Turner Classic Movies: Classic Film Festival April 2012

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TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES: CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL: APRIL 12 - 15, 2012 - HOLLYWOOD, CA

Held over four days in the heart of historic Hollywood, the TCM Classic Film Festival is a place where movie lovers from around the world gather to experience classic movies as they were meant to be seen: on the big screen, in some of the world's most iconic venues, with the people who made them. The Festival will present multiple simultaneous film screenings and events starting early in the morning and going into the late evening. All official venues are within walking distance along star-studded Hollywood Boulevard.

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Announced Films for 2012:

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
BLACK SUNDAY (1977)
CABARET (1972)
CALL HER SAVAGE (1932)
CASABLANCA (1942)
CHINATOWN (1974)
CRY DANGER (1951)
GIRL SHY (1924)
THE GODFATHER II (1974)
GUN CRAZY (1950)
LOVE STORY(1970)
MARATHON MAN (1976)
NOTHING SACRED (1937)
OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS (1928)
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
SWING TIME (1936)
WINGS (1927)
THE WOMEN (1939)

Doctor Who - Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A. D. - TCM: Airs Dec 28 '11

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DOCTOR WHO - DALEKS' INVASION EARTH: 2150 A. D. - TMC: AIRS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011 AT 1:15 AM


Tom Campbell (Bernard Cribbins), a London constable, mistakes Dr. Who's (Peter Cushing) time machine for an alarm box in his haste to report a robbery in progress and inadvertently joins Dr. Who, his niece Louise (Jill Curzon), and his granddaughter Susan (Roberta Tovey) on a journey to the year 2150 A. D. They discover that London has been desolated by meteorites and cosmic rays and its inhabitants converted into robots by Daleks, mechanical invaders from another planet.

While exploring the ruins, Tom and Dr. Who are captured by Daleks, but Louise and Susan are rescued by underground resistance fighters David (Ray Brooks), Wyler (Andrew Keir), and Dortmun (Godfrey Quigley). Gallantly attacking the aliens with makeshift bombs, David helps Dr. Who escape, but Louise and Tom are left behind inside the Dalek spacecraft. [According to one source, Dortmun initiates the bomb attack.]

Wyler and Susan flee to the outskirts of London, narrowly escaping an attack by Daleks, but Dortmun loses his life. Betrayed by a family desperate for food, Wyler and Susan are taken as prisoners to a huge mine worked by slaves under orders from the Daleks. Here they meet Tom and Louise, who have escaped from the spaceship, as well as David and Dr. Who, who have learned that the Daleks are planning to blast out the earth's metallic core with a bomb and use the planet as a giant spaceship. At the last moment, however, Dr. Who successfully deflects the bomb and releases a powerful magnetic force which sucks the invaders into the core of the earth, thus restoring the planet to its human inhabitants. The four Britons return to their own time, and Tom single-handedly catches the robbers.

Cast includes Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks, Andrew Keir, Roberta Tovey, Jill Curzon, Roger Avon, Geoffrey Cheshire, Keith Marsh, Philip Madoc, Steve Peters, Eddie Powell and Godfrey Quigley.

Swamp Volcano - Syfy Video: Sneak Peek # 2 Airs Jan 28 '12

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SWAMP VOLCANO - SYFY VIDEO: SNEAK PEEK # 2 - Unlucky Fisherman - PREMIERES SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012 AT 9/8c

Watch a sneak peek from the next upcoming Syfy Original Movie "Swamp Volcano." Premieres Saturday January 28 9/8C.

[Swamp Volcano was originally titled Miami Magma]

Rumbles turn to explosions on an offshore drilling rig. But it’s magma, not oil, that spews up from the depths! Antoinette Vitrini, a prodigy volcanologist, investigates to find that the energy company that owned the rig has tapped a lava tube system, awakening a long- dormant underground volcano whose core lies directly beneath Miami! Antionette and her team have to figure out how to vanquish the volcano before all of Florida is blown into the Atlantic!

Cast includes Stacey Asaro, Owen Davis, Cleavant Derricks, Joseph Diaz, Miles Doleac, Brad Dourif, J.D. Evermore, Griff Furst, Lauren Graham, Emily D. Haley and Rachel Hunter.

