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TV Review: DALLAS – Season 2 – “Battle Lines” – Season Premiere

Jordana Brewster on DALLAS "Battle Lines" | (c) 2013 TNT/Skip Bolen

Stars: Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Brenda Strong, Linda Gray, Josh Henderson, Jesse Metcalfe, Jordana Brewster, Julie Gonzalo Writers: Cynthia Cidre & Robert L. Rovner Director: Michael M. Robin Network: TNT, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: Jan. 28th,  2012 Sadness and excitement can be felt with the kick off of DALLAS: season two. With the loss of Larry Hagman, though not yet dealt with on the show – he finished six episodes before his death last November, I still can’t help while watching some of his last performances that soon there will be no more. As distracting as it can be, […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: HOUSE OF LIES’ Ben Schwartz talks Season 2

Ben Schwartz as Clyde Oberholt in House of Lies | (c) 2013 Michael Desmond/SHOWTIME

HOUSE OF LIES, Showtime’s dark comedy about a team of ruthless management consultants, is now in its second season, Sunday nights at 10 PM. In the series created by Matthew Carnahan, Ben Schwartz plays team member Clyde Oberholt, who envies boss Marty Kaan (Don Cheadle, who is also one of the show’s producers) and would like to seduce colleague Jeannie van der Hooven (Kristen Bell). As a performer, Bronx native Schwartz is also a member of the comedy group Upright Citizens Brigade and has a recurring role as Jean-Ralphio on PARKS AND RECREATION, as well as voicing the animated hero […]Read On »


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TV Review: SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED – “Enemies of Rome” – Season Premiere

Spartacus ( Liam McIntyre) in SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED Enemies of Rome | (c) 2013 Starz Entertainment

Stars: Liam McIntyre, Manu Bennett, Dan Feuerriegel, Simon Merrells, Todd Lasance, Christian Antidormi,  Cynthia Addai-Robinson Writer: Steven S. DeKnight, Created by Steven S. DeKnight Director: Mark Beesley Network: STARZ, airs Friday nights Original Telecast: January 25, 2013 SPARTACUS WAR OF THE DAMNED is here! The final chapter in the STARZ SPARTACUS saga and boy oh boy is this last season going to be a doozy. If you thought the boundaries were pushed before in terms of blood, violence, sex, and more blood and violence; you had better hold onto your butts. Before I get to the first episode “Enemies of […]Read On »


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TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 8 – “Torn and Frayed”

Jared Padalecki as Sam in SUPERNATURAL "Torn and Frayed" | (c) 2013 iane Hentscher/The CW

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark A. Sheppard, Osric Chau, Ty Olsson, Liane Balaban, Amanda Tapping, Vincent Gale, Tyler Johnston Writer: Jenny Klein, series created by Eric Kripke Director: Robert Singer Network: The CW, Wednesdays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: January 16, 2013 SUPERNATURAL comes roaring back from its winter break with a zippy catch-up montage set to Bob Seger’s “Katmandu,” and then launched into “Torn and Frayed,” which is how Sam (Jared Padalecki), Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Castiel (Misha Collins) all feel, what with the brothers relatively estranged and Cass trying to cope with urges he doesn’t […]Read On »


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TV Review: ARROW – Season 1 – “Trust but Verify”

Stephen Amell as The Arrow in "Trust But Verify" | (c) 2013 Jack Rowand/The CW

Stars:  Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Paul Blackthorne, Colin Donnell, Susanna Thompson, Colin Salmon, Willa Holland, David Ramsey Writer:  Gabrielle Stanton Director: Nick Copus Network: The CW, airs Wednesday Nights Original Telecast: January 23, 2013 After meandering a bit with last week’s episode, “Trust but Verify” gets ARROW back on track in a big way with a taught, filler-free episode that juggles four satisfying storylines with remarkable agility. The main story concerns a gang of criminals on a deadly armored car robbery spree.  This, quite reasonably, attracts the attention of Oliver Queen, (Stephen Amell), and John Diggle, (David Ramsey), who, as […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS

HANSEL & GRETEL WITCH HUNTERS |(c) 2013 Paramount Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala,Thomas Mann, Peter Stormare Writers: Tommy Wirkola and D.W. Harper Director: Tommy Wirkola Distributor: Paramount Release Date: January 25, 2013 There are a lot of good ideas in HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, not the least of which was having Tommy Wirkola direct and co-write (with D.W. Harper). Wirkola’s previous film, the Norwegian-language Nazi zombie movie DEAD SNOW, displayed some of the antic spirit of Sam Raimi’s EVIL DEAD movies. The trouble is that some of the elements in HANSEL & GRETEL require a different sort of tone, and this […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: LAST RESORT creator Shawn Ryan gives the scoop on the show’s finale

A scene from one of the last episodes of LAST RESORT on ABC | (c) 2013 ABC/MARIO PEREZ

Producer/writer Shawn Ryan had seven years on FX with his creation THE SHIELD, the award-winning drama about a very dirty LAPD detective. He also had four seasons as executive producer of THE UNIT, about a U.S. special forces team. His most recent series, 2010’s detective show TERRIERS for FX and 2011’s exploration of the intersection between police and city government THE CHICAGO CODE for Fox, were both likewise powerful shows, but both wrapped up after 13 episodes. LAST RESORT, the ABC drama Ryan co-created with Karl Gajdusek, wraps up its thirteen-episode run this Thursday at 8 PM. The series concerns […]Read On »


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TV Review: CASTLE – Season 5 – “Death Gone Crazy”

Nathan Fillion as Castle in CASTLE | (c) 2013 ABC/PETER "HOPPER" STONE

Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Tamala Jones, Seamus Deaver, Jon Huertas, Penny Johnson Jerald Writer:  Jason Wilborn Director: Bill Roe Network: ABC, Monday nights, 10 p.m. Original Telecast: January 21, 2013 It’s business as usual on CASTLE this week with a charming, but not terribly deep episode, “Death Gone Crazy,” featuring a soft-core video porn king getting strangled with a really expensive bra in the ladies’ room at the video launch party. Unusually, this one is pretty much all about the case. Okay, Esposito (Jon Huertas) gets friendly with one of the suspects, Scarlett Jones (Kelly Hu) – they have so […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 8 – “The Archaeologist in the Cocoon”

Brennan (Emily Deschanel) investigates the death of an archeologist in BONES | (c) 2013 Patrick McElhenney/FOX

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Eugene Byrd, Amy Yasbeck, Anya Manzikova, Zoran Korach, Gary Grubbs, Joseph Williamson Writers: Sanford Golden & Karen Wyscarver, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Jeannot Swarcz Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: January 14, 2013 “The Archaeologist in the Cocoon,” the second half of the BONES two-hour event, finds the normally competitive Brennan (Emily Deschanel) going into overdrive when Dr. Clark Edison (Eugene Byrd), normally a lab assistant, is given the task of examining fossilized bones. The upshot […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE FOLLOWING – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Season Premiere

Former FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) is brought in to track down Joe Carroll in THE FOLLOWING | (c) 2013 Fox

Stars: Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Natalie Zea, Shawn Ashmore, Jeananne Goossen, Billy Brown Writers: Kevin Williamson Director: Marcos Siega Network: Airs on Fox, Mondays @ 9 p.m. Original Telecast: Jan. 21, 2013 Having watched every episode of the excellent Fox series 24, I wasn’t sure how THE FOLLOWING might follow in its footsteps (if at all) or if it would be an altogether new series. Turns out from the initial “Pilot” episode, it will be a bit of both. First off, THE FOLLOWING appears it won’t be for the faint of heart. There were literally dead bodies everywhere in the […]Read On »


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