Sam Elliott is the voice of Dodge, the actor you’ve seen in Westerns even if you couldn’t name him then, and a chiseled-looking guy you’d say ‘yessir’ to if you met. But lately, Elliott has been playing type against type (see:?The Ranch), and now he appears in Brett Haley’s?The Hero, a comedy-drama about a pot-smoking…
In the tenth season of CBS’ long-running comedy about a circle of seven friends (and some of their hangers-on), the subjects have turned primarily from video games, comic books, science fiction, and dating to… marriage and children. The humor is still quirky and clever, and the characters are all there – but?The Big Bang Theory?has…
In Angels Memorial Hospital, the staff are overworked, underpaid, and without resources. But they’ve got Marcia Gay Harden! In the second season of the intense medical procedural, the crew at the hospital tackle rape, autism, Parkinson’s, and levels of grief that have been boiled down to seriously dangerous levels. Led by Harden’s Dr. Leanne “Daddy”…
When Dr. Beth McCord became Secretary of State, she had the background as a CIA analyst and poly-sci professor from UVA to make her a solid choice by the sitting president. But McCord could never have imagined the level of personal trauma the position would cause her, and the effects that it would have on…
Thirty-five years after Steve Spielberg unveiled the gnarliest alien this side of Yoda,?E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?arrives in a bike on Blu-ray and Digital HD. See how Elliott (Henry Thomas), Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and Michael (Robert MacNaughton) survive ’70s and ’80s genre experiences and human distrust for what they can’t understand with their limited view… and consider…
So, let’s be clear: Tom Cruise has battle just about everything. The Russians. Autism. Aliens. Futuristic governments. The future itself. But he’s never fought the ancient evil of the Mummy before. In a remake of the 1999 Brendan Fraser film (and to be clear, “remake” is being used at its most liberal), Cruise stars as…
Three seasons ago, CBS unleashed a serial about the exploits of the overly smart (IQ-wise, not EQ-wise) Walter O’Brien, played in stunning fashion by Elyes Gabriel. O’Brien is joined on his team of unique experts working for Homeland Security by psychologist Toby (Eddie Kaye Thomas), engineer Happy (Jadyn Wong), and statistician Sylvester (Ari Stidham). With…
In the second English language adaptation of H.G. Wells’?The Island of Dr. Moreau, Michael York plays the protagonist, Andrew Braddock, who washes ashore of said island. Nursed back to health by the ‘good’ doctor, played by Burt Lancaster, he finds himself admiring the lovely Maria (Barbara Carrera) and both disgusted and intrigued by the variety…
Steven C. Miller (Escape Plan 2?in 2018)?had collaborated with Bruce Willis on two films, Extraction and Marauders, before delivering Willis mano y mano with Hayden Christensen in?First Kill. Here, Christensen’s Will wants to get his son, Danny (Ty Shelton), away from the bullies who have repeatedly drawn the boy into school violence. So, he’s brought…
The story of Tupac Shakur is told through flashbacks in Summit Entertainment’s All Eyez on Me, as an incarcerated Shakur (mid-1990s) shares his story from Clinton Correctional Facility. Beginning in 1971, we see Shakur’s life grow in political aspiration and musical power from his parents’ leadership and outside forces that impacted his life. The audience…