Merlin - SciFi and TV Talk: Colin Morgan Q & A

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SCIFI AND TV TALK: Q & A With Merlin's Colin Morgan


12/22/2011
by Steve Eramo


Next month, season four of the BBC's hit fantasy drama series Merlin makes its North American debut in the States on Syfy (Friday, January 6th @ 10:00 p.m. EST/PST) and on Canada's SPACE Channel (Saturday, January 7th @ 8:00 p.m. EST).

In the fourth season premiere, The Darkest Hour (Part 1), Morgana (Katie McGrath), empowered with her magic stronger than ever, summons the mighty Callieach to tear open the veil between the two worlds, effectively opening the gates to the Other World. Hellish creatures pour forth, killing any who succumb to their touch. With Uther (Anthony Head) a shadow of his former self, it falls to Arthur (Bradley James) and his loyal knights, including Lancelot (Santiago Cabrera) to protect the kingdom of Camelot. Nothing will prepare Merlin (Colin Morgan) when he discovers that the only way to restore the balance requires a sacrifice of unimaginable proportions.

The following is a BBC press Q & A with Colin Morgan, who talks about the show's fourth season and his character's involvement in it. Enjoy!




... Q: Where is Merlin at the beginning of season 4?

COLIN MORGAN: "He starts the series in a happy place. He now knows Camelot like the back of his hand and can do everything with his eyes closed. Of course, he's not as talented a servant as he should be, but that's not his thing – magic is his thing."

Q: Does he have to use that magic quickly?

CM: "Absolutely – his magic powers are immediately challenged by the “Dorocha.” They are tortured spirits of the underworld. Morgana unleashes them, and they cause chaos in Camelot. They operate at night and can only be repelled by the light. If you find yourself alone in the dark with one, you’re a goner..."

Hell on Wheels - Rolling Stone Magazine: Common Video Interview

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ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE: Common Video Interview


December 20, 2011


Common stopped by the Rolling Stone studio recently to perform his new single "Blue Sky," which samples a snippet of Electric Light Orchestra's classic "Mr. Blue Sky." After the performance, the rapper and actor talked about his role on the TV show Hell on Wheels and getting caught up in the political crossfire of a recent Fox News controversy.

Hell on Wheels airs Sunday at 10/9C on AMC, next NEW episode airs January 8, 2012.

Sanctuary - Show Patrol: Amanda Tapping Interview

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SHOW PATROL: Amanda Tapping of 'Sanctuary' kisses and tells


December 22, 2011
By Curt Wagner


Amanda Tapping kissed, and now she's finally telling.

Earlier this week I chatted by phone with the "Sanctuary" star and producer about the upcoming two-part Season 4 finale, but before we talked about "Sanctuary for None," I just had to ask about "Monsoon," the season's fourth episode.

And that controversial kiss between her character, Dr. Helen Magnus, and the very attractive scientist Charlotte Benoit (Sandrine Holt)....



Amanda Tapping and Sandrine Holt from Monsoon - photo courtesy of Syfy

Sanctuary's season four episode, 'Sanctuary For None - Part One' airs Friday, December 23, 2011 at 10/9C on Syfy.

Swamp Volcano - Syfy Video: Sneak Peek # 1 Airs Jan 28 '12

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SWAMP VOLCANO - SYFY VIDEO: SNEAK PEEK # 1 - Shauna the Jungle Queen - PREMIERES SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012 AT 9/8c

Watch a sneak peek from the next upcoming Syfy Original Movie "Swamp Volcano." Premieres Saturday January 28 9/8C.

[Swamp Volcano was originally titled Miami Magma]

Rumbles turn to explosions on an offshore drilling rig. But it’s magma, not oil, that spews up from the depths! Antoinette Vitrini, a prodigy volcanologist, investigates to find that the energy company that owned the rig has tapped a lava tube system, awakening a long- dormant underground volcano whose core lies directly beneath Miami! Antionette and her team have to figure out how to vanquish the volcano before all of Florida is blown into the Atlantic!

Cast includes Stacey Asaro, Owen Davis, Cleavant Derricks, Joseph Diaz, Miles Doleac, Brad Dourif, J.D. Evermore, Griff Furst, Lauren Graham, Emily D. Haley and Rachel Hunter.

