Following the big reveal – Ellen Tigh as the final Cylon – I was privileged to take part in a teleconference with Ronald D. Moore and Ellen Tigh, herself, Kate Vernon. The conversation on touched many things, including why Dualla, and a shocking new theory was submitted by one of the panel of journalists. In […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Burn Notice Creator Matt Nix Gives Surprising Intel!
How do you create and write a series like Burn Notice? What influences – from life and classic TV – go into the unique mix that is Burn Notice [USA, Thursdays, 10/9C]? Series creator Matt Nix answers these questions and more…
MOVIE NEWS: The Oscar Nominations Are In! What a Boring, Safe, Crop…
The Oscars have been announced and I can without a doubt tell you, I don’t care. Sure, I’m doing the obligatory blog post about it. I may try and do a commentary on this, but this year’s Oscar campaign was so lackluster and nothing on this list is either outrageously good or bad, just middle […]
Movies: Warner Brothers Amps up the Promotion for the Friday the 13th Reboot
FRIDAY THE 13TH In Theatres Friday, February 13 Welcome back to Crystal Lake in a chilling re-imagining of the classic horror film “Friday the 13th.” Searching for his missing sister, Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki, Supernatural) heads up to the eerie woods of legendary Crystal Lake, where he stumbles on the creaky remains of rotting old […]
Movie Review: Amusement Low on Fear Factor
Your Fear. His Amusement. His pleasure is your pain. That’s the tagline for the Warner Brothers direct to video horror move, Amusement. The story synopsis of Amusement is that a twisted thread ties Tabitha (Katheryn Winnick), Shelby (Laura Breckinridge) and Lisa (Jessica Lucas) together in an anthology of seemingly unrelated vignettes. All three women are […]
TELEVISION: Burn Notice: USA’s Spy-Cum-Detective-Cum-Caper Series Picks Up Steam!
Tomorrow marks the return of one of the summer’s brightest lights, Burn Notice [USA, Thursdays, 10/9C]. When last we saw burnt agent Michael Westen [Jeffrey Donovan], he was caught in a freeze frame in mid-air after a bomb planted inside his door had gone off. It should come as no surprise that the winter premiere […]
DVD: Warner Brothers Releases Horror Film Amusement on DVD and Blu-Ray
Experience the horror when Amusement arrives on Blu-ray and DVD January 20th from Warner Home Video. From screenwriter Jake Wade Wall (The Hitcher) and director John Simpson (Freeze Frame), Amusement follows three friends tied together by a seemingly innocent childhood event and someone thirsty for revenge. A twisted thread ties Tabitha, Shelby and Lisa together […]
Hollywood Insider: Burn Notice’s Sam Has No Axe To Grind!
USA’s popular spy series, Burn Notice, is returning this week [Thursday, 10/9C] and we had the opportunity to chat with Bruce Campbell [crusty, semi-retired spy Sam Axe] on what to expect in Season Three. Campbell didn’t dip into any classified intel, but it was definitely a fun interview…
TELEVISION: Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!
It’s been a while since the Powerpuff Girls have had a new adventure, but that all changes this evening following the Cartoon Network’s Powerpuff Girls Marathon! The new, special, double-length Powerpuffs Rule! [8/7C] brings back this smart, semi-satirical superhero series for the team’s most outrageous adventure yet! It seems that the Key to the World […]
Movies: My Bloody Valentine 2009: A Commentary on 3-D vs 2-D
He’s gonna break your heart. Several people have already written some excellent reviews of this movie for EclipseMagazine so this is going to be mostly a commentary on the movie that will be mainly focused on the 3-D version vs the 2-D version with some comparisons to the 1981 My Bloody Valentine. Some of the […]
TELEVISION: The United States of Tara Takes a Unique Approach to Dissociative Identity Disorder!
Tara Gregson [Toni Collette] is a struggling artist/designer with a charming husband, Max [John Corbett] and two kids – studious Marshall [Kier Gilchrist] and uber-brat Kate [Brie Larson]. She also has three more personalities [slutty teen, T; macho redneck Buck, and super Betty Crocker, Alice – and a sister, Charmaine [Rosemarie DeWitt] who thinks she’s […]