Deja Vu's publicity campaighn has hammered home that it is a time travel movie, but the actual time travel portion of the film is limited to the third act – and what a third act it is! With a cast that includes Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer and Jim Caviezel, Deja Vu does have a lot […]
Done The Impossible: Browncoats Celebrate The Little Show That Wouldn’t die!
If you have any Browncoats among your friends and family, you will know about it. Browncoats are fans of the Joss Whedon TV series, Firefly, and the film for which their support was largely responsible. Done The Impossible is another unlikely chapter in the Firefly/Serenity saga… When Joss Whedon's TV series, Firefly, was prematurely cancelled, […]
The Cartoon Network’s Thanksgiving Treat: Good Wilt Hunting – A Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends Special Event!
Good Wilt Hunting [Thursday, 7 p.m. ET/PT, check your listings] gives the tall, red, one-armed imaginary friend his own adventure. When his creator fails to show for the latest Creator Reunion, Wilt sets out to find his creator and right what he perceives to be a grievous wrong… Ever since the mid-point of its first […]
TVonDVD: Bones – Season One; Masters of Horror: Haeckel’s Tale; NCIS – The Complete Second Season; Edward R. Murrow: The Best of
The chemistry between Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz gives FOX procedural, Bones – Season One a different kind of edge; Clive Barker's Haeckel's Tale makes for a truly different episode of Masters of Horror; humor helps set NCIS – The Second Complete Season apart, and Edward R. Murrow: The Best of Person to Person is […]
Royale without Cheese! James Bond is back in one of the year’s best films! Michelle’s Review!
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Casino Royale: Sorry, Haters – Daniel Craig IS James Bond!
Well, the suspense is over: Daniel Craig has shaken the Bond franchise and stirred Bond fanatics. Now, we can say it – Daniel Craig's Bond is, at the very least, the best since Sir Sean… About the only things that haven't changed in Casino Royale are the running time, and M [the always fascinating Dame […]
The Flying Scotsman Comes to MGM
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) has acquired worldwide distribution rights, excluding select territories, to The Flying Scotsman, the triumph over adversity story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree which stars Jonny Lee and is directed by Douglas Mackinnon. Adding to its expanding catalog, The Flying Scotsman, which was obtained from sales agent Contentfilm International, is […]
Mission: Impossible 3 – The Best Mission Yet
Tom Cruise and director J.J. Abrams both loved the Mission: Impossible TV series. It shows in their collaboration on Mission: Impossible 3 – the film features the kind of action we expect in a big-budget movie blockbuster, but it also features some deft characterization [long an Abrams trademark]. Paramount's two-DVD Collector's Edition lives up to […]
Huff’s Blood Ties Becomes TV Series
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Day Break – Variations On A Really Bad Day!
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 […]