Warehouse 13 - Fear Net: Exclusive Allison Scagliotti Interview

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FEAR NET: Exclusive: Allison Scagliotti on Her Elizabeth Bathory Film ‘Chastity Bites' and ‘Warehouse 13' Season 4


December 23, 2011
by Joseph McCabe


Allison Scagliotti is best known to genre fans for her role as Claudia Donovan – the most kick-ass hacker this side of Lisbeth Salender – on Syfy's Warehouse 13. But the twenty-one-year-old will likely soon win a new audience of horror fans with her starring role in Chastity Bites, a film that finds the legendary Elizabeth Bathory (the sixteenth century Hungarian countess who bathed in the blood of virgins) setting up shop in a California public high school as an abstinence educator (what better way to keep the virgin population high?). Scagliotti plays Leah Ratliff, a young feminist who might be the only thing standing in this villainess's way. The film wraps production in Los Angeles this week, but Scagliotti kindly took time out of her busy schedule yesterday to chat with me about her role in Chastity Bites; where she'd like to see Claudia go Warehouse 13's fourth season enters production; and her plans for this holiday season...



... Q: What's next for you after this film [Chastity Bites]?

Allison Scagliotti: ""We wrap the day before Christmas Eve, and I've got about three weeks before I gotta hop on a plane and head to Toronto for season 4 of Warehouse 13. But in between I'm working with Chris Russell, the director of the short film Zombie in a Penguin Suit and my friend Josh Breslow who produced it. They've come together to produce a web series called Reliance, that I will be starring in. We'll shoot that in the first week of January. I'm so excited to work with them. If you guys haven't heard of Zombie in a Penguin Suit, I suggest people hit it up on YouTube. It's beautifully done, and these guys have managed to craft a whole narrative with no dialogue, and it's emotional and scary all at the same time. It's great. They're really talented..."

Kirk Acevedo -Collision Earth - Syfy Video: Sneak Peek # 2 Airs Jan 14 '12

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COLLISION EARTH - SYFY VIDEO: SNEAK PEEK # 2 - It's Raining Cars - PREMIERES SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012 AT 9/8C

Watch a sneak peek for the next upcoming Syfy Original Movie "Collision Earth." Premieres Saturday January 14 9/8C.

When a massive comet collides with the Sun, the explosion jettisons the planet Mercury from its orbit and sends it on a fatal collision course with Earth. With each passing day, Earth’s unstable gravitational field creates catastrophic disasters that threatens to tear the planet apart. The only hope for survival is a hidden top-secret military weapon that has the power to destroy Mercury before it slams into Earth. It becomes a race against time to find the weapon the military has kept hidden for 20 years.

Cast includes Fringe's Kirk Acevedo, Diane Farr, Chad Krowchuk, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Adam Greydon Reid, Andrew Airlie, David Lewis, Kevan Ohtsji, Catherine Lough and Juan Riedinger.

Zachary Levi - Chuck - Entertainment Weekly: Tonight's Best Dec 23 '11 - NBC 8/7C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tonight's Best TV Friday, December 23, 2011

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows

... Chuck

8-9 PM NBC

Things get wild and wooly in this episode called "Chuck Versus the Santa Suit." (See what I did there?)

The Nerdist - BBC America Video Featurette: Sneak Peek # 3 - Firefly

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THE NERDIST - BBC AMERICA VIDEO FEATURETTE: Sneak Peek # 3 - Firefly

Watch a hysterical exclusive sneak peek clip from BBC America's new original special THE NERDIST: YEAR IN REVIEW, featuring special guests Nathan Fillion (Castle, Firefly) and Wil Wheaton (Eureka, Star Trek: The Next Generation). The Nerdist: Year In Review *** Premiering Saturday Dec 24 at 9/8c *** immediately following Doctor Who: Best of the Christmas Specials at 8/7c, only on BBC America.

Here, host Chris Hardwick, his sidekicks Matt Mira & Jonah Ray, and guest Wil Wheaton geek out over their shared love of Nathan Fillion's series with Joss Whedon, Firefly: "we're huge, huge, huge fans..."

Plus: Get the inside scoop about Nathan's summer pool parties (hint: try the Greek ribs!) and find out about whom Wil Wheaton says, "If someone draws a you better-looking, it's like a picture of the sun."

