
Film delivers the goods in a satisfying, if not familiar, summer-fun-fest
by JOHN VINCENT
Jun-18-2013 -
'Revolution' continues to slip while 'Once Upon a Time' returns strong
ABC didn't quite get what it was looking for with the premiere of "666 Park Avenue," but maybe all it needed was a second week? The supernatural thriller scored a 4.6 rating/7 share in Fast National overnight ratings from The Nielsen Co. While it improved on ABC's timeslot over last year by 21 pe ...
Read MorePlus, 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Avengers' are winners
Next week, HBO's "Game of Thrones" will find out how it will do against other non-genre shows at the Primetime Emmys. But at least for now, it has something else it can cheer about: Four Portal Award wins, including its second consecutive Best Series/Television. The winners of the 2012 Airlock Al ...
Read MoreNetwork's president says the series will return
The is “no question” that The CW's "Supernatural" is returning for an eighth season, according to Mark Pedowitz, the network's president. Pedowitz expressed his support for the series Monday during the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. And he hopes ...
Read MoreMove could reduce lengthy -- and deadly -- midseason breaks
One nice thing about a late start? Less reruns. In what looks to be an effort to close down some of the long mid-season gaps that seem to hurt The CW's bottom line, the struggling network is holding off most of its fall premieres to October, giving viewers a chance to taste the big networks and g ...
Read MoreA story of vampires and blood
This review may contain spoilers Richard Roman Enterprises has purchased Sucrocorp, the world's largest manufacturer of high fructose corn syrup, an ingredient in almost any processed food. It is perhaps a day from the announcement when all the food is contaminated by a turducken pacification dru ...
Read MoreWitchcraft series struggled to keep audience
With the way both NBC and The CW are struggling to not only find an audience this year, but hold on to its audience from last year, it's been hard to predict where its schedule would end up. But now we know for sure: Fall will come without two more genre shows as NBC has cancelled "Awake" while T ...
Read MoreCrystals, demons and prom mix poorly
This review may contain spoilers It seems that the only person in this universe with any ability to plan is John Blackwell (Joe Lando). Everyone else is too distracted by frivolity or immediate gratification needs to think past the next half hour. John gives Cassie (Britt Robertson) a spell to ...
Read MoreThe Word of God revealed
This review may contain spoilers As the boys begin to hammer on Dick's clay block without any particular regard for the durability of its contents, a massive (global?) lightning storm begins, sort of syncing with the hammering. They ignore this blatant supernatural warning. As they reveal the ...
Read MoreThe adventures of Charlie Bradbury
This review may contain spoilers This episode essentially stars guest actor and geek goddess Felicia Day (Charlene "Charlie" Bradbury), and it plays heavily to that audience with dialog and decor constantly referencing genre classics. The boys and Bobby, while present, are just background an ...
Read MoreCrystals lost and (some) traitors revealed
This review may contain spoilers Still missing of the six are Faye's (Phoebe Tonkin) family crystal, the one her mother (Natasha Henstridge) drained, and Adam's (Thomas Dekker). Since John (Joe Lando) told the witch community that witch hunters killed Jane, and Charles (Gale Harold) can't contrad ...
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