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Alcatraz: This Island Is Not Lost!

Posted by   on January 15, 2012

in Television,TV Reviews

‘On March 21st, 1963, Alcatraz officially closed. All the prisoners were off the island. Only that’s not what happened. Not at all,’ is Sam Neill’s opening narration for Alcatraz [two-hour premiere, FOX, Monday, Jan. 16th, 8/7C] as FBI Agent Emerson Hauser.

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Grade: A-

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Super 8 Delivers On DVD!

Posted by   on November 22, 2011

in DVD,DVD Reviews

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Super 8 is J.J. Abrams’ first film to not be a sequel or reimagining. It’s a tale of innocence lost and found; the magic of making movies and an alien creature that may or may not be a monster. Although the DVD release is more than a bit short on extras [a commentary and two short featurettes], it still delivers great entertainment – and what features there are, are choice.

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Grade: A

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Super 8 Is Movie Magic!

Posted by   on June 9, 2011 · 1 comment

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Super 8 is J.J. Abrams’ first film to not be a sequel or reimagining. It’s a tale of innocence lost and found; the magic of making movies and an alien creature that may or may not be a monster.

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Grade: A

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PARAMOUNT AND TWITTER TEAM UP FOR FIRST-EVER ‘TWEET MOVIE SNEAK PREVIEW’ OF "SUPER 8" ON JUNE 9th!

Posted by   on June 8, 2011

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Super 8, one of the summer’s most anticipated films, will be running public sneak peeks all day tomorrow through the partnership of Paramount Pictures and Twitter. Details on how to obtain tickets follow the jump.

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Paramount Releases Third Super 8 Trailer!

Posted by   on April 22, 2011

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It’s odd, but I find myself anticipating J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 more than almost all of the big budget tentpole movies that are scheduled for release this summer [and I’m eagerly awaiting a good many of those!]. Maybe it’s because the film seems to encapsulate the feeling of such disparate films as ET, Stand By Me and Close encounters of the Kind – with a dash of Jaws.

Somehow, the trailers for Super 8 – including the new one [see it following the jump] – suggest a film that creates characters that feel real and that will make the stakes real for an audience. Super 8 opens on June 10, 2011.

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Undercovers: Thrills, Chills, Spills and… Catering?

Posted by   on September 22, 2010

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J.J. Abrams’s new spy series, Undercovers [NBC, Wednesdays, 8/7C], is structured around a married couple who left the spy game behind to devote themselves to building a life with each other – and a successful catering business. When a CIA agent goes missing, putting a key operation at risk, they are asked to step in. And thus the Blooms – Steven [Boris Kodjoe, Resident Evil: Aftermath] and Samantha [Gugu Mbatha Raw, Bonekickers] – find themselves gallivanting all over the world in search of Leo Nash [Carter MacIntyre] in order to put Operation Black Swan back on the rails.

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Grade: B+

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TELEVISION: NBC Goes Undercovers!

Posted by   on May 3, 2010

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Undercovers, from acclaimed writer/producer/director J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Fringe, Lost, Alias) and executive producer/writer Josh Reims (Brothers and Sisters), is NBC’s first scripted acquisition for 2010-11 season. The announcement came via press release. The series Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as married spies who are forced to come out of retirement to take on a special assignment. Details follow the jump.

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