Posted in Movies, Reminder, Television, Video on August 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On August 10, a new version of the film Freaky Friday will debut on Disney at 8 PM.
Cozi Zuehlsdorff (Dolphin Tale) and Heidi Blickenstaff (Broadway star of The Little Mermaid and the stage production of Freaky Friday) star in this music-driven, body-swap comedy about a mother and daughter who, strangely, spend a day in each other’s shoes.
Here is a trailer for Freaky Friday:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on August 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On August 10, the Netflix feature film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will debut online.
A writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II, when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
The film stars Lily James (Downton Abbey and Cinderella) Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey and The Crown), Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey and Pride & Prejudice), Jessica Brown Findlay (Harlots and Downton Abbey) and Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones and Nashville).
Here is a trailer for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on August 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries new movie Garage Sale Mystery: The Pandora’s Box Murders will debut on August 5 at 9 PM.
Garage sale guru and amateur sleuth Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin from When Calls the Heart) agrees to appear on a new reality TV series. During the show she comes in contact with a mysterious puzzle box, in which the box’s now-deceased creator may have placed the clue to her killer. When the dead woman’s daughter-in-law is found dead just a few days later, Jennifer’s curiosity once again places her in harm’s way as she embarks on her own unorthodox investigation of the murders.
Returning cast members include Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic.
Here is a trailer and sneak peek at Garage Sale Mysteries: The Pandora’s Box Murders:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on August 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The Hallmark Channel original movie A Summer to Remember will debut on August 4 at 9 PM.
Jessica Tucker (Catherine Bell from Good Witch), a widow and successful doctor, is trying to juggle work and family when she learns she’s up for the top job at the hospital. For a well-deserved vacation, Jessica books a stay at a resort in Fiji so she and her daughter can disconnect and bond. During her stay, Jessica strikes up a friendship with Will (soap star Cameron Mathison), the charming owner of the resort. As Jessica and Will spend more time together, she begins to relax and starts to wonder if this island paradise can give her the life – and love – she’s always hoped for.
Here is a trailer for A Summer to Remember:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 31, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On August 3, the Netflix feature film Like Father will debut online.
Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars and The Good Place) is left at the altar and ends up going on her honeymoon cruise with her estranged father (Kelsey Grammer) and meeting a nice guy along the way (Seth Rogen).
Here is a trailer for Like Father:
Posted in Movies, News on July 28, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Based on information provided by the Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in August:
Disney’s Christopher Robin
Opens: August 3
Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor), the little boy from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is now all grown up and has lost all sense of imagination. Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood re-enter Christopher’s life to help him find it again. The film also stars Hayley Atwell, Mark Gatiss and voice provided by Jim Cummins, Brad Garrett, Toby Jones, Peter Capaldi and Sophie Okonedo.
Searching
Opens: August 3
Told entirely from a computer screen, David Kim (John Cho) discovers that his daughter, Margot (Michelle La), is missing. As he searches through her web history and interviews people who were supposedly close with her, he begins to learn that his daughter was not as perfect as she seemed. The cast includes Debra Messing and Sara Sohn [among others].
The Darkest Minds
Opens: August 3
Based on the Alexandra Bracken young adult novel, after a plague kills nearly all of America’s children, the ones left acquire special abilities. Sixteen-year-old Ruby Daly (Amandla Stenberg), one of the most powerful, runs away from her government internment camp with other teenagers. The group comes to realize they can form a rebellion and exact revenge upon those in power who have tortured their generation. The cast includes Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie, Bradley Whitford, Patrick Gibson and Harris Dickinson [among others].
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Opens: August 3
Audrey (Mila Kunis) and her best friend Morgan (Kate McKinnon) find themselves embroiled in a major international conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend Drew Thayer (Justin Theroux) unexpectedly re-enters her life with a team of assassins on his trail and reveals that he is actually a CIA agent. The film also stars Sam Heughan and Gillian Anderson.
