Plot: Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind. A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook), aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and aims to do so again.
Review: Justified is one of the best television series of the last twenty years. Boasting a stellar leading turn from Timothy Olyphant and a great performance from Walton Goggins, the FX series aired from 2010 to 2015 and crossed over with the Out of Sight-inspired series...
Review: Justified is one of the best television series of the last twenty years. Boasting a stellar leading turn from Timothy Olyphant and a great performance from Walton Goggins, the FX series aired from 2010 to 2015 and crossed over with the Out of Sight-inspired series...
- 7/5/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Elmore Leonard doesn’t make adaptations easy. The many successful films and one great TV show produced from the renowned author’s work seem to indicate otherwise, but for every “Out of Sight” and “Justified,” there’s a “Killshot” and “Karen Sisco.”
Now, after a hailed novel and two feature films, “Get Shorty” becomes the latest Leonard crime story to get the series treatment, and it’s a lot closer in quality to its titular inspiration than its lesser sequel, “Be Cool.” But aside from being pretty darn good, this take goes its own way.
Anyone familiar with the 1990 book or 1995 film will certainly recognize the plot, but creator Davey Holmes’ new show isn’t doing an impression; not on any level. From the casting to the construction, this version of “Get Shorty” is its own beast. The hour-long drama may not be the next big breakout in the golden age of TV,...
Now, after a hailed novel and two feature films, “Get Shorty” becomes the latest Leonard crime story to get the series treatment, and it’s a lot closer in quality to its titular inspiration than its lesser sequel, “Be Cool.” But aside from being pretty darn good, this take goes its own way.
Anyone familiar with the 1990 book or 1995 film will certainly recognize the plot, but creator Davey Holmes’ new show isn’t doing an impression; not on any level. From the casting to the construction, this version of “Get Shorty” is its own beast. The hour-long drama may not be the next big breakout in the golden age of TV,...
- 8/13/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
It sounds like an ’80s film buff’s dream scenario, but it’s reality: Danny DeVito and Jeff Goldblum will star in a comedy series in development at Amazon, TVLine has learned.
RelatedThe Underground Railroad Series, From Moonlight Director, Greenlit at Amazon
The as-yet-untitled half-hour show follows Matt Downey (Goldblum) and Arlo Finkleman (DeVito), an “iconic music duo from the past” who can’t stand each other but are forced to reunite. Per the official synopsis:
As the talented but strong-willed pair attempt to reconcile, they turn to the people who somehow manage to love these two incandescent idiots — their wives,...
RelatedThe Underground Railroad Series, From Moonlight Director, Greenlit at Amazon
The as-yet-untitled half-hour show follows Matt Downey (Goldblum) and Arlo Finkleman (DeVito), an “iconic music duo from the past” who can’t stand each other but are forced to reunite. Per the official synopsis:
As the talented but strong-willed pair attempt to reconcile, they turn to the people who somehow manage to love these two incandescent idiots — their wives,...
- 5/3/2017
- TVLine.com
Take a look @ new images of actress Carla Gugino aka 'Sally Jupiter, Silk Spectre' in "Watchmen" (2009), posing for "Shape" magazine:
Gugino is also noted for her role as 'Ingrid Cortez' in the "Spy Kids" trilogy...
...as 'Dr. Vera Gorski' in "Sucker Punch" (2011)...
...and as the lead characters of the television series 'Karen Sisco' and 'Threshold'.
Her other feature film work includes starring roles in "Son in Law" (1993), "Sin City" (2005)," Night at the Museum" (2006), "Mr. Popper's Penguins" (2011) and "San Andreas" (2015).
Gugino also had lead roles in the television mini-series "Political Animals" (2012) and "Wayward Pines" (2015).
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Carla Gugino...
Gugino is also noted for her role as 'Ingrid Cortez' in the "Spy Kids" trilogy...
...as 'Dr. Vera Gorski' in "Sucker Punch" (2011)...
...and as the lead characters of the television series 'Karen Sisco' and 'Threshold'.
Her other feature film work includes starring roles in "Son in Law" (1993), "Sin City" (2005)," Night at the Museum" (2006), "Mr. Popper's Penguins" (2011) and "San Andreas" (2015).
Gugino also had lead roles in the television mini-series "Political Animals" (2012) and "Wayward Pines" (2015).
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Carla Gugino...
- 4/1/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Take a look @ new images of actress Carla Gugino aka 'Sally Jupiter, Silk Spectre' in "Watchmen" (2009), posing for the latest issue of "Shape" magazine:
Gugino is also noted for her role as 'Ingrid Cortez' in the "Spy Kids" trilogy...
...as 'Dr. Vera Gorski' in "Sucker Punch" (2011)...
...and as the lead characters of the television series 'Karen Sisco' and 'Threshold'.
Her other feature film work includes starring roles in "Son in Law" (1993), "Sin City" (2005)," Night at the Museum" (2006), "Mr. Popper's Penguins" (2011) and "San Andreas" (2015).
Gugino also had lead roles in the television mini-series "Political Animals" (2012) and "Wayward Pines" (2015).
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Carla Gugino...
Gugino is also noted for her role as 'Ingrid Cortez' in the "Spy Kids" trilogy...
...as 'Dr. Vera Gorski' in "Sucker Punch" (2011)...
...and as the lead characters of the television series 'Karen Sisco' and 'Threshold'.
Her other feature film work includes starring roles in "Son in Law" (1993), "Sin City" (2005)," Night at the Museum" (2006), "Mr. Popper's Penguins" (2011) and "San Andreas" (2015).
Gugino also had lead roles in the television mini-series "Political Animals" (2012) and "Wayward Pines" (2015).
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Carla Gugino...
- 7/2/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Broadcast network dramas have it tough these days. It's not just that current cable and streaming shows can tell stories in bolder, more complicated, and more specific ways than all but a handful of network dramas are allowed to even shoot for, but that the best dramas ever made are now readily-available on one streaming service or another. Who's going to watch a watered-down network version of "The Shield," for instance, if the genuine article is only a Hulu click away? Yet NBC's trying exactly that with "Shades of Blue," which was ordered what feels like a decade ago (technically, it was early 2014), but held until now due to the busy schedule of star and producer Jennifer Lopez. J-Lo plays Harlee Santos, veteran Brooklyn cop who, along with her boss Matt Wozniak (Ray Liotta) and the rest of their crew (including "Sopranos" alum Drea de Matteo), supplements her NYPD salary with kickbacks,...
- 1/5/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
This is a damn fine disappointment.
When Twin Peaks resurfaces on Showtime in Summer 2017, there will be a new sheriff in town.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Michael Ontkean has opted not to reprise his beloved role of Sheriff Harry S. Truman in the upcoming limited-run revival. Rumor has it that veteran actor Robert Forster (Heroes, Karen Sisco) has stepped in to replace Ontkean as the town’s top lawman, although it’s unclear if he will be playing Truman or a new sheriff.
