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The new Syfy drama Killjoys will debut on June 19 at 10 PM.
Killjoys follows a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant system on the brink of a bloody, multi-planetary class war.
The cast features Aaron Ashmore (Warehouse 13), Luke Macfarlane (Brothers & Sisters) and Hannah John-Kamen (The Hour and Whitechapel).
Here is a trailer for Killjoys:
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »
On June 19, The Astronaut Wives Club will debut on ABC at 8 PM.
Based on the book by Lily Koppel, this new series will focus on seven women who were key players behind some of the biggest events in American history. As America’s astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, the lives of their young wives were transformed, seemingly overnight, from military spouses to American royalty. As their celebrity rose, and tragedy began to touch their lives, they rallied together.
The cast includes Dominique McElligott (Hell on Wheels), Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck), Odette Annable (Rush and House), Joanna Garcia-Swisher (Once Upon a Time), Erin Cummings (Spartacus), Azure Parsons (Salem), Sam Reid (the box office film Belle), Zoe Boyle (Downton Abbey), Desmond Harrington (Dexter), Bret Harrison (Reaper), Aaron McCusker (Shameless and Fortitude), Kenneth Mitchell (Jericho) and Wilson Bethel (Hart of Dixie).
Here is a trailer for The Astronaut Wives Club:
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new USA Network drama Complications will debut with two back-to-back episodes on June 18 at 9 and 10 PM.
Dr. John Ellison (Jason O’Mara from Terra Nova) is a disillusioned suburban ER doctor, who finds his existence transformed when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a young boy’s life and killing one of his attackers. When he learns the boy is still marked for death he finds himself compelled to save him at any cost and discovers that his life and his outlook on medicine may never be the same.
The cast includes Jessica Szohr (90210), Beth Riesgraf (Leverage) and Lauren Stamile (Grey’s Anatomy and Burn Notice).
Here is the trailer for Complications:
Posted in New Shows, News, Reminder, Television, Video on June 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The SundanceTV drama Deutschland 83 will debut on June 17 at 11 PM.
The eight-part, coming-of-age spy thriller unfolds just as the Cold War between East and West comes to a head, following Martin Rauch (German actor Jonas Nay) as the 24-year-old East German native who is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy.
Here is a trailer for Deutschland 83.
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The new TNT drama Proof will debut on June 16 at 10 PM.
Following the death of her teenage son, a divorce, and a rift with her daughter, Dr. Carolyn Tyler (Jennifer Beals) is persuaded by Ivan Turing (Matthew Modine), a tech inventor and billionaire with cancer, to investigate supernatural cases of reincarnation, near-death experiences, and hauntings, in hopes to find evidence that death is not final.
The cast includes Joe Morton (Scandal and Eureka), Callum Blue (Dead Like Me) and Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class).
Here is a trailer for Proof:
Posted in Movies, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
On June 14, the UP Channel original movie Baby Boot Camp will debut at 7 PM.
In this romantic comedy, super cute fitness instructor Julia Penman (Danneel Ackles [the wife of Supernatural star Jensen Ackles] from One Tree Hill and One Life to Live), is down on her luck trying to make her baby boot camp a thriving business. To make ends meet, she becomes a part-time nanny for single widowed father Scott (Kavan Smith from When Calls the Heart). Trouble is, she knows nothing about taking care of children.
The film also stars Miranda Frigon (A Cookie Cutter Christmas).
Here is a trailer for Baby Boot Camp.
Posted in Movies, News, Reminder, Television, Video on June 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The 7-part mini-series Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell will debut on BBC America on June 13 at 10 PM.
Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) and Bertie Carvel (Restless) will star in this mini-series that is set at the beginning of the 19th-century in an England where no one believes in practical magic. The reclusive Mr. Norrell (Marsan) of Hurtfew Abbey stuns the city of York when he causes the statues of York Cathedral to speak and move. With a little persuasion and help from his man of business Childermass (Enzo Cilenti), he goes to London to help the government in the war against Napoleon.
