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GODFATHER OF HARLEM: Creators Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

GODFATHER OF HARLEM - Season 3 Key Art | ©2023 MGM+

GODFATHER OF HARLEM is back for its third season, Sunday nights on MGM+ (formerly Epix). The series, created by Chris Brancato & Paul Eckstein, chronicles the life and times of real-world New York gangster Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson (played by Forest Whitaker), who ran Black Harlem’s drug trade in the ‘60s, frequently clashing with the Italian Mafia. At the same time, Johnson was friends with Malcolm X (played in Season 3 by Jason Alan Carvell, after being portrayed by Nigél Thatch in Seasons 1 and 2), and had a complicated adversary/ally relationship with Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (Giancarlo Esposito). At […]Read On »


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TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER: The journalist talks her National Geographic docuseries – Exclusive Interview

Mariana van Zeller (L) interviews the owner of a boating company that shuttles migrants from Necoclí, Colombia to the Darién Gap in TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER | ©2023 National Geographic

The Emmy-nominated documentary series TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER is now in its third season Wednesday nights on National Geographic, with episodes available the following day on Hulu. In TRAFFICKED, video journalist Van Zeller explores every aspect of the black market, from drugs to fish to human beings. Previous seasons have had episodes about illegal plastic surgery, online romance scams, methamphetamines, stolen cars, and tigers, to name but a few topics. This season, Van Zeller begins with an episode on the black-market organ trade. Other segments include explorations of the surrogacy trade, drugs, gangs, and ghost guns. “Each one is […]Read On »


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TEEN WOLF: THE MOVIE: Melissa Ponzio gives the scoop on returning to the Wolf universe – Exclusive Interview

Melissa Ponzio at in TEEN WOLF: THE MOVIE premiere on January 18, 2023 in Los Angeles | ©2023 Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Paramount+

TEEN WOLF ran for six seasons, 2011-2017, on MTV. Created by Jeff Davis, TEEN WOLF told the story of Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), a lacrosse-playing high school student in Beacon Hills, Oregon, whose life is upended when he is bitten by werewolf Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin, now one of the title characters in SUPERMAN & LOIS). Scott eventually becomes an alpha wolf with a pack of his own, who he must protect from both supernatural evil and overzealous werewolf hunters. Scott is supported unconditionally by his single mother, nurse Melissa McCall, played by Melissa Ponzio. By the time TEEN WOLF […]Read On »


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MAYFAIR WITCHES: Creators give the scoop on Season 1 of the Anne Rice adaptation – Exclusive Interview

MAYFAIR WITCHES key art - Season 1 | ©2023 AMC

ANNE RICE’S MAYFAIR WITCHES, based on the novels by the late Rice, is currently in its first season on Sunday nights on AMC, as well as being available on AMC+. It shares the same universe (and some characters) with another AMC/AMC+ series, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, which aired its first season last year and has been renewed for a second. MAYFAIR WITCHES tells a multigenerational story, but the first season focuses largely on neurosurgeon Rowan Fielding, played by Alexandra Daddario. Rowan discovers to her astonishment that she has powerful supernatural gifts, and that she belongs to the thirteenth generation of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ALICE, DARLING

ALICE DARLING movie poster | ©2023 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Anna Kendrick, Wunmi Mosaku, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick Writer: Alanna Francis Director: Mary Nighy Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: January 20, 2023 Part of the suspense in ALICE, DARLING is not just what will happen, but how much will happen. There are a lot of weapons around, and a lot of potential for interpersonal violence, and even for self-harm. But writer Alanna Francis and director Mary Nighy provide enough nuance and ambiguity to prevent us from being able to predict how this will all end. Alice (Anna Kendrick) is a thirtyish woman who lives with her successful artist […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG Poster | @2023 Paramount Home Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alisha Wainwright, Amanda Crew, Carlos Santos, Zach Gilford, Briela Guiza, David Mattle, Ramona Tyler Writers: T.J. Cimfel & Dave White Director: Roxanne Benjamin Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment Release Date: January 17, 2023 (digital/on demand); March 17, 2023 (MGM+) THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN announces its tone and intentions with, of all things, the type font of its opening credits. The Day-Glo green words look just like the font of ‘70s horror paperbacks. Director Roxanne Benjamin and writers T.J. Cimfel & Dave White proceed to deliver the goods. Given the recent box office success of M3GAN, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE OFFERING

THE OFFERING Movie Poster | ©2023 Decel

Rating: R Stars: Nick Blood, Emm Wiseman, Allan Corduner, Paul Kaye, Daniel Ben Zanou, Anton Trendafilov, Sofia Weldon Writer: Hank Hoffman, story by Hank Hoffman and Jonathan Yunger Director: Oliver Park Distributor: Decal Release Date: January 13, 2023 THE OFFERING is stylish, atmospheric and has fine performances. These qualities compensate for some increasing confusion about what its central villain can and cannot do. An opening statement informs us of the myth of a female demon, “the taker of children,” described as early as the first century AD, across multiple languages and religions in Near East and Europe. However, THE OFFERING […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HUMAN RESOURCES

HUMAN RESOURCES movie poster | ©2023 Deskpop

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Hugh McCrae Jr., Anthony Candell, Sarah José, Tim Mizuradze, Michael Kammerer, Angel Hilton, Calvin Devereaux, Rachel Rial Writers: Braden Swope & Eric Swope, additional story by CT Kelly Director: Braden Swope Distributor: Deskpop Entertainment Release Date: January 10, 2023 (VOD) HUMAN RESOURCES is one of those can-do low-budget horror films that deserves congratulations for a) getting completed and b) getting a distributor. As a bonus, it also has a good premise, but it tends to bog down in logic gaps and repetitive riffs. At Brooke’s Hardware Store, we see employee Keith (Angel Hilton) fearfully searching what […]Read On »


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CROSSFIRE: Creator Louise Doughty gives the scoop on the new Britbox mini-series – Exclusive Interview

CROSSFIRE Key Art | ©2022 Britbox

In creator Louise Doughty’s CROSSFIRE miniseries, originally on BBC1 in the U.K. and now streaming in its three-part entirety on Britbox in North America, we know at the start that something terrible has happened, but at first, not what it is, or who has been lost. Keeley Hawes stars as Jo, a resident of Leicester, England. Jo currently advises on security issues at a department store. She is married to Jason (Lee Inglesby); they have two little boys together, plus Jo’s daughter Amara (Shalisha James-Davis) from a previous marriage. Jo invites her best friends Miriam (Josette Simon) and Abhi (Anneika […]Read On »


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Movie Review: M3GAN

M3GAN movie poster | ©2023 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis (voice), Ronny Chieng, Jen Van Epps, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jack Cassidy Writer: Akela Cooper, story by Akela Cooper & James Wan Director: Gerard Johnstone Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: January 6, 2023 M3GAN gets the new movie year off to a good start. It’s ultimately a FRANKENSTEIN riff, insofar as it’s about a creator who has to come to terms with a creation that takes on a life of its own. In this case, however, the creation is a lifelike little girl doll with smart AI software, and the […]Read On »


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