RelatedTwin Peaks Revival Back On for ‘More Than’ 9 Episodes as David Lynch, Showtime Resolve Stalemate...
When Twin Peaks resurfaces on Showtime in Summer 2017, there will be a new sheriff in town.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Michael Ontkean has opted not to reprise his beloved role of Sheriff Harry S. Truman in the upcoming limited-run revival. Rumor has it that veteran actor Robert Forster (Heroes, Karen Sisco) has stepped in to replace Ontkean as the town’s top lawman, although it’s unclear if he will be playing Truman or a new sheriff.
RelatedTwin Peaks Revival Back On for ‘More Than’ 9 Episodes as David Lynch, Showtime Resolve Stalemate...
- 10/8/2015
- TVLine.com
The summer series are quickly coming to an end, making for an eventful week in TV and another longer podcast. First up, we look at the comedies including BoJack Horseman season 2, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, and the premiere of Review. Then we talk over the genre and drama offerings, including the finale to Halt & Catch Fire and pen- and anti-penultimate episodes of UnREAL, Deutschland 83, Humans, and Rectify. Afterward, SoS’s own Deepayan Sengupta joins us at the DVD Shelf to break down the overlooked one-season gem Karen Sisco.
Our Week in Comedy and Reality (7:59-38:38): Sytycd, BoJack Horseman s2, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Review premiere, Key & Peele, Rick & Morty
Our Week in Genre and Drama (39:22-1:16:21): Halt & Catch Fire finale, UnREAL, Deutschland 83, Humans, Rectify, Hannibal, Mr. Robot
DVD Shelf (1:19:07-end):...
Our Week in Comedy and Reality (7:59-38:38): Sytycd, BoJack Horseman s2, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, Review premiere, Key & Peele, Rick & Morty
Our Week in Genre and Drama (39:22-1:16:21): Halt & Catch Fire finale, UnREAL, Deutschland 83, Humans, Rectify, Hannibal, Mr. Robot
DVD Shelf (1:19:07-end):...
- 8/5/2015
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Carla Gugino is with the band, having boarded Showtime’s Roadies pilot from Academy Award winner Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous).
RelatedShowtime Picks Up Roadies Pilot From Cameron Crowe, J.J. Abrams
Roadies follows the day-to-day life of a successful rock tour as seen through the eyes of music’s unsung heroes — the crew members who get the show on the road. Gugino will play the band’s production manager Shelli, a world-class multi-tasker, passionate music fan and tireless work partner to the band’s tour manager (Old School‘s Luke Wilson). The duo’s unique personal and professional relationship is forever...
RelatedShowtime Picks Up Roadies Pilot From Cameron Crowe, J.J. Abrams
Roadies follows the day-to-day life of a successful rock tour as seen through the eyes of music’s unsung heroes — the crew members who get the show on the road. Gugino will play the band’s production manager Shelli, a world-class multi-tasker, passionate music fan and tireless work partner to the band’s tour manager (Old School‘s Luke Wilson). The duo’s unique personal and professional relationship is forever...
- 8/3/2015
- TVLine.com
Wayward Pines, Season 1, Episode 10, “Cycle”
Written by The Duffer Brothers and Blake Crouch and Chad Hodge
Directed by Tim Hunter
Airs Thursdays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
Ever since Wayward Pines was announced as an M. Night Shyamalan project, the threat of the twist ending is one that’s hung over the entire series. For better or worse, Shyamalan’s name is associated with stories that try to come out of left field in the apex of the third act and surprise you with the idea that nothing you’ve witnessed is what it seems, ends that enjoy their trickiness so much it keeps them blind to the fact that they don’t bear up under scrutiny. And given the early ads for the show, which were heavy on that symbolism—as well as too heavy on imagery and quotes that invited unflattering Twin Peaks comparisons—it was hard to...
Written by The Duffer Brothers and Blake Crouch and Chad Hodge
Directed by Tim Hunter
Airs Thursdays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
Ever since Wayward Pines was announced as an M. Night Shyamalan project, the threat of the twist ending is one that’s hung over the entire series. For better or worse, Shyamalan’s name is associated with stories that try to come out of left field in the apex of the third act and surprise you with the idea that nothing you’ve witnessed is what it seems, ends that enjoy their trickiness so much it keeps them blind to the fact that they don’t bear up under scrutiny. And given the early ads for the show, which were heavy on that symbolism—as well as too heavy on imagery and quotes that invited unflattering Twin Peaks comparisons—it was hard to...
- 7/25/2015
- by Les Chappell
- SoundOnSight
Three episodes were provided for review prior to broadcast.
On its decade-long journey from the smoky clamor of a Manhattan social club to the sunny overlook of a California commune, Mad Men often debated whether change was possible, or even desirable. Early in the show’s third season, Don Draper offered a concise summary of the idea: “Change is neither good or bad, it simply is. It can be greeted with terror or joy. A tantrum that says ‘I want it the way it was,’ or a dance that says ‘Look, something new.’” Let the wisdom of this recently departed prestige show guide your expectations for the return of another. True Detective has some intriguing new moves to demonstrate in its approaching second season. All viewers need to do to enjoy them is not get in a fit over the show no longer being what it once was.
The truest...
On its decade-long journey from the smoky clamor of a Manhattan social club to the sunny overlook of a California commune, Mad Men often debated whether change was possible, or even desirable. Early in the show’s third season, Don Draper offered a concise summary of the idea: “Change is neither good or bad, it simply is. It can be greeted with terror or joy. A tantrum that says ‘I want it the way it was,’ or a dance that says ‘Look, something new.’” Let the wisdom of this recently departed prestige show guide your expectations for the return of another. True Detective has some intriguing new moves to demonstrate in its approaching second season. All viewers need to do to enjoy them is not get in a fit over the show no longer being what it once was.
The truest...
- 6/15/2015
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
Are you at all prepared to set foot in Wayward Pines…?
This Thursday at 9/8c, Fox premieres its 10-episode “event series,” exec-produced by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, who also directed the pilot) and adapted for TV by Chad Hodge (Runaway, Playboy Club). The psychological thriller stars Matt Dillon (Crash) as Ethan Burke, a Secret Service agent who is searching for two missing colleagues when he gets into a life-altering car crash. Afterward, Ethan wakes up in the titular hamlet, whose peculiar residents aren’t in any particular rush to help him get home.
The cast also includes Terrence Howard...
This Thursday at 9/8c, Fox premieres its 10-episode “event series,” exec-produced by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, who also directed the pilot) and adapted for TV by Chad Hodge (Runaway, Playboy Club). The psychological thriller stars Matt Dillon (Crash) as Ethan Burke, a Secret Service agent who is searching for two missing colleagues when he gets into a life-altering car crash. Afterward, Ethan wakes up in the titular hamlet, whose peculiar residents aren’t in any particular rush to help him get home.
