Hot on the heels of the release of the Bridge of Spies poster comes the first official trailer for the spy thriller. Bridge of Spies reunites frequent collaborators/Oscar winners Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg, working off a script by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen.
In addition to Tom Hanks, the cast includes Mark Rylance, Scott Shepherd, Amy Ryan, Sebastian Koch, and Alan Alda.
DreamWorks Pictures and Fox 2000 Pictures have set an October 16, 2015 release date for Bridge of Spies.
Tom Hanks stars in the thriller ‘Bridge of Spies’ (Photo: DreamWorks / Fox 2000)
The Plot:
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures’ Bridge of Spies tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
Screenwriters Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen have woven this remarkable experience in Donovan’s life into a story inspired by true events that captures the essence of a man who risked everything and vividly brings his personal journey to life.
Paul Dano stars in ‘Love & Mercy’ (Photo Credit: Roadside Attractions)
“I’ve got all kinds of new ideas, new sounds, new instruments,” says young Brian Wilson (Paul Dano) to his brothers/ band mates while trying to justify his desire to not tour with them in the dramatic biopic Love & Mercy based on Wilson’s incredible life.
In the 1960s, young Brian Wilson is the creative driver and leader of The Beach Boys, coming up with music and words in his head, composing the songs, teaching them to his brothers, and performing and recording all the songs. At times, Brian alienates his family with some of his musical choices. He also constantly feels enormous pressure to be successful from his brothers, friends, father, and even himself. While creating hit after hit and searching for his rock and roll masterpiece gold record, Brian begins to struggle with an ever-growing psychosis that includes hearing voices in his head, being sensitive to normal everyday sounds like the pouring of drinks and eating off of plates, and develops a growing paranoia.
In the 1980s, an older Brian Wilson (John Cusack) is a confused, over-medicated, and lost man who meets and immediately begins to fall for Melinda Ledbetter (Elizabeth Banks), a car salesperson he meets while looking to buy a car. Attracted to and interested in Brian, Melinda agrees to go out with him and discovers on their first date that they will not be alone but chaperoned by Brian’s therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy (Paul Giamatti). As their relationship begins to grow Melinda quickly realizes that Landy is an overbearing, controlling, and manipulative man who’s determined to control every aspect of Brian’s life and squeeze another hit record out of him no matter what the cost. Being in love with Brian and not wanting to see him at the mercy of Landy, Melinda struggles to find a legal way to get Brian away from Landy (who’s been named his legal guardian) and get Brian back to his life and maybe just maybe a life with her.
Inspired by the life of Brian Wilson, Love & Mercy is a powerful, intriguing, ambitious, and moving film with stellar performances by Paul Dano, John Cusack, and Elizabeth Banks. Dano’s performance perfectly captures young Wilson’s energy, creative drive, and self-doubt, as well as his early stages of mental psychosis. Cusack delivers one of the best performances of his career as the older Brian Wilson who can barely get out of bed and dress himself but finds new purpose and love in his life when he meets Melinda.
Elizabeth Banks, however, is the real scene-stealer in director Bill Pohlad’s Love & Mercy as Melinda, the car saleswoman who finds herself falling for Brian – a man whose music she grew up listening to – and fighting to save him from the unscrupulous Dr. Landy to hopefully get him back to his own life. There’s a scene set in a restaurant in which Brian tells Melinda about his family’s troubled past and being punished harshly as a child by his father. It works incredibly well and is so compelling because of Bank’s expressive face. She communicates so much without saying a word. It’s hands-down the best performance of her career.
The production design, costumes, and look of the film are terrific, with the different hairstyles, outfits, cars, and music all bringing back to life the look and feel of both the 1960s and the 1980s. The film also has a great soundtrack that features a selection of The Beach Boys’ songs.
