TV Review: DRACULA – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Series Premiere

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/26/2013
Jonathan Rhys Meyers in DRACULA - Season 1 | ©2013 NBC/Nino Munoz

Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Victoria Smurfit, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Nonso Anozie, Katie McGrath Writer: Cole Haddon, created by Cole Haddon Director: Steve Shill Network: NBC, Fridays @ 10 PM Original Airdate: October 25, 2013 By now, so many writers, directors, actors et al have had a go at Bram Stoker’s creation that saying something is about Dracula is about as helpful as saying the characters wear shoes. In what is being billed as a limited series, NBC’s new DRACULA, developed by Cole Haddon – who also scripted the premiere – takes a number of elements from […]Read On »


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TV Review: GRIMM – Season 3 – “The Ungrateful Dead” – Season Premiere

By RACHEL REITSLEFF
David Giuntoli as Nick Burkhardt, Bree Turner as Rosalee; (l-r) Russell Hornsby as Hank Griffin, Reggie Lee as Sgt. Wu, Sasha Roiz as Cpt. Renard, Bitsie Tulloch as Juliette Silverton, Silas Weir Mitchell as Monroe in GRIMM - Season 2 | ©2013 NBC/Michael Muller

Stars: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee, Bree Turner, Claire Coffee, Shohreh Agdashloo, James Frain, Reg. E. Cathey Writers: Jim Kouf & David Greenwalt, series created by Stephen Carpenter and David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf Director: Norberto Barba Network: NBC, Fridays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: October 25, 2013 Season 2 of GRIMM ended on a cliffhanger, with our hero, Nick the Grimm (David Giuntoli) zombified and put in a coffin by Baron Samedi (Reg E. Cathey), and Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch), Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) trapped by running zombies […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE COUNSELOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/25/2013
THE COUNSELOR movie poster | ©2013 20th Century Fox

Rating: R Stars: Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt, Ruben Blades Writer: Cormac McCarthy Director: Ridley Scott Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Release Date: October 25, 2013 Director Ridley Scott and writer Cormac McCarthy are masters of craft who should not be underestimated. However, their collaboration on THE COUNSELOR – erstwhile novelist McCarthy’s first screenplay – is not the finest work of either one. Although THE COUNSELOR has certain thematic qualities in common with NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, it lacks of that story’s poles, the ethical if ultimately ineffectual sheriff played by Tommy Lee Jones or […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – Season 2 – “Liar, Liar”

By SUE SCHNEIDER
Jay Ryan in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Season 2 - "Liar, Liar" | ©2013 The CW /Sven Frenzel

Stars: Kristin Kreuk, Jay Ryan, Austin Basis, Nina Lisandrello, Sendhil Ramamurthy Writers: John A. Norris, series created by Ron Koslow Director: Bradley Walsh Network: The CW, Monday @ 9 PM Original Airdate: October 21, 2013 “Liar, Liar” is an interesting episode of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST since now you realize that Muirfield made a lot more beasts. Are they rogue or is someone else pulling their strings? Who made this list that FBI Reynolds has? Since he worked with Muirfield was this a list he made up? Is he lying to Vincent that he is not on this list? There […]Read On »


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TV Review: ARROW – Season 2 – “Broken Dolls”

By EGAN BRUMLEY
Stephen Amell in ARROW - Season 2 - "Broken Dolls" | © 2013 The CW/Cate Cameron

Stars:  Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Paul Blackthorne, Susanna Thompson, Colin Salmon, Willa Holland, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Manu Bennett, Colton Haynes, Celina Jade, Summer Glau Writer: Marc Guggenheim & Keto Shimizu Director: Glen Winter Network: The CW, airs Wednesday Nights Original Telecast: October 23, 2013 ARROW gives us a serial killer rather than a comic book super villain this week, but despite the much grittier undertones, “Broken Dolls” finds a way to be an entertaining episode that doesn’t overdo the ugliness. When we last left Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) he had donned the Hood of his crime fighting alter […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – Season 5 – “True Lies”

By SUE SCHNEIDER 10/24/2013
Nina Dobrev in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES - Season 5 - "True Lies" | ©2013 The CW/Annette Brown

Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R. McQueen, Kat Graham, Zach Roerig, Candice Accola, Michael Trevino
  Writers: Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Brian Young, series created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on characters created in L.J. Smith’s THE VAMPIRE DIARIES novels
  Director: Joshua Butler
  Network: The CW, Thursdays @ 8 PM Original Airdate: October 10, 2013 (Season 5 Episode 2) Life is changing for Elena and Caroline, or so they think on the latest episode of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES – “True Lies.” Their roommate Megan who was killed in the premiere was listed as cause of death […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 9 – “The Woman in White”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/23/2013
Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in BONES - Season 8 - "The Woman in White" | ©2013 Fox/Patrick McElhenney

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, TJ Thyne, John Francis Daley, Ryan O’Neal, Cyndi Lauper, Patricia Belcher, Eugene Byrd, Carla Gallo, Bryan Klugman, Joel David Moore, Michael Grant Terry, Pej Vahdat, Mather Zickel, David Hornsby, Ralph Waite, Joanna Cassidy, Ty Panitz Writer: Karine Rosenthal, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Kevin Hooks Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: October 21, 2013 On BONES, the wedding of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) has been in the works for […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 9 – “The Lady on the List”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF
Former Ultimate Fighting Champion Chuck Liddel in BONES - Season 8 - "The Lady on the List" | ©2013 Fox/Ray Mickshaw

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, TJ Thyne, John Francis Daley, Bryan Klugman, Rebecca McFarland, Patrick Heusinger, Chuck Liddell Writer: Pat Charles, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Chad Lowe Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: October 14, 2013 In “The Lady on the List,” BONES presents us with a scenario that is not so much ripped from the headlines as teased from yesterday’s papers. The episode centers on the murder of a Randy Pausch-like teacher, a man dying of cancer who has created a series of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE FIFTH ESTATE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/19/2013
THE FIFTH ESTATE movie poster | ©2013 Touchstone Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, Alicia Vikander, Anthony Mackie, Peter Capaldi, David Thewlis, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci, Carice Van Houten, Alexander Siddig Writer: Josh Singer, based on the books INSIDE WIKILEAKS: MY TIME WITH JULIAN ASSANGE AT THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS WEBSITE by Daniel Domscheit-Berg and WIKILEAKS: INSIDE JULIAN ASSANGE’S WAR ON SECRECY by David Leigh & Luke Harding Director: Bill Condon Distributor: Walt Disney/Touchstone Pictures Release Date: October 18, 2013 Whenever there’s a film where the action is largely propelled by what’s happening via computers, the fear is that we’re mostly going to be watching people typing. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CARRIE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
CARRIE 2013 Theatrical Poster | ©2013 Screen Gems

Rating: R Stars: Chloe Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde, Portia Doubleday, Alex Russell, Zoe Belkin, Ansel Elgort, Judy Greer Writers: Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, based on the novel by Stephen King Director: Kimberly Peirce Distributor: Screen Gems/Sony Release Date: October 18, 2013 Most horror movie and/or pop culture fans can tell you that, decades before there was the Red Wedding, there was the Red Prom. Stephen King’s novel CARRIE was adapted in 1976 by director Brian De Palma and screenwriter Lawrence D. Cohen into a movie that earned Oscar nominations for actresses Sissy Spacey, as the title […]Read On »


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