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Exclusive Interview: Stefanie Powers put the girl power in THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E.

By CARL CORTEZ | 10/25/2011
THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. DVD - PART 1 | ©Warner Bros.

While everyone fondly remembers the Robert Vaughn series THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., many forget a one-season spin-off starring Stefanie Powers landed on the air in 1967. Called THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. the series followed Powers as April Dancer – a spy who worked for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement and flexed her sexy muscles to combat the bad guys. You could say she put the Powers in Girl Power. The show only lasted for 29 episodes, but the series is looked back at very fondly by fans who fell in love with one of the first empowered […]Read On »


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TV Review and Recap: DANCING WITH THE STARS – Season 13 – Week 6 – “Broadway Week”

By PAMELA HARLAND | 10/24/2011
Maksim Chmerkovskiy on DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 13 | ©2011 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Chaz Bono, David Arquette, Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Hope Solo Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: October 24th, 2011 It’s Broadway week on DANCING WITH THE STARS and oh, how the drama came to life on stage and off. Famous theatrical numbers accompanied the Cha Cha Cha, the Foxtrot, the Rumba, the Tango and the Quickstep tonight for the couples. JERSEY BOY, SPAMALOT, GREASE, GUYS & DOLLS, and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA were some of the Broadway hits musically pilfered tonight for the dynamic duos. But the drama didn’t stop once the band […]Read On »


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CD review: SPELLBINDER (1,200 edition) soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
SPELLBINDER soundtrack | ©2011 La La Land Records

Though Basil Poledouris was better known in the 1980’s for the uber-heroic orchestral damage of such scores as CONAN, RED DAWN and ROBOCOP, some of the late composer’s most creative scores were being done for synths, from the wildly percussive car chases of NO MAN’S LAND to the eerie sci-fi western stylings of the HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN. If there’s one electro-centric score of Poledouris’ that truly held hypnotically evil sway, then it would be 1987’s SPELLBINDER. This little-seen, but very effective chiller cast TOP GUN’s Rick Rossovich as the hunk who falls bad for uncanny hottie Kelly […]Read On »


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TV Review: ONCE UPON A TIME – Season 1 – “Pilot”

By ANNE LOUISE BANNON |
Ginnifer Goodwin in ONCE UPON A TIME - Season 1 | ©2011 ABC/Kharen Hill

Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Jared Gilmore, Josh Dallas, Raphael Sbarge Writer: Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis Director: Mark Mylod Network: ABC, Sunday nights, 8 p.m. Original Telecast: October 23, 2011 Once upon a time, back in 1987, ABC put on a situation comedy called THE CHARMINGS  in which the Evil Queen (Judy Parfitt), in a fit of rage that Snow White had survived after all, cast a spell so powerful, it sent Snow, Prince Eric (Christopher Rich) and their two boys, the Queen and a Dwarf, to modern suburbia.  Their confusion with their fairy tale beginnings and real life made for much merriment, but not enough […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE WALKING DEAD – Season 2 – “Bloodletting”

By ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG |
Jon Bernthal, Andrew Lincoln, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jane McNeill, Lauren Cohan, Scott Wilson and Chandler Riggs in THE WALKING DEAD - Season 2 - "Bloodletting" | ©2011 AMC/Bob Mahoney

Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, Melissa Suzanne McBride, Madison Lintz, IronE Singleton, Lauren Cohan, Scott Wilson, Neil Brown Jr.  Writer: Ardeth Bey and Robert Kirkman Director:  Ernest Dickerson and Gwyneth Horder-Payton Network: AMC, airs Sunday nights  Original Telecast: October 16, 2011 In the second episode of THE WALKING DEAD Season 2, “Bloodletting,” Rick (Andrew Lincoln) finds a possible safe haven for the group while seeking help for Carl (Chandler Riggs), and Shane (Jon Bernthal) undertakes a mission to obtain medical supplies to save Carl’s life. New friends are […]Read On »


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TV Review: DEXTER – Season 6 – “Smokey and the Bandit”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF | 10/23/2011
Michael C. Hall in DEXTER - Season 6 | ©2011 Showtime

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Geoff Pierson, Edward James Olmos, Colin Hanks, Brea Grant, Mos, Ronny Cox Writer: Manny Coto Director: Stefan Schwartz Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 9 PM Release Date: October 16, 2011 In the teen years, when other kids were worshipping athletes and rock stars, Dexter idolized – who else? – serial killers. In the DEXTER episode “Smokey and the Bandit,” we learn that one of Dexter’s persons of interest was the Tooth Fairy, a never-caught prolific murderer whose signature was stealing a tooth from […]Read On »


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CD Review: OUR IDIOT BROTHER soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
OUR IDIOT BROTHER soundtrack | ©2011 ABKCO

A pleasant LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE vibe fills the soundtrack of a movie that’s far more human comedy than the stoner one its ads would lead you to believe. IDIOT’s band of loveable losers gets a similarly ironic, if more low-key vibe on their path to self-actualization, especially with this pleasantly eclectic soundtrack. BROTHER certainly starts on the right foot with Eric D. Johnson’s whimsical interpretation of the Tony Orlando and Dawn hit “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” with plenty of pointed strumming to follow with Johnson’s “2 Roadrunners” and “The Fruit Bat’s “Lightning Bug.” But is […]Read On »


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CD Review: A LONELY PLACE TO DIE

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
A LONELY PLACE TO DIE soundtrack | ©2011 Movie Score Media

You wouldn’t think of the Scottish highlands as a place abounding with cliffhanging thrills better suited for Sylvester Stallone. Yet promising action composer Michael Richard Plowman (SPLINTER CELL) gives his all to build a convincing, musically formidable mountain for A LONELY PLACE TO DIE – kidnapping thriller-cum-wilderness adventure. Having last given Union Jack-waving glory to the WW2 AGE OF HEROES on the Movie Score Media label, the English composer is back on MSM to deliver more noteworthy thrills. With just a bit of pipes and flutes to get across the Celtic location, Plowman uses an engaging number of approaches for […]Read On »


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TV Review: DEXTER – Season 6 – “Once Upon a Time …”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF | 10/22/2011
Michael C. Hall in DEXTER - Season 6 | ©2011 Showtime

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Edward James Olmos, Colin Hanks, Molly Parker, Brea Grant, Geoff Pierson, Mos Def Writer: Tim Schlattmann Director: SJ Clarkson Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 9 PM Release Date: October 9, 2011 No DEXTER episode is ever less than good, and “Once Upon a Time …” has plenty to recommend it: big changes for Dexter’s (Michael C. Hall) sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), Dexter’s relationship with (and concerns about) his two-year-old son Harrison and a very solid guest performance by Mos Def as an ex-con […]Read On »


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CD Review: THE SPACE CHILDREN / THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK soundtrack

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER |
THE SPACE CHILDREN / COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK soundtrack | ©2011 Film Score Monthly

Music for a beneficent space brain and a giant killer robot packed with some screwed-up dura mater fill up this impressive double feature of great sci-fi music, composed by the strikingly-named Van Cleave (first name Nathan). While better known (if uncredited) for the underscore of WHITE CHRISTMAS, it’s Van Cleave’s sci-fi scores for the likes of ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (also put out by Film Score Monthly), CONQUEST OF SPACE and numerous TWILIGHT ZONE episodes that stand as career highlights. But where Van Cleave used CONQUEST and ROBINSON to play the heroism and peril of the outer limits, 1958’s THE […]Read On »


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