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TV Review: DO NO HARM – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Series Premiere

Steven Pasquale in DO NO HARM | ©2013 NBC/Matthias Clamer

Stars: Steven Pasquale, Alana De La Garza, Michael Esper, Ruta Gedmintas, Phylicia Rashad, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Samm Levine, John Carroll Lynch Writer: David Schulner, series created by David Schulner Director: Michael Mayer Network: NBC, Thursdays @ 10 PM Airdate: January 31, 2013 Four and a half years after the schizophrenic spy drama MY OWN WORST ENEMY came and went, NBC is trying another split personality story with DO NO HARM. This one is closer to DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (considered the wellspring of the genre), as the good side, Jason Cole (Steven Pasquale), really is a doctor and the bad […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: SHAKE IT UP star ZENDAYA talks her hit Disney Channel series

Zendaya in SHAKE IT UP - "Love and War it Up" | ©Disney Channel/Eric McCandless

Zendaya stars as Rocky Blue, along with Bella Thorne, who stars as CeCe Jones on the hit Disney Channel Show SHAKE IT UP. SHAKE IT UP is about two young girls whose dream is to dance. Getting a job on the dance show SHAKE IT UP they find their dream has come true. ASSIGNMENT X sat down recently with Zendaya to talk about the show. ASSIGNMENT X: What do you like about SHAKE IT UP? ZENDAYA: I like the fact, especially this season that we are getting into real issues. Real issues that teenage girls and families and people all […]Read On »


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TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 8 – “LARP and the Real Girl”

Felicia Day in SUPERNATURAL - Season 8 - "LARP and the Real Girl" | ©2013 The CW/Cate Cameron

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Felicia Day, Hank Harris, Tiffany DuPont, Don Thompson Writer: Robbie Thompson, series created by Eric Kripke Director: Jeannot Szwarc Network: The CW, Wednesdays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: January 23, 2013 When SUPERNATURAL tries to do a lighthearted episode, it often gets too cute for its own good. The show also has had issues with guest and recurring female characters. However, when Felicia Day’s happily fannish lesbian hacker Charlie Bradbury was introduced last season, everything went right as she helped Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) battle evil Leviathan Dick Roman. Dick, as we […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS Los Angeles Premiere

Jeremy Renner at the Los Angeles Premiere of HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS | ©2013 Sue Schneider

Paramount Pictures held the Los Angeles Premiere of HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS on January 24th at the TCL Chinese Theatre (formally Grauman’s) in Hollywood. Expecting rain the red carpet was tented just in case. Walking the carpet were the stars of the movie, which included: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Derek Mears, Peter Stormare, Pihla Viitala, writer/director Tommy Wirkola, Producers: Will Ferrell and Kevin Messick, composer Atli Orvarsson and Monique Ganderton (stunt double for Famke Janssen). Joining them were guests, which included: Grant Bowler, Marley Shelton, Rick Yune, Zoe Bell, and Stephanie Corneliussen. HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS […]Read On »


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Interview: DALLAS star Julie Gonzalo talks Season 2 and being a villain on TV

Julie Gonzalo in DALLAS - Season 2 - "Battle Lines" | ©2013 TNT/Skip Bolan

Julie Gonzalo feels especially blessed to be working in a field where more than half of her fellow actors are still looking for a steady gig and to also be a part of a hit TV show. Gonzalo plays the conniving daughter of Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) – Pamela Barnes on DALLAS. The show now beginning its second season proved to be a hit last summer when it premiered. The success of the show has certainly made people notice Gonzalo. “I definitely have a lot more fans,” laughs Gonzalo. “It’s really nice when you put your work out there and […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 8 – “The Corpse in the Canopy”

Booth (David Boreanaz) races against time to catch Christopher Pelant in the "The Corpse in the Canopy" episode of BONES | (c) 2013 Jordin Althaus/FOX

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Patricia Belcher, Andrew Leeds, Henry Simmons, Reed Diamond Writer: Jonathan Collier, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Rob Hardy Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Original Telecast: January 23, 2013 Michaela Conlin’s gentle Angela is often the voice of hope and patience on BONES, and TJ Thyne as her husband Hodgins is frequently a source of quirky levity. In “The Corpse and the Canopy,” however, both characters are deeply and understandably upset and outraged start to finish, […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: PRETTY LITTLE LIARS star Shay Mitchell Gets Scandalous in Season 3

Shay Mitchell stars in PRETTY LITTLE LIARS | (c) 2013 ABC FAMILY/ERIC MCCANDLESS

On PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, now in its third season on ABC Family Tuesday nights at 8 PM, Shay Mitchell plays Emily Fields, one of a quartet of high school friends – the others are Troian Bellasario’s Spencer, Lucy Hale’s Aria and Ashley Benson’s Hanna – being tormented by an anonymous and possibly homicidal stalker. “A” was unmasked last season, but someone else, indeed apparently more than one person, has taken up the mantle. Mitchell, who originally hails from Toronto, takes a moment to catch up on where Emily and the LIARS gang are at the moment. AX: In what we’ve […]Read On »


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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA Highlights this week in Blu-ray and DVD Releases

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA | (c) 2013 Sony Pictures 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: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA – This is one hell of a fun movie. Made for kids but with a ton of great gags for adults that always makes watching these type of films with your children that much better. Count Dracula is deathly afraid of humans. So much so, […]Read On »


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TV Review: DALLAS – Season 2 – “Venomous Creatures”

Larry Hagman on DALLAS "Venomous Creatures" | (c) 2013 TNT/Skip Bolen

Stars: Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Brenda Strong, Linda Gray, Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo Writer: Cynthia Cidre Warner Horizon, David Jacobs Director: Steve Robin Network: TNT, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: Jan. 28th,  2012 Heartbreak opens episode two of DALLAS with recovering alcoholic Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) about to pour herself a drink, Annie (Brenda Strong in a very solid performance) bedridden because of a harsh rejection from her now 22-year-old daughter and John Ross (Josh Henderson), though not one to admit it, seething with anger while watching the love of his life Elena (Jordana Brewster) be […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: THE FOLLOWING’s creator Kevin Williamson talks serial killers and Season 1

The FBI dive deeper into the mind of serial killer Joe Carroll in THE FOLLOWING | (c) 2013 David Fiesbrecth/Fox

Kevin Williamson famously created the big-screen SCREAM franchise and, as executive producer/writer brought L.J. Smith’s VAMPIRE DIARIES novels to television in the successful series still running on the CW, where Williamson had previously created DAWSON’S CREEK. Williamson’s new series creation, THE FOLLOWING, is both bloodier and more serious than his previous work. THE FOLLOWING, which airs on Fox Mondays at 9 PM, deals with haunted FBI Special Agent Ryan Harding, played by Kevin Bacon. Ryan once before put away charming, brilliant serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy), at great psychological and personal cost. In the first episode, Joe escaped from […]Read On »


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