Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The new ABC Family drama Twisted will debut on June 11 at 9 PM.
The series centers on a charismatic 16-year-old with a troubled past (Avan Jogia from Victorious), who has recently reconnected with his two female best friends from childhood (Maddie Hasson from The Finder and Kylie Bunbury from Prom); but he becomes the prime suspect when a fellow student is found dead in her home.
The cast includes Denise Richards and Sam Robards.
Here is a trailer for Twisted.
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
On June 10, the new TNT drama King & Maxwell will debut at 10 PM.
Jon Tenney (The Closer) and Rebecca Romijn (Eastwick) will star as the popular characters Sean King and Michelle Maxwell created by best-selling author David Baldacci, who are not your typical private investigators. They are both former Secret Service agents, and their unique skills give them a leg up on conventional law enforcement.
Here is a trailer for King & Maxwell.
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Also on June 8, the Canadian series Primeval: New World will debut on Syfy at 10 PM.
The series stars Niall Matter (Eureka), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Danny Rahim (Eastenders) as a team of animal experts and scientists investigating paranormal events, while battling both prehistoric and futuristic creatures.
Here is the trailer for Primeval: New World.
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »
On June 8, the new drama Sinbad will debut on Syfy at 9 PM.
The 12-episode series will star Elliot Knight in the title role as Sinbad, tracking the sea-bound journey after he is forced to flee from this home town of Basra.
The series also stars Naveen Andrews (Lost) and guest stars include Dougray Scott, Sophie Okonedo and Timothy Spall.
Here is a trailer for Sinbad.
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The new BBC America mini-series In The Flesh will debut on June 6 at 10 PM.
This mini deals with zombies being reintegrated into their living families and communities. Now called PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome) sufferers, zombie teenager Kieren Walker is dealing with the same problems fitting in as his living peers, plus a whole lot of scarier issues.
Here is a mini trailer for In The Flesh.
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on June 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
On June 6, the new USA Network series Graceland will debut at 10 PM.
The show is about a group of undercover agents from the FBI, DEA and US Customs who reside and operate under one roof.
The cast includes Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me), Aaron Tveit (Gossip Girl), Brandon Jay McLaren (The Killing and Falling Skies), Manny Montana (the online series Cybergeddon), Serinda Swan (Breakout Kings) and Vanessa Ferlito (CSI: NY).
The pilot episode also features Courtney B. Vance (FlashForward), Jay Karnes (Burn Notice), Scottie Thompson (NCIS) and Clayne Crawford (The Glades).
Here is a trailer for Graceland.
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on May 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The new ABC Family drama The Fosters will debut on June 3 at 9 PM.
This drama is about a multi-ethnic family mix of foster and biological kids being raised by two moms.
The cast includes Teri Polo, Sherri Saum (In Treatment), Jake T. Austin (Wizards of Waverly Place), Hayden Byerly (Parenthood), David Lambert (Aaron Stone), newcomer Maia Mitchell (Teen Beach Movie), Danny Nucci and Cierra Ramirez (The Secret Life of the American Teenager).
Here is a trailer for The Fosters.
Posted in New Shows, News, Television, Video on May 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The new ABC summer series Mistresses will debut on June 3 at 10:01 PM.
Based on the hit UK television series of the same name, this ABC series is about the scandalous lives of a sexy and sassy group of four girlfriends, each on her own path to self-discovery: Savannah (Savi), a successful career woman working toward the next phase in her life, both professionally and personally; Savi’s free-spirited and capricious baby sister, Josslyn; their friends April, a recent widow and mother of a ten-year-old daughter and Karen, a therapist with her own thriving practice. These four friends find support and guidance with each other as they brave their turbulent journeys and life’s storms of excitement, secrecy and betrayal, all the while bound by the complex relationships they’ve created.
The cast includes Alyssa Milano (Charmed), Yunjin Kim (Lost), Rochelle Aytes (The Forgotten) and newcomer Jes Macallan.
Here is a trailer for Mistresses.
Posted in Movies, News on May 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Based on information provided by the Dark Horizons website and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in June:
Much Ado About Nothing
Opens: June 7
This adaptation of the famed Shakespeare play was filmed as a top-secret “mission” in black and white, consisting mainly of TV and film actors who have worked with director Joss Whedon in the past. This version is a contemporary take on the play, starring Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Clark Gregg, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher and Romy Rosemount (among countless others).
