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The highly acclaimed animated Star Wars series, The Clone Wars is without a doubt one of the best Star Wars shows period, not just in the animation category. From its intriguing storylines, exhilarating action, sleek animation, or more specifically, its spectacular treatment of characters, The Clone Wars is pure Star Wars fun. Whether its brand-new, or already beloved Star Wars characters, the show’s creator, Dave Filoni, presents a character masterclass, demonstrating satisfying and heartbreaking arcs, and ultimately delivering engaging and deeply layered characters that instantly made fans fall head-over-heels for these characters....

Jon Favreau’s Star Wars live-action show is officially titled The Mandalorian and focuses on a new warrior from the same race of bounty hunters as Jango Fett and son Boba Fett. While some hardcore fans were disappointed to learn that Lucasfilm was putting a stop to the standalone Boba Fett movie, they may have had their hopes reignited with the new live-action series. Obviously the show will not have a cameo appearance from Boba Fett since he’s at the bottom of the Sarlacc Pit, but having another Mandalorian bounty hunter is pretty awesome....

The Good This is a very well crafted show that holds up against anything in today’s prime-time lineup. The Bad I would have loved a commentary track with some of these episodes. Running for 5 years the tautly scripted police show The Streets of San Francisco featured great stories, smart writing, great dialogue and a lot of chemistry between it’s stars Karl Malden (Det. Mike Stone) and Michael Douglas (Inspector Steve Keller)....

Consumers will experience all the drama that takes place behind the making of a popular television comedy sketch show with Warner Home Video’s (WHV) DVD release of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: The Complete Series on October 16, 2007. The DVD box set will feature the series’ entire 22 episodes on six discs as well as bonus material, including a new, behind-the-scenes featurette and commentary from series’ creator Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) and producer Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing)....

AS NEW 007, CRAIG WINS OVER U.K. CRITICS Critics are, well, stirred by the new James Bond. Daniel Craig is receiving much praise from British reviewers following the premiere of Casino Royalein London Wednesday night, with Wendy Ide in the London Timeswriting that “Daniel Craig is the best thing that’s happened to the 007 franchise for years.” Peter Bradshaw in the Guardiancomments similarly, “Daniel Craig is a fantastic Bond, and all those whiners and naysayers out there in the blogosphere should hang their heads in shame....

NO NEW TREATS AT HALLOWEEN BOX OFFICE Halloween weekend usually marks a bleak time at the box office, and, except for Michael Jackson’s This Is It!concert documentary, which actually debuted on Wednesday (or, in many markets on Tuesday night), no new film is opening wide this weekend. The closest thing to a wide opening is Troy Duffy’s Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day,which is being let loose in fewer than 70 theaters – a film in the Quentin Tarantino mold of cartoonish violence....

STRIKE MAY SLICE AUDIENCE The major television networks could lose 20 percent of their total audience as the result of a prolonged writers’ strike, according to a to advertising executive. In an interview with Reuters, Steve Lanzano, COO of Havas SA’s MPG remarked, “It’ll be big. The issue will be where [will] people go?” Another ad exec, David Scardino of media buyers RPA, said that simply giving advertisers money back or “make goods” (free additional spots) because of audience erosion won’t cut it....

“MADNESS” GIVES CBS A SLAM DUNK Once again, an overrun of March Madness combined with the always-potent 60 Minutesgave CBS a solid victory Sunday night. The first half hour of primetime at 7:00 p.m., which featured the end of the NCAA contest and the beginning of Minutes, attracted 13.33 million viewers. Surprisingly, however, the second half hour – which featured 60 Minutes alone, captured slightly more viewers – 13.52 million. With ABC’s Desperate Housevivesoffering a rerun, CBS was also able to claim victory in every other hour of primetime Sunday night....

On May 8, prepare for a very special release as Big: Extended Edition comes to DVD! In honor of this release we are giving away some copies to some lucky users. Winners Receive: Big: Extended Edition 2 Disc DVD Set CLICK HERE to enter our contest! Synopsis: The classic story about a boy who grew up overnight is back in an all-new, all-grown up Director’s Cut DVD! Featuring a wish-list of never-before-seen special features including a audio commentary by director Penny Marshall, deleted scenes, five featurettes and more, this “hilarious” (Newsweek), “nimble comedy” (The Hollywood Reporter) has never been bigger!...

