Movie Review: IN THE HEIGHTS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/22/2021
IN THE HEIGHTS Movie Poster | ©2021 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Jimmy Smits, Gregory Diaz IV, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Marc Anthony, Lin-Manuel Miranda Writer: Quiara Alegria Hudes, original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, based on the stage musical, book by Quiara Alegria Hudes, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, concept by Lin-Manuel Miranda Director: Jon M. Chu Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: June 11, 2021 IN THE HEIGHTS is a big, bright, mostly cheerful movie musical. Perhaps because it’s on screen, as opposed to in its original stage incarnation, it feels a little like a condensed, singing version of working-class […]Read On »


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HUNTERS: Creator David Weil and executive producer Nikki Toscano on Season 1 – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/05/2020
HUNTERS - Season 1 Key Art | ©2020 Amazon

HUNTERS is currently streaming its ten-episode first season on Amazon Prime, and renewed for a second season. Created by David Weil and set in the 1970s, this story casts a band of Holocaust survivors, led by Al Pacino’s Meyer Offerman, who come together to violently take down Nazis who have settled in the U.S. The tone is quasi-superhero comic book, mixed with actual history. Weil and his fellow HUNTERS executive producer Nikki Toscano (also a producer/writer on series including DETROIT 1-8-7, REVENGE, BATES MOTEL, MATADOR, SHADES OF BLUE, and 24: LEGACY) are together at the HUNTERS Q&A panel organized by […]Read On »


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NEXT: Creator Manny Coto on Season 1 of the new Fox sci-fi thriller series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/05/2020
Eve Harlow, Aaron Clifton Moten, Michael Mosley, Jason Butler Harner, John Slattery, Fernanda Andrade, Evan Whitten, Elizabeth Cappuccino and Gerardo Celasco in NEXT - Season 1 | ©2020 Fox/Miller Mobley

NEXT, premiering Tuesday, October 6 on Fox, is a thriller about an artificial intelligence program (aka AI) that has achieved superintelligence. This terrifies its creator, Paul LeBlanc (John Slattery), who teams up with a Homeland Security cybercrime task force in an attempt to stop the AI from advancing a homicidal agenda. Manny Coto created NEXT and serves as an executive producer. Coto won a Dramatic Series Emmy in 2006 for his work as one of the executive producers (and writers) on 24. He also created the series THE ½ HOUR NEWS HOUR, and has served as an executive producer/writer on […]Read On »


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24: LEGACY: Co-Creator Manny Coto talks the spin-off series – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/13/2017
Guest star Carlos Bernard on 24: LEGACY | © 2017 Guy D'Alema/FOX

In 24: LEGACY, the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) is once again fending off crises in one-hour real-time installments Monday nights on Fox Network. Newly-returned U.S. Army Ranger Eric Carter, played by Corey Hawkins, is recruited by the agency. He’s learning the ropes of what Jack Bauer used to do, with emergency on-the-job training. Executive producer Manny Coto co-created 24: LEGACY with Evan Katz; 24 creators Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow are also credited with devising the spin-off. Coto was previously an executive producer and show runner on the latter seasons of 24. He also created the science fiction series ODYSSEY 5 […]Read On »


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24: LEGACY: EP Howard Gordon talks returning to the franchise – interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/21/2017
Corey Hawkins stars in 24: LEGACY | © 2017 Guy D'Alema/FOX

Fox Network’s new Monday-night thriller 24: LEGACY is in some respects its own show. Corey Hawkins stars as military veteran Eric Carter, who begins working with the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) over the course of one intense day, rather than starting out as a seasoned CTU agent like Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer. But this is a legacy of the original 24, with some returning characters – like Carlos Bernard’s Tony Almeida – the same ticking-clock time frame, and a lot of the behind the scenes creative team once again in the driver’s seat. Among the returnees is executive producer Howard Gordon, […]Read On »


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POP SHOW – Episode 39: Super Bowl and The Expanse

By PETER BROWN 02/06/2017
POP SHOW PODCAST | © 2016 AssignmentX

Welcome to another episode of the POP SHOW PODCAST starring Anthony C. Ferrante. It was the Super Bowl so we had to talk about the game, the Halftime Show, the ads and more. Anthony joins us briefly to talk about the fact he will be directly the fifth installment of the SHARKNADO franchise, dubbed for now SHARKNADO 5. Sonia Mansfield, Christopher Allen Smith and myself, Peter Brown, also end up chatting about the new season of THE EXPANSE and the opening episode of 24: LEGACY, that premiered after the Super Bowl. We also get around to talking about the Ben […]Read On »


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POP SHOW Podcast – Episode 38: The TCAs and the Flash movie

By PETER BROWN 01/30/2017
POP SHOW PODCAST | © 2016 AssignmentX

Welcome to another installment of the POP SHOW PODCAST starring Anthony C. Ferrante. This week Anthony joins us for just a brief period of time to talk about the Television Council Association (TCAs) recent press events. AssignmentX’s own Abbie Bernstein also joined us to talk about the TCAs including 24: LEGACY, new shows coming to ABC and other networks as well as if streaming networks are making bigger leaps in broadcasting compared to traditional networks. Also joining the POP SHOW were Chris Smith, Sonia Mansfield and myself as we talk about issues involving the FLASH movie and overall problems with […]Read On »


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Howard Gordon on SECOND CHANCE, 24: LEGACY and more – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/19/2016
Rob Kazinsky stars as Jimmy Pritchard in SECOND CHANCE | © 2016 Justin Stephens/FOX

In SECOND CHANCE, on Fox Network Fridays at 9 PM, Rob Kazinsky plays former sheriff Jimmy Pritchard. Jimmy is in the unusual position of being a 75-year-old man (played in older form by Philip Baker Hall) in a 30-something body, courtesy of a science experiment conducted to save the life of a techno-genius’ dying sister. Resurrecting Jimmy is strictly a byproduct of this as far as his benefactors are concerned, but Jimmy is determined to get to the bottom of the conspiracy that killed his older self and is now threatening his police detective son (Tim DeKay). SECOND CHANCE was […]Read On »


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