Doctor Who - Yahoo! TV: Weekend Picks Dec 25 '11 - BBC America 9/8C

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YAHOO! TV - Weekend Picks - What to Watch This Weekend

A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites airing this Friday, Saturday and Sunday

... Doctor Who

Sunday at 9pm on BBC America

BBC's time-traveling cult hit continues its tradition of Christmas Day specials with tonight's all-new installment. Here, the Doctor is the eccentric caretaker of an old English home as he welcomes a woman named Madge and her two young children to stay with him. When Madge's son stumbles through a magical portal, it's up to the good Doctor to bring the tyke home in time for Christmas morning.

Kirk Acevedo -Collision Earth - Syfy Video: Sneak Peek # 1 Airs Jan 14 '12

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COLLISION EARTH - SYFY VIDEO: SNEAK PEEK # 1 - Something's Wrong - PREMIERES SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012 AT 9/8C

Watch a sneak peek from the next upcoming Syfy Original Movie "Collision Earth." Premieres Saturday January 14 9/8C.

When a massive comet collides with the Sun, the explosion jettisons the planet Mercury from its orbit and sends it on a fatal collision course with Earth. With each passing day, Earth’s unstable gravitational field creates catastrophic disasters that threatens to tear the planet apart. The only hope for survival is a hidden top-secret military weapon that has the power to destroy Mercury before it slams into Earth. It becomes a race against time to find the weapon the military has kept hidden for 20 years.

Cast includes Fringe's Kirk Acevedo, Diane Farr, Chad Krowchuk, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Adam Greydon Reid, Andrew Airlie, David Lewis, Kevan Ohtsji, Catherine Lough and Juan Riedinger.

Zachary Levi - Chuck - AOL TV: What To Watch: TV Picks Dec 23 '11 - NBC 8/7C

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AOL TV: What To Watch: TV Picks Friday, December 23, 2011

... "Chuck"

(8 p.m. ET, NBC)

We're a little disappointed that NBC is choosing to bury brand new "Chuck" amid a slew of reruns where no one will bother to look for it, but for those of you who have time for TV on Christmas Eve's eve, this holiday episode should prove to be a delight. Chuck and Sarah discover who's behind the plot to destroy Carmichael Industries. Meanwhile, Ellie's plans for a perfect Christmas begin to come apart. At the Buy More, Morgan and the gang must fend off angry customers as a computer virus threatens to ruin Christmas.

The Graham Norton Show - BBC America Video Featurette: Sneak Peek - Matt Smith - Airs Dec 24 '11

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THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - BBC AMERICA VIDEO FEATURETTE: SNEAK PEEK - MATT SMITH - AIRS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2011 AT 10/9C


Watch an exclusive SNEAK PEEK from the all new Christmas Special episode of THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW before the U.S. Premiere *** Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec 24 at 10/9c *** immediately following BBC America's all new original special THE NERDIST: YEAR IN REVIEW at 9/8c.

The UK's biggest, most outrageous talk show is back for a new season with must-see guests. This week: Doctor Who's Eleventh Doctor MATT SMITH, plus The X-Files' Gillian Anderson, UK comedian Russell Kane, The Choir's Gareth Malone and the Military Wives' Choir, and more! Plus: Norton's trademark comedy monologues and eccentric stories.

Here, Matt Smith talks about the recently-announced bombshell that beloved companion Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) will be leaving the series next year. As Matt says, "I'll miss Karen, she's one of my best mates... but she's a firecracker!"

Then, Graham dares him to kick a football around on the stage. Forget traveling all of time and space, can he handle the pressure? And can Graham actually throw a football?!

Zachary Levi - Chuck - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Dec 23 '11 - NBC 8/7C

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MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Friday, December 23, 2011

... Chuck

8:00 PM, NBC

Comic book icon Stan Lee guest stars in "Chuck Versus the Santa Suit," a new episode wherein Chuck and Sarah (Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski) discover who is trying to destroy Carmichael Industries, while back on the homefront Ellie's (Sarah Lancaster) Christmas plans come undone. Elsewhere, a computer virus threatens to ruin Christmas at Buy More, where the team must fend off a lot of very angry customers.

The Closer - Smashing Interviews Magazine: Anthony Tony Denison Interview

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THE CLOSER - SMASHING INTERVIEWS MAGAZINE: Tony Denison Interview: ‘The Closer’ Star Heads to ‘Major Crimes’


December 6, 2011
by Melissa Parker

Born the son of a Sicilian truck driver in Harlem, New York, Anthony John Sarrero (Anthony “Tony” Denison) held down jobs as a carpenter, construction worker, newspaper editor, chauffeur, and life insurance agent, but spent his spare time in various stage plays.

