Posted in Breaking News, Geekdom, News, Online Series, Video, Web Series on November 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Felicia Day in Dragon Age: Redemption
The fifth episode of the live-action Dragon Age: Redemption web series, starring (and written by) Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and The Guild), entitled “Mercenaries”, is now online.
You can view it here.
NOTE: Viewer discretion is advised, as much like the role playing game for which it is based, the web series contains blood and gore, violence, language and sexual content.
Posted in Movies, News, Reminder, Television, Video on November 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Lucky Christmas
On November 12 the Hallmark Channel movie Lucky Christmas will debut at 8 PM.
Holly Ceroni (Elizabeth Berkley) is a single mother who has been destitute when it comes to luck and love. No one can afford a personal chef, forcing Holly to go back to waitressing. She buys a lottery ticket, kissing it for good luck before she tosses it in the glove compartment of her car, hoping this Christmas things will get better. That night Holly’s car is stolen, adding to her streak of misfortune. The next morning Holly discovers her lotto numbers are in fact the million dollar winner, but the ticket is in her missing car. Mike Ronowski (Jason Gray-Stanford) is one of the men behind Holly’s missing vehicle; he and his friend had inadvertently taken Holly’s car the night before. When Mike’s greedy friend finds the winning lottery ticket he suggests that Mike romance Holly in order to get a cut of the money to help save his family business. As Mike gets to know Holly, he unexpectedly falls in love with her and realizes there are more important things in life than money.
Here is the promo trailer for Lucky Christmas.
Posted in Interview, Movies, News, Video, WonderCon on November 7, 2011| 1 Comment »
This past April I had the opportunity to attend Wonder Con, which is an annual pop culture convention held in San Francisco and is the precursor to the San Diego Comic Con. As part of my press duties for this convention, I was invited to participate in round table interviews with some of the actors and creative team behind the upcoming box office film Immortals, which will be hitting cineplexs on November 11.
Isabel Lucas as Athena
The members of the cast in attendance included actors Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans) and Henry Cavill (The Tudors) as well as actress Isabel Lucas (Transformers 2). Director Tarsem Singh and producer Mark Canton were also on hand to discuss the film.
The basic premise behind Immortals is that King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke), mad with power, has declared war against humanity. The king has amassed a bloodthirsty army, scorching is way across Greece in search of a weapon of unimaginable power that was forged in the heavens by Ares himself. The one who possesses this weapon can unleash the Titans. If this weapon ends up in the king’s hands it will rain destruction on mankind and annihilate the Gods. Ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man’s conflicts and they are powerless to stop the king until a peasant named Theseus comes forth as their only hope to defeat the king.
Henry Cavill as Theseus
In the hands of visionary director Tarsem Singh, the man behind the independent films The Cell and The Fall as well as the upcoming Snow White film that stars Lily Collins and Julia Roberts, Immortals will assuredly be vividly dynamic in color and scope. Singh himself is a man in motion, never sitting still and is very animated. He displayed passion for his craft and excitement for his work.
On the reverse side was producer Mark Canton who was calm and sedate; explaining the differences between Immortals and the film 300 was the approach to filmmaking as overseen by Tarsem. And, he raved about actor Mickey Rourke’s portrayal of the power-hungry king. “He is fierce in the movie; wind him up and get out of the way,” Canton explained.
As for the actors, the very soft-spoken Isabel Lucas seemed hesitant to answer questions almost as if she preferred being a bystander than in the spotlight; but she did share that filming the action scenes for which her character Athena participated in were hard, especially the rehearsing beforehand.
Luke Evans at Zeus
Actors Luke Evans, who plays Zeus and Henry Cavill, who plays the lead role of Theseus, both agreed the training for the film was difficult. In fact, Evans shared the training “changed me physically forever”. When asked what it was like working with Mickey Rourke, Cavill shared that “you can learn so much from just doing a scene with him”.
Both actors also felt the pressure of their next high-profile roles – Evans plays Aramis in the recently released The Three Musketeers and, of course, Cavill was cast as Superman/Clark Kent in the reboot of the franchise called Man of Steel that is filming right now but won’t be out in theatres until 2013.
If you are a fan of the “sand and sword” type of films, Immortals will be just what you are longing to see. Again, Immortals will open in theatres on Friday, November 11.
Here is the trailer for Immortals.
Posted in Movies, News, Reminder, Television, Video on November 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Geek Charming
The Disney Channel movie Geek Charming will debut at 8 PM on November 11.
Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) stars as Dylan, a snobby popular high school junior who agrees to become the subject of a documentary being made by Josh (Matt Prokop) the school’s film geek. As the cameras roll, Josh and Dylan begin to gain new perspective on each other.
Here is the trailer for Geek Charming.
Posted in Movies, News, Reminder, Television, Video on November 2, 2011| 2 Comments »
John Sandford's Certain Prey
The USA Network movie John Sandford’s Certain Prey will debut on November 6 at 9 PM.
The film, based on the best-selling novel by John Sandford, centers on Lucas Davenport (Mark Harmon), the Deputy Chief of Police for the city of Minneapolis, who doesn’t need his job. He could have retired long ago with the money he made designing computer simulations, but he loves what he does just as much as he loves nice suits, fast cars and women. When a cop is shot after witnessing the murder of the wife of a local real estate lawyer, Davenport is called to the scene. The cops quickly zero in on the husband as the prime suspect until a team of FBI agents descends on Minneapolis with evidence linking the crime to elusive hit woman Clara Rinker (Tatiana Maslany). Taking charge of the investigation, Davenport suspects that Clara is not working alone and sets his sights on Carmel Loan (Lola Glaudini), a high-powered attorney with an intense obsession for the real estate lawyer. As Carmel and Clara try to cover up their crimes, the body count grows and Davenport does what he does best — break all of the rules to nab this deadly duo.
Here is the trailer for John Sandford’s Certain Prey.
Posted in New Shows, News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on November 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Hell on Wheels
The new western drama Hell on Wheels will debut on AMC on November 6 at 10 PM.
The series is set in post-Civil War America, focusing on the story of Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) and his quest for revenge over the wartime death of his wife.
The cast includes Common, Colm Meaney, Dominique McElligott, Ben Esler, Philip Burke and Eddie Spears.
Here is a promo trailer for Hell on Wheels.
Posted in Movies, News, Reminder, Television, Video on November 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Love's Christmas Journey
The Hallmark Channel movie Love’s Christmas Journey will debut on November 5 at 8 PM.
While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King (Natalie Hall) visits her brother Aaron Davis, (Greg Vaughan) a sheriff in the small town of Haddonton, and his two children during the Christmas holiday. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, even making new friends with Beatrice (JoBeth Williams), a local shop keeper and Deputy Strode (Dylan Bruce). Settling in nicely with her brother’s family, Ellie agrees to watch her niece and nephew when Aaron travels out of town to purchase adjacent land for farming. But when a corrupt attorney in town leaves a young man to blame for Mayor Wayne’s (Sean Astin) barn catching fire and burning, Ellie ignores distrusting townspeople and steps in to help to prove his innocence. To her dismay, the season’s festivities are threatened when Aaron goes missing. When all seems lost, Ellie not only gets the perfect holiday miracle—her brother delivered home safely on Christmas morning—but also the chance at a new life when she finds herself falling in love again.
The cast includes Ernest Borgnine and Charles Shaughnessy.
Here is a trailer for Love’s Christmas Journey.
Posted in Breaking News, Geekdom, News, Online Series, Video, Web Series on November 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Felicia Day in Dragon Age: Redemption
The fourth episode of the live-action Dragon Age: Redemption web series, starring (and written by) Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and The Guild), entitled “Nyree”, is now online.
You can view it here.
NOTE: Viewer discretion is advised, as much like the role playing game for which it is based, the web series contains blood and gore, violence, language and sexual content.
Posted in Movies, News, Reminder, Television, Video on October 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The Killing Game
The Lifetime Movie Network movie The Killing Game will debut at 8 PM on October 30.
Based on the best-selling crime novel by Iris Johansen, the film follows forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (Laura Prepon), who 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her seven year old daughter, is contacted by a man claiming to be the child’s killer. Taunted by the man’s mysterious clues about the case and his threats to kill again, precious memories of her daughter haunt Eve once more. Caught in a web of deceit, she gambles with her own life as she throws herself into her work to finally close the case and bring her daughter’s murderer to justice.
The film co-stars Naomi Judd, Ty Olsson, Kavan Smith and Brian Markinson.
Here is a trailer for The Killing Game.
Posted in Breaking News, Geekdom, News, Online Series, Video, Web Series on October 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Felicia Day in Dragon Age: Redemption
The third episode of the live-action Dragon Age: Redemption web series, starring (and written by) Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and The Guild), entitled “Josmael, is now online.
You can view it here.
NOTE: Viewer discretion is advised, as much like the role playing game for which it is based, the web series contains blood and gore, violence, language and sexual content.
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