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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Is Back. Are You Happy Now?

September 22, 2017 Ryan Berenz

If you bug him long enough, you can get Larry David to do anything — even a new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. “I don’t really miss things, people that much. But I was missing it, and I was missing these idiots,” David says, referring to his costars. “So I thought, ‘Yeah, what the hell?’ And I got tired of people asking me, ‘Is the show coming back?’ I couldn’t face that question anymore, and I wasn’t ready to say, ‘No, never.’ And I kept saying, ‘Oh, you know, maybe. Who knows?’ So