Movie Review: RENFIELD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/14/2023
RENFIELD movie poster | ©2023 Universal Pictures

Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Shohreh Agdashloo, Brandon Scott Jones, Adrian Martinez Writer: Ryan Ridley, story by Robert Kirkman Director: Chris McKay Distributor: Universal Release Date: April 14, 2023 There have been innumerable takes on Dracula and those who surround him. In many versions of the tale, including Bram Stoker’s original novel, Dracula’s primary henchman is Renfield. RENFIELD, told from that character’s point of view, omits his time in the lunatic asylum and instead has him as Dracula’s (Nicolas Cage) primary facilitator, arranging for things like meals (i.e., murder victims), lodging, and transportation. In return, Renfield (Nicholas […]Read On »


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STAR TREK: Actor Connor Trinneer on the franchise’s 55th birthday – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/11/2021
CONNOR TRINEER | photo courtesy Connor Trineer

STAR TREK is celebrating its fifty-fifth birthday this year. To celebrate, Creation Entertainment – which itself is turning fifty – is throwing a five-day convention at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, August 11-15. There will be over one hundred guests, including William Shatner, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Jeri Ryan, Kelsey Grammer, Shohreh Agdashloo, and Brent Spiner. There will be COVID protocols in place; for further details, go to creationent.com. Among the panelists is Connor Trinneer, who played Commander Charles “Trip” Tucker for four seasons, 2001-2005, on STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE. Since then, the actor from Washington State has had arcs […]Read On »


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BONES: Tamara Taylor on the second half of Season 11 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/02/2016
Tamara Taylor in BONES -Season 11 | ©2016 Fox/Jeff Lipsky

Tamara Taylor is now in her tenth year of playing Dr. Camille Saroyan on BONES. The romantic comedy/drama procedural on Fox Network, currently Thursdays at 8 PM, is in its eleventh season; one year after BONES debuted, Taylor joined the cast as the head of the forensics lab at Washington, D.C.’s prestigious (albeit fictional) Jeffersonian Institute. This has been a challenging year for Taylor’s Cam, with multiple plot arcs. For one thing, there’s a new serial killer on the loose. For another, the lab’s entomologist, and Cam’s friend, Dr. Jack Hodgins (TJ Thyne), has lost the use of his legs in an […]Read On »


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THE EXPANSE: Showrunner Naren Shankar chats about Season 1 – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/02/2016
Thomas Jane stars as Detective Josephus Miller in THE EXPANSE | © 2016 Steve Wilkie/Syfy

In Syfy’s THE EXPANSE, in its first season Tuesdays at 10 PM, humanity has spread across the solar system without getting any more humane. A distress call from a missing young woman entangles the crew of the ice-hauling spacecraft Canterbury in both a murder mystery and political intrigue that could lead to interplanetary war. Show runner Naren Shankar, one of THE EXPANSE’s executive producers, has lots of experience in the science-fiction genre, with writing/producing credits that include STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, THE OUTER LIMITS, FARSCAPE and GRIMM. He also spent nearly ten years as a writer/executive producer on CSI. […]Read On »


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THE EXPANSE: Cas Anvar on the new Syfy series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/29/2015
Cas Anvar in THE EXPANSE - Season 1 | ©2015 Syfy/Jason Bell

Based on a series of best-selling novels by James S.A. Corey, Syfy’s new series THE EXPANSE, Tuesdays at 10 PM, is set two hundred years from now. Humanity’s technical prowess has grown enough for people to spread throughout the solar system. Alas, humanity’s emotional and psychological flaws remain much as they are now, which means interplanetary war may break out. Cas Anvar plays spacecraft pilot Alex Kamal. The prolific actor, originally from Saskatchewan, Canada, also starred in Syfy’s series OLYMPUS earlier this year, and has three feature films out in 2015 alone: the award-winning ROOM, the exorcism thriller THE VATICAN […]Read On »


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BONES star Tamara Taylor on Season 10 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/10/2014
Tamara Taylor in BONES - Season 10 | ©2014 Fox/Jeff Lipsky

BONES, Fox’s medical/FBI procedural romantic dramedy based on the works of Kathy Reichs, is now in its tenth season and celebrates its 200th episode Thursday, December 11 at 8 PM. To mark the occasion, the episode, entitled “The 200th in the 10th,” puts the regular cast in an alternate reality, with David Boreanaz, who usually plays FBI Agent Seeley Booth, as a charming jewel thief, and Emily Deschanel, who portrays forensic anthropology expert Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan, as an LAPD detective. Tamara Taylor, who has been playing laboratory chief Dr. Camille Saroyan since the start of BONES’ second season, can’t […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 9 – “The Cold in the Case”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 04/26/2014
TJ Thyne in BONES - Season 9 - "The Cold in the Case" ©2014 Fox/Ray Mickshaw

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, TJ Thyne, John Francis Daley, Pej Vahdat, Shohreh Agdashloo, Chris McGarry, Kate Orsini, Braeden Marcott, Myk Watford, David Dean Bottrell Writer: Emily Silver, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Milan Cheylov Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: April 14, 2014 There’s a lot going on in the BONES episode “The Cold in the Case,” starting with the twist that provides the title. When the remains of a young woman are found and entomologist Hodgins (TJ Thyne) sees insect activity that indicate […]Read On »


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

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/26/2013
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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