Dog Days
Opens: August 10
Lovable canines change their owners’ lives in unexpected ways when both humans and dogs cross paths in Los Angeles. The ensemble cast includes Vanessa Hudgens, Nina Dobrev, Adam Pally, Ron Cephas Jones, Eva Longoria, Rob Corddry, Ryan Hansen, Michael Cassidy, Toks Olagundoye and Tig Notaro.
Crazy Rich Asians
Opens: August 15
Based on the novel by Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians centers on Chinese American economics professor Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), who accompanies her boyfriend Henry Golding (Nick Young) to Singapore for his best friend’s wedding, only to become thrust into the lives of Asia’s rich and famous. She discovers that her boyfriend comes from a very wealthy family with a dark past, and that every woman wants him. The film also stars Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong and Harry Shum, Jr.
Alpha
Opens: August 17
While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is injured and left for dead. Awakening to find himself broken and alone – he must learn to survive and navigate the harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, he learns to rely on it, and they become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds to find their way home before the deadly winter arrives.
Juliet, Naked
Opens: August 17
Based on the Nick Hornsby novel, the film centers on the story of Annie (Rose Byrne) and her unlikely romance with singer-songwriter Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke), who is also the subject of her boyfriend’s (Chris O’Dowd) long-time music obsession. The cast also includes Megan Dodds.
Mile 22
Opens: August 17
An elite American intelligence officer (Mark Wahlberg) tries to secretly move a police officer with sensitive information (Indonesian actor and martial artist Iko Uwais) out of his home country in Southeast Asia. The cast also includes John Malkovich, Lauren Cohen and Ronda Rousey.
The Little Mermaid
Opens: August 17
The story begins with an old grandmother telling her two granddaughters the story of The Little Mermaid. Despite their young ages, the girls don’t believe in the story, until their grandmother tells them a tale of her own. Many years ago, a young reporter named Cam Harrison (William Moseley) who had failed to earn a living sets out in search of a good story accompanied by his younger sister, Elle (Loreto Peralta). There, they go to a circus and encounter a beautiful mermaid (Poppy Drayton) trapped in a glass tank. They are further amazed when the mermaid appears before them as a young woman with legs. The duo soon learn of a prophecy about a little girl born on land, blessed with the heart of a mermaid. With this prophecy come to life in Elle, they are further entangled in a sinister plot of a wizard who wishes to keep the mermaid’s soul and convert it to power. The film also stars Diahann Carroll, William Forsythe, Gina Gershon and Shirley MacLaine.
The Wife
Opens: August 17
Based on the novel by Meg Wolitzer, the film follows a wife (Glenn Close) who questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Max Irons), who is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The cast includes Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater and Elizabeth McGovern.
Papillon
Opens: August 24
The film follows the epic story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who was unjustly convicted of murder and condemned to life in a notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island in French Guiana, South America. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), who in exchange for his protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape, ultimately resulting in a bond of lasting friendship.
The Bookshop
Opens: August 24
The film, like the novel, is set mainly in 1959, and centers on Florence Green (Emily Mortimer), a middle-aged widow, who decides to open a bookshop in the small fictional coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk. The location chosen is the Old House, an abandoned, damp house said to be infested by ghosts. After many sacrifices, Florence manages to start her business, which grows for about a year after which sales slump. Mr. Brundish (Bill Nighy), the lonely and mysterious inhabitant of the house at the top of the hill, is Florence’s best client. The influential and ambitious Mrs. Gamart (Patricia Clarkson) intends to set up an arts center in the Old House.
The Little Stranger
Opens: August 31
Dr. Faraday (Domhnall Gleeson) is a country doctor. During the summer of 1947, he tends to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked as a housemaid. The Hall, which has fallen into decline, is home to Mrs. Ayres (Charlotte Rampling) and her two children, Caroline (Ruth Wilson) and Roddy (Will Poulter). After taking on the new patient, Dr. Faraday finds the Ayres family’s story will soon become entwined with his own.
Movies coming out in September will be posted at the end of August.
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »
On July 29, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game will debut at 9 PM.
