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Blu-ray Review: HOP

By CARL CORTEZ | 03/30/2012
HOP - Blu-ray | ©2012 Universal Home Entertainment

Rating: PG Stars: James Marsden, the voice of Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco, the voice of Hank Azaria, the voice of Hugh Laurie Writers: Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio and Brian Lynch, based on a story by Paul and Daurio Director: Tim Hill Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Suggested Retail Price: $39.98 While Santa Claus has the market cornered on movies made on his life, the Easter Bunny, the second most important children’s holiday icon, has not been overly exploited as it could have been. Aside from the classic Rankin-Bass stop motion animated productions in the early 1970s (THE EASTER BUNNY […]Read On »


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TV Review: COMMUNITY – Season 3 – “Digital Exploration of Interior Design”

By CARL CORTEZ |
John Goodman in COMMUNITY - Season 3 - "Digital-Exploration-of-Interior-Design" | ©2012 NBC

Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase, Jim Rash Writer: Chris McKenna Director:  Dan Eckman Network: NBC, airs Thursday nights Original Telecast: March 29, 2012 CHUCK was shameless and appreciative of their association with Subway. The sandwich company was incorporated into the fabric of the show – which, along with the fans, was integral in keeping the series on the air as long as it did. Now COMMUNITY is biting the Subway hand that feeds with its hilarious new episode “Digital Exploration Of Interior Design.” A new sandwich shop […]Read On »


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CD Review: KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING soundtrack | ©2012 38 Studios

An undead knight is out for Kratos-level payback in this fantasy RPG, and it’s up to Grant Kirkhope to go Medieval with a far more mature bit of musical creature-trouncing than he’d dealt with in such previous child-friendly games as GRABBED BY THE GHOULIES and BANJO KAZOOIE. Thankfully for Kirkhope’s sake, KINGDOM‘s warrior will have everything on his lethal list of grievances except for this score, as Kirkhope does RECKONING‘s wrath proud with an exhilarating soundtrack that plays like equal parts LORD OF THE RINGS and STAR WARS – minus much of the dirge-like bits that go along with a […]Read On »


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TV Review: TOUCH – Season 1 – “Safety In Numbers”

By CARL CORTEZ |
Danny Glover in TOUCH - Season 1 - "Safety in Numbers" | ©2012 Fox/Kelsey McNeal

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, David Mazouz, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Danny Glover Writer: Carol Barbee Director: Stephen Williams Network: Fox, airs Thursday nights Original Telecast: March 30, 2012 Every time a show proves to be as good out of the gate as TOUCH, you almost fear that the inevitable downslide is coming. SMASH and ALCATRAZ are perfect examples of first season series that started off strong and faltered quickly. I’m hoping the bigger picture of TOUCH, since it has proven to be so focused, will be the exception to the rule. It appears it has a pretty detailed plan all mapped out in […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 3 – “Break on Through”

By SEAN ELLIOTT |
Torrey DeVitto in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - Season 3 - "Break on Through" | ©2012 The CW/Quantrell D. Colbert

Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder Writer: Rebecca Sonnenshine, Based on the book by L.J. Smith Director: Lance Anderson   Network: The CW, airs Thursday nights Original Telecast: March 22, 2012 Hmmm, two episodes back in and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES still doesn’t feel like it’s quite up to its potential. This series has been one of my favorite guilty pleasures for a couple of years, but following on the heels of the original vamp storyline this season, it seems that the writers are at a loss as to what to do next (besides bodily harm to Alaric (Matt Davis). So […]Read On »


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The Great HUNGER GAMES Rip-Off

By REGENT ST. CLAIRE |
Jennifer Lawrence in THE HUNGER GAMES | ©2012 Lionsgate

They say that there are only seven stories, aka plots, and that every story we’ve ever read, heard, or seen in a film, is either one of those seven, or a combination of one or more of them. Proof of this was recently hammered home in a big way via the AVATAR/POCAHONTAS/FERNGULLY debacle. While I’m a big fan of mash-ups, aka taking elements of several existing stories, lyrics, or melodies, and making them into one new-ish one, I do find it odd that with all the hoopla surrounding this season’s darling, THE HUNGER GAMES – no one seems to remember […]Read On »


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AMERICAN IDOL Season 11 recap: Heejun Han is no He-Man, Gets Eliminated

By PETER BROWN |
Heejun Han is eliminated on AMERICAN IDOL - Season 11 | ©2012 Fox/Phil Mcarten

Cast: Ryan Seacrest, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson Network: Fox, airs Wednesdays and Thursdays @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: March 29, 2012 It was go-home time on the world’s greatest karaoke competition, AMERICAN IDOL, as once again someone gets the boot. As you know by now, Heejun Han got eliminated with Hollie Cavanaugh and Skylar Laine in the bottom three. I’ll break down how it happened in terms of the elimination as usual with the benefit of you not having to sit through another lame Ford commercial, footage of the contestants moving into the mansion (although Skylar’s reactions were […]Read On »


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CD Review: WINSTON CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINY soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER | 03/29/2012
WINSTON CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINY soundtrack | ©2012 Intrada Records

When so many documentaries are hampered by the budget to truly give them a rousing sense of history, Lee Holdridge has often been lucky to bring the battle-filled past alive with the army of a full orchestra, giving his music the stuff of legend for such Intrada-released soundtracks as THE EXPLORERS and IN SEARCH OF PEACE, Holdridge’s rousingly dramatic, and deeply emotional approach is no better suited than for one of WW2’s most tenacious figures in WINSTON CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINY. Never before had Britain seemed on the verge of annihilation than during the Nazi blitzkrieg, if not for the […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Chevy Chase is on COMMUNITY and you’re not

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Chevy Chase in COMMUNITY - Season 3 | ©2012 NBC/Mitchell Haaseth

To the delight of its devoted fans, COMMUNITY has resumed its third season on Thursday nights at 8 PM. Created by Dan Harmon, the half-hour comedy started with the premise of young lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) having to return to community college to shore up his law degree, but as it proceeded, the show has taken on movie parodies, Claymation and all manner of other unpredictable content. Chevy Chase co-stars as Pierce Hawthorne, who made a fortune in the moist towelette business but joins the central study group as a way to make friends, even though he’s not very […]Read On »


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AMERICAN IDOL Season 11 recap: Elise Testone Rocks Led Zeppelin, Jessica Sanchez Amazes Again

By PETER BROWN |
Elise Testone performs on AMERICAN IDOL - Season 11 - "The Top 9 Perform" | ©2012 Fox/Michael Becker

Cast: Ryan Seacrest, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson Network: Fox, airs Wednesdays and Thursdays @ 8 p.m. Original Telecast: March 28, 2012 Something interesting happened last week on the world’s greatest karaoke competition, AMERICAN IDOL, I got all the picks right. I’m as shocked as you. I predicted that Erika Van Pelt, Heejun Han and DeAndre Brackensick would be in the bottom and that Erica would be going home. That’s what happened. I guess the sun does shine on a dog’s ass every so often. Anyway, this week on IDOL the contestants are singing songs from their own personal […]Read On »


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