Here is a trailer for Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell:
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »
On June 12, the new drama Dark Matter will debut on Syfy at 10 PM.
The crew of a derelict spaceship are awakened from stasis with no memories of who they are or how they got on board. Facing threats at every turn, they have to work together to survive a voyage charged with vengeance, betrayal and hidden secrets.
The cast features Melissa O’Neil (Broadway’s Les Miserables), Marc Bendavid (Bitten), Anthony Lemke (The Good Witch), Zoie Palmer (Lost Girl), Jodelle Ferdland (Cabin in the Woods), Roger Cross (The Strain, Continuum and Arrow) and Alex Mallari Jr. (Robocop).
Here is a trailer for Dark Matter:
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Sense8 is the new drama, from the Wachowski siblings (the people behind The Matrix franchise), will debut on Netflix on June 5.
This sci-fi thriller follows the story of eight strangers from different cultures and parts of the world, who, in the aftermath of a tragic death, suddenly find themselves mentally and emotionally connected – an evolutionary leap of technological origin.
The cast includes Brian J. Smith (Stargate Universe), Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who), Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner), Naveen Andrews (Lost) and Tuppence Middleton (Jupiter Ascending) [among others].
Here is a trailer for Sense8:
Posted in Movies, News on May 29, 2015| 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 June:
Beyond the Mask
Opens: June 5
A British East India Trading Company assassin seeks to redeem his past by thwarting a plot against a young nation’s hope for freedom. This faith-based period piece will star Andrew Cheney (Seasons of Gray), John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings franchise) and Kara Kilmer (Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire).
Love & Mercy
Opens: June 5
In the 1960s, young songwriter and recording savant Brian Wilson (Paul Dano) finds himself in the midst of extraordinary success after scoring numerous hit records with the Beach Boys. Following a panic attack, he resigns from concert touring and ventures into the studio intent on creating “the greatest album ever made”, Pet Sounds. Meanwhile, his grip on reality slowly loosens once his recent psychedelic experiences give rise to scattered voices in his head. Later, in the 1980s, a now-middle-aged Wilson (John Cusack) is shown to be a broken, confused man under the pharmacological and legal thrall of therapist Dr. Eugene Landy (Paul Giamatti). After meeting Cadillac saleswoman Melinda Ledbetter (Elizabeth Banks), she is determined to save Wilson from Landy’s manipulation. The film also stars Jake Abel (Supernatural and Percy Jackson film franchise), Kenny Wormald (Footloose), Brett Davern (Awkward) and Graham Rogers (Revolution) [among others].
Spy
Opens: June 5
Melissa McCarthy stars as Susan Cooper, an unassuming, desk-bound CIA analyst, who is an unsung hero behind the agency’s most dangerous missions. She is also in love with her partner Bradley Fine (Jude Law), but when he falls off the grid and top agent Rick Ford (Jason Statham) is compromised, Cooper volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of deadly arms dealer Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne). The cast includes Miranda Hart (Call the Midwife), Bobby Cannavale (Nurse Jackie), Allison Janney (Mom and The West Wing), Morena Baccarin (Homeland and Firefly) and Will Yun Lee (Strike Back and Hawaii Five-0).
Testament of Youth
Opens: June 5
In 114, Vera Brittain (Alicia Vikander from Ex Machina and Seventh Son) overcomes the restraints on women of the time to become a student at Somerville College, Oxford. When World War I breaks out, her brother Edward (Taron Egerton from Kingsman: The Secret Service), her fiancé Roland Leighton (Kit Harington from Game of Thrones), and their friends Victor (Colin Morgan from Merlin), and Geoffrey (Jonathan Bailey from Broadchurch), are sent to serve at the front lines. She follows their sacrifice, leaving college to join the Voluntary Aid Detachment as a nurse tending the wounded and dying (both British and German) in London, Malta and France. The cast also features Dominic West (The Hour), Emily Watson (Gosford Park), Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter) and Miranda Richardson (The Phantom of the Opera).