Crime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden (Candace Cameron Bure) leaps head first into Lawrenceton’s latest murder investigation when her nephew Phillip (Dylan Sloane) and his college roommate go missing after the roommate’s girlfriend is found dead. Enlisting the help of her Real Murders pals, and the handsome college professor Nick Miller (Niall Matter) who just moved in across the street from her, Roe uncovers a kidnapping plot gone awry.
The cast includes Marilu Henner.
Here is a trailer for Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game.
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on July 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The Hallmark Channel original movie Love on Safari will debut on July 28 at 9 PM.
Lacey Chabert stars as a web designer who finds plans for her trip to Scottsdale derailed when she learns she’s inherited an animal reserve in South Africa and must travel there for the reading of the will. Faced with the decision to sell, she meets the no-nonsense ranger (Jon Cor from Shadowhunters), who takes her on a safari in hopes that she will fall in love with the land, the animals and hopefully him.
Here is a trailer for Love on Safari.
Posted in Comic Con, Convention/Event, Geekdom, Movies, New Shows, News, Online Series, Pictures, Television, Video on July 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Day Two of Comic Con 2018 has come to a close a few hours ago in San Diego, and while there are plenty of parties still underway – that will be happening into the wee hours of the morning – here is a rundown of just SOME of the cool things that took place today at the annual fete.
Dr. Horrible Reunion
Dr. Horrible Reunion [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)
Fear the Walking Dead [Photo Credit: Josh Telles-TV Line Exclusive]
Vikings (History Channel)
Vikings: Alex Hogh Andersen, Georgia Hirst, Alexander Ludwig, Clive Standen, and Katheryn Winnick [Photo Credit:Mike Coppola/Getty Images North America/Zimbio]
The Walking Dead (AMC)
The Walking Dead [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Castle Rock (Hulu)
The psychological-horror anthology series from J.J. Abrams and Stephen King combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.
Castle Rock [Photo Credit: Josh Telles-TV Line Exclusive]
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
The “Star Trek” universe is expanding. Star Trek: Discovery Co-Creator and Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman announced the upcoming launch of a four-part miniseries titled Star Trek: Short Treks this fall. Rolling out on CBS All Access on a monthly basis, each of the four “Short Treks” episodes will be approximately 10-15 minutes long, and will dig deeper into specific characters and themes explored on Star Trek: Discovery. [Ellis Clopton at Variety]
Star Trek: Discovery [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Entertainment Weekly’s Brave Warriors
EW’s Brave Warriors: Santiago Cabrera (Salvation), Dylan Bruce (Orphan Black), Eoin Macken (Merlin and Nightflyers), Tom Ellis (Lucifer), and Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange) [Photo Credit: Mike Copploa/Getty Images North America/Zimbio]
Make sure to check out what Roz had to briefly say – further below – about this panel.
Amazon Prime Video Showcase
A Look Inside Good Omens
The Expanse – Thank You to the Fans
Homecoming – Official Teaser
Wynonna Earp (Syfy)
Tim Rozon, Melanie Scrofano, Katherine Barrell, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Shamier Anderson, Varun Saranga and Chantel Riley [Photo Credit: Ben Watts/Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
Check out this great video interview with the cast of the Syfy cult favorite with moderator Damian Holbrook.
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger (Freeform)
Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
By the way, the show was given a second season renewal by Freeform, by the way.
The Passage (FOX)
Based on author Justin Cronin’s best-selling trilogy of the same name, the series focuses on Project Noah, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. When a young girl, Amy Bellafonte (Saniyya Sidney from Fences and Hidden Figures) is chosen to be a test subject, Federal Agent Brad Wolgast (Mark-Paul Gosselaar from Pitch) is the man who is tasked with bringing her to Project Noah. Ultimately, however, Wolgast becomes her surrogate father, as he tries to protect her at any cost.
The Passage [Photo Credit: Josh Telles-TV Line Exclusive]
Preacher (AMC)
Preacher: EP Evan Goldberg, EP Sam Catlin, EP Seth Rogen, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, and Domninic Cooper [Photo Credit: Peter Larsen, Orange County Register]
OTHER GREAT TIDBITS
Nathan Fillion Autograph Signing
Nathan Fillion Signing [Photo Credit: ABC/Matt Petit]
M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass”
COSPLAYERS
[Photo Credit: Gamesport]
THE ROZ REPORT
Here is what Roz had to report about what happened to her or what she witnessed today at Comic Con 2018 Day Two:
It was a fun day of awkward stories that finally got to some of the Hollywood double standards at the EW’s Brave Warriors panel, especially when Tom Ellis revealed a less than ideal situation in a sex scene.
