAGO FIRE

Jesse Spencer in CHICAGO FIRE - Season 1 - "Leaders Lead" | ©2013 NBC/Elizabeth Morris

On NBC’s CHICAGO FIRE, currently running Wednesdays at 10 PM and just picked up for a second season, Jesse Spencer plays Windy City firefighter Matthew Casey. Casey has a lot going on at all times, what with a romantic quadrangle going on, his desire for revenge against a local criminal organization and of course literally putting out fires. Viewers of CHICAGO FIRE and Spencer’s previous U.S. series, HOUSE, where he played Dr. Robert Chase for eight years, would never know the actor hails from Australia. He does a terrific American accent when portraying American characters, but when talking about his […]Read On »


COMMENTS (1)

Exclusive Interview: ROGUE brain trust Matthew Parkhill, Nick Hamm and Patty Ishimoto on DirectTV’s first series

ROGUE | ©2013 DirectTV

ROGUE, Wednesday nights on DirecTV, follows former Oakland undercover cop Grace, played by Thandie Newton, who becomes so obsessed with finding the killer of her child that she’s taken off the force. With no badge, Grace goes back to her old false identity within the local mob run by Marton Csokas’s character Jimmy to uncover the truth. At the Television Critics Association press tour, ROGUE has already had its cast and creators question and answer panel in the main ballroom at the Pasadena Langham Hotel. Now ROGUE’s creator/supervising producer/creator Matthew Parkhill and executive producer Nick Hamm, both British, are hanging out […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)

DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 16 Recap: Sean Lowe kicked off DWTS

Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 16 | ©2013 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Jacoby Jones, Zendaya Coleman, Aly Raisman, Ingo Rademacher, Kellie Pickler, Sean Lowe Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: May 7th, 2013 The Bachelor is denied a rose on DANCING WITH THE STARS. Sean Lowe with partner Peta Murgatroyd is cast off the show in week eight, just one week shy of the semi finals. It was time for him to leave and start making wedding plans while the final five get back to hard work for the semi finals. Ironically, the only other celeb who could have possibly gone home before Lowe was Ingo Mademacher who, with partner […]Read On »


COMMENTS (0)
Increase your website traffic with Attracta.com

Dr.5z5 Open Feed Directory
bottom round