Detective Brett Hopper is about to have a really, really bad day – over and over and over! In a dramatic take on what has come to be known as The Groundhog Day Plot, ABC's Day Break [two-hour premiere Tuesday, 9 p.m./8C] finds Hopper framed for murder and trying to save not only himself, but […]
The Da Vinci Code: A Clunky Potboiler – Adapted From a Clunky Potboiler
"The Da Vinci Code" is my idea of a perfect summer movie: a clunky potboiler of a film, based on a badly written, clunky potboiler of a novel. In the end, it's entertaining but, ultimately, something you can put out of your mind after viewing. Tom Hanks' Robert Langdon is even more dour than in […]
3 LBS: CBS Brings Out The Big Guns!
With programs like Grey's Anatomy, House, M.D. and the resurgent ER doing well, I suppose it was just a matter of time before some network decided that it was time to unleash a new medical series. With 3 LBS [Tuesdays, 10 p.m. ET/PT], CBS brings out the big guns – Stanley Tucci and Mark Feuerstein […]
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Stranger Than Fiction: Reflections Of A Life In Grey & Blue
If you expect a typical Will Ferrell character in Stranger Than Fiction, you will be disappointed – unless you're open the idea that he might have even more dramatic chops than comic ones. Light on belly laughs but strong on surreptitious chuckles and emotional depth, Stranger Than Fiction is the sort of comedy-drama movie that […]
SCI-FI’STHE DRESDEN FILES – SLATED FOR JANUARY ’07 PREMIERE – BEGINS PRODUCTION
The Sci Fi Channel announced today that production has begun on its new series, The Dresden Files. Joining Paul Blackthorne [24], as Harry Dresden – the only wizard in the Chicago Yellow Pages, is Terrance Mann [best known for the Critters movies, and Inspector Javert in the Broadway production of Les Miserables], as Dresden's supernatural […]
“JERICHO” Goes The Split Season Route!
CBS to Create Online Destination for "Jericho" During Its 10-Week Intermission with Original Content, Interactive Elements, Recaps and Preview Clips of Upcoming Episodes According to a CBS press release issued this afternoon their first-season drama, Jericho – a surprise hit about the aftermath of a nuclear explosion in a small, peaceful Kansas town – will […]
The Harry Smith Project: Who Is Harry Smith – And Why Does He Deserve A Project Anyway?
Have you ever heard a song that seemed to move from the ether – through the performer – and directly into your soul? A song that said exactly what you were feeling – at the very moment you were feeling it? The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited is a collection of […]
From The Big Apple to The Big Easy: The Concert For New Orleans
Concert DVDs are a dime a dozen – everybody and their dogs have one. Occasionally, though, you stumble across a concert DVD that makes you think, "Oh, man! I wish I had been there!" From The Big Apple to The Big Easy: The Concert For New Orleans is one of those rare DVDs… There is […]
USA’s Newest Character Is Underfunded!
Daryl Freehorn is the best that the Canadian Secret Service [yes, they have one, too!] has to offer. Pity his agency is a shoestring operation. Underfunded [USA, Wed, 10/9 Central] introduces the resourceful Freehorn as he attempts to save the world – by preventing World War III! Underfunded opens with what could be the conclusion […]
McKay and Mr Hewlett: Interview with Atlantis Star David Hewlett
'Stargate: Atlantis' has just been given the green light for its fourth season.