The cast also includes Terrence Howard...
- 5/14/2015
- TVLine.com
On Thursday, May 14 at 9/8, Fox will invite you to Wayward Pines, a new thriller that counts among its executive producers The Sixth Sense‘s M. Night Shyamalan (who also directed the pilot) and stars film vet Matt Dillon.
As you get ready to visit the titular Idaho town, TVLine has a primer on “Who’s who,” punctuated by exclusive photos.
RelatedMay Sweeps/Finale Preview! Get 100+ Spoilers, Exclusive Photos From Your Fave Shows’ Season-Ending Episodes
Most simply (and I do mean “most simply”) said, the 10-episode series stars Dillon as Ethan Burke, a Secret Service agent who is searching for two...
As you get ready to visit the titular Idaho town, TVLine has a primer on “Who’s who,” punctuated by exclusive photos.
RelatedMay Sweeps/Finale Preview! Get 100+ Spoilers, Exclusive Photos From Your Fave Shows’ Season-Ending Episodes
Most simply (and I do mean “most simply”) said, the 10-episode series stars Dillon as Ethan Burke, a Secret Service agent who is searching for two...
- 4/22/2015
- TVLine.com
A million leggy models/bartenders/aspiring red carpet hosts are having a little cry on the inside as George Clooney prepares to marry lawyer Amal Alamuddin in a reported 4-day fete in Venice. We tv shares the same sentiment as they announced a “Bye George!” Roseanne marathon, airing Clooney-centric Roseanne episodes starting Sunday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m. E.T. To those around the world who are still holding a candle for the Cloonz, here’s a nostalgic look back at some of Clooney’s great romantic roles in past and recent history.
E/R (1984-1985) – Dr. Mark “Ace” Kolmar
Few...
E/R (1984-1985) – Dr. Mark “Ace” Kolmar
Few...
- 9/26/2014
- by Teresa Jue
- EW.com - PopWatch
When the recent news broke that Alexa Vega will play a recurring character on the upcoming season of country music soap Nashville, now seemed like a perfect time to revisit the original Spy Kids. I tend to picture Vega as she appeared in the Robert Rodriguez film, but she has grown much since then. She's even married... twice.
In 2001, she and co-star Daryl Sabara (whose first role was as Murphy's baby on '90s cultural touchstone, Murphy Brown) played Carmen and Juni Cortez, troubled private-school kids. Their parents Ingrid (Carla Gugino, Karen Sisco, Sucker Punch) and Gregorio (Antonio Banderas) are consultants who have not yet admitted to the children that they used to be secret agents (who met cute at the Hotel Belen, better known as the Omni Hotel downtown).
When evil genius/children's TV show host Floop (a colorful Alan Cumming, The Good Wife, X-Men 2) and his Minion (Tony Shalhoub,...
In 2001, she and co-star Daryl Sabara (whose first role was as Murphy's baby on '90s cultural touchstone, Murphy Brown) played Carmen and Juni Cortez, troubled private-school kids. Their parents Ingrid (Carla Gugino, Karen Sisco, Sucker Punch) and Gregorio (Antonio Banderas) are consultants who have not yet admitted to the children that they used to be secret agents (who met cute at the Hotel Belen, better known as the Omni Hotel downtown).
When evil genius/children's TV show host Floop (a colorful Alan Cumming, The Good Wife, X-Men 2) and his Minion (Tony Shalhoub,...
- 8/27/2014
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
Well, this is not necessarily the final match-up we were expecting when the Uncanceled Showdown brackets were set up, but the competition has come down to two shows: "Almost Human," which held off a late charge from "Freaks and Geeks" to win the One-Season Wonder field, versus "Jericho," which crushed all comers, including the once-mighty "Firefly" and its browncoat fans. That is, of course, part of the fun of a thought experiment like this. "Firefly" seemed an obvious finalist, but it turns out that the same fans who convinced CBS to uncancel "Jericho" in the first place were able to stomp everyone in their path. "Almost Human," meanwhile, was one of a large group of shows we were considering for the lower seeds on that side of the bracket (look for "Rubicon," "Better Off Ted," "Karen Sisco" and more in Uncanceled Showdown 2: The Uncancelling, sometime in 2015!); it could just as easily have been,...
- 8/26/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Carla Gugino is on The Brink.
HBO has tapped TV’s erstwhile Karen Sisco for a multi-episode arc on its upcoming dark comedy, our sister site Deadline reports.
Related HBO Renews The Leftovers for Season 2
The Brink focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men. Gugino will play Joanne Larson, a Washington lawyer in the prime of her career, who proves a formidable match for her Secretary of State husband (played by Tim Robbins). Jack Black and Pablo Schreiber (Orange Is the New Black) also star.
Gugino can next be seen on Wayward Pines,...
HBO has tapped TV’s erstwhile Karen Sisco for a multi-episode arc on its upcoming dark comedy, our sister site Deadline reports.
Related HBO Renews The Leftovers for Season 2
The Brink focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men. Gugino will play Joanne Larson, a Washington lawyer in the prime of her career, who proves a formidable match for her Secretary of State husband (played by Tim Robbins). Jack Black and Pablo Schreiber (Orange Is the New Black) also star.
Gugino can next be seen on Wayward Pines,...
- 8/14/2014
- TVLine.com
Let us play the “Name Game”, shall we? Since we all are part of the experience here at the entertainment website known as Sound on Sight maybe we should pay homage to our online destination by celebrating it in an unconventional manner? Specifically, we can recognize Sound on Sight by acknowledging movie names that contain the words “sound” and “sight” in their titles.
However you may perceive this experimentation as being rather gimmicky and silly please realize that this movie column is also a means to recognize a few movie titles that are unfamiliar or perhaps a first-time discovery to some of you out there that never heard some of these cinematic selections. There may be a couple of well-known films in the bunch but collectively the features being mentioned in Sound on Sight: Top 10 Random “Sound” and “Sight” Movie Titles are aptly presented based on the theme at hand.
However you may perceive this experimentation as being rather gimmicky and silly please realize that this movie column is also a means to recognize a few movie titles that are unfamiliar or perhaps a first-time discovery to some of you out there that never heard some of these cinematic selections. There may be a couple of well-known films in the bunch but collectively the features being mentioned in Sound on Sight: Top 10 Random “Sound” and “Sight” Movie Titles are aptly presented based on the theme at hand.
- 7/14/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Few filmmakers manage to traverse the line between the art house and the multiplex as fluidly as Steven Soderbergh. Over the course of his career, he has ping-ponged between independent films and mainstream fare repeatedly, carrying some stylistic flourishes across his career, and playing with some similar questions in both strains. His experience makes him uniquely qualified to evaluate and analyze Hollywood, and many of his most successful films work both as independent narratives and as sly commentaries on mainstream cinema.
