Movies and TV

Terminator Salvation

Daniel Romero — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:55:48 +0000

Terminator Salvation is the fifth installment of the Terminator series and focuses on Resistance leader John Connor (Christian Bale) and his battle for humanity against Skynet. The story however seems to focus more on the newly introduced character Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) and detracts attention from what I was more interested in seeing, which was [...]

Duplicity with Julia Roberts and Clive Owens

chris2x — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:57:47 +0000

In the new movie Duplicity, when the CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and MI6 agent Ray Koval (Clive Owens) first meet they make love but then he ends up drugged and robbed of secret plans. To say that the two have trust issues after that would be an understatement. They don’t trust each [...]

Hulu.com is a “Plot to Rot Your Brain”

chris2x — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:45:30 +0000

In case you missed it Hulu.com finally admitted what we always knew. There is indeed a conspiracy to use TV and hulu.com to rot people’s brains as Alex Baldwin confesses to in this video from Hollywood’s secret lair under the Hollywood sign. It is in fact an alien plot. addthis_url = [...]

Trust Me - New TNT Series

chris2x — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:56:39 +0000

Conner and Mason, the main characters of TNT’s new comedy “Trust Me“, have been partners for years in a Chicago ad agency. The whole office dynamic of the agency and their own partnership is thrown into turmoil with the unexpected and dramatic exit of their temperamental boss in the pilot episode. The series is witty [...]

Lie To Me - New Fox TV Series

chris2x — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:30:54 +0000

Fox has a new crime drama with an interesting twist called “Lie to Me“. The main characters are not cops and not forensic experts but psychologists. Think of this as a psychological CSI. The show stars Tim Roth as Dr. Cal Leightman and Kelli Williams as Dr. Gillian Foster. When you itch your chin, wring your [...]

Exit Stage Left - New Web Series

chris2x — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:26:14 +0000

With network TV showing more and more inexpensive reality TV shows, some of the most innovative work is happening on the web. Felicia Day’s The Guild is one example. I have high hopes for a new web series from some talent friends of mine called “Exit Stage Left” which is based around the production [...]

ABC Cancels “Eli Stone” and “Pushing Daisies”

chris2x — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:09:54 +0000

With the cancellation of the shows Eli Stone and Pushing Daisies I think ABC has pretty much severed links with my TV set. Unless I am very much mistaken, those are the only shows that ABC has that I have watched so far this season. I am not sure what direction AB is taking their [...]

Writers Strike Back with Strike.TV

chris2x — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:34:36 +0000

What do you get when creative people like TV writers go on strike for months… besides bad TV? You also get original content at Strike.TV. Striking writer Peter Hyoguchi was walking the picket line outside Disney’s ABC Studios in Burbank in January when he had an epiphany. What if scriptwriters launched a website featuring their work, [...]

Last Chance Harvey Movie Trailer

chris2x — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:33:14 +0000

I would be interested in the new film Last Chance Harvey staring Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman even if we had not stumbled across the film crew last Summer in London. This looks like just the sort of sweet romantic comedy I would watch with my wife and daughter (when my son and I watch [...]

In a World Without Don LaFontaine - The Voice-over King

chris2x — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:14:40 +0000

See more funny videos at Funny or Die You may have never heard of Don LaFontaine who died recently but if you have ever heard a movie trailer then you will recognize his voice and his trademark “In a world…” catch phrase. Funny or Die has done a great mash up of his film trailers to [...]

Life On Mars (USA)

chris2x — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:00:14 +0000

I have previously written about the terrific BBC program “Life on Mars“. ABC has remade this quirky cop series for an american audience. Where were you in 1973? NYPD Detective Sam Tyler (Jason O’Mara) finds himself in the cultural hotbed of New York City in the tumultuous times of the Vietnam War, Watergate, women’s lib [...]

Changling Trailer (Fall 2008)

chris2x — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:36:46 +0000

The title of the movie Changling makes it sound like a fantasy film but instead this new Clint Eastwood picture is a period piece about the LA Police department. Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich in a provocative thriller based on actual events: Changeling. In the film, Christine Collins’ (Jolie) prayers are met [...]

Trailer - Twilight (Coming November 11th)

chris2x — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:30:06 +0000

Fans of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series got a peak this week at the new movie which premieres this November. If the trailer is any indicator, she will have some more fans soon. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmadaboutmovies.tv%2F2008%2F10%2F13%2Ftrailer-twilight-coming-november-11th%2F'; addthis_title = 'Trailer+-+Twilight+%28Coming+November+11th%29'; addthis_pub = '';

The Ex List is on my list

chris2x — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:51:27 +0000

Bella Bloom (Elizabeth Reaser) has a problem. She learns from a psychic that she needs to marry within the year or she will not ever marry. She also learns that the man she will marry is someone she has already dated. That is the premise of the new show The Ex List on CBS. This [...]

The Mentalist - Worth Thinking About

chris2x — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:34:51 +0000

CBS has another new cop show in their lineup. Like Psych on USA this show is about someone working with the police (in this case the California Bureau of Investigations) who at least has pretended to be a psychic. In the case of The Mentalist our main character Patrick Jane (played by Simon Baker) has [...]

Movie Review - Burn After Reading

chris2x — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:18:12 +0000

The new movie “Burn After Reading” has an all-star, cast, wonderful acting, and a great trailer. In my opinion, what it lacks is an ending. That’s not fair, but I did walk out of the theatre wondering what that was all about and whether this was a story that needed to be told. In a [...]

Fox’s Fringe - Fringe as in Not For Everyone

chris2x — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:39:56 +0000

Fox’s much anticipated show Fringe debuted last night. J.J. Abrams’s name as one of the creator’s of the show have led to many comparison’s to Abrams’s other show “Lost”. Where Lost started with the survivors of a plane crash, Fringe starts with all the passenger’s and crew of a plane dying but the plane itself [...]

Extreme Living

chris2x — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:51:06 +0000

I love interesting architecture. One of the reasons that I love travel is that I love seeing interesting architecture. I took 4 years of drafting in high school heading towards a career in architecture until I discovered that love for a subject and talent for a subject are not the same thing. The new [...]

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

chris2x — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:51:05 +0000

In the wake of the success of the movie Juno it is not surprising that a television network would take on the topic of teen pregnancy. I had hope for the new ABC Family show The Secret Life of the American Teenager based on the previews that were heavily pushed on that network. The teenager [...]

Flash of Genius Trailer

chris2x — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:39:27 +0000

I am looking forward to a new movie that is based on the true story of the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper and then had to sue Ford who stole the idea from him. The movie features Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, and Greg Kinnear. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmadaboutmovies.tv%2F2008%2F07%2F29%2Fflash-of-genius-trailer%2F'; [...]