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HOUDINI & DOYLE: Stephen Mangan on playing Arthur Conan Doyle – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/03/2016
Stephen Mangan as Sherlock Holmes in HOUDINI & DOYLE - Season 1 - "The Pail of LaPier" | ©2016 Fox/Joseph Scanlon

English actor Stephen Mangan is perhaps best known in the U.S. for playing discomfited television writer Sean Lincoln in Showtime’s comedy EPISODES. Now Mangan (whose other credits include a Tony-nominated performance in a revival of THE NORMAN CONQUESTS, the title role in the TV version of DIRK GENTLY and the grown-up hero of ADRIAN MOLE: THE CAPPUCCINO YEARS) is heading up a different TV series, playing another writer. However, in Fox Network’s Monday-night mystery series HOUDINI & DOYLE, Mangan isn’t playing just any author – he’s portraying Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of one Sherlock Holmes. In 1901 England, Holmes […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/01/2016
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN movie poster | ©2016 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Alexander Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Christoph Waltz Writers: Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer, story by Craig Brewer and Adam Cozad, based on the TARZAN stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs Director: David Yates Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: July 1, 2016 THE LEGEND OF TARZAN is a title that is at once helpful (this will be a movie about Tarzan) and misleading. Between all of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ stories about the Lord of the Jungle and the various films, cartoons and TV series about the character, using a “The” seems a bit overly authoritative. […]Read On »


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HOUDINI & DOYLE: Rebecca Liddiard chats new Fox series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/30/2016
Rebecca Liddiard as Adelaide Stratton in HOUDINI & DOYLE - Season 1 - “The Monsters of the Nethermoor” | ©2016 Fox

In Fox Network’s HOUDINI & DOYLE, Rebecca Liddiard plays the third lead character, Adelaide Stratton. In 1901 London, Adelaide is the first female police constable. She’s assigned to keep an eye on the skeptical Harry Houdini (Michael Weston) and the spiritually-inclined Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Stephen Mangan) as they investigate some very peculiar mysteries that the regular authorities are inclined to ignore. Liddiard, a Canada native, was a series regular on MSLABELED and appeared in BETWEEN, MURDOCH MYSTERIES, and the film WITH HER. At a party thrown by Fox Network for the Television Critics Association press tour, she talks about […]Read On »


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HOUDINI & DOYLE: It’s elementary for producer David Shore – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/27/2016
Michael Weston as Harry Houdini in HOUDINI & DOYLE - Season 1 | ©2016 Fox/Joseph Scanlon

David Shore, who created the Sherlock Holmes-like character Dr. Gregory House for Fox network’s HOUSE M.D., is now back at Fox  as an executive producer on a show about Sherlock Holmes’ real creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In HOUDINI & DOYLE, Mondays at 9 PM, Michael Weston plays the famous escape artist and cynic and Stephen Mangan is the writer and major spiritualist. The two were friends in real life – in HOUDINI & DOYLE, created by David Titcher, they team up to solve crimes in 1901 England, aided by Police Constable Adelaide Stratton, portrayed by Rebecca Liddiard. ASSIGNMENT X: […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FREE STATE OF JONES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/24/2016
FREE STATE OF JONES poster | ©2016 STX Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell Writer: Gary Ross, story by Leonard Hartman & Gary Ross Director: Gary Ross Distributor: STX Entertainment Release Date: June 24, 2016 Rather extraordinarily, the broad facts of FREE STATE OF JONES are true. During the Civil War, a Mississippi farmer named Newt Knight brought together a small, multiracial militia and effectively seceded from the Confederacy. The story was previously fictionalized in the 1942 novel TAP ROOTS and its 1948 film adaptation. There remains a great deal of controversy about Knight’s motives and specific actions. In FREE STATE OF JONES, […]Read On »


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TV Review: GAME OF THRONES – Season 6 – “Battle of the Bastards”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 06/21/2016
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister and Conleth Hill as Lord Varys in GAME OF THRONES | © 2016 HBO

Stars: Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Liam Cunningham, Sophie Turner, Aiden Gillen, Carice Van Houten, Nathalie Emmanuel, Kristofer Hivju, Iwan Rheon, Alfie Allen, Michiel Huisman, Jacob Anderson, Gemma Whelan, Ian Whyte, Enzo Cilenti, Paul Rattray, Dean S. Jagger, Art Parkinson, Bella Ramsey, George Georgiou Writers:.David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, series created by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, based on George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” Director: Miguel Sapochnik Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: June 19, 2016 At the risk of sounding over-enthusiastic, after the first fourteen minutes of the GAME OF THRONES episode […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos: Disney’s ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 06/12/2016
Johnny Depp at the premiere of Disney's ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

The U.S. premiere of Disney’s ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS was held May 23rd at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. The story continues with Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returning to the Underland to save her friend the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp). ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is based on characters created by Lewis Carroll and reunites the cast from Disney’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010). Walking the red carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Sacha Baron Cohen, Matt Lucas, Owain Rhys Davies, James Bobin (Director), Suzanne Todd (Producer), Colleen Atwood (Costume Designer), […]Read On »


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TV Review: GAME OF THRONES – Season 6 – “Blood of My Blood”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 06/04/2016
GAMES OF THRONES - Season 6 teaser poster | ©2016 HBO

Stars: Lena Headey, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Maisie Williams, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Natalie Dormer, Jonathan Pryce, John Bradley, Michel Huisman, Tom Wlaschiha, Dan-Charles Chapman, David Bradley, Joseph Mawle, Hannah Murray, Ellie Kendrick, Faye Marsay, Richard E. Grant, Essie Davis, Diana Rigg, Tobias Menzies, Samantha Spiro, Freddie Stroma, Rebecca Benson Writer:.Bryan Cogman, series created by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, based on George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” Director: Jack Bender Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: May 29, 2016 In the GAME OF THRONES episode “Blood of My Blood,” Sam (John Bradley) definitively moves forward, Arya […]Read On »


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Blu-ray Review: GODS OF EGYPT

By PETER BROWN 06/03/2016
GODS OF EGYPT | © 2016 Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Chadwick Boseman, Emma Booth, Rachael Black, Elodie Yung, Brenton Thwaites, Courtney Eaton Writers: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless Director: Alex Proyas Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment My experience with GODS OF EGYPT differs quite a bit from the lambasting it has taken from the critics when it first arrived in theaters, but I may have those same critics to thank for it. I had such extremely low expectations going in and that may have contributed to actually enjoying an amazingly over-the-top CG laden film that fictionalizes the powerful deities place among mortals. When I first saw the […]Read On »


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HOUDINI & DOYLE: Creator David Titcher talks new supernatural series – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
Michael Weston as Harry Houdini and Stephen Mangan as Arthur Conan Doyle IN HOUDINI & DOYLE - Season 1 | ©2016 Fox/Joseph Scanlon

David Titcher created TNT’s THE LIBRARIAN franchise, which led to that network’s current series THE LIBRARIANS. Now Titcher has brought his love for mixing historical fact and supernatural possibility to HOUDINI & DOYLE, on Fox Network Mondays at 9 PM . Set in 1901 London and based on the fact that famed American escape artist Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were in reality friends with one another for a time, HOUDINI & DOYLE brings the two men together with fictional police constable Adelaide Stratton to solve crimes that other authorities are eager to bring to […]Read On »


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