Here is the picture Roz took at that panel:
EW’s Brave Warriors Panel [Photo Credit: Roz Foster]
Biggest highlight, though, was running into someone from the show that started me coming to Comic Con! Francis Capra, Weevil, is always a treat to see!
Roz and Francis Capra (Weevil from Veronica Mars)
More coming soon…
Posted in Comic Con, Convention/Event, Geekdom, Movies, New Shows, News, Online Series, Pictures, Television, Video on July 20, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The first full day of Comic Con 2018 got underway today in San Diego with loads and loads of panels, focusing on upcoming movies, new and returning TV shows, special salutes to women in the industry and so much more.
Naturally, it’s impossible to focus on every single panel that took place today, but the following includes brief details, pictures and/or trailers for many of the scripted TV shows that were on the schedule today as well some really cool photos of cosplayers and celebs in attendance today.
Siren (Freeform)
Eric Wald, Rena Owen, Alex Roe, Eline Powell, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Ian Verdun and Emily Whitesell [Photo Credit: Jerod Harris/Getty Images North America/Zimbio]
TLC member and self-professed #1 fan Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas moderated the panel, focusing on the new Freeform series about mermaids in the small coastal town of Bristol Cove. During the panel executive producers Emily Whitesell and Eric Wald confirmed that season two will see new mermaids in town, “It will give us a chance to dig even more into the mermaid mythology; what their lives are like, what their social structures are like.” [Devan Coggan at Entertainment Weekly]
Charmed (The CW)
Jessica O’Toole, Madeleine Mantock, Sarah Jeffery, Melonie Diaz and Jennie Snyder Urman [Photo Credit: Getty Images]
The 1998-2006 WB series is getting a reboot this fall with a story that is very reminiscent of the original with a few tweaks. Mel and Maggie are sisters who live with their college professor mother. After she dies under mysterious circumstances, they are reunited with their long-lost sister Macy as they begin to manifest their dipowers. Macy is a scientist, who, while embracing her role as a witch, she wants to find a scientific explanation as to how their powers work. The show looks to rely a lot on humor, and will touch on a lot of prescient issues, such as LGBT relationships and the #MeToo movement. Executive Producer Jennie Snyder Urman shared that the original show had such strong powerful women and that in today’s world, there wasn’t a better time to bring back a show with empowered women. [Donnie Lederer at Syfy Wire]
Doctor Who (BBC America)
Doctor Who Panel: [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault)
odie Whittaker with Sonic Screwdriver [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Our very own Roz got to see part of the show’s panel, introducing the new FEMALE Doctor Who – Jodie Whittaker herself – along with two of her three new companions. The first, albeit short, official trailer for Season 11 was shown and according to Roz, “even though I only heard part of the panel, I’m excited to see a female doctor even if the Doctor’s gender isn’t at the heart of the episodes. Hearing that the season will be stand-alone (episodes) and (meant as) a way to get more people into the show (that) makes me hopeful that little girls everywhere will see that they can travel the stars.”
Jodie Whittaker at Her Universe Fashion Show [Photo Credit: Roz Foster]
What was even more exciting was that Doctor Who lead Jodie Whittaker crashed the Her Universe Fashion Show, which Roz was attending, and Roz was able to snap this great shot of Jodie in full Doctor Who regalia. Here are a few other pictures of some of the great fashions:
[Fashion Show Photo Credit: Roz Foster]
Make sure to also check back here after the convention has ended for Roz’s full report on the Her Universe Fashion Show that will include video of Jodie crashing the event and more great photos from the event.