With Broadway credits under his belt, Denison made his television debut starring as Ray Luca in Michael Mann’s critically acclaimed drama Crime Story. Time magazine recognized him as television’s best villain of the 1980s. Since that time, the actor has appeared in more than two dozen motion pictures, with Columbia Tri Star’s Art of Revenge, Joel Bender’s Independent feature Deadly, Little Vegas, and The Effect opposite Charles Dutton being the most recent...

... Alongside Kyra Sedgwick, Denison has worked hard since 2005 as the wisecracking Det. Andy Flynn to capture LA’s biggest thugs and hoodlums on the TNT crime drama The Closer, and he has received 4 SAG nominations for the role.

The 7th season of The Closer will be the show’s last, but will spawn a spinoff entitled Major Crimes that will feature Denison and Mary McDonnell as well as other cast members, with the exception of Sedgwick and Jon Tenney...



... Melissa Parker: Now The Closer is ending and Major Crimes will be taking over.

Tony Denison: "Yeah, it’s the same show. It’s just going to be a different title. That’s all. The twists will be that there will be more courtroom stuff when we close a case just like in The Closer. But, instead of it just ending and the guy being led away in handcuffs, now we’ll show some of the cases where they wind up going to the courthouse.

We’ll just wind up going to court more which is something James has been wanting to do for a long time, but realized it was impossible to squeeze all that stuff into one episode. Now, I think he’ll be spending less time on the actual crime and more time on interrogating the suspect, in which expositionally you’ll find out what he’s being charged with, and then we’ll wind up in the court situation or plea bargaining..."

The Closer airs Mondays at 9/8C on TNT.

Zachary Levi - Chuck - Yahoo! TV: Weekend Picks Dec 23 '11 - NBC 8/7C

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YAHOO! TV - Weekend Picks - What to Watch This Weekend

A list of can't-miss hot shows, undiscovered gems and fan favorites airing this Friday, Saturday and Sunday


... Chuck

Friday at 8pm ET on NBC

Two days before Christmas, NBC's geeky spy series celebrates the season with a special holiday episode. Chuck and Sarah get a lump of coal in their stocking when they discover who's trying to take down Carmichael Industries. Meanwhile, Morgan and the Buy More staff have angry customers to deal with after a nasty computer virus strikes. Plus, comic book legend Stan Lee guest stars, so that's an early Christmas present to all you dorks out there.

The Nerdist - BBC America Video Featurette: Favorite Doctor Who Moments - Airs Dec 24 '11

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THE NERDIST - BBC AMERICA VIDEO FEATURETTE: Favorite Doctor Who Moments - Nerdist: Year in Review Airs Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 9/8C

Watch an exclusive video featuring Chris Hardwick, Wil Wheaton & their NERDIST pals as they reminisce on their favorite moments from the 2011 season of Doctor Who.

Don't miss THE NERDIST: YEAR IN REVIEW *** Premiering Saturday Dec 24 at 9/8c *** immediately following Doctor Who: Best of the Christmas Specials at 8/7c, only on BBC America.

Find out what episode Wil Wheaton (Eureka, Star Trek: The Next Generation) describes as "so inspired [with that] weird, timey-wimey Doctor Who thing that only happens on one show"? And which monster did Chris Hardwick (host, The Nerdist) describe as "mind-f#cking stuff"? Plus, which episode made Nerdist sidekick Matt Mira scream out-loud, "I'm a nerd, and this is great"?

The Nerdist: Year in Review is the first of BBC America's five all new Nerdist Specials based on comedian, writer, Doctor Who fan and web pundit Chris Hardwick's immensely popular Nerdist podcast, the Internet's Top Ranked Podcast.

This Christmas Eve Special is a one-hour year-end review where Hardwick and his team of nerd experts review the best of the U.S. and the UK's top nerd moments, gadgets and superheroes of 2011, and geek-tastic reviews of the year's best moments from Comic Con and Doctor Who.

PLUS Special guests: Nathan Fillion, Wil Wheaton, Kumail Nanjiani (Franklin & Bash), and Interviews with David Tennant (Doctor Who's 10th Doctor) and Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Shaun of the Dead).