One of the only drawbacks to Love & Mercy is the lack of pacing and the film’s rhythm. The movie jumps back and forth from the 1960s to the 1980s without any coherence and, at times, becomes disruptive in telling both stories. Still, with unforgettable performances and an engrossing true story about one of America’s legendary songwriters, Love & Mercy IS quite simply one of the best films of the year and a real must-see.
GRADE: B+
MPAA rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, drug content and language
Naveen Andrews and Daryl Hannah in a scene from Netflix’s ’Sense8.’ (Photo credit: Murray Close / Netflix)
Netflix’s compelling and intense new series Sense8 premieres on June 5, 2015 with all 12 episodes immediately available for binge-watching. The sci-fi drama marks the first TV series from Matrix filmmakers Lana and Andy Wachowski who co-created and wrote Sense8 with J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5).
The series follows a diverse group who are mysteriously connected, with Daryl Hannah and Naveen Andrews (Lost) playing two characters integral in helping those included in this bizarre new world come to terms with what’s happening.
The Plot: “Sense8 is centered around eight characters that live in different cities around the world who experience a violent vision, and soon find themselves mentally connected by this experience. They are suddenly able to see and talk to each other as though they were in the same place, and have access to each other’s deepest secrets. Not only must these eight adapt to this new ability and to each other, they must figure out what happened and why and what it means for the future of humanity, while being hunted by an organization out to capture, kill or vivisect them.”
Teaming up to discuss the series during a conference call, Andrews and Hannah both said the fact that Sense8 was from the Wachowskis was the reason they initially wanted to be involved. They also talked about how they approached their characters and the show’s overall themes.
What was the initial appeal of Sense8?
Daryl Hannah: “Well, I didn’t really know that much about the role – there’s a lot of us that don’t really know – but I wanted to do it because I am a big fan of the Wachowskis. I think that they take incredible creative risks. They always deal with humanity and more complex issues in an incredibly, wildly entertaining, innovative way and so much passion, and so much humanity and compassion and empathy.
And so when I met them and heard about what they were intending to do, this project that had to do with interconnectedness and in a sort of a strange sense, I guess, sci-fi, but not really, it’s more like a mental sci-fi, I just was very excited. It absolutely super exceeded my expectations. We just saw it all last night, all of the cast together, and it was absolutely mind-blowing and exciting.”
Can you talk about how you tackle a role when so little is even made available to you about the character? What kind of guidance did you get from the Wachowskis and how were you able to make the character your own?
Daryl Hannah: “Yes, that’s a great question. It was really challenging because there are a lot unknowns about our characters to a certain extent. But, I mean, that is what we do as actors, we have to use our imagination to fill in the blanks with who our characters were, what got them to that point in life in this particular time. It added exceptional challenges in these parts because not only was there a lot of unknowns, sometimes we were doing scenes with characters who aren’t even there. There’s all kinds of mysteries.
And when you have such brilliant filmmakers as Lana and Andy Wachowski, it’s really a great luxury to be able to place your total trust in them. I think all of us really felt that complete and utter trust that we had to because not only were there a lot of still mysteries and unknowns and things that we we’re grasping as we we’re shooting, we started to understand who these characters are and what their realities [were in] their world as we were shooting.
But it was also resolving as we were shooting. It was also becoming more clear. Lana and Andy were still drawing inspiration from the moment and bringing it into the story as we were shooting. So it was quite an incredible creative process.”
Naveen Andrews: “Yes, I would agree with Daryl completely on that because we were both sort of in the same boat. When we arrived in San Francisco I think – correct me if I’m wrong, Daryl – but we did have a lot of questions about our characters and we even wrote them down on a piece of paper. But no answer actually came back on the piece of paper or otherwise.
What we found – at least for me – was that I found where my character was coming from, where it was going, who this person was in the piece from actually watching Lana at work on set. So it wasn’t an intellectual understanding, it was emotional and visceral way in. And what was on the page didn’t necessarily end up on screen. What you got on screen was often something very different.”
Was there one thing in particular that you latched on to, one characteristic or something that allowed you entry into this character?