Perhaps nothing captures this commentary better than the director’s work with George Clooney. The two have paired six times (for Out of Sight, the three Ocean’s films, Solaris, and The Good German). Each of these films functions in some way as commentary on Hollywood and, more particularly, on the nature of celebrity.
George Clooney is many things as an actor, but perhaps most importantly, he is a full-on movie star.
Perhaps nothing captures this commentary better than the director’s work with George Clooney. The two have paired six times (for Out of Sight, the three Ocean’s films, Solaris, and The Good German). Each of these films functions in some way as commentary on Hollywood and, more particularly, on the nature of celebrity.
George Clooney is many things as an actor, but perhaps most importantly, he is a full-on movie star.
- 11/30/2013
- by Jordan Ferguson
- SoundOnSight
New York, Oct 4: Sandra Bullock has revealed that she missed the opportunity to work together with her 'Gravity' co-star George Clooney in the 1990s after she lost 'Out of Sight' role to Jennifer Lopez.
The 49-year-old, who was in New York to attend the premiere of her upcoming film 'Gravity', told Yahoo Movies that she had been in talks to doing the movie with Clooney and director Steven Soderbergh in the 1990s, the New York Daily News reported.
She auditioned for the role of Deputy U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco, but lost out to Lopez. (Ani)...
The 49-year-old, who was in New York to attend the premiere of her upcoming film 'Gravity', told Yahoo Movies that she had been in talks to doing the movie with Clooney and director Steven Soderbergh in the 1990s, the New York Daily News reported.
She auditioned for the role of Deputy U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco, but lost out to Lopez. (Ani)...
- 10/4/2013
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
For a period of years after the release of Pulp Fiction, mainstream Hollywood developed an obsession with structure, toying with time and pacing in ways that were often interesting and occasionally grating. The late 1990s also saw the release of a variety of pretty excellent Elmore Leonard adaptations, including Barry Sonnenfeld’s Get Shorty and Quentin Tarantino’sJackie Brown. These two trends collide in Steven Soderbergh’s sleek, sexy Out of Sight, a film that serves as a standout Leonard adaptation and a fascinating riff on the nature of celebrity in a way that prefaces Soderbergh and George Clooney’s later team-up Ocean’s Eleven.
Career bank robber Jack Foley (Clooney) is a classic Leonard character, a shiftless charmer who doesn’t plan well so much as just react adeptly to his surroundings. When his prison break-out is interrupted by U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), Foley simply kidnaps her,...
Career bank robber Jack Foley (Clooney) is a classic Leonard character, a shiftless charmer who doesn’t plan well so much as just react adeptly to his surroundings. When his prison break-out is interrupted by U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), Foley simply kidnaps her,...
- 9/3/2013
- by Jordan Ferguson
- SoundOnSight
Setting up a possible showdown against Philip Seymour Hoffman and Liev Schreiber over the annual, obligatory Emmy win for indie-film actors who deigned to come to TV, Paul Giamatti has signed on to star in FX’s new pilot Hoke, the network announced today. The one-hour drama finds Get Shorty, Out Of Sight, and Karen Sisco writer Scott Frank moving from Elmore Leonard to the work of another respected crime-fiction author, Charles Willeford, whose series of Hoke Mosely novels form the basis of the show. (One of them, Miami Blues, has already been made into a movie, with Fred Ward ...
- 8/28/2013
- avclub.com
FX has given a pilot order to "Hoke," a darkly comic crime series starring Emmy winner Paul Giamatti. The project is based on Charles Willeford's novels "Sideswipe," "New Hope for the Dead" and "The Way We Die Now," which focus on the character of Hoke Moseley, a homicide detective in 1985 Miami. "Hoke" will shoot in Miami later this year with "Out of Sight" and "Karen Sisco" scribe (and "The Lookout" director) Scott Frank writing and helming. Frank and Giamatti will executive produce along with Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon and Dan Carey. "Like Elmore Leonard, Charles Willeford is...
- 8/28/2013
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Crime writer known for Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Hombre whose work served as a barometer of modern America
When Elmore Leonard's Stick was published in Britain in 1984, one newspaper called it "a fine first novel". At almost 60, the author would have been amused at such an accolade; it was, in fact, his 21st novel, and Leonard, who has died aged 87, had been selling his fiction regularly, occasionally to Hollywood. But the genres in which he chose to work often failed to attract serious critical attention: westerns first, then crime novels set in the contemporary urban hinterlands.
Westerns as a literary genre still lack respectability, but the craft and energy of Leonard's crime novels, which include Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Labrava, eventually made them impossible to ignore. Still, recognition came late: only in 1992 did the Mystery Writers of America grant him its highest accolade, the Grand Master Edgar.
When Elmore Leonard's Stick was published in Britain in 1984, one newspaper called it "a fine first novel". At almost 60, the author would have been amused at such an accolade; it was, in fact, his 21st novel, and Leonard, who has died aged 87, had been selling his fiction regularly, occasionally to Hollywood. But the genres in which he chose to work often failed to attract serious critical attention: westerns first, then crime novels set in the contemporary urban hinterlands.
Westerns as a literary genre still lack respectability, but the craft and energy of Leonard's crime novels, which include Get Shorty, Out of Sight and Labrava, eventually made them impossible to ignore. Still, recognition came late: only in 1992 did the Mystery Writers of America grant him its highest accolade, the Grand Master Edgar.
- 8/20/2013
- by Nick Kimberley
- The Guardian - Film News
Elmore Leonard's novels were filled with sharp dialogue, vivid characters and intricate plotting -- not for nothing have lots and lots of people described his writing as cinematic.
Yet for as prolific and as great a writer as he was, Leonard -- who died Tuesday (Aug. 20) at age 87 -- didn't have a lot of good luck when his work was translated to the screen. A lot of the adaptations of his novels and short stories turned out to be duds, and he said he grew tired of writing screenplays as well.
"I haven't written a screenplay since '93, that's when I said, 'I'm not writing any more of these, it's just work," Leonard said in a 2012 interview. "Because you're working with a studio executive who really doesn't know much, if anything, about writing what works and what doesn't. So, why put yourself in that position when you have to do that?...
Yet for as prolific and as great a writer as he was, Leonard -- who died Tuesday (Aug. 20) at age 87 -- didn't have a lot of good luck when his work was translated to the screen. A lot of the adaptations of his novels and short stories turned out to be duds, and he said he grew tired of writing screenplays as well.
"I haven't written a screenplay since '93, that's when I said, 'I'm not writing any more of these, it's just work," Leonard said in a 2012 interview. "Because you're working with a studio executive who really doesn't know much, if anything, about writing what works and what doesn't. So, why put yourself in that position when you have to do that?...