Jurassic World
Opens: June 12
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar, an island located off Central America’s Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. This new park is owned by the Masrani Global Corporation. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), a member of the park’s on-site staff, conducts behavioral research on a group of Velociraptors, known as Blue, Charlie, Delta and Echo. At the corporation’s request, the park’s geneticists create a hybrid dinosaur known as Indominus Rex to boost visitor attendance. Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the park’s operations manager. Her nephews, Zach (Nick Robinson from Melissa & Joey) and Gray (Ty Simpkins from Iron Man 3), are visiting the island when the hybrid escapes and are subsequently caught up in the creature’s deadly rampage. Now, it is up to Owen and Jurassic World’s security team to contain the hybrid dinosaur before she can cause more damage. The film also stars Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil), B.D. Wong (Law & Order: SVU), Jake Johnson (New Girl), Brian Tee (The Wolverine and Grimm), Judy Greer (Archer and 13 Going on 30) and Katie McGrath (Merlin and A Princess for Christmas).
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Opens: June 12
Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann from Project X and Beautiful Creatures), an awkward Pittsburgh high school student befriends a classmate, Rachel (Olivia Cooke from Bates Motel), who has leukemia. Greg and his best friend Earl (newcomer Ronald Cyler II) make low-budget films in their spare time, and together, decide to make a film for Rachel. The cast includes Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), Connie Britton (Nashville and Friday Night Lights) and Molly Shannon (Never Been Kissed).
Infinitely Polar Bear
Opens: June 19
A manic-depressive mess of a father (Mark Ruffalo) tries to win back his wife (Zoe Saldana) by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don’t make the overwhelming task any easier.
Inside Out
Opens: June 19
This animated film follows Riley Anderson, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Riley and everyone else are guided by their emotions, Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The personified emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters, when Sadness accidentally causes herself and Joy to get lost, within the rest of Riley’s Mind. Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the remaining emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school, while Joy and Sadness trek through the rest of Riley’s Mind in the process slowly discovering the bright side of life. The voice cast includes Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Phyllis Smith (The Office), SNL alum Bill Hader, comedian Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project), Diane Lane (Man of Steel) and Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) [among others].
Manglehorn
Opens: June 19
AJ Manglehorn (Al Pacino) seems to be an ordinary guy, but he’s an ex-con who gave up the woman of his dreams for a big ‘job’. He now obsesses daily over the choices he made. The film also stars Holly Hunter (Saving Grace) and Chris Messina (The Mindy Project).
Batkid Begins
Opens: June 26
This documentary focuses on “Batkid”, 5-year old Miles Scott, a cancer survivor who was granted his wish to Batkid for one day, in one city; and how the world came together to make his wish come true. Thousands of volunteers, city officials, businesses and supporters rallied to turn San Francisco, California into “Gotham City” – the fictional home city of Batman – on November 15, 2013 for one of the largest and most elaborate Make-A-Wish projects ever staged.
Big Game
Opens: June 26
When Air Force One is shot down by terrorists leaving the President of the United States Alan Moore (Samuel L. Jackson) stranded in the wilderness of Finland, there is only one person around who can save him: a 13-year old boy called Oskari (newcomer Onni Tommila). The cast also includes Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives and American Crime), Victor Garber (The Flash and Alias), Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter franchise) and Ray Stevenson (Divergent).
Max
Opens: June 26
Military working dog Max, a Belgian Malinois, returns from service in Afghanistan, traumatized by his handler’s (Robbie Amell from The DUFF and The Flash) death. He’s adopted by the fallen Marine’s family and they help each other heal from their loss. The cast includes Lauren Graham (Parenthood and Gilmore Girls), Thomas Haden Church (Sideways), Luke Kleintank (Pretty Little Liars and Bones), Jay Hernandez (Gang Related and Nashville), Joseph Julian Soria (Army Wives) and newcomer Josh Wiggins.
Movies coming out in July will be posted at the end of June.
Enjoy!
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