Daryl Hannah: “I guess, for me, there’s a sort of pivotal scene at the beginning that I’m in that is really my character making sort of this, I guess, the ultimate sacrifice for those that she loves. And that’s something that was pretty easy for me to latch on to because that’s the kind of thing that I do in my advocacy and activism work. You do what you must or need to, to protect what you love, and that’s sort of a key to that. So that was this one thing that I was able to hang on to.”
Daryl Hannah in ’Sense8′
Naveen Andrews: “I think that the one thing that I hung on to, for me, was the fact that our journey seems to be carrying the weight of some unbearable knowledge. You could feel the weight of it all the way through the scenes in the (piece). In the way he interacts with the various Sensates in so much as if that knowledge is too much bad.”
Did you watch all of the episodes back-to-back and is that how you would suggest viewers watch it?
Naveen Andrews: “That’s up to the individual. It’s like, ‘Handle with care.’ It’s very powerful and to have it all at once, I mean, it kind of depends on who you are. If it was a novel, would you read the novel all the way through? Would you take it chapter by chapter or maybe two or three chapters at a time? The intensity of it is…well, what would you say, Daryl?”
Daryl Hannah: “Well, I’d say it’s a particularly gratifying experience to be able to watch it all together because [it] was so dense. It’s so dense, it’s so complicated. I will be watching it again. I would have preferred, personally, to watch it and take it slower and maybe do an episode or maybe two at a time and let it absorb.”
Naveen Andrews: “That’s right.”
Daryl Hannah: “There’s so many things going on, and they all kind of eventually weave together and it takes a while to even process what you just experienced because it’s intense. […]But for us it was glorious to be able to watch it together because we had such a cathartic experience shooting it.
And then to be able to sit in the same room since we are a global cast, we are an international cast, for us all to be together and having traveled the world and work together and all these places for long and had such a wonderful experience on the production, to be able to share that with each other was a really, really wonderful completed circle.”
Are you’re prepared for the instant feedback that comes with being released on a platform such as Netflix and all of the episodes being available all at once versus the more traditional format where things change from week to week?
Naveen Andrews: “Well, it’s having all the tools available as options to an audience with the power of choice. I mean, 10 years ago, I guess, when Lost was released, you had that sense of anticipation after each week, before each episode. But now you can watch like 12 [episodes] all at once, or break it up, and therefore the audience’s perception, how they will see the material, is going to be different.”
Daryl Hannah: “I can’t really weigh in on that because I’ve never participated in a week by week series before. But at the same time I just think that this gives the viewer the option. That’s just great. And in terms of feedback, to each his own. I hope people love it. I think it’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen on film, whether it’s a movie or TV, it’s fantastic. Freaking loved it.”
Naveen, as Jonas the guide how much did you get to travel and interact with the rest of the cast?
Naveen Andrews: “Not as much as I would have liked, but a great deal. I was in San Francisco, Chicago, London, Reykjavik, and Berlin, so I didn’t get to go to the East. But it felt that you were on this train that was traveling, and you’d get off a stop and maybe have maybe two weeks off, three weeks off, maybe a little bit longer, then going straight back into again. And every time that you did, you’d be back on that as it were and pick up almost where you left off in the sense of how you felt about the people that you’ve been with.”
Stefanie Scott stars as Quinn Brenner and Dermot Mulroney stars as Quinn’s dad, Sean Brenner in Focus Features’ ‘Insidious: Chapter 3’ (Photo Credit: Matt Kennedy / Focus Features)
Insidious: Chapter 3 is Dermot Mulroney’s first real horror film, Stefanie Scott’s first starring role in the genre, and the feature film directorial debut of writer/actor Leigh Whannell. The third film of the Insidious franchise is a prequel that finds Mulroney and Scott playing a father and daughter who call on Elise (Lin Shaye) when an evil presence begins tormenting Scott’s character, Quinn.
Teamed up to discuss the latest entry in the Insidious series, both Mulroney and Scott had nothing but high praise for Whannell as a first-time director. They also shared a little about life on the set and scenes that were particularly freaky to film.