Tiger Eyes
Opens: June 7
Based on the classic Judy Blume book, after Davey’s (Arrow’s Willa Holland) father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears. The cast includes Amy Jo Johnson, Cynthia Stevenson, Russell Means, Elise Ebele and Tatanka Means.
Violet & Daisy
Opens: June 7
Two teenage assassins (Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel) accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan. The film stars Danny Trejo, Tatiana Maslany, James Gandolfini and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
Wish You Were Here
Opens: June 7
Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday, but only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy’s mysterious disappearance. When Alice’s sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. The film stars Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer.
Man of Steel
Opens: June 14
As the classic tale goes, Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) is a journalist who was adopted as a child by Jonathan and Martha Kent (Kevin Costner and Diane Lane) after he was transported to Earthy from his dying planet; but when the world is attacked, he becomes Superman. The cast includes Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Shannon, Christopher Meloni, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue and Ayelet Zurer.
The Bling Ring
Opens: June 14
This true crime drama genre focuses on the contemporary Hollywood tale about five Internet-savvy fame-obsessed teenagers who tracked the whereabouts of celebrities, such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Audrina Patridge, Rachel Bilson and Orlando Bloom, in order to rob their homes. The cast includes Emma Watson, Leslie Mann, Taissa Farmiga and Halston Sage.
Monsters University
Opens: June 21
This “sequel” shows Sulley and Mike as college students in the same fraternity; both training to become scare specialists for the company, and actually start out rivals who ultimately become best friends. The voices will be provided by John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Kelsey Grammer, Frank Oz, Dave Foley, Julia Sweeney, Ken Joeng and John Ratzenberger.
Byzantium
Opens: June 28
This Irish-British fantasy thriller stars Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as a mother and daughter vampire duo. The cast includes Jonny Lee Miller and Sam Riley.
White House Down
Opens: June 28
An American paramilitary group takes over the White House in an attempted coup, but a secret service agent is there to thwart them. The cast includes Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods and Jason Clarke.
World War Z
Opens: June 20
Brad Pitt stars in this zombie apocalypse flick based on the Max Brooks novel. The cast of this film includes Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale.
Movies coming out in July will be posted at the end of June.
Enjoy!
Posted in Geekdom, Movies, News, Recommendations, WonderCon on May 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Back in March, a number of members of the cast of the upcoming box office film Much Ado About Nothing as well as writer, producer and director Joss Whedon made an appearance at this year’s Wonder Con held in Anaheim, California.
The participants in the panel included cast members Clark Gregg (The Avengers), Sean Maher (Firefly), Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Romy Rosemont (Glee), Riki Lindhome (Million Dollar Baby), Spencer Treat Clark (The Last House on the Left) and newcomers Jillian Morgese, Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney as well as Whedon and cinematographer Jay Hunter.
Much Ado About Nothing, of course, is based on the legendary comedic play written by William Shakespeare that chronicles two pairs of lovers: Benedick and Beatrice (the main couple) and Claudio and Hero (the secondary couple).
In the Whedon version, the play is set in modern times but filmed in black and white using the original play as dialogue. The movie was filmed at Whedon’s home in Los Angeles over the course of 12 days in mid-October of 2011 on an extremely small budget.
Missing from the panel that day were lead actors Amy Acker (Angel and Person of Interest), who plays Beatrice and Alexis Denisof (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel), who plays Benedick as well as Fran Kranz (Dollhouse), who plays Claudio, Nathan Fillion (Firefly and Castle), who plays Dogberry and Reed Diamond (Franklin & Bash), who plays Don Pedro.
During the panel, the audience was treated to three different scenes from the film with Whedon talking about what made him do the project, sharing that “everything (was) in place (and I) understood the characters and (I) had to do it” while each of the cast members talked about getting the call from Whedon regarding the project and the characters each of them played. Whedon also shared that he “would like to take this complete cast and do something new and very different” in the future.
A few behind the scenes details that the cast provided were that they would get eight pages of the script done each day, that some of the cast needed help translating what they were filming (after all Shakespeare isn’t the easiest to understand), that, ironically, Whedon had done some test reading about 10 years ago and that the cast took a 30-hour bus ride together to go to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.
Much Ado About Nothing will open in theatres on Friday, June 7. You can check out the trailer for the film right here.
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