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AFM 2011: Chuck Norris classics GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK and THE OCTAGON make comeback

By A.C. FERRANTE | 11/08/2011
GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK movie poster | ©American Cinema Releasing

While many people are excited by the new product on display at 2011’s American Film Market, sometimes it’s classic titles making a comeback that gain considerable buzz. Case in point Gorilla Pictures which recently made a deal to get three classic Chuck Norris films back into distribution after languishing in the vaults for many years. GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK, THE OCTAGON and A FORCE OF ONE are the early 1980s classics that put Norris on the map, and Gorilla has made a five-picture Action Pack (including FORCE: FIVE and ACAPULCO GOLD – two additional films not starring Norris) that they’ve […]Read On »


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TV Review: DEXTER – Season 6 – “Just Let Go”

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

Rating: TV-MA 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, Mos, Billy Brown, Mariana Klaveno, Germaine De Leon, Christian Camargo Writer: Jace Richdale, series based on the books by Jeff Lindsay Director: John Dahl Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 9 PM Release Date: November 6, 2011 Maybe the idea all along is to have Dexter (Michael C. Hall) simply going through his own journey of faith parallel to the depredations of religious fanatic Professor Gellar (Edward James Olmos) without actually intersecting with it on […]Read On »


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TV Review: DANCING WITH THE STARS – Season 13 – Week 8 – “Instant Jive Night”

By PAMELA HARLAND |
J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff in DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 13 | ©2011 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Hope Solo Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: November 7th, 2011 It’s Instant Jive night on DANCING WITH THE STARS and all the couples had two dances to learn. In record speed – 20 minutes as co-host Brooke Burke Charvet kept repeating – the dynamic duos had to put the moves they’ve practiced all week together with music they just heard, just like last season’s Instant Cha Cha Cha. The results – mixed. Some, like middle-of-the-packers Hope Sole & Maks Chmerkovskiy rose to the challenge. Others, like front runners Ricki […]Read On »


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TV Review: TERRA NOVA – Season 1 – “Nightfall”

By PETER BROWN |
Jason O'Mara and Stephen Lang in TERRA NOVA - Season 1 - "Nightfall" | ©2011 Fox/Brook Rushton

Cast: Jason O’Mara, Christine Adams, Byron Brockmann, Shelly Conn, Stephan Lang, Simone Kessell, Landon Liborion, Allison Miller Director: Jon Cassar Writers: Terry Matalas, Travis Fickett Network: Airs on Fox, Mondays @ 8pm Original Telecast: Nov. 7, 201 “Nightfall” was a vast improvement over the episodes we have seen so far on TERRA NOVA. Instead of some lame disease, or a runaway, or murder because of a gambling debt of all things, we got a genuine conflict between the Sixers and the colony as well as a definite look at how deadly the land they live in can be. Something that […]Read On »


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AFM 2011: It’s all in the name for ESCAPING THE RUSH filmmaker Brian J. De Palma

By A.C. FERRANTE | 11/07/2011
ESCAPING THE RUSH storyboard | ©2011 Brian J. De Palma

Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it helps when your name is Brian De Palma – that is Brian J. De Palma. The independent filmmaker was at the American Film Market 2011 pre-selling his film ESCAPING THE RUSH and says that having a similar name to CARRIE director Brian De Palma hasn’t totally hurt him over the years. “It sometimes gets people on the phone or they think it’s him joking around,” says De Palma. “I don’t know if it hurts or helps at all – it’s just a talking point sometimes.” Ten minutes of ESCAPING THE RUSH is complete and it […]Read On »


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TV Review: CHUCK – Season 5 – “Vs. The Bearded Bandit”

By ANNE LOUISE BANNON |
Yvonee Strahovski in CHUCK - Season 5 - "Vs. The Bearded Bandit" | ©2011 NBC/Danny Feld

Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Ryan McPartlin Writer: Rafe Judkins and Lauren LeFranc Director: Patrick Norris Network: NBC, Friday nights, 8 p.m. Original Telecast: November 4, 2011 There is hope for this new, horrible, turn CHUCK has taken, namely that of Morgan Grimes (Joshua Gomez) as the Intersect – the CIA/NSA database of bad guys, etc., that had formerly been downloaded into Chuck (Zachary Levi). It does not come until the end of this utterly dreary episode, but it is a glimmer of hope. Until then, Morgan is not handling the download of the Intersect very […]Read On »


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TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 7 – “The Mentalists”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF |
Jared Padalecki in SUPERNATURAL - Season 7 - "The Mentalists" | ©2011 The CW/Michael Courtney

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Dorian Brown, Johnny Sneed, Rukiya Bernard Writers: Ben Acker & Ben Blacker, series created by Eric Kripke Director: Mike Rohl Network: The CW, Fridays @ 9 PM Original Telecast: November 4, 2011 Time for a little shout-out to the Los Angeles theatre scene. THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR (aka THE THRILLING ADVENTURE AND SUPERNATURAL SUSPENSE HOUR) is a stage parody of ‘40s radio series that has been running once a month for years now, lately at Largo at the Coronet on La Cienega. One of THRILLING’s staples is “Beyond Belief,” a send-up of THE THIN MAN […]Read On »


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

By ANNE LOUISE BANNON |
Ginnifer Goodwin and Amos Stern in ONCE UPON A TIME - Season 1 - "Snow Falls" | ©2011 ABC/Chris Helcermanas-Benge

Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Jared Gilmore, Josh Dallas, Raphael Sbarge Writer: Liz Tigelaar Director: Dean White Network: ABC, Sunday nights, 8 p.m. Original Telecast: November 6, 2011 The inherent problem with exposition is that it’s utterly necessary and yet it can lead to some pretty lackluster episodes. Take the “Snow Falls” episode of ONCE UPON A TIME. Presumably, it’s pretty significant how Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) met in their original fairy tale world, especially since Snow’s counterpart Mary Margarat accidentally wakes up Charming’s counterpart – the mysterious John Doe – who has been in a coma since, like, forever. Of […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE WALKING DEAD – Season 2 – “Cherokee Rose”

By ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG |
Norman Reedus in THE WALKING DEAD - Season 2 - "Cherokee Rose" | ©2011 AMC/Gene Page

Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, Melissa Suzanne McBride, Lauren Cohan, IronE Singleton, James Allen McCune, Scott Wilson Writer: Evan Reilly Director:  Billy Gierhart Network: AMC, airs Sunday nights  Original Telecast: November 6, 2011 In the fourth episode of THE WALKING DEAD Season 2, “Cherokee Rose,” Hershel (Scott Wilson) sets boundaries for the refugees that have landed at his farm, Glenn (Steven Yeun) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) head into town for medical supplies – including a special item for Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) – and a water-logged zombie proves […]Read On »


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AFM 2011: THE LAST DRAGON star Taimak reunites with his co-star with I’VE SEEN THINGS

By A.C. FERRANTE | 11/06/2011
Taimak in I'VE SEEN THINGS | ©2011 Taimak

At the AMERICAN FILM MARKET 2011, writer-director and action star Taimak (aka Taimak Guarriello) was introducing buyers to a brand new film of his called I’VE SEEN THINGS which reunites him with his THE LAST DRAGON co-star Leo O’Brien The film has 35 minutes completed as a show reel and Guarriello was encouraged by friend Joel Eisenberg at EMO Films to come out to the AFM and meet distributors about potential completion funds. The experience has been a positive one for the filmmaker. “We did it on a small budget and I did basically everything,” says Guarriello. “Now it’s at […]Read On »


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