SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE is All New, but Sticks with What Works
In the biggest casting change since the two Darrens on Bewitched, Australian actor Liam McIntyre has taken on the title role in the third season of the Starz original series, Spartacus following the passing of Andy Whitfield after an 18-month battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
“It’s unique and amazingly challenging to have to follow such a wonderful legacy, but I was really lucky. All the cast and Starz were supportive in the sense that they wanted me to make it may own, the best I could,” McIntyre shared in a live chat with the press and fans.
01.19.12 by Joshua GoldfinchRevisiting Istanbul Grill
I am pretty sure the $3.99 price tag for Istanbul Grill‘s wonderful lamacun (pronounced “llama-zhoon” in Turkish) represents one of the better dining deals in town. The young staffers in their evil-eye t-shirts may insist to you that it’s “little” or “just an appetizer,” but this pizza-like flatbread spread with a ground-lamb mixture makes one of my favorite light meals in town.
01.16.12 by Joshua GoldfinchStyle Network Picks Up #1 New Docu-Series “Tia & Tamera” for Second Season
After setting numerous ratings records its first five weeks on the air, The Style Network announced the pick-up of its summer breakout hit series “Tia & Tamera,” starring Tia Mowry Hardict and Tamera Mowry-Housley, for a second season. The premiere on August 8 was Style’s most-watched series launch, averaging over 750,000 Total Viewers, and the second week shattered the previous week’s record by becoming the network’s most-watched telecast ever with 920,000 Total Viewers. Production on the second season is slated to begin later this year.
“We are excited to continue following Tia and Tamera’s journeys both personally and professionally,” said Salaam Coleman Smith, President, The Style Network. “Being a part o
01.9.12 by Joshua GoldfinchIN THE NAME OF THE KING 2: Uwe Boll’s Latest Crapterpiece
‘Rama Rating: 1 out of 10
Notorious German director Uwe Boll returns to familiar stomping grounds in the Direct-to-DVD followup to 2006′s In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale with In The Name Of The King 2: Two Worlds, a fantasy action-adventure film that somehow manages to fall far short of its lackluster predecessor, its own source material and even the exacting storytelling and visual standards set by the average cable movie-of-the-week.
First and foremost, those looking for the continued adventures of Jason Statham’s Farmer character in In The Name Of The King 2, or for that matter anyone from the first film, will be disappointed.
12.30.11 by Joshua Goldfinch10 To Watch in 2012: Television
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