In the meantime, enjoy the season 11 official trailer:
Impulse (You Tube Originals)
Maddie Hasson [Photo Credit: Melissa Lowery]
The You Tube Originals series based on the novel Impulse by Steven Gould, which received a second season order, took to the stage for the first time; and my friend and editor at NiceGirlsTV, Melissa Lowery, had the opportunity to speak with lead actress Maddie Hasson in the press room, and here is the great photo she snapped of the talented actress.
Tell Me a Story (CBS All Access)
The new series set in modern-day New York City takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.
James Wolk and Paul Wesley [Photo Credit: Ben Watts/Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
Origins (You Tube Premium)
A group of people are sold the promise of a new life on a faraway planet that’s being colonized by a corporation called Siren. Of course, that doesn’t go as planned, and the 11 passengers have to figure out what went wrong and how they will survive, while also flashing back to the lives they left behind on Earth.
A Discovery of Witches (Sundance Now)
Owen Teale, Valarie Pettiford, Alex Kingston, and Teresa Palmer [Photo Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images]
Based on the Deborah Harkness best-selling novel, the series picked up by Sundance Now is a contemporary love story that begins against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, in a world where small numbers of witches, vampires and daemons live and work, unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight. Brilliant historian Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) is a reluctant witch denying her heritage when the discovery of a bewitched manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library throws her into the heart of a dangerous mystery – and into the path of the enigmatic vampire and geneticist, Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode), who hides a dark family secret.
Nightflyers (Syfy)
David Ajala, Jodie Turner-Smith, Angus Sampson, Gretchen Mol, and Eoin Macken [Photo Credit: Ben Watts Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
Chloe Bennett [Photo Credit: Ben Watts Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
In 2093, in hopes of making contact with a mysterious alien life at the edge of our solar system, a group of maverick scientists and a powerful telepath embark on an expedition aboard The Nightflyer. As they race towards first contact, terrifying and violent events begin to occur, causing the once tight-knit crew to mistrust each other. It’s not long before their main mission becomes survival.
Marvel Rising: Secret Warrior (Digital Short Series)
Secret Warriors will be part of a bigger project, also titled Marvel Rising. The franchise will launch with a digital short series about Spider-Gwen and her new secret identity Ghost-Spider. The cast members include Dove Cameron, Chloe Bennet, Tyler Posey and Milana Vayntrub [among others].
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Better Call Saul Panel [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Van Helsing (Syfy)
Marvel’s Iron Fist (Netflix)
Mr. Mercedes (DirecTV’s Audience Network)
The Audience Network adaptation of the Stephen King trilogy will be back with its second season on August 22, but the second season will actually be based on “End of Watch,” the third book in the trilogy. The problem with using “Finders Keepers,” – the second book in the trilogy – according to Executive Producer and Director Jack Bender – was that “our heroes didn’t come into it until halfway through the book.” [Josh Weiss at Syfy Wire]
Sona Series (Streaming Series)
The 8-episode short form sci-fi series created by and starring actress Ashley Clements (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and the film Non-Transferable) focuses on what happens when Lieutenant Belyn Sona (Clements), a United Earth Space Corps officer, has to choose between her alien husband and her home planet, she has no option but betrayal. Trapped in an escape pod with no knowledge of her husband’s whereabouts, Sona is forced to reckon with what truly matters, and what it takes to survive. The series was filmed mostly on an escape pod set built in her Clements’ own apartment.
Project Blue Book (History Channel)
Titans (DC Universe)
Magnum P.I. (CBS) and Breaking Bad 10th Anniversary (AMC)
Magnum PI [Photo Credit: Ben Watts Entertainment Weekly Exclusive]
Breaking Bad Panel [Photo Credit: Dominick Dusseault]
Breaking Bad 10th Anniversary: Top row L-R: Patrick Fabian, AMC’s Charlie Collier, Giancarlo Esposito, RJ Mitte, Michael Mando, Dean Norris, Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan, and Peter Gould. Bottom row L-R: Rhea Seehorn, Bob Odenkirk, Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, and Betsy Brandt. [Photo Credit: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for AMC]
Check out these great photos of John Barrowman, the cast of the upcoming box office movie The Predator, the cast of Wynonna Earp and some great cosplayers.
More of the convention coming tomorrow…
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