TV Review: FALLING SKIES – Season 3 – “The Pickett Line”

Cochise (played by Doug Jones) in FALLING SKIES - Season 3 | ©2013 TNT

Stars:  Noah Wylie, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Jessy Schram, Maxim Knight, Connor Jessup, Will Patton, Colin Cunningham, Sarah Sanguin Carter, Seychelle Gabriel, Mpho Koaho, Gloria Reuben, Robert Sean Leonard Writer: Jordan Rosenberg and Heather V. Regnier Director: Sergio Mimica-Gazzan Network: TNT, airs Sunday Nights Original Telecast: July 14, 2013 Finally, FALLING SKIES is righting the ship.  After spending most of this season meandering through the aftermath of a genocidal alien invasion that somehow no longer seems scary enough, “The Pickett Line” went darker, added a real sense of danger to the proceedings, and in the process made a lot of […]Read On »


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TV Review: FALLING SKIES – Season 3 – “Be Silent and Come Out”

Noah Wyle in FALLING SKIES - Season 3 | ©2013 TNT/James Dittiger

Stars:  Noah Wylie, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Jessy Schram, Maxim Knight, Connor Jessup, Will Patton, Colin Cunningham, Sarah Sanguin Carter, Seychelle Gabriel, Mpho Koaho, Gloria Reuben, Robert Sean Leonard Writer: David Weddle, Bradley Thompson, and John Wirth Director: Adam Kane Network: TNT, airs Sunday Nights Original Telecast: July 7, 2013 The first five minutes of “Be Silent and Come Out” have a lot going for them.  This latest episode of FALLING SKIES boasts an intense, frenetic opening sequence that begins with Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) arguing with his fellow Charlestonians about how best to search for his wife and child, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: RED 2

RED 2 movie poster | ©2013 Summit Entertainment

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Byung Hun Lee, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Neal McDonough, Brian Cox Writers: Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber, based on characters created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner Director: Dean Parisot Distributor: Summit Entertainment Release Date: July 19, 2012 One of the main thoughts one has while watching RED 2 is that Helen Mirren is awesome. This isn’t exactly news, but every moment she’s onscreen here, firing two guns simultaneously as if she’s in a Quentin Tarantino shoot-‘em-up with an expression that says, yes, this is going just as she […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE CONJURING

THE CONJURING movie poster | ©2013 Warner Bros./New Line

Rating: R Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor Writers: Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes Director: James Wan Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: July 19, 2013 THE CONJURING is a bit of an oddity. It is undeniably scary, yet takes what feels like a lot of time out to do some very on-the-nose bits about faith and marriage. It’s a bit like if THE EXORCIST was remade by one of those “this is good for you” religious TV channels. Ed and Lorraine Warren (played here by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, respectively) were a real-life married couple […]Read On »


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DVD/Blu-ray Review: WOULD YOU RATHER

WOULD YOU RATHER | ©2013 IFC Midnight

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Brittany Snow, Jeffrey Combs, Sasha Grey, Enver Gjokaj, John Heard, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Eddie Steeples, Charlie Hofheimer Writer: Steffen Schlachtenhaufen Director: David Guy Levy Distributor: IFC Midnight Release Date: Blu-ray/DVD July 9, 2013 In the game Truth or Dare, there are unspoken third and fourth options – a player can lie or opt out. No such possibilities exist in WOULD YOU RATHER, where a “game” of choices quickly escalates into mutilation and murder. The set-up: Iris (Brittany Snow), hard-working but broke, is desperate to save her depressed brother, who will die if he doesn’t get very […]Read On »


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TV Movie Review: SHARKNADO

SHARKNADO poster | ©2013 Syfy

Stars: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassie Scerbo, Jaason Simmons, Aubrey Peeples, Chuck Hittinger, John Heard Writer: Thunder Levin Director: Anthony C. Ferrante Network: Syfy Channel Original Airdate: Thursday, July 11 @ 9 PM [Full disclosure, SHARKNADO is directed by Assignment X  founder Anthony C. Ferrante, but he allowed us to review the film anyway] Important fact: sharks are in fact relatively delicate creatures that would not survive oxygen deprivation, chlorine, the Los Angeles sewage system or other environmental disruptions depicted here; to the extent they did survive, they would be fighting to breathe, not trying to consume everything in sight. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ABSENCE

ABSENCE movie poster | ©2013 Cinedigm

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Erin Way, Eric Matheny, Ryan Smale, Stephanie Scholz Writers: Jimmy Loweree & Jake Moreno Director: Jimmy Loweree Distributor: Cinedigm Release Date:  theatrical July 5, 2013;VOD August 6, 2013 Any low-budget movie that gets theatrical distribution deserves applause for the twin accomplishments of being completed and being seen. ABSENCE is also likely to strike some fond chords forSouthern Californians, who will recognize the freeways and environments, if perhaps not specific locations. However, in what seems to be an effort to avoid horror movie conventions, director Jimmy Loweree and his co-scenarist Jake Moreno fail to replace the conventions […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DETENTION OF THE DEAD

DETENTION OF THE DEAD | ©2013 Anchor Bay Films

Rating: Unrated Stars: Jacob Zachar, Alexa Nikolas, Christa B. Allen, Jayson Blair, Justin Chon, Max Adler Writers: Rob Rinow & Alex Craig Mann, based on the play by Rob Rinow Director: Alex Craig Mann Distributor: Anchor Bay Films Release Date: Theatrical June 28, 2013; VOD June 18, 2013; home video July 23, 2013 There are a lot of movies about zombies, and a lot of movies adapted from plays, but there aren’t a lot of movies adapted from plays about zombies. DETENTION OF THE DEAD wins points for being different on that score alone. It’s actually nicely acted and written, […]Read On »


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TV Review: DEXTER – Season 8 – “Every Silver Lining”

C.S. Lee as Vince Masuka, David Zayas as Angel Batista , Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan, James Remar as Harry Morgan and Desmond Harrington as Joey Quinn in DEXTER (Season 8) | ©2013 Showtime/Jim Fiscus

Rating: TV-MA Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Charlotte Rampling, Geoff Pierson, Sean Patrick Flaherty Writer: Manny Coto, series developed for television by James Manos Jr., based on the books by Jeff Lindsay Director: Michael C. Hall Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: July 7, 2013 Viewers who are invested in DEXTER the series and Dexter (Michael C. Hall) the character are hoping against hope that Dex can somehow reconcile with his adoptive sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter). In “Every Silver Lining,” it turns out that Deb does need […]Read On »


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TV Review: TRUE BLOOD – Season 6 – “You’re No Good”

Michael McMillian in TRUE BLOOD - Season 6 - "You're No Good" | ©2013 HBO/John P. Johnson

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Joe Manganiello, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael McMillian, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Todd Lowe, Carrie Preston, Lauren Bowles, Lucy Griffiths, Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Dale Dickey, Kelly Overton, Arliss Howard, Chloe Noelle, Rob Kazinsky, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Amelia Rose Blaire, Jamie Gray Hyder, Anna Camp, John Fleck Writer: Mark Hudis, series created by Alan Ball, based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels Director: Howard Deutsch Network: HBO, Sundays @ 9 PM Airdate: June 30, 2013 The previous episode of TRUE BLOOD felt like it was […]Read On »


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