- 8/20/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Elmore Leonard, a titan in TV, literature and film alike, has passed away at the age of 87. According to Variety the cause was complications from a stroke that the author suffered last month, and Leonard's long-time researcher Greg Sutter confirmed that he was surrounded by family when he passed away today in Detroit. Few authors currently alive have had their works adapted as often as Leonard, who began writing Western novels in the 1950s and saw two of his stories, The Tall T and 3:10 to Yuma, adapted into films in 1957, when he was 32 years old. Eventually he transitioned into writing crime stories and novels, many of them now familiar to movie fans as screen adaptations-- Out Of Sight, Get Shorty Be Cool and Jackie Brown all began their lives as Leonard stories. A few attempts to adapt his work to television were short-lived (including Karen Sisco in 2003, based on...
- 8/20/2013
- cinemablend.com
Legendary author Elmore Leonard, whose work inspired FX’s Justified and ABC’s short-lived Karen Sisco before it, died Tuesday three weeks after suffering a stroke. He was 87.
Justified antihero Raylan Givens (played by Timothy Olyphant) was the central figure in Leonard’s novels Pronto and Riding the Rap as well as the short story “Fire in the Hole.” He retained an exec producer title on the series.
On the film side, 3:10 to Yuma, Jackie Brown, Out of Sight (which paved the way for Karen Sisco) and Get Shorty were all based on Leonard’s source material.
Leonard’s...
Justified antihero Raylan Givens (played by Timothy Olyphant) was the central figure in Leonard’s novels Pronto and Riding the Rap as well as the short story “Fire in the Hole.” He retained an exec producer title on the series.
On the film side, 3:10 to Yuma, Jackie Brown, Out of Sight (which paved the way for Karen Sisco) and Get Shorty were all based on Leonard’s source material.
Leonard’s...
- 8/20/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Chicago – Elmore Leonard was so much a part of the entertainment landscape that many people don’t even realize the extent of his influence and reach on, of course, literature, but also film and television. The same man created the characters you love in “3:10 to Yuma,” “Get Shorty,” “Out of Sight,” and “Justified.”
He passed away from a stroke this morning, as revealed on his Facebook page. He was 87 and, according to the post, surrounded by those he loved.
Born in New Orleans, Leonard would forever be identified with Detroit, the city that became his home in 1934. His first story was published in 1951 and he began his career with a focus on Westerns. He published dozens of short stories in the ’50s, two of which were turned into hit films of the day, “The Tall T” and “3:10 to Yuma”. Over the years, 26 novels or short stories were turned into films or television programs,...
He passed away from a stroke this morning, as revealed on his Facebook page. He was 87 and, according to the post, surrounded by those he loved.
Born in New Orleans, Leonard would forever be identified with Detroit, the city that became his home in 1934. His first story was published in 1951 and he began his career with a focus on Westerns. He published dozens of short stories in the ’50s, two of which were turned into hit films of the day, “The Tall T” and “3:10 to Yuma”. Over the years, 26 novels or short stories were turned into films or television programs,...
- 8/20/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Fans of veteran character actor Dennis Farina were shocked on Monday (July 22) to learn that he had suddenly passed away at the age of 69 after suffering a blood clot in his lung. Luckily for us, Farina, a former Chicago police officer who commonly played cops on screen, will live on in the performances he brought to life in both TV and film.
Here's a look back at the 10 roles that defined Farina's long career in show business.
1. "Thief" - 1981
Farina may have only appeared briefly as Carl, a henchman, but this was the film role that started it all. Director Michael Mann cast him in the film after Farina had worked his his police consultant, beginning a working relationship that would span the actor's career
2. "Manhunter" - 1986
When Mann adapted Thomas Harris' novel "Red Dragon" (the first cinematic appearance of Hannibal Lecter), he turned to Farina to bring FBI agent Jack Crawford to life.
Here's a look back at the 10 roles that defined Farina's long career in show business.
1. "Thief" - 1981
Farina may have only appeared briefly as Carl, a henchman, but this was the film role that started it all. Director Michael Mann cast him in the film after Farina had worked his his police consultant, beginning a working relationship that would span the actor's career
2. "Manhunter" - 1986
When Mann adapted Thomas Harris' novel "Red Dragon" (the first cinematic appearance of Hannibal Lecter), he turned to Farina to bring FBI agent Jack Crawford to life.
- 7/22/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Fox's upcoming limited series "Wayward Pines" has added Carla Gugino to its cast.
Gugino, who starred in USA's "Political Animals" last year, will play a former Secret Service agent who now lives in the Idaho town of the title. When her ex-partner (Matt Dillon) comes to town searching for two missing agents, a romantic spark they once shared gets rekindled.
"Wayward Pines" is based on the novel "Pines" by Blake Crouch and centers on the mystery Dillon's character is trying to unravel. His arrival in Wayward Pines, however, only makes things less clear. Melissa Leo will also star in the 10-episode series, which is slated for a 2014 premiere.
Chad Hodge ("The Playboy Club") is writing "Wayward Pines" and executive producing with M. Night Shyamalan, who's also directing, Donald DeLine and Ashwin Rajan.
Gugino's other recent credits include recurring parts on "New Girl" and "Californication" and a guest spot on "Justified...
Gugino, who starred in USA's "Political Animals" last year, will play a former Secret Service agent who now lives in the Idaho town of the title. When her ex-partner (Matt Dillon) comes to town searching for two missing agents, a romantic spark they once shared gets rekindled.
"Wayward Pines" is based on the novel "Pines" by Blake Crouch and centers on the mystery Dillon's character is trying to unravel. His arrival in Wayward Pines, however, only makes things less clear. Melissa Leo will also star in the 10-episode series, which is slated for a 2014 premiere.
Chad Hodge ("The Playboy Club") is writing "Wayward Pines" and executive producing with M. Night Shyamalan, who's also directing, Donald DeLine and Ashwin Rajan.
Gugino's other recent credits include recurring parts on "New Girl" and "Californication" and a guest spot on "Justified...
- 7/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Carla Gugino (Watchmen, Entourage, Karen Sisco) has been cast in Wayward Pines– M. Night Shyamalan‘s event series for Fox. She will play Kate Hewson — former love interests of Matt Dillon‘s Secret Service agent Ethan Burke. Kate is also Ethan’s former partner at the Secret Service and a resident of bucolic Wayward Pines, ID, where Ethan shows up on a job to find two missing federal agents. But, because it’s a Shyamalan project — and because it’s based on Blake Crouch’s novel Pines — we know he doesn’t turn up two agents, just a multitude of questions, and each step toward the truth takes Ethan further from the life he knew, and from the husband and father he was, until it looks like he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. On the bright side, he discovers the love he once shared with the capable,...