Were you a fan of the first two Insidious films?
Stefanie Scott: “I definitely had teenage movie nights watching those movies. I love them.”
Are you a horror fan?
Stefanie Scott: “I love horror films and I love ghost things, like I love those ghost hunters shows. Whenever I find a new house, I have to make sure it’s not haunted before I rent the new apartment. But, yes, I love those type of movies.”
Dermot Mulroney: “I hadn’t seen either of the Insidious – the ‘Insidii’ as I like to refer to them – but when I got cast I looked at them. So really it felt like to me what was already at the outset seemed to be a pretty big challenge to be in a horror movie convincingly. After I saw those two I thought that it raised the bar even further than I’d originally planned. What I mean is that for me whether I’d been in straight dramas or comedies or so forth, it seems like generally speaking the content of a story like that is easy to believe because it’s written for that reason, and a horror movie is written for another reason.
This, I think, is a big exception because it has such human elements in it and a great family story that you’d be drawn to anyway, even if it were just a drama. It’s almost like they secretly infused a family drama in a horror movie. I really responded to that.
I thought being in a horror movie would be hard because you have to pretend because demons don’t really exist – I hate to break it to you all. [Laughing] At least I’ve never encountered one that’s as obvious as this guy. So I was a little worried going in, to be honest with you, that I wouldn’t be able to do a very good job because you have to pretend so much of it. It’s obviously what we do anyway, but to do it in a context that’s a heightened reality…I hadn’t been asked to do that really ever in any of the movies I’d done. They were either more just reality-based or maybe The Grey had some horror qualities to it, but that was very real.
When I first saw Insidious 1 and 2, that, for me, felt like it made my job making Insidious 3 that much harder because they’re so good and they’re so streamlined. They’re really clean movies. I know from making all those other types of movies how hard that is to do. So, I didn’t take the job lightly – and it shows. Everyone brought their best game to make this movie. Leigh [Whannell] in particular is who I was guiding off of. He just ran a great set and brought everything we needed to make everything feel real.”
Can you speak about Leigh as a first-time director? What are his qualities as a director?
Stefanie Scott: “What I thought was so great about Leigh is he’s an actor too, and he was so invested in the characters. He wasn’t just about making a scary movie with jump-scares. It’s a deep story and the way he had me prepare for Quinn and to bring her to life in such an authentic way, not having her in a plain basic t-shirt from Target like any other normal teenage girl. She has life to her and qualities, and he had me listening to certain records to have me connect to my mother who died in the movie.
Her dreams and aspirations…I think she’s really relatable to teenage girls and where you want to be in life at the beginning of the movie. It starts off with her applying to college and auditioning for a theatre school in New York and I know I related to that because that’s my dream in life, you know?
I think what’s so great about Leigh is how he brought it to life in such an authentic way. In preparation for the part he had a journal for me as Quinn which plays a big role in the movie. But I had to fill out the whole journal as Quinn and her feelings through losing your mom and that horror on its own. Even like decorating the journal and having just everything just be her, I guess. So that’s what I thought was really neat about him. Or even having us listen to certain pieces of music. I know we had to do that in a certain scene that was really emotional, because music is such a big part of any emotion. I’m sure there’s music that will bring you to tears. Music is a big part for Leigh as well.”
Dermot Mulroney: “I was really impressed with his confidence as a director. I learned later that he was worried about working with actors for the first time but I never saw anything like that. I was actually impressed in the opposite that actually his script is really competent and accomplished, and it reads really, really great. But I never detected any hesitation in how to direct an actor or how to direct me.
Now, we are acting in scenes with the director which I haven’t done very often, so that’s really fun anyway because you’re thinking, ‘What’s he thinking?’ and now I can look at him instead of him being behind the fake wall of the apartment judging you from there. He’s actually in the scene. And I swear to god there is a scene that we are in that I saw the director not the actor who would normally not break from it, he kind of gave me a quick, quizzical look. Like, ‘Are you really going to do it that way?'”
