ABC Family’s new series, Stitched (Tuesdays, 9/8C), is its first full tilt sci-fi/procedural/dramedy – with an extremely unusual premise: technology exists to allow a human consciousness to be ‘stitched’ into the brain of a recently deceased person and experience their most recent memories – which leads to being able to solve murders (among other things). Kyle Harris […]
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Pretty Little Liars’ Sasha Pieterse Sets Up Season Six!
Heading into its sixth season, Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family, Tuesdays, 8/7C) has finally revealed the real ‘A’ – or has it? PLL’S Allison, Sasha Pieterse took some time from shooting the eighth episode of the new season to dish the dirt on the weird/crazy/genius Charles; shed some light on the Alison/Mona dynamic; reveal what […]
American Odyssey’s Yousef Sweid and Peter Horton On Shakir Khan, Conspiracy Theories and More!
American Odyssey (NBC, Sundays, 10/9C) has been compared (positively and negatively) to Homeland. It’s a complex show with threads that link three different locales and sets of related characters to a conspiracy within the military-industrial complex – all tied together through a female Special Forces solider named Sgt. Odelle Ballard. In last week’s episode, one […]
Jack Black and Richard Curtis Chat Red Nose Day U.S. Star-Studded Event
Over the past 30 years Red Nose Day has been the #1 television fundraising event in the U.K. raising money and awareness for children in need. Thursday May 21st at 8 p.m. EDT on NBC in a star-studded three-hour event it’s crossing the pond to take over America! Recently I sat down with funny man Jack Black to discuss his […]
Interview: Peter Facinelli chats about NBC’s American Odyssey
With its premiere on April 5, “American Odyssey” brings tv viewers through a series of twists and turns as Sergent Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel), lone survivor of a fatal massacre in North Africa, fights for her life with the help of a young boy Aslam in her attempt to get back home to her family in […]
Interview: Creators/Executive producers Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster chat about American Odyssey
A team of American soldiers battles jihadists in North Africa and kills Al Qaeda’s top commander. However, celebration is short lived when the entire team is terminated soon after, except for one–soldier, mother, and wife Sergeant Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel). Unbeknownst to her family, Ballard survives the attack and is the only witness to the […]
Queen Latifah Talks About Her Starring Role in BESSIE
Oscar® nominee Queen Latifah (“Chicago”) stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in the HBO Films drama BESSIE, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dee Rees (“Pariah”) from a screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois. With a story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote, the film focuses on Smith’s transformation from a struggling […]
Interview: Steven S. DeKnight and Jeph Loeb chat about Marvel’s Daredevil
Daredevil is “the man without fear”. Netflix’s first original live-action Marvel series, created by Drew Goddard, has nothing to fear as it gets picked up for season 2! Daredevil, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, made his first appearance in Marvel Comics on April 1964. Over the years, this superhero has appeared in a […]
M. Night Shyamalan Talks the Whys and Wherefores of Wayward Pines!
M. Night Shyamalan, at his best, has given us twisty horror (The Sixth Sense) and possibly the best superhero origin story so far (Unbreakable). While his love of twist endings may have led to some (much) less successful movies, he has always produced films that weren’t pale imitations of what was already out there. His […]
Interview: Elden Henson and Deborah Ann Woll chat about Marvel’s Daredevil
Every superhero must have a friend. Even Daredevil. First there is goofy but brilliant attorney Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson), best friend and law partner of Matt Murdock. Then there’s Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), the faithful and organized receptionist for the law office of Nelson & Murdock. Elden Henson and Karen Page joined reporters to […]
Interview: Charlie Cox and Rosario Dawson chats about Marvel’s Daredevil
Meet Matt Murdock. A blind New York City attorney who becomes blinded during a tragic accident as a boy but becomes imbued with extraordinary senses. He fights for justice with more than just his legal expertise–he is the masked vigilante known as Daredevil. Netflix released Daredevil on April 10 to excited Marvel comics fans. It […]