I’m such a freaking sucker for Bond that I’ve purchased almost all of MGM’s triple dip set of Bond films – I have three versions of all 21 movies. There was the regular non-restored collection, then the ultimate restored collection, then the super dooper ooper special edition collection and like a moron get suckered in, […]
INTERVIEW: Tristan Wilds Talks About “The Secret Life of Bees”, “The Wire” and 90210
In the upcoming movie “The Secret Life of Bees” (starring Jennifer Hudson, Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah) Tristan Wilds portrays Zack Taylor, a young, idealistic teen growing up in the tumultuous racially charged sixties during the height of the civil rights movement. As a young black man trying to find his way to becoming a […]
Movie News: School Is In Session for FAME Reinvention
Lakeshore Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) has announced they are set to do a ‘reinvention’ of the 1980 Oscar winning film FAME. The announcement was made jointly today by producer Tom Rosenberg, chairman & CEO of Lakeshore Entertainment, and Mary Parent, chairman of MGM’s Worldwide Motion Picture Group. In keeping with the spirit and innovation […]
TELEVISION: My Own Worst Enemy – Jekyll & Hyde & The Spying Game!
Call it a hunch, but I suspect that NBC’s My Own Worst Enemy [Mondays, 10/9C] will be greeted by a lot of critics with cries of “It’s silly,” and “What the heck was that?” – which is kind of a shame. The series, which stars Christian Slater as super-spy/sociopath Edward Albright and nice guy husband/father/efficiency […]
Movie News: Get Smart Gets a Smart Sequel
Warner Bros. Pictures, Mad Chance Productions, Mosaic Media have announced that a sequel to their 2008 hit comedy Get Smart is in the works. Get Smart, which was originally a 1960’s comedy series that parodied spy movies, starred Don Adams as Maxwell Smart and Barbara Feldon and the sexy Agent 99. In the 2008 updated […]
Television: Chuck Vs The Break-Up Promo Clips
Chuck is overcome with jealousy when his nemesis — and Sarah’s ex-lover and former partner — Bryce Larkin (recurring guest star MATTHEW BOMER) makes an unexpected return. Chuck and Sarah’s growing feelings for each other are tested when their latest mission requires Sarah and Bryce to pose as an extremely affectionate couple. Meanwhile, Morgan faces […]
MOVIE REVIEW: City of Ember: The World Ends But Life Goes On… For Awhile!
When a movie begins with a narrator intoning, “The day the world ended…” you can be sure that there’s a caveat somewhere. With City of Ember that caveat is that a bunch of the best and brightest built an underground city so mankind could live on. An ingenious device was placed in a box that […]
Television: Supernatural S4.05 ‘Monster Movie’ Teaser Clip and Special Treat
The next episode of season 4 of hit Warner Bros./CW Network hit series Supernatural titled ‘Monster Movie’ will air this coming Thursday October 16th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. ‘Monster Movie’ which is a homage to the black and white monster movies of the 1930s, finds Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) […]
HIGH DEFINITION: Netflix Blu-ray Charge Official
Normally something like this bit of news really annoys me, but I can understand Netflix wanting to increase fees for people wanting Blu-ray disks. I called this way back in January when the HD-DVD group threw in the towel. I ranted about how consumers will louse, about how Sony wouldn’t lower the price on their […]
TELEVISION: The Starter Wife: Hollywood Ex-Wife’s Tale Darkly Funny!
Last year’s mini-series The Starter Wife chronicled the events that led to Molly Kagan’s [Debra Messing] new, less wonderful life after her Hollywood producer husband, Kenny Kagan [David Allen Basche] told her he wanted a divorce. The mini-series did so well that USA decided to bring it back as an ongoing series [Fridays, 9/8C]. The […]
VIDEO GAME NEWS: Vigilante 8: Arcade, Coming to XBLA
The weapon-based off-road vehicle combat game Vigilante 8: Arcade is coming to X-Box Live, here is the first trailer. The game is coming November 5th.