ALMOST PARADISE: Actor Christian Kane on Season 2 of the tropical action series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/21/2023
ALMOST PARADISE Key Art - Season 2 | ©2023 Electric Entertainment

ALMOST PARADISE, the lighthearted action drama set and shot in the Philippines, is back for its second season, which premieres Friday July 21 on the free streaming service Amazon Freevee. The series, created by Dean Devlin and Gary Rosen, debuted on basic cable in 2020 (Season 1 is also now available on Freevee), but various issues, including COVID and other natural disasters, prevented it from returning until now. In ALMOST PARADISE, Christian Kane stars as Alex Walker, a former American DEA agent who decided to open a gift shop at an idyllic Filipino island resort. Here, Alex hopes to get […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WATCH LIST

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/18/2020
WATCH LIST movie poster | ©2020 Dark Star Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alessandra de Rossi, Arthur Acuña, Jake Macapagal Writers: Rona Lean Sales & Ben Rekhi Director: Ben Rekhi Distributor: Dark Star Pictures Release Date: August 21, 2020 (theatrical); September 1, 2020 (VOD) WATCH LIST opens with real-world footage of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte making an anti-drug speech, and tacitly praising Hitler. This is not an endorsement by the filmmakers, but rather their way of stating up front what ordinary Filipino citizens are up against in the Duterte regime’s war on drugs. We meet Maria (Alessandra de Rossi), her husband Turo, and their three youngsters, aged thirteen, nine, […]Read On »


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ALMOST PARADISE: Dean Devlin talks Season 1 finale, the ELECTRIC NOW app, and the scoop on LEVERAGE 2.0 – Exclusive Interview

By CARL CORTEZ 06/01/2020
ALMOST PARADISE - Season 1 Key Art | ©2020 Electric Entertainment/WGN America

With ALMOST PARADISE concluding its season finale tonight on WGN America, co-creator and executive producer Dean Devlin gives us the scoop on the series featuring Christian Kane as an ex-DEA agent still finding trouble while trying to retire in the Philippines. Devlin also discusses the Electric Now app which also streams ALMOST PARADISE and Electric Entertainment’s previous series LEVERAGE, THE OUTPOST, THE LIBRARIANS. He also offers up details on the new LEVERAGE 2.0 series currently in the works. ASSIGNMENT X: What do you have in store for the ALMOST PARADISE season finale? DEAN DEVLIN: There have been many story lines […]Read On »


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ALMOST PARADISE: Writer Kerry Glover on Season 1 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/25/2020
Christian Kane in ALMOST PARADISE - Season 1 | ©2020 Electric Entertainment/WGN America

ALMOST PARADISE, Monday nights on WGN America and thereafter available on Amazon, is the first American-made TV series to be shot entirely in the Philippines. Created by Dean Devlin and Gary Rosen, the series stars Christian Kane as former U.S. DEA agent Alex Walker. Alex has moved to the island of Cebu in search of a peaceful retirement, but his crime-stopping instincts keep involving him with the local police department, primarily detectives Kai Mendoza (Samantha Richelle) and Ernesto Alamares (Arthur Acun͂a). Kerry Glover scripted the ALMOST PARADISE episode “Unbecalming,” where the police station is taken over by criminals at the […]Read On »


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ALMOST PARADISE: Actress Samantha Richelle on Season 1 of the new action series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/18/2020
Samantha Richelle in ALMOST PARADISE - Season 1 | ©2020 Electric Entertainment

In ALMOST PARADISE, in its first season Monday nights on WGN America and thereafter available on Amazon Prime, Samantha Richelle plays police detective Kai Mendoza. The series, created by Dean Devlin & Gary Rosen, is set and shot in the Philippines. Kai is the youngest detective on the force on the scenic island of Cebu. She is often paired with more senior detective Ernesto Alamares (Arthur Acuna). Both of the law officers find themselves alternately helped and annoyed by Christian Kane’s character Alex Walker, an American ex-DEA agent who thought he was retiring to Cebu, but can’t help himself when […]Read On »


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ALMOST PARADISE: Arthur Acuna on his new WGN America series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/11/2020
Arthur Acuna in ALMOST PARADISE - Season 1 | ©2020 Electric Entertainment

WGN America’s ALMOST PARADISE, in its first season on Monday nights, is the first American-made series to be both set and shot in the Philippines. Christian Kane plays ex-DEA agent Alex Walker, who thinks he’s going to live as a retiree running a gift shop on the Filipino island of Cebu. However, when local law enforcement finds out about Alex’s past, he winds up getting involved with helping solve cases. Arthur Acuňa plays Cebu police detective Ernesto Alamares. Alamares is deceptively quiet, but capable of taking down a whole gang with his feet, fists, and a couple of sticks. Acuňa, […]Read On »


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ALMOST PARADISE: Actor Christian Kane on his new action series – Exclusive Interview – Part 1

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/27/2020
Christian Kane in ALMOST PARADISE - Season 1 | ©2020 Electric Entertainment

In ALMOST PARADISE, Monday nights on WGN America and thereafter available on Amazon Prime, Christian Kane stars as Alex Walker. Alex is an American former DEA agent, burned by his former partner and suffering from hypertension. He decides to retire to run a gift shop at an idyllic island resort in the Philippines. However, his expertise is noticed by the local police, who think he’d make a great consultant. Alex thinks he doesn’t want to be drawn back into law enforcement, but he finds he can’t stand idly by when criminals get active in his line of sight. ALMOST PARADISE […]Read On »


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