- 7/11/2013
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
After a long courtship, Carla Gugino has signed on as the female lead opposite Steve Coogan in David Shore’s ABC legal drama pilot Doubt. Also cast in the project, from Sony TV, is John Pankow. It centers on Vincent (Coogan), a former cop who’s now a cunning but charming low-rent lawyer using his street smarts to work the system for his clients while battling his own demons and wooing his ex-wife Linda (Gugino). Linda is a no-nonsense Ada who has little patience for courtroom antics, especially when it comes to her impulsive ex-husband. Despite their separation, they still hook up occasionally for torrid sex, and although she can no longer live with Vince, it’s apparent that Linda still has a deep affection for him. Pankow plays Mr. Syd Newman, an old-school attorney who works with his wife and fellow lawyer in offices that they rent from Vince.
- 3/22/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Another Jason Statham action film brings thrilling news for some who love seeing their gruff screen hero doing what he does best to bad guys, and groans of déjà vu from others, weary at yet more stylised action sequences, bad accents and corny one-liners that are the Statham trademark.
However, to dismiss Parker, the actor’s new film, in a hurry would be to miss out on some frankly mindless but competently made fun from renowned Ray director Taylor Hackford and Black Swan writer John J. McLaughlin. Not to mention, this film is based on the Donald E. Westlake (as Richard Stark) novel Flashfire taken from a successful series about a ruthless career criminal with principles called Parker, a character brought to screen by Mel Gibson in Payback (1999) and earlier by Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967). Granted, Parker (2013) has some incredulous plot and subplot situations but is like a guilty Stratham pleasure,...
However, to dismiss Parker, the actor’s new film, in a hurry would be to miss out on some frankly mindless but competently made fun from renowned Ray director Taylor Hackford and Black Swan writer John J. McLaughlin. Not to mention, this film is based on the Donald E. Westlake (as Richard Stark) novel Flashfire taken from a successful series about a ruthless career criminal with principles called Parker, a character brought to screen by Mel Gibson in Payback (1999) and earlier by Lee Marvin in Point Blank (1967). Granted, Parker (2013) has some incredulous plot and subplot situations but is like a guilty Stratham pleasure,...
- 3/8/2013
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Emmy-winning set decorator Leslie Frankenheimer has died. Also the wife of entertainment attorney John Frankenhemer, she died January 22 after a long battle against leukemia, according to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Her age was not disclosed. During her more than 30 year career, Frankenheimer won 4 Emmys — for the ABC series Max Headroom in 1987, CBS’ Buddy Faro in 1999, the TNT movie James Dean in 2002 and the HBO series Carnivàle in 2004. She was also nominated in 2002 for the NBC series Emeril. Frankenheimer joined the TV Academy in 1995 and began serving on its Art Directors/Set Decorators Peer Group Exec Committee in 2002. She was elected governor of her peer group in 2011 and was recently re-elected to a second two-year term. Frankenheimer’s numerous other TV credits included Scarecrow And Mrs. King, L.A. Law, SeaQuest 2032, Star Trek: Voyager, Come on, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story, Karen Sisco, The Closer, Kitchen Confidential,...
- 1/26/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
By Rachel Bennett
Television Editor and Columnist
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This week, Netflix Instant added a series I’ve heard about for a long time but have never seen: Fox’s Undeclared.
The 2001 comedy stars Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up), Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express) and Charlie Hunnam (FX’s Sons of Anarchy) and was created by Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin).
The series only lasted one season, but it’s always interested me because I’ve heard it’s a sequel of sorts to NBC’s Freaks and Geeks, another one-season wonder.
There have been numerous series to only receive one season when they deserved a lot more, and their cancellations result in a TV lover’s heartbreak. This week, in honor of their untimely conclusions, I give you the Top 10 One-Season TV Wonders:
10. The Comeback (HBO)
After NBC’s Friends ended in 2004, actress Lisa Kudrow returned to TV in HBO’s 2005 comedy The Comeback.
Television Editor and Columnist
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This week, Netflix Instant added a series I’ve heard about for a long time but have never seen: Fox’s Undeclared.
The 2001 comedy stars Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up), Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express) and Charlie Hunnam (FX’s Sons of Anarchy) and was created by Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin).
The series only lasted one season, but it’s always interested me because I’ve heard it’s a sequel of sorts to NBC’s Freaks and Geeks, another one-season wonder.
There have been numerous series to only receive one season when they deserved a lot more, and their cancellations result in a TV lover’s heartbreak. This week, in honor of their untimely conclusions, I give you the Top 10 One-Season TV Wonders:
10. The Comeback (HBO)
After NBC’s Friends ended in 2004, actress Lisa Kudrow returned to TV in HBO’s 2005 comedy The Comeback.
- 10/3/2012
- by Rachel Bennett
- Scott Feinberg
So you’re a horror fan, but you’re on a budget. You like a little of everything from Hostel to Browning’s Dracula and the gamut that is run in between especially during the month of October. How do you pick up a respectable horror movie collection, quickly, spending as little money as possible? Mill Creek (not Wolf Creek or Boggy Creek). These guys put out a nice series of collections from the Drive In theater favorites to those rad 100 movie boxes you might find on the shelves of Walmart.
Make sure you take a gander at the selection below and stop by their website. We’ll have product reviews as we watch them and make sure you know what you’re getting inside each box. No matter what, you’ll be getting a pile of movies at a low price. I’m sure you’ll be able to...
Make sure you take a gander at the selection below and stop by their website. We’ll have product reviews as we watch them and make sure you know what you’re getting inside each box. No matter what, you’ll be getting a pile of movies at a low price. I’m sure you’ll be able to...
- 9/21/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
I've previously stated that I'm more of a network TV kind of girl than a cable fan. I know it's not the "popular" or "sophisticated" thing to admit, but sometimes I prefer to be lightly entertained without getting too inside my head. Yes, I'm basically slamming network television as light and fluffy, while at the same time revealing I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to all things gritty, but that's just how I'm programmed.
But if there was one cabler I'd kill to have access to, it would be USA Network (thankfully Bravo here in Canada picks up a lot of its shows). I find USA boasts the best of both worlds, a channel that can entertain without taking itself too seriously (see "White Collar," "Suits," "Covert Affairs," "Fairly Legal"). So I was a tad wary when I learned Sigourney Weaver was headlining a political drama centring...
But if there was one cabler I'd kill to have access to, it would be USA Network (thankfully Bravo here in Canada picks up a lot of its shows). I find USA boasts the best of both worlds, a channel that can entertain without taking itself too seriously (see "White Collar," "Suits," "Covert Affairs," "Fairly Legal"). So I was a tad wary when I learned Sigourney Weaver was headlining a political drama centring...
- 7/16/2012
- by Denette Wilford
- Aol TV.
