01.20-22.2012: What To Watch – Weekend Theater and TV Edition

Posted by on Jan 20, 2012 in Box Office, Film, TV

The AFC and NFC championships are upon us but we’ll sandwich it between a slice of Vampire, Lycan, snake, mouse and an alternate world. THEATER PREMIERE Underworld Awakening (R / 88 mins / In 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D & RealD 3D)  Starring Kate Beckinsale (Contraband), Stephen Rea (The Reaping), Michael Ealy (TV’s FlashForward), Theo James (TV’s...

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01.16.2012: What To Watch – 'Powerful Mondays' TV Edition

Posted by on Jan 16, 2012 in TV

Friday was the 13th but the following Monday is a powerful one with ‘A Tribute to America’s Golden Girl’ Betty White (Happy 90th Birthday, Betty!) and three premieres, one season and two series.  Mondays are about to become a whole lot more powerful. MONDAY TV SCHEDULE Alcatraz (S1.E1 – “Pilot/Ernest Cobb”) at 8/7c on FOX...

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01.13-15.2012: What To Watch – Weekend Theater and TV Edition

Posted by on Jan 13, 2012 in Film, TV

Happy Friday the 13th!  Here’s to a weekend full of fright! THEATER PREMIERES The Divide (Unrated / 121 mins / In Limited Release)  Starring Lauren German (TV’s Hawaii Five-0), Michael Biehn (Puncture), Milo Ventimiglia (TV’s Heroes), Courtney B. Vance (Joyful Noise [a same day release]), Iván González (TV’s Mystère au Moulin Rouge),...

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01.06-08.2012: What To Watch – Weekend Theater and TV Edition

Posted by on Jan 6, 2012 in Film, TV

It’s a new year full of new resolutions, new movies, new shows (and new episodes of old shows) and of course, new frights.  Have a Happy & Frightful New Year! THEATER PREMIERES Beneath the Darkness (R / 98 mins)  Starring Aimee Teegarden (TV’s Friday Night Lights), Tony Oller (TV’s Gigantic), Stephen Lunsford (TV’s Private...

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Person of Interest – Review by Roger Froilan

Posted by on Sep 26, 2011 in Review, TV

With all the new shows out this season, there aren’t many that I’m looking forward to.  Person of Interest’s initial description didn’t really catch me in the past few months, but the cast of Michael Emerson and Jim Caviezel, along with J.J. Abrams behind the curtain, intrigued me.  When I finally read in the TV Guide that it was a vigilante show, I knew I just...

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Then Is Now – Creature Double Feature Edition – By Roger Froilan

Posted by on Aug 24, 2011 in Then Is Now, TV

With the second Roundup headed our way on September 24, 2011, lots of interest has been generated by people who fondly remember Creature Double Feature.  I don’t think the producers at WLVI Channel 56 in Boston realized when they were making the show back in the 1970s that it would have such a profound and lasting impact on a whole generation of viewers.  In...

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