The new?television series is upon us, but that doesn’t mean you’re caught up on all of your favorite shows. In this week’s ‘TV guide,’ we highlight several shows that may be up your alley, from the dramatic (Jane the Virgin) to the exciting (The Flash), with several options in between. Jane the Virgin The Complete…
In?Cop Car, we see Kevin Bacon from a different angle than in?The Following?or?Black Mass. Here, he’s the tormentor: A cop with a beaten man in his trunk, bags of cocaine in his possession, and a temper he’s slowly losing in a growling, Southern roar. Still, the biggest of his problems is two young boys, Travis…
In the continuation of HBO’s hit television show,?Entourage The Movie?follows Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his three friends, Eric “E” Murphy (Kevin Connolly), Turtle Assante (Jerry Ferrara), and Johnny “Drama” Chase (Kevin Dillon), in their attempt to make the transition to directing a film (and starring) after his marriage breaks apart. When Ari Gold (Jeremy…
NBC’s The Player?should not be taken seriously. It revolves around an all-powerful, mysterious organization that handles bets by the super rich on how dangerous, criminal situations will be resolved. Will the criminals murder, kidnap, or steal, or will ‘The Player,’ the one man on the opposite side of the bet, stop them? This is the…
In 2002, Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise teamed up to deliver Philip K. Dick’s science fiction short story to the big screen in a move that received critical acclaim. Personally, it’s one of my top ten sci-fi flicks of all time, balancing action, mystery, special effects, and spellbinding questions about what we would do if…
In 2011, before?Silver Linings Playbook,?American Hustle, and?American Sniper, Bradley Cooper starred with Robert De Niro in a “little” thriller called?Limitless, based on Alan Glynn’s novel?The Dark Fields. Now, Cooper is executive producing a CBS series of the same name about the powers of mind that one man inherits when he takes a special pill (think?The…
The first time I saw the trailer for 2015’s?Cinderella, I wondered what else could make the story worth seeing. Almost every aspect of the?well-known story (at least the 1950 Walt Disney version) was captured in the trailer. Were they trying to convince parents that they could take their children? Were they buying into the ‘show…
Britt Marling and Hailee Steinfeld are sisters in this end-of-the-war film about overcoming racism and fighting against evil in all its forms.
In 2001, Universal Pictures made a ‘little’ film about street racing called?The Fast & The Furious. Fourteen years later, the film series has topped itself in each of the six sequels, providing more eye-popping stunts and spectacularly delivering snapshots of the best action and car chases that all other films seem to be chasing….
“You were robbed.” That’s the first thing I said to David Oyelowo upon getting him on the phone to discuss his upcoming film,?Captive, out on September 18. The deep, English laugh that follows tells me that Oyelowo knows?exactly?what I’m talking about, that is, the Oscar snub of his masterful performance as The Reverend Dr. Martin…
