Movie Review: The Ides Of March
Two actors, two faces and a two sided story. I smell an Oscar nod for Gosling…I see audience rejection of the film.
Movie Review — Restless
It’s October. A time when Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long-Legged Beasties roam the earth. But if you start seeing the ghost of a World War II Japanese kamikaze fighter pilot, you’re probably Enoch Brae, the central character of Restless. And that’s not a bad place to be. Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch [...]
Movie Review — Real Steel
“Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots” get their day on the big screen in Real Steel, a movie that transcends the one-joke premise and is instead a heartwarming, fist-pumping mechanized fairy tale of a father and son coming together amid some of the baddest technology you’ll ever wish was really available. Not to bad for a [...]
The seven-day DVR viewership numbers show that Thursday night favorites “Fringe” and “Grey’s Anatomy” are also DVR favorites. “Grey’s” rating increased the most in terms of overall volume (a 1.4 boost among adults 18-49), while “Fringe” was the biggest gainer percentage basis (up 45%). These figures are for the week ending Nov. 22, so usual [...]
The Disney Channel and ABC have become the latest TV services to join forces with FLO TV, the nation’s primary provider of hand-held, portable television. FLO TV has expanded its content distribution agreement with The Walt Disney Company to add content from the ABC Television Network and Disney Channel to its lineup to bring shows [...]
Barbara Walters’ “The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009″ highlights some of the year’s most prominent names in entertainment, sports, politics, and pop culture. Hosted by Barbara Walters, the ABC special includes: “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ mother Kate Gosselin, singer Adam Lambert, pop star Lady GaGa, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, star NFL [...]
ABC’s “Betty” is moving to Wednesdays at 10 p.m., most likely when it returns from its holiday hiatus in January. It will be taking over the slot most recently held by “Eastwick.” Back in 2006, ABC shifted “Betty” from a planned Friday night series debut to high-profile Thursdays after critics loved the pilot. The network [...]
TNT has canceled the legal drama “Raising the Bar.” The ratings-challenged show, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and produced by Steven Bochco, premiered in 2008 to a strong start (7.7 million). The cable network renewed it for a 15-episode second season in June, but only debuted to 3.6 million people and was unable to sustain its audience. [...]
MTV and Facebook are teaming up to host a live webcast for filmmaker James Cameron’s epic adventure Avatar. “Avatar Live” will stream in HD simultaneously on MTV.com and Facebook on December 3, 2009 at 3:00pm ET and followed by an all-new “Behind the Screen” Avatar-themed episode on MTV in December. The three-hour event will present [...]
MTV Networks has purchased the exclusive TV rights to the Michael Jackson documentary “This Is It” from Sony Pictures. The deal will make the movie available to MTV and its sister networks starting in 2011 for a six-year window. The pact allows for the title to run the gamut of MTV Networks’ music channels, including [...]
CBS is hoping to boost the ratings of its two Sunday night shows by flip-flopping their time slots. For one week, “Cold Case” will be placed in the 9 p.m. (Eastern) slot, which will move “Three Rivers” to the 10 p.m. spot.Last season, the crime drama did much better in the 9 p.m. slot, behind [...]
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