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New Show Introduction: American Odyssey

Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

American Odyssey

The new NBC drama American Odyssey will debut at 10 PM on April 5.

After a team of American soldiers battles Jihadists in North Africa, they’re shocked to find that one of the men they killed is Al Qaeda’s top man. Sgt. Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel from Pushing Daisies), a soldier, mother, wife and the unit’s only female member, discovers computer files that suggest a major U.S. corporation is funding the Jihadists. But before she can tell anyone, her team is attacked and left for dead. News is reported that the unit was wiped out, but the truth is that Odelle survived and is the only witness to her unit’s assassination by a private military group.

In New York, former U.S. Attorney Peter Decker (Peter Facinelli from Nurse Jackie) is working on a merger deal for the same company that was funneling money to the Jihadists.

Meanwhile, Harrison Walters (Jake Robinson from The Carrie Diaries), a political activist and trust fund kid, meets a hacker who claims to have unearthed a massive military-industrial conspiracy.

The cast includes Treat Williams (Everwood), Jay O. Sanders (Person of Interest and The Day After Tomorrow), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost), Daniella Pineda (The Vampire Diaries), Sarah Wynter (24), Jim True-Frost (Treme), newcomers Sadie Sink and Omar Ghazaoui and Elena Kampouris (Men, Women & Children).

Here is a trailer for American Odyssey.

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Event Series Introduction: A.D. The Bible Continues

Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

A.D. The Bible Continues

The new NBC event series A.D. The Bible Continues will debut at 9 PM on Easter Sunday, April 5.

The follow-up to the high-rated mini-series The Bible, this series will chronicle the aftermath of Jesus’ crucifixion as the tiny band of followers fight for survival while they try to spread the Word to the world. But they have hope and soon they have power: the amazing miracle of the resurrection and the arrival of the Holy Spirit upon them.

The cast includes Richard Coyle (Crossbones), Vincent Regan (Atlantis and The Royals), Adam Levy (Before I Go to Sleep), Joanne Whalley (The Borgias), James Callis (Battlestar Galactica), Reece Ritchie (Hercules), Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey), Chipo Chung (Fortitude) and Greta Scacchi (Agatha Christie) [among others].

The event series comes from Mark Burnett and his actress wife Roma Downey (Touched By An Angel).

Here is a sneak peek at A.D. The Bible Continues.

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Event Series Introduction: The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on April 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lizzie Borden

The limited series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles will debut on Lifetime on April 5 at 10 PM.

This 8-episode limited series will fictionalize actual events and people surrounding Lizzie Borden’s life after her controversial acquittal of the horrific double murder of her father and stepmother in 1892. Christina Ricci reprises her role as Lizzie with Clea DuVall reprising her role of Lizzie’s sister Emma.

The cast also includes Andrew Howard (Hatfields & McCoys), Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad), Cole Hauser (Rogue), Jessy Schram (Falling Skies) and John Heard (The Sopranos).

Here is a trailer for The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.

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Movie of the Week Reminder: If There Be Thorns

Posted in Movies, Reminder, Television, Video on April 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lifetime

Lifetime will air the film adaptation of the V.C. Andrews book If There Be Thorns on April 5 at 8 PM.

This made-for-TV movie follows Christopher (Jason Lewis from Sex and the City and Brothers & Sisters) and Cathy Dollanganger (Rachael Carpani from McLeod’s Daughters and the short-lived Against the Wall) as they live together as man and wife with Cathy’s two sons who are unaware of the incestuous nature of their parents’ relationship.

But when a mysterious woman moves in next door and befriends the younger boy, Bart (Mason Cook from Legends), he begins a strange transformation and displays accusatory behavior towards Cathy and Christopher. When Christopher discovers their mysterious neighbor is, in fact, his mother Corrine Dollanganger (Heather Graham), all of the family’s long-hidden secrets are revealed in a tragic climax.

The cast includes Jedidiah Goodacre (Zapped and the upcoming Tomorrowland), Emily Tennant (Cedar Cove), Mackenzie Gray (Man of Steel) and Veena Sood (50/50).

Here is a teaser for If There Be Thorns.

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Mini-Series of the Month Reminder: Wolf Hall

Posted in Movies, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on April 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Wolf Hall

The six-part PBS mini-series Wolf Hall will debut on April 5 at 10 PM.

