The TV Rundown is back for fall! Find out about the series premiere of ABC’s “Blood & Oil” and the third season premiere of NBC’s “The Blacklist”... Blood & Oil The premiere of ABC’s oily new sudser kicked off in the usual way, introducing viewers to the lead characters, scoping
Michael Winterbottom has changed the names and kept the places for his fictionalized take on the real-life murder case of Meredith Kercher and the court prosecution that followed against Amanda Knox. Told through the eyes of Thomas (Daniel Bruhl), a director weathering a personal crisis, a strange
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Fall TV's Best New Bets | CBS | 'Supergirl' & 'Angel from Hell' - Plus, a Midseason Bonus Pick
It's that time of year again, new fall programming is getting ready to begin and Eclectic Pop has picked at least two of the most promising new series from each network. Find out which of the new shows from CBS made the cut... Supergirl Yes, the trailer was campy and another superhero
It's that time of year again, new fall programming is getting ready to begin and Eclectic Pop has picked at least two of the most promising new series from each network. Find out which of the new shows from ABC made the cut...
It's that time of year again, new fall programming is getting ready to begin and Eclectic Pop has picked at least two of the most promising new series from each network. Find out which of the new shows from NBC made the cut...
Just because the new “Transporter” has refueled in the title doesn’t mean it’s firing on all cylinders. This reboot is only a shadow of its predecessors. For those who remember the adrenaline pumping, suave mayhem of the first “Transporter”, “Refueled” is a bitter pill to swallow.
It's that time of year again, new fall programming is getting ready to begin and Eclectic Pop has picked at least two of the most promising new series from each network. Find out which of the new shows from FOX made the cut...
"Saturday Night Live” alums Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader star in this relentlessly depressing, off-kilter dramedy about a pair of estranged adult twins, who are depressed, suicidal and thrown back into each other’s orbit when Hader’s Milo acts on his feelings. Released into his sister Maggie’
There’s a reason the title to this movie is “6 Years” instead of “6 Years and Counting”, that’s because it follows the rapid decline of a pair of young lovers’ 6 year relationship. Opening on the sunny times of Melanie (Taissa Farmiga), more popularly referred to as Mel, and Dan (Ben Rosenfield)
When “Damsels in Distress” begins, it is hard to ignore its “Mean Girls” leanings. After all, they have quite a bit in common. A new girl arrives at school (Analeigh Tipton). She is quickly taken under the wing of a female clique (Greta Gerwig, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore). Heading the g
With another season almost upon us, it’s time to break down the Top 5 ways “Dancing with the Stars” could improve as a competition and a reality show… #5 Age of Contestants DWTS is arguably just as famous for its racy sequined costuming as it is for the polar ages of its contestants. “
A lot of how you respond to Guy Richie’s stylish take on “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” has to do with what you go in expecting. If you’re anticipating the gadgetry of retro Bond, the action adventure of the “Bourne” franchise, the stunts of “Mission: Impossible” and the bromance of Richie’s “Sherloc
Depressing, dire and unsatisfying are just a few of the words that come to mind when it comes to describing the season two finale of “True Detective”. Despite the bar being set super low, it still sunk below that. With that said, here were the 5 biggest issues with the season 2 finale…
Playing as more of a romantic mystery than a love story, “The Best of Me” is an adaption of best-selling author Nicholas Sparks’ novel of the same name. A dual timeline weaves together the romantic entanglement of Amanda (Michelle Monoghan) and Dawson (James Marsden). Meeting up again after a 20 y
The Look of Love (2013) This biopic carries viewers through the fascinating life of Paul Raymond (Steve Coogan), a successful British real estate mogul, club owner and publisher; who up until his death in 2008, was the wealthiest man in all of Britain. Avoiding the portrayal of an individual a
I’ll admit it. I was late to the party last year when everyone -- critics and acquaintances included, were raving over the premiere season of HBO’s anthology series. Having caught a brief glimpse of the show several minutes into its runtime and completely out of context, I had pretty much writte
Episode 5: “Other Lives” “True Detective” leaped forward two months after the events of the previous episode’s high-octane shootout and gave viewers a…fairly monotonous hour filled with one major revelation and not much else. As was speculated earlier in this column, Frank did not send Ray af
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Let's Talk About...The Top 5 Emmy Snubs
That time of year has come and gone. The day that can consume TV fans with great frustration, the announcement of the Primetime Emmy Awards. For every exciting nomination, there is typically more than a disproportionate trail of disappointing snubs. This year proved no exception. Besides “Game o
Pretty Little Liars | For an episode filled with copious amounts of filler, out-of-character behavior and non-existent plot headway, “No Stone Unturned” did yield two last-minute morsels of new information. Charles is alive (who thought otherwise?) and the girls have been chipped by A.
HBO The wearisome second season might have finally found a pulse with an episode-ending shootout that saw the series picking up major steam. The scene was heavily reminiscent of season one’s impressively choreographed standoff in episode four. It is hopefully a sign this season has found the jum
“Penny Dreadful” wrapped its second season on a strongly somber note, closing its curtains with an array of characters bidding farewell to London as they headed overseas indefinitely. There were no happy endings to be had here, except for maybe Lily and Dorian. The two psychos will apparently spe
Episode 2: “Night Finds You” | Opening with a monologue from Vince Vaughn’s Frank, the second episode of HBO’s anthological series got off to a meditative start, filling in some of the backstories for the reformed crime boss with a tragic tale of neglect he endured during his terrible childhood.
The cultural zeitgeist that surrounds HBO’s premier series is unlike most of the water cooler shows currently airing. What revs people up over one storyline’s direction, can be equally bold in another capacity and go entirely ignored. Amid its fifth season, “Game of Thrones” found itself facing th
FX Tyrant | Episode 2: “Enter the Fates” | Jamal survived an assassination attempt, Barry roamed the desert, Molly mourned and Leila proceeded with business as usual. The two big stories playing out in “Enter the Fates“ was Ahmed’s attempt to prove himself amid growing pressure to assume more r
In “Don’t Look Now”, the name of the game was unlocking the mystery of Charles. After last week’s episode ended with Ali and Jason demanding answers from their father, they finally got them. Among the girls other exploits was Hanna alienating Caleb, Spencer jonesing for drugs, Emily helping Sa
HBO HBO’s anthology series kicked off its second season and got off to a relatively good start. Having widened its scope from the more intimate pairing of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson’s detective duo in the first season, "True Detective" has lost a bit of its synergy. Tradin