The makers of a new miniseries, including one of the year's most impressive television casts, have America's political parties to thank for it coming together so fast.
Executive producer Greg Berlanti ("Brothers & Sisters") admits this being an election year was a huge factor in his rapid development -- and USA Network's quick purchase -- of "Political Animals," which begins a weekly run Sunday, July 15. The drama boasts a rare home-screen appearance by Sigourney Weaver as a maritally troubled former first lady and failed presidential candidate who becomes secretary of state.
If that sounds somewhat familiar, let it be noted the character is fictional, indicated by her demand for a divorce from her ex-president husband (Ciaran Hinds) early in the premiere episode. However, his charisma and connections keep him useful to her in matters of international diplomacy ... again, fiction in this case.
The secretary also has a problem in a...
Executive producer Greg Berlanti ("Brothers & Sisters") admits this being an election year was a huge factor in his rapid development -- and USA Network's quick purchase -- of "Political Animals," which begins a weekly run Sunday, July 15. The drama boasts a rare home-screen appearance by Sigourney Weaver as a maritally troubled former first lady and failed presidential candidate who becomes secretary of state.
If that sounds somewhat familiar, let it be noted the character is fictional, indicated by her demand for a divorce from her ex-president husband (Ciaran Hinds) early in the premiere episode. However, his charisma and connections keep him useful to her in matters of international diplomacy ... again, fiction in this case.
The secretary also has a problem in a...
- 7/15/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
If you’re not anxiously awaiting the premiere of USA Network’s Political Animals (premiering Sunday, July 15), you should be. And if you need the slightest extra nudge, TVLine here presents video of the luminous Carla Gugino (Sin City, Karen Sisco) detailing how her character, journalist Susan Berg, fits into the mix.
Related | Exclusive: Fringe‘s Blair Brown Plays With USA Network’s Political Animals
A reporter for the (fictional) Washington Globe, Susan years ago cut her teeth — and claimed a Pulitzer — for exposing the nitty gritty of then-President of the United States Bud Hammond’s less-than-estimable bedroom behaviors.
With...
Related | Exclusive: Fringe‘s Blair Brown Plays With USA Network’s Political Animals
A reporter for the (fictional) Washington Globe, Susan years ago cut her teeth — and claimed a Pulitzer — for exposing the nitty gritty of then-President of the United States Bud Hammond’s less-than-estimable bedroom behaviors.
With...
- 7/3/2012
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
“Now you've got your story!” Carla Gugino yells over the thunder, her hotel-issue umbrella bending under bucketfuls of water that whip her black trench coat, pink scarf, necklace with its gold lightning bolt, and impervious smile. Gugino even shelters a passerby stranded on our corner as we ready ourselves for the final crossing—which, granted, is just a one-way Philadelphia street that separates us from a restaurant called Village Whiskey.Having been forced to forgo a chatty stroll around Rittenhouse Square, her weekday home turf for the past three months, Gugino is attuned to the need for a good scene. And her instinct is dead-on: I’d already planned to use a quote from Karen Sisco—a 2003 show that was supposed to make her a breakout star but was canceled after ten episodes. Someone had described his boat to her tough U.S. marshal character in the pilot: “Not that big,...
- 7/2/2012
- by Boris Kachka
- Vulture
Seitz Asks: What one-season series do you most wish had continued?Seitz Answers: My So-Called Life This was a tough one for me. I’m a connoisseur of what Vanity Fair’s James Wolcott once called “sick puppy shows.” I can think of a lot of series that ran a season or less that I wish had continued: My short list includes Karen Sisco, Wonderland, Kingpin, Rubicon, Now and Again, Firefly, Awake, Luck, The Comeback, Unscripted, and Freaks and Geeks (about which I did a video essay).But it’s My So-Called Life that I miss the most — not just because it was sweet, funny, honest, and real, but because the episodes have aged extraordinarily well. I recently rewatched the only season with my daughter, who’s about to turn 15. She found some of the slang and cultural references dated — when Angela’s buddy Rayanne Graff announced that she might...
- 6/20/2012
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
Carla Gugino is pleased to be in the wave of actors giving TV viewers dramatic new ways to meet the press.
With Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer among those in "The Newsroom," premiering Sunday (June 24) on HBO, "Spy Kids" and "Sucker Punch" co-star Gugino also is about to play a journalist. Debuting Sunday, July 15, the USA miniseries "Political Animals" casts her as an award-winning reporter especially intrigued by a former first lady turned Secretary of State (Sigourney Weaver).
"We deal with it in a really interesting way," Gugino tells Zap2it of how "Political Animals" portrays news gatherers, particularly given such incidents as President Obama being interrupted during a White House conference Friday (June 15). "There's the character of a younger journalist who is much more of a blogger, and she's really about getting information out fast.
"She doesn't have any kind of classical training in journalistic investigation or what it...
With Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer among those in "The Newsroom," premiering Sunday (June 24) on HBO, "Spy Kids" and "Sucker Punch" co-star Gugino also is about to play a journalist. Debuting Sunday, July 15, the USA miniseries "Political Animals" casts her as an award-winning reporter especially intrigued by a former first lady turned Secretary of State (Sigourney Weaver).
"We deal with it in a really interesting way," Gugino tells Zap2it of how "Political Animals" portrays news gatherers, particularly given such incidents as President Obama being interrupted during a White House conference Friday (June 15). "There's the character of a younger journalist who is much more of a blogger, and she's really about getting information out fast.
"She doesn't have any kind of classical training in journalistic investigation or what it...
- 6/18/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
While the summer is an excuse for the movie studios to roll out their biggest offerings, television executives are much more afraid of warm weather, leaving the television dial mostly as a wasteland of repeats and reality shows. As such, the TV season essentially gets underway in September and runs through to May (with cable dramas occasionally moving the goalposts a little either way -- "Breaking Bad" starts in July, "The Newsroom" next week).
As such, TV should probably be judged on a slightly different schedule, and to mark the passing of the season (arguably which just ended with "Mad Men"; read our season finale recap here), we've run down, as we did last year, our ten favorite shows of the season. These kinds of lists always generate disagreements, and there's so much good television that some shows are bound to miss out -- some of us couldn't be bigger...
As such, TV should probably be judged on a slightly different schedule, and to mark the passing of the season (arguably which just ended with "Mad Men"; read our season finale recap here), we've run down, as we did last year, our ten favorite shows of the season. These kinds of lists always generate disagreements, and there's so much good television that some shows are bound to miss out -- some of us couldn't be bigger...
- 6/13/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Season finale time! Wasn't it just yesterday that Raylan and Winona were goofily talking baby names and Not Karen Sisco seemed like she was going to be a much bigger recurring character? I guess the occasion of a finale is the David Simon–approved time to talk about the season's success as a whole. No point in beating around the bush: It's been tough for Justified to live up to last season's standard. Certainly this season's crop of villains — a baker's dozen of swirling allegiances who ended up policing each other as much as Raylan policed them — hasn't quite been able to add up to one Mags Bennett. That's not exactly the harshest of criticisms. A TV show is lucky to even get one Mags in its lifetime, and just off the top of my head I can rattle off several episodes that I'd put among the series' best (Dewey...