Mark Rylance (Twelfth Night) and Damian Lewis (Homeland) will star as Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII (respectively) in this adaptation of the Hilary Mantel prize-winning novels, which charts the shrewd and brilliant rise of Cromwell in the Tudor court from a blacksmith’s son to Henry VIII’s closest advisor.

The cast includes Claire Foy (Crossbones), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones), Joanne Whalley (The Borgias), Bernard Hill (The Lord of the Rings franchise), Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife), Ed Speleers (Downton Abbey), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility) and veteran actor Jonathan Pryce.

Here is a trailer for Wolf Hall.

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Aurora Teagarden: A Bone to Pick

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Aurora Teagarden A Bone to Pick

On April 4, the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries AND the Hallmark Channel will simultaneously air the new movie Aurora Teagarden: A Bone to Pick will air at 9 PM

A librarian with a sharp mind for murder, Aurora Teagarden (Candace Cameron Bure) is known around her small town as a master sleuth. When her friend Jane unexpectedly dies and leaves Aurora everything in her will, she also leaves a troubling murder mystery haunting her neighborhood. It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues, including a skull, its missing skeleton and a suspicious group of neighbors, and solve the murder before she becomes the unlikely killer’s next victim.

The movie also stars Marilu Henner (Taxi and Evening Shade) and Lexa Doig (Continuum).

Here is a trailer for Aurora Teagarden: A Bone to Pick.

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New Show Introduction: Olympus

Posted in New Shows, Reminder, Television, Video on March 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Olympus

The new Syfy drama Olympus will debut on April 2 at 10 PM.

The series focuses on the dangerous courage of a few brave men and women who banished the Gods to the realm of the unconscious – a place they called the Underwrold or the Kingdom of Hades.

The cast includes Matt Frewer (Orphan Black), Cas Anvar (Argo), Sonita Henry (The Fifth Element) and Graham Shiels (Guardians of the Galaxy).

Here is a trailer for Olympus.

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Mini-Series of the Month: The Dovekeepers

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The Dovekeepers

The two-night event The Dovekeepers will air on March 31 and April 1 at 9 PM (both nights) on CBS.

The four-hour miniseries event is based on the acclaimed historical novel by Alice Hoffman about four extraordinary women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada.

Set in ancient Israel, this mini-series is based on the true events at Masada in 70 C.E. After being forced out of their home in Jerusalem by the Romans, 900 Jews were ensconced in a fortress at Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. Besieged at Masada, the Jews held out for months against the vast Roman armies. It will recount the events from the perspective of a few extraordinary women who arrive at Masada with unique backstories, but a common bond for survival. Additionally, these women, who work together daily as dovekeepers, are all concealing substantial secrets.

The cast includes Cote de Pablo (NCIS), Rachel Brosnahan (Manhattan), Kathryn Prescott (Finding Carter), Diego Boneta (Rock of Ages and Pretty Little Liars), Jonas Armstrong (Robin Hood), Mido Hamada (American Sniper), Sam Hazeldine (Resurrection) and veteran actor Sam Neill.

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Movie of the Week Recommendation: Killing Jesus

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Killing Jesus

The three-hour TV event Killing Jesus will debut on National Geographic on March 29 at 8 PM.

Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) stars as King Herod the Great, the unrelenting and ambitious Roman-appointed King of Judea, who notoriously ordered the murder of all baby boys in Bethlehem.

Among the cast are Stephen Moyer (True Blood) as Pontius Pilate; Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor) as Jesus, Rufus Sewell (Hercules) as Caiaphas; Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage) as Herodia; Eoin Macken (The Night Shift) as Antipas; John Rhys Davies (Lord of the Rings franchise) as Annas; Stephanie Leonidas (Defiance) as Salome; Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen) as James and Tamsin Egerton (The Look of Love) as Claudia [among others].

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at Killing Jesus.

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Movie of the Week Reminder: Noah’s Ark

Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Noah's Ark

The original UP Channel movie Noah’s Ark will debut on March 22 at 7 PM.

Noah, a farmer and family man, is instructed by an angel to build an ark in the middle of a desert in order to save both his family and the faithful from a devastating flood. A seemingly impossible task, especially when his sons refuse to believe him and help, Noah risks ridicule and humiliation from the degenerate townsfolk as well as his loving but exasperated family, in his quest to carry out his God-given task.

The cast includes David Threlfall (Shameless) as Noah and Joanne Whalley (The Borgias) as his steadfast wife Emmie.

Here is a preview of Noah’s Ark.

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