Category Archives: Drama

SDCC11 Interview: Stana Katic Talks About Playing Talia Al-Ghul in ‘Batman: Arkham City’

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Matt Raub

While most of the focus is actually on the comics of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, a few multimedia franchises are making some big waves in the fan world as well. One of those properties is the highly anticipated sequel … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comic-Con, Comics, DC, DC Entertainment, Drama, Exclusive, Interviews, News, Sci-Fi, SDCC 11, Video, Video Games | Tagged Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Batman, Castle, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamilll, SDCC, SDCC11, Stana Katic | 3 Comments

‘Glee’ Creator Ryan Murphy Returning to the Dark with ‘American Horror Story’

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Shannon Hood

While he’s obviously more of a household name for creating and running 3 years of Fox’s hit high school musical series Glee, before that Ryan Murphy was known as the man who created Nip/Tuck. That series, obviously very different than … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Announcements, Casting, Deals and Dealmaking, Drama, Fall Previews, FX, Horror, News, Sci-Fi, TV | Tagged Alexandra Breckinridge, American Horror Story, Brad Falchuk, Connie Britton, Denis O'Hare, Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters, Frances Conroy, Glee, Jessica Lange, Moira O'Hara, Nip/Tuck, Ryan Murphy, Taisa Farmiga | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘Anzio!’

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick comes to us from the Italian front, a rigorous and often overlooked campaign of ETO during World War II. Robert Mitchum stars as a war correspondent (Dick Ennis) (loosely based on famed correspondent Ernie Pyle) in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Columbia Pictures, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Netflix, Novels, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Arthur Kennedy, Dino De Laurentiis, Duilio Coletti, Earl Holliman, Edward Dmytryk, Giancarlo Giannini, Patrick Magee, Peter Falk, Reni Santoni, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Wolfgang Preiss | 3 Comments

Sean Bean Keeping His Crown As King in ‘Snow White’

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Matt Raub

Sean Bean is an incredible talent. Not just because the man has been working for over 25 years in nearly 100 projects, but because he knows a good thing when he’s hit it. In the past decade, since his role … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Announcements, Casting, Drama, Fantasy, HBO, Movies, News | Tagged Armie Hammer, Boromir, Game of Thrones, HBO, Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Lord of the Rings, Relativity Media, Sean Bean, Snow White, Tarsem Singh | Comments Off

Box Office: ‘Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ Tops All-Time Opening Weekends

Posted on July 18, 2011 by The Flickcast

As if it was much of a surprise to anyone who has seen the films or read the books, or even casually knows of the phenomenon surrounding J.K. Rowling’s characters, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the final … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Books, Box Office, Drama, Fantasy, Harry Potter, Movies, News, Warner Bros | Tagged Captain America: The First Avenger, Green Lantern, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Warner Bros, Winnie the Pooh | Comments Off

Chris Colfer, Lea Michele & Cory Monteith To Leave ‘Glee’ At The End of This Season

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Matt Raub

There is one major rule when it comes to casting a TV series that one plans on continuing past 3 years: stay away from creating “ageless” child characters. In just about every series, that character type seems to be the … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Announcements, Casting, Comedy, Drama, News, TV | Tagged Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, Fox, Glee, Lea MIchele, Lost, Ryan Murphy, Saved by the Bell | Comments Off

NBC’s ‘The Firm’ Gets Two Leads More Leads

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

Just the other day I was complaining that the cool and accomplished actor Callum Keith Rennie has seemingly been relegated to guest starring roles on many series including Battlestar Galactica, The Killing and most recently, Syfy’s Alphas. Fortunately, it now … Continue reading →

Posted in Casting, Drama, NBC, News, TV | Tagged Alphas, Battlestar Galactica, Callum Keith Rennie, John Grisham, Josh Lucas, Juliette Lewis, NBC, The Firm, The Killing, TV | Comments Off

Behold The First Image of Kili & Fili from Peter Jackson’s ‘Hobbit’

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Matt Raub

As promised, Peter Jackson is delivering on some great goodies and sneak peeks on his upcoming return to the world of J.R.R. Tolkein with The Hobbit. First we got a great look at the dwarves Nori, Ori, and Dori, and … Continue reading →