Okay Jennifer Aniston fans, are you ready to see her in one of her raciest roles? Are you a fan of Clive Owen? Then enter our Derailed DVD giveaway! Own the movie that had audiences all over the world guessing… CLICK HERE to get in the game! Synopsis Married man Charles Schine (Clive Owen) meets Lucinda Harris (Jennifer Aniston), a high-powered businesswoman, on a commuter train one morning. An innocent conversation leads to an evening drink....

Lionsgate Home Entertainment finally has given out DVD release details for The Abandoned! In a story from Fangoria, it seems the studio will release the DVD on June 19. There’s no word yet on what the special features for The Abandoned will be, and rumor has it they won’t be that great when they are announced. Synopsis: An American woman searching for her birth parents learns she has inherited a house in the middle of a forest in a remote area of Russia....

The Amazing Spider-Man has wrapped the Los Angeles portion of their shoot, with filming moved to New York City. “No Parking” signs have been spotted for a production called “Fiona’s Tale,” which is the code name for The Amazing Spider-Man. A tipster spoke with one of the crew members, who revealed they are just setting up rigs, and that “nothing exciting will happen for about 2 more weeks.” Take a look at one of these no parking signs and a shot of one possible location below, and read on for details on a New York casting call....

Some of Hollywood’s most endearing and charismatic performers hail from the Great White North, having established themselves in American cinema. Many of these gifted actors have had successful careers in both Canada and the United States, showcasing their likability and talent while attracting loyal and passionate fans along the way. Oftentimes, these individuals set out for famous places like Los Angeles or New York City, in hopes of making a career in entertainment in Tinsel Town or in Broadway shows and plays....

Romantic-comedies have always been a popular and successful genre in cinema, with many dedicated fans. Mostly due to the movies in the genre being easy watches and giving audiences an escape from real world love, while still maintaining a sense of realism. The 2010s delivered a plethora of heartfelt and hilarious romantic-comedies. While remaining generally formulaic to the genre, many rom-coms from the decade broke the mold and elevated the genre in new ways....

The Good This is a great show and I consider owning it a privilege. The Bad No extras. The first couple of seasons had them but this one doesn’t… The Rockford Files: Season Five comes to us with 5 discs and 22 episodes of pure, good, crimebusting fun. James Garner stars in this show as Jim Rockford, a put upon private detective who always seems to get cases in spite of himself....

Stone Village Prods. has netted a couple of Academy Award-winning scribes for two of its high-profile projects. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ron Bass has been tapped to adapt the Nicholas Sparks best-seller True Believer, while Bo Goldman is writing the adaptation of the remake of the 1955 heist film Rififi. The supernatural love story Believer follows a writer for Scientific American who debunks myths and frauds but finds himself questioning his cynicism when he travels to a small town in North Carolina and falls for the granddaughter of the town psychic....

Sarah Jessica Parker will star in The Late Bloomer’s Revolution, a feature adaptation of the Amy Cohen book for HBO Films, according to Variety. Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino will make her feature directing debut. HBO Films acquired screen rights to Cohen’s memoir, and Sherman-Palladino will adapt the novel, about a single woman who, after the death of her mother, develops a bond with her father as they both try to get on with their lives in the dating world....

Many may know the name Shane Gillis from 2019’s Saturday Night Live controversy, when it was announced the stand-up comedian would be joining the cast for an upcoming season, only to be dropped days later following a viral article that exposed questionable old podcast bits from Gillis in which he used insensitive language towards Asian-Americans while doing a character. Shane Gillis became a quick and big name in relation to the “Cancel Culture” discussion that wages online to this day....

FX has ordered a third season of Snowfall, the drama series created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio and Dave Andron, it was announced today by Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, Presidents of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions. The third season will premiere on FX in 2019. Season two of Snowfall concludes tomorrow night, Thursday, September 20 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX with the tenth and final episode of the second season: “Education....

Kirsten Dunst celebrated her 40th birthday on April 30th and having been a big part of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy there were plenty of Spidey-fans who wanted to wish her many happy returns. Of course here movie roles have included many other movies across her career, from her early role in Interview With The Vampire, through Jumani and Bring It On, to the likes of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and most recently The Power of the Dog, which earned her a first Oscar nomination....