Dermot Mulroney: “So I would say one strike against Leigh is that he had a little trouble separating being the director who acts. Not that he was unable to perform either of those duties, but they overlapped for him in a way that I found really charming.”
Stefanie Scott: “He started rewriting the script so he wouldn’t be in it, so that he would be off-camera.”
Dermot Mulroney: “That’s true.”
Stefanie Scott: “He would give all of his lines to Angus [Sampson]. I knew there were times for continuity where we would shoot a rehearsal and it would be a really great take and then he’d ruin the take because he forgot his glasses. He’d be so pissed. For half an hour he’d be like, ‘I can’t believe I forgot my glasses!’ He would get really mad at himself. I’d ask him to chill. I’d be like, ‘No, it’s fine. Don’t worry about it. You’re great,’ giving him a little pep talk and then he’d get more mad.”
Dermot Mulroney: “He did a great job. The thing that impressed me the most when I saw the film is how seamlessly he translated a great horror script to the screen. Because a lot of times you’ll love the script and you’ll see the movie and they’re both good, for example, but they’re not exactly the same thing. He wrote down what he wanted, he shot what he wanted, and he edited it together to be exactly what he originally wanted and that’s incredibly hard to do. There’s other pressures: there’s time, there’s money, you don’t the time to shoot a thing a certain way or whatever the things that prevent you from getting that ideal thing. But he got it. He had great support from the producers, Blumhouse, and everybody just worked really hard for him because of his personality. He’s got it all. What you need to be a great writer/director, he’s got.”
Were there any scenes that were particularly difficult that you were really proud of working on?
Stefanie Scott: “It’s so hard to talk about these things because I’m always scared I’m going to say something that I’m not supposed to and get in really big trouble…”
Dermot Mulroney: “No, you can talk about anything. No, honestly I think that your experience is more interesting than whatever they tell us to be careful not to give the story away but you won’t.”
Stefanie Scott: “I think there’s one scary scene…”
Dermot Mulroney: “And if you do I’m telling Leigh!”
Stefanie Scott: “Oh my god, no!”
Dermot Mulroney: “No, go ahead. This is a funny, cool story. I think I know what scene you’re going to mention and you can talk about it.”
Stefanie Scott: “Okay. Well, there’s one scary scene in particular and I did a lot of…well, I did all the stunts in the movie that I did as Quinn which were really intense on their own. I was really nervous at first on my first scary scene because I was so scared that I wasn’t going to be scared enough, which is really very ironic but I was terrified. But the best scary scene I think you see it in the trailer when Quinn falls to the floor and every door closes until it goes completely pitch dark which is terrifying to watch but to be in it and to fall on the floor hard and to have this demon slowly closing everything… What’s so great about Insidious is that everything is done in real life. Like, he actually looks like that in person. All the stunts were done on cue. Things falling, there’s no CGI – it’s all real.”
Dermot Mulroney: “You’re on a set with wires, a bed shaker, practical effects which is so fun because it’s actually happening around you. Pictures flying off the wall and all that isn’t added later. There’s physical stuff that she did that’s really impressive. She has an accident, both legs are in a cast. It’s hard to describe but there are eight hour stretches where the actress is in actual leg casts and can not walk so [Stefanie] was in that situation deliberately and she took it like a champ. You could really see it wearing on her.
I thought you were going to say another scene where she sort of gets possessed by this demon. She talks back to her dad! I thought that was so uncool. I was trying to be so nice but she really loses her sh*t in one scene which she did beautifully in her performance and freaked me out. Freaked me out. And there too it wasn’t effects or anything; it was an actor saying the script as written so I know what’s coming and yet I’m freaked out because of the way that she’s doing it. It’s really impressive what she did on this movie.”
All of the leads are in place but casting continues in supporting/guest starring roles on ABC Family’s new series Shadowhunters. The latest actor to join the series based on Cassandra Clare’s bestselling Mortal Instruments books is David Castro who’ll be a recurring guest star in the role of Raphael. Raphael’s described as an elegantly handsome and well-dressed vampire. He’s also “ambitious and cunning, aspiring to lead the New York vampire clan.”
Filming is currently underway on the television adaptation of Clare’s books, with McG (Terminator Salvation) directing episode one. McG’s also involved as an executive producer along with Ed Decter.
Castro joins a cast that’s led by Katherine McNamara as Clary Fray and Dominic Sherwood as Jace Wayland. Alberto Rosende plays Simon, Emeraude Toubia is Isabelle Lightwood, Matthew Daddario will play Alec Lightwood, Isaiah Mustafa has been cast as Luke Garroway, and Glee alum Harry Shum Jr. is Magnus Bane. The cast also includes Maxim Roy as Jocelyn Fray and Alan Van Sprang as Valentine in guest starring roles.
The Plot:
Shadowhunters follows 18-year-old Clary Fray, who finds out on her birthday that she is not who she thinks she is but rather comes from a long line of Shadowhunters – human-angel hybrids who hunt down demons. When her mother, Jocelyn, is kidnapped, Clary is thrown into the world of demon hunting with mysterious Shadowhunter Jace and her best friend, Simon. Now living among faeries, warlocks, vampires and werewolves, Clary begins a journey of self-discovery as she learns more about her past and what her future may hold.
Breaking the nominations down by network, the TCA members awarded the most nominations to HBO with seven, followed by ABC, CBS, AMC, and FX with five. Not far behind were Fox, PBS, The CW, and Amazon with four nominations each.
“TCA members face yet another difficult decision this year, as they prepare to cast their votes for the winners in each category. This was an incredible season for returning favorites and new additions alike, and we’re looking forward to seeing what our members have chosen as the best of the best, when the winners are announced on August 8,” said TCA President Scott D. Pierce, television critic at The Salt Lake Tribune.
2015 Television Critics Association Nominees:
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep,” HBO – (2014 Winner in Category)
Gina Rodriguez, “Jane The Virgin,” The CW
Amy Schumer, “Inside Amy Schumer,” Comedy Central
Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent,” Amazon
Constance Wu, “Fresh Off the Boat,” ABC
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
Viola Davis, “How to Get Away with Murder,” ABC
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men,” AMC
Taraji P. Henson, “Empire,” Fox
Matthew Rhys, “The Americans,” FX
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul,” AMC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION
“CBS Sunday Morning,” CBS
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central
“Frontline,” PBS
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” HBO
“60 Minutes,” CBS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMMING
“The Amazing Race,” CBS
“The Chair,” Starz
“Dancing with the Stars,” ABC
“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Logo – (2014 Winner in Category)
“Shark Tank,” ABC
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING
“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” PBS
“The Fosters,” ABC Family – (2014 Winner in Category)
“The Legend of Korra,” Nickelodeon
“Sesame Street,” PBS
“Switched at Birth,” ABC Family
OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM
“Better Call Saul,” AMC
“Empire,” Fox
“The Flash,” The CW
“Jane the Virgin,” The CW
“Transparent,” Amazon
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES, MINISERIES AND SPECIALS
“Bessie,” HBO
“The Honorable Woman,” SundanceTV
“The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,” HBO
“Olive Kitteridge,” HBO
“Wolf Hall,” PBS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
“The Big Bang Theory,” CBS
“Inside Amy Schumer,” Comedy Central
“Jane the Virgin,” The CW
“Transparent,” Amazon
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Netflix
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
“The Americans,” FX
“Empire,” Fox
“Game of Thrones,” HBO
“Justified,” FX
“Mad Men,” AMC
HERITAGE AWARD
“Friends,” NBC
“Late Show/Late Night with David Letterman,” CBS/NBC
“The Shield,” FX
“Star Trek,” NBC
“Twin Peaks,” ABC
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
“The Americans,” FX
“Empire,” Fox
“Game of Thrones,” HBO
“Mad Men,” AMC
“Transparent,” Amazon
The fifth and final season of TNT’s sci-fi drama Falling Skies is set to premiere on Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT, with the fourth season having just been released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 2nd for your binge-watching enjoyment. Season four found our favorite band of alien fighters faced with their biggest challenge yet when they were attacked by a new Espheni war machine. It also found loyalties tested as the 2nd Mass had to overcome seemingly overwhelming odds to keep the invaders from completely wiping out mankind for good.
The Falling Skies: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray + Digital HD includes all 12 episodes of the critically acclaimed drama starring Noah Wyle, along with hours of extra material. The bonus features included in the Blu-ray + Digital HD set include behind-the-scenes footage, season four prequels, and interviews with the cast and crew. And thanks to TNT, we’re offering fans a chance to win a copy of Falling Skies: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray + Digital HD!
To enter our contest, simply send an email with “Falling Skies” in the subject line.
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– The contest runs June 4, 2015 through June 11, 2015 at 9pm PT.
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ABC’s bringing back Battlebots this summer and they’ve just announced the show’s host along with who will make up the panel of expert judges. Molly McGrath has been tapped to host with sideline reporting by Allison Haislip and NASA engineer/former Flight Director on Mars Curiosity Bobak Ferdowsi. The network proved it’s taking the competition seriously by bringing in former Battlebots competitor and special effects veteran Fon Davis, NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, and Nerdist’s Jessica Chobot to judge the battle rounds.
Faruq Tauheed will be the show’s ring announcer. Sports broadcaster Chris Rose will be doing the play-by-play analysis, and UFC fighter Kenny Florian will handle the color commentary.
Battlebots debuts on Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT.
The Plot:
BattleBots is a reimagined take of the killer robot combat sport from Whalerock Industries and the creators of the original BattleBots franchise, Ed Roski and Greg Munson. The homemade robots will battle against each other in a single elimination tournament style format, until there is one champion. There will be cash prizes for winners in the Championship Rounds.
One day before the release of the film’s first trailer, DreamWorks Pictures and Fox 2000 Pictures’ have unveiled the first poster for the dramatic thriller Bridge of Spies. Oscar winner Tom Hanks stars in the film based on true events, with Steven Spielberg directing from a script by the Coen brothers and Matt Charman. The cast also includes Mark Rylance, Scott Shepherd, Amy Ryan, Sebastian Koch, and Alan Alda.
Bridge of Spies opens in theaters on October 16, 2015.
The Plot:
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures’ Bridge of Spies tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. Screenwriters Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen have woven this remarkable experience in Donovan’s life into a story inspired by true events that captures the essence of a man who risked everything and vividly brings his personal journey to life.
New Line Cinema’s new trailer for Vacation finds the Griswold family heading out to Wally World in a car described as the “Honda of Albania.” The new video also features Ed Helms’ singing Seal’s “Kiss From a Rose,” the family bathing in sewage, and Chris Hemsworth getting a piece of food off of Christina Applegate’s face and then sucking on his fingers.
Coming to theaters on July 29, 2015, Vacation also stars Leslie Mann, Beverly D’Angelo, Chevy Chase, Skyler Gisondo, and Steele Stebbins.
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE as Debbie Griswold, SKYLER GISONDO as James Griswold, ED HELMS as Rusty Griswold, STEELE STEBBINS as Kevin Griswold, CHEVY CHASE as Clark Griswold and BEVERLY D’ANGELO as Ellen Griswold in ‘VACATION’
The Plot:
The next generation of Griswolds is at it again and on the road for another ill-fated adventure. Following in his father’s footsteps and hoping for some much-needed family bonding, a grown-up Rusty Griswold (Helms) surprises his wife, Debbie (Applegate), and their two sons with a cross-country trip back to America’s “favorite family fun park,” Walley World.