- 4/11/2012
- by Joe Reid
- Vulture
In news that has fans of strong women everywhere very excited, badass actresses Sigourney Weaver and Carla Gugino are teaming up for a TV show this summer on USA.
Sadly, as this show has a political focus, Weaver (probably) won't be fighting aliens and Gugino (probably) won't be strapping on a gun and catching bad guys, but that's cool. Any day these ladies get a television series is a good day.
Called Political Animals, the six-episode hour-long drama will go behind the Washington, DC scenes to look at the life and career of newly appointed Secretary of State Elaine Barrish (Weaver), a former First Lady who Deadline tells us is throwing "herself into the job after recovering from the dissolution of her marriage and losing the presidential nomination." Sound familar? Gugino will play Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter Susan Berg, a scoop-hungry journo looking to tear down Barrish.
This fictional look...
Sadly, as this show has a political focus, Weaver (probably) won't be fighting aliens and Gugino (probably) won't be strapping on a gun and catching bad guys, but that's cool. Any day these ladies get a television series is a good day.
Called Political Animals, the six-episode hour-long drama will go behind the Washington, DC scenes to look at the life and career of newly appointed Secretary of State Elaine Barrish (Weaver), a former First Lady who Deadline tells us is throwing "herself into the job after recovering from the dissolution of her marriage and losing the presidential nomination." Sound familar? Gugino will play Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter Susan Berg, a scoop-hungry journo looking to tear down Barrish.
This fictional look...
- 3/14/2012
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
No doubt: it's been a very good year for both these stars. And much as I admire Jean Dujardin's sublime performance in The Artist, my hunch is that the industry will favor one of its own on Oscar night. So who will it be -- George or Brad? I'm saving my prediction for a later Oscar piece, but for now simply want to consider these actors' respective contributions, leading up to and including 2011. And you'll note I say "actors," because one thing this past year confirmed was that both these handsome, movie-idol type personalities can, in fact, really act. Some will claim they've always known it, but for me this was a pretty striking discovery. Too often Pitt and Clooney have been constrained by their leading man status to playing cool, heroic protagonists who save the day and get the girl. And they appear to be playing themselves. (Sometimes even on the same screen,...
- 2/14/2012
- by John Farr
- Moviefone
FX
Raylan works with a “blast from the past” female colleague, Art gets some in the field action, and a crime figure from Harlan makes his instantly memorable debut on last night night’s episode of “Justified.”
We start with Raylan, who has been spending his last few nights at Winona’s house, which is being shown first thing in the morning, before Raylan gets his clothes on. From there, he goes to the jail where Boyd is being held.
Raylan works with a “blast from the past” female colleague, Art gets some in the field action, and a crime figure from Harlan makes his instantly memorable debut on last night night’s episode of “Justified.”
We start with Raylan, who has been spending his last few nights at Winona’s house, which is being shown first thing in the morning, before Raylan gets his clothes on. From there, he goes to the jail where Boyd is being held.
- 1/25/2012
- by Chris Simmons
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
I feel as though I would have liked “Cut Ties” even more if I had seen the film Out of Sight whose protagonist, U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco, another Elmore Leonard creation, was a supporting character in the episode, but nevertheless it was another excellent example of everyone’s favorite modern Western. Despite not having a greater familiarity with Ms. Sisco the former Mrs. Goodall, played by Carla Cugino (the same actress who played the role in the character’s eponymous 2003 ABC series), I still found the writer’s subtle explanation of her new name immensely clever and the use of the character totally badass. Raylan and Karen clearly have a history together in Miami but the details of which, whether they be purely professional or something more, were left unexplored and I have to assume Cugino will have more appearances this season.
For a character...
I feel as though I would have liked “Cut Ties” even more if I had seen the film Out of Sight whose protagonist, U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco, another Elmore Leonard creation, was a supporting character in the episode, but nevertheless it was another excellent example of everyone’s favorite modern Western. Despite not having a greater familiarity with Ms. Sisco the former Mrs. Goodall, played by Carla Cugino (the same actress who played the role in the character’s eponymous 2003 ABC series), I still found the writer’s subtle explanation of her new name immensely clever and the use of the character totally badass. Raylan and Karen clearly have a history together in Miami but the details of which, whether they be purely professional or something more, were left unexplored and I have to assume Cugino will have more appearances this season.
For a character...
- 1/25/2012
- by Joseph Kratzer
- Obsessed with Film
Justified, Season 3, Episode 2: “Cut Ties”
Written by Benjamin Cavell
Directed by Michael Watkins
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Moreso than with most “prestige” dramas, seasons of Justified tend to follow a pretty set formula in terms of serialization. After a premiere in which the season’s major players are introduced, we get somewhere between two or three episodes that feel less tethered to the season’s master plot, opting instead to flesh out Raylan’s fellow marshals a bit, and remind us of what Raylan’s day job really entails. (Last season, this was especially true of “The Life Inside” and “The I of the Storm.”) “Cut Ties” hews to that pattern more than it breaks from it, but it’s an interesting installment nonetheless – and for unusual reasons.
In February and March of last year, while Justified‘s second season aired, two Deputy Us Marshals were...
Written by Benjamin Cavell
Directed by Michael Watkins
Airs Tuesdays at 10pm Et on FX
Moreso than with most “prestige” dramas, seasons of Justified tend to follow a pretty set formula in terms of serialization. After a premiere in which the season’s major players are introduced, we get somewhere between two or three episodes that feel less tethered to the season’s master plot, opting instead to flesh out Raylan’s fellow marshals a bit, and remind us of what Raylan’s day job really entails. (Last season, this was especially true of “The Life Inside” and “The I of the Storm.”) “Cut Ties” hews to that pattern more than it breaks from it, but it’s an interesting installment nonetheless – and for unusual reasons.
In February and March of last year, while Justified‘s second season aired, two Deputy Us Marshals were...
- 1/25/2012
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Spoiler Alert! Episode 2 of Justified’s third season, “Cut Ties,” gave us the answer to whether Boyd got Raylan to arrest him last week so he could kill Dickie in prison or just threaten him until he revealed where Mags’ money is (the latter, it turns out). But we also got a tense introduction of the hill-country banker/badman Ellstin Limehouse (Mykelti Williamson), who’ll be sticking around, and a much-anticipated visit from Assistant Director Goodall (Carla Gugino, not being TV’s Karen Sisco), who won’t. As we’ll be doing each week throughout the season, we asked exec...
- 1/25/2012
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
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