When The L Word [Showtime, Sundays, 9/8C] returns this evening, it does so with a bang and whole heaping helping of crazy. By the time the teaser has ended, Jenny [Mia Kirshner] is dead and it looks like murder – and the determined investigating detective is Sgt. Duffy [Lucy Lawless]. Then the show skips back […]
TELEVISION: Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Hannah vs. Belle!
Secret Diary of a Call Girl [Showtime, Sundays, 10:30/9:30C] may be best known as the television program that helped Billie Piper escape the stereotyping that could have followed her from two seasons as The Doctor’s most popular companion ever on Doctor Who, but it is also a charmingly oddball look at the oldest profession as […]
MOVIE REVIEW: My Bloody Valentine 3D — Pleasantly surprised
The tag line for My Bloody Valentine: 3D proclaims: Nothing says date-movie like a 3D ride to hell. You really have to hand it to a horror/slasher film that has the guts to bill itself as a date movie! At least that’s one way to get more ladies into the theater. The other is to […]
TELEVISION: Stargate Universe: Four More Cast Members Announced!
SCI FI Channel has announced Justin Louis, David Blue, Brian J. Smith and Jamil Walker Smith will join the cast of the highly anticipated new original series Stargate Universe. The four will enlist alongside Robert Carlyle (Dr. Nicholas Rush) in the latest adventure in the Stargate franchise produced by MGM television. Production will begin in […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Hotel For Dogs: Undemanding Fun
The trailers for Hotel For Dogs make much of the Rube Goldberg devices that are created for the titular hotel and, in truth, they are pretty amazing. The film is not nearly as much fun, but it does have its good points. Andi [Emma Roberts] and her little brother, Bruce [Jake T. Austin] are foster […]
MOVIE REVIEW: My Bloody Valentine 3-D: Bloody Entertaining!
When I scored a pass to see My Bloody Valentine 3-D, I wasn’t sure it was a good thing – but since I went into theater with absolutely no expectation, I was pleasantly surprised. I never saw the original, but this new version – written by Todd Farmer [from a story by Stephen Miller and […]
TELEVISION: Battlestar Galactica Returns With Big Answers And Even Bigger Questions!
“…You are one of a small number of trusted BSG enthusiasts with whom we are sharing a review copy.” While that statement from the letter that accompanies the mid-season premiere of BSG [Sci Fi, Fridays, 10/9C], Sometimes a Great Notion, doesn’t exactly hurt my ego, it does come with some hefty caveats. I can’t give […]
TELEVISION: Patrick Swayze Gives A&E’s The Beast Its Power!
The new A&E series, The Beast [Thursdays, 10/9C], is built around a familiar premise – the veteran cop/FBI/CIA agent being teamed up with a green partner. The main difference between most movies and TV series that use this premise is that this one has Patrick Swayze and some very effective writing. Swayze is the unorthodox […]
TELEVISION: Preview: ‘Lost’ in Time & Space
I’ve just seen the two-hour premiere of season five of Lost [ABC Wednesdays, 8/7C, beginning on Jan. 21st]. You think it was strange and wild and exhilarating before? Just wait until you see what’s next! Although my agreement with ABC is that I can’t give away plot points, I can, perhaps, give clues. I […]
CONTESTS! Win Matthew McConaughey’s Autographed Surfboard!
Win Matthew McConaughey’s autographed Surfboard! That’s right in one of the coolest contest we’ve ever run here at EclipseMagazine.com, we’re giving away Matthew’s board. Sweet, man. This board is being given away because Matthew is in a new DVD/Blu-ray movie called Surfer, Dude. Hey can the casting be any better? Synopsis Soulful longboard surfer Steve […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Executive Producers Talk Battlestar Galactica and Caprica
I had the opportunity to take part in a teleconference with Battlestar Galactica’s Ronald D. Moore and David Eick this week. The forty-minute touched on BSG’s upcoming prequel series, Caprica as well as the final ten episodes of BSG, itself. Somehow, Moore and Eick got through the ordeal without leaking any spoilers, but we still […]