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VOD Spotlight: “Country Strong”

April 12, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

Gwyneth Paltrow may have won an Oscar for her acting in Shakespeare in Love, but her voice has star power, too, as her role of Kelly Canter in Country Strong demonstrates. Her vocal talent was one of the reasons she was the first choice to play a country superstar. Those who did not see the film were treated to her encore performance of the film’s Oscar-nominated song “Coming Home” at the 2011 Academy Awards. For her costar, Garrett Hedlund (TRON: Legacy), becoming country star Beau Hutton was more difficult. “I’d never played guitar before and definitely never sang for crowds, […]

VOD Spotlight: “Little Fockers”

April 5, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

More than 10 years after Meet the Parents introduced insecure nurse Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) to the overbearing Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and six years after the mismatched in-laws first got together in Meet the Fockers, the comedy franchise continues. The characters and the stars who play them are older, as Greg and wife Pam (Teri Polo) juggle work and parenthood in a way that families can relate to. “When you’re making the third film in a series, the constant question is ‘How do you keep it fresh and retain what people liked about the first two movies?’” asks […]

ReelzChannel takes on “The Kennedys” Miniseries

April 2, 2011 Channel Guide Contributor Comments Off

By Brian Gorman Controversial things routinely fail to live up to their billing. But, going by the first installment of The Kennedys miniseries — premiering April 3 on ReelzChannel — it’s hard to imagine how anyone could be offended by what appears to be a fairly discreet historical drama. The Kennedys | Hollywood Dailies | Movie Trailer | Review As many people know, The Kennedys, a U.S.-Canadian co-production shot in Toronto in the summer of 2010, was abruptly canceled by its U.S. broadcaster, History, reportedly at the urging of some Kennedy family members. There were charges of historical inaccuracies, a […]

“An Officer and a Movie” with Lou Diamond Phillips premieres April 1 on Military Channel

April 1, 2011 Ryan Berenz 1

From Military Channel: ACTOR AND FORMER NAVY BRAT LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS TO HOST NEW MILITARY CHANNEL FRANCHISE AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE – Strand Launches Friday, April 1 with debut of The Great Santini – (Silver Spring, Md.) – Military Channel has signed Hollywood film and television star Lou Diamond Phillips to host the new franchise AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE. Debuting every Friday evening beginning Friday, April 1, AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE pairs Phillips with retired and active duty officers who lived through major battles or have an expertise in the conflicts depicted in notable Hollywood films. As […]

“Oh, really, fool?”: A compendium of “Billy Madison” quotes for everyday use

April 1, 2011 Ryan Berenz 3

By Ryan Berenz (Twitter: @ChannelGuideRAB) It saddens me that the youth of today will never know a time when Adam Sandler movies were funny. Many cast off the Sandman’s 1995 Billy Madison as stupid and juvenile, but to me, it is one of the most eminently quotable movies of the last 20 years. Here are some of my most frequently employed Billy Madison quotes, along with appropriate context for their usage: “Don’t tell me my business, devil woman!” Wife or GF bothering you about mowing the lawn, opening a jar for her or putting some pants on? Throw this one […]

When it comes to hit TV shows, only fools rush out

March 31, 2011 Tom Comi Comments Off

By Tom Comi It’s been well documented that television can be serve as a great platform for actors who want to move on to movies, including Tom Hanks (Bosom Buddies), John Travolta (Welcome Back, Kotter), George Clooney (ER), Denzel Washington (St. Elsewhere), Sally Field (The Flying Nun), Danny DeVito (Taxi), Bruce Willis (Moonlighting) and Robin Williams (Mork & Mindy). But there is also a huge gamble in leaving a hit show for greener pastures, and TV is littered with actors who ended up on the losing end of that bet. So, with April Fool’s Day being tomorrow, we decided to […]

Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys to direct breast cancer film project for Lifetime

March 30, 2011 Lori Acken Comments Off

From Lifetime: LOS ANGELES, CA (March 29, 2011) – Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore and Film Independent Spirit Award-winner Patty Jenkins (Monster) have been signed to direct the Lifetime Original Movie Project Five, an anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people’s lives. Aniston, Marta Kauffman (Friends), Paula Wagner (The Last Samurai, Mission: Impossible), Kristin Hahn (The Departed, The Switch), Kevin Chinoy (Greg the Bunny, Warren the Ape) and Francesca Silvestri (Greg the Bunny, Warren the Ape) will executive produce the Sony Pictures Television production, Project Five, reuniting Aniston and Kauffman for the first […]

Kate Winslet Puts Her Art Into The Title Role Of HBO’s “Mildred Pierce”

March 25, 2011 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Kate Winslet never tires of playing the strong-willed woman. So many years after establishing herself onscreen with her Titanic success, she’s lived up to that role herself, often eschewing roles that might make her a bigger star in favor of the ones that will challenge her abilities and teach her something about herself and her craft. She’s an actor’s actor, and this month sees her meet one of her most ambitious challenges yet in the title role of HBO‘s five-part original series, Mildred Pierce (premiering March 27), based on the James M. Cain novel of how a single mother’s pathological […]

Syfy Original Movies hit No. 200 … and show no sign of stopping

March 24, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

By Jeff Pfeiffer Happy 200th, Syfy Original Movies! This Saturday, March 26, Syfy airs the 200th of its infamously “so bad it’s good” type of movie. I knew they really churned these things out, but man, the number “200” still threw me for a loop. The film is Scream of the Banshee, starring Lauren Holly and Lance Henriksen. When a college professor opens a mysterious box, she and her students hear the, um, scream of the banshee. Since everyone who hears the scream is fated to die a strange and terrible death, they must find a way to stop the […]

What celebrities are saying about Elizabeth Taylor

March 24, 2011 Tom Comi Comments Off

By Tom Comi Sometimes it’s difficult to put into words the career of a screen icon like Elizabeth Taylor, so we’re not even going to try, other than to say how fortunate we were to have witnessed her great body of work. Instead, we have decided to defer to the people who knew the two-time Oscar winner and AIDS activist best. So with a nod to Twitter and several news-gathering sources (such as Yahoo!), here is what folks are saying about the late, great Liz Taylor: Elton John: “We have just lost a Hollywood giant. More importantly, we have lost […]