It is 1996. Pulitzer prize winning journalist Gary Webb publishes “Dark Alliance”, which reveals that the CIA is secretly allowing major drug dealers to smuggle cocaine into the US and using profits from those drug sales to fund arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. The government is not pleased. Soon, the triumph becomes more than he bargains […]
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Michael Emerson chats about Person Of Interest
Billionaire software genius Harold Finch has a mission of preventing crime in New York City using social security numbers generated from The Machine. However, he barely escapes with his own life in Season 3. This season, he assumes a new identity as he tries to avoid the ever watchful eye of Samaritan. Emmy award winner and […]
Gotham: A Cobblepot Conversation!
Gotham (FOX, Mondays, 8/7C) was the most anticipated new show of the fall season – and the backstories of some of Batman’s most iconic foes was part of the reason for that. One of the Dark Knight’s most iconic foes is The Penguin – Oswald Cobblepot, played in his embryonic state by Robin Lord […]
The Strain cast chats with EM – Corey Stoll, Mia Maestro, David Bradley, Richard Sammel, Natalie Brown, Ben Hyland
Season 1 of “The Strain” came to a close yesterday. For those who eagerly wait for next year’s season 2, let’s take a walk down memory lane with a collection of interviews from several of the cast members. During a roundtable discussion with several reporters/bloggers including myself, I had the opportunity to chat with Corey Stoll, Mia Maestro, David […]
Writer/creater Chuck Hogan chats about FX’s The Strain
Executive producer/writer Chuck Hogan wrote the original vampire trilogy “The Strain” with executive producer/writer/director Guillermo del Toro. The Strain was the first book in 2009 followed by The Fall (2010) and The Night Eternal (2011). In 2012, FX ordered a pilot episode of the tv adaptation of the book. And the rest is history. Chuck […]
The Strain’s Kevin Durand on His Stoic Exterminator Hero!
The Strain’s (FX, Season Finale Tonight, 10/9C) Kevin Durand is probably best known for playing villains – like Lost’s Martin Christopher Keamy – though he always brings something interesting to roles that fall on the positive side. The Strain’s Vasiliy Fet is one of the most interesting characters he ever played – smart, educated, a […]
Cassi Thomson chats about Left Behind
LEFT BEHIND, a film directed by Vic Armstrong and based on the New York times bestselling novel, opens in theatres today. Chaos occurs as people disappear. Airline pilot Ray Steele (Nicholas Cage) struggles to maintain the safety of the passengers on his plane while his daughter Chloe (Cassi Thomson), must find her brother and mother (Lea Thomson), who have both […]
Recap of FX’s The Bridge set visit – Creator Elwood & actors Emily Rios & Nathan Phillips chat with EM
“The Bridge” finally had its season finale “Jubilex” yesterday. Season 2 was darker and grittier. It deviated from the original Bridge series and took chances on being more than just a serial killer story. Evil continued to abound in both in the US and across the border in Mexico. It is an imperfect world where people […]
Gracepoint’s David Tennant Talks FOX’s Event Series!
David Tennant may be best known for being the Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who, but he’s about to hit the mainstream in Fox’s Gracepoint (Thursdays, 9/8C) – an adaptation of the acclaimed BBC drama Broadchurch (in which he also starred). Tennant plays Detective Emmett Carver who, along with Detective Ellie Miller (played by Breaking Bad’s […]
Jim Caviezel chats about CBS’s Person Of Interest
Jim Reese is the alias for this former army Special Forces soldier/CIA paramilitary operations official who works with Harold Finch, a reclusive private billionaire software genius. Together, they work to prevent crime among residents of New York City using numbers generated by The Machine. Now things have changed. New jobs, same mission. As we enter […]
Creators Dave Willis and Jim Fortier chat about Adult Swim’s Squidbillies
“Squidbillies” returns for an 8th season on Adult Swim! From its beginnings in 2005, this animated show has followed the exploits of the Cuyler family, the federally protected endangered species “Applachian Mud Squids” who are protected by the Sheriff in northern Georgia, through eight seasons. Season 8 premiered on September 21, 2014. Creators Dave Willis and Jim […]