“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?” Ike Evans risks everything in a life and death battle to rid his Miramar Playa Hotel of the mob and Ben “The Butcher” Diamond. Even if Ike’s long-shot gamble to take back his hotel succeeds, will the price […]
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Magic Blooms Over Miami In Magic City Premiere!
After the sex, violence and political intrigue of Ancient Rome in Starz’ Spartacus series, it seems odd, yet somehow appropriate to find the same ingredients put to more nuanced use in the network’s Magic City [Fridays, 10/9C] – a series about hotelier Ike Evans and his family and their efforts to bring the magic with […]
First Look: Starz’s Vegas-in-the-‘50s Series – Magic City
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Olga Kurylenko star in Starz’s gangster drama, Magic City – set in the Las Vegas of the ‘50s. Magic City was written and created by Mitch Glazer and is scheduled for Spring 2012 debut. Follow the jump for a series synopsis and a teaser trailer for the show.
MOVIE REVIEW: Quantum of Solace: Vengeance is Mine, Quoth Bond!
If you’ve seen Casino Royale, then you’ve gotten all the character development you need to enjoy Quantum of Solace, the latest adventure of MI6 operative James Bond [Daniel Craig] – but it’s not all the characterization you’ll get before the film ends. This film, which begins twenty minutes after the end of Casino Royale is […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Max Payne – Overused Plot Not Juiced by Superficial References to Norse Mythology!
Take the basic Punisher plot [cop’s family killed by bad guys], add some designs by Constantine and top with a superficial gloss of Norse mythology, and you get the videogame-based Max Payne. Max Payne [Mark Wahlberg] is the cop whose wife and son are murdered; Alex Balder/Baldur [Donal Logue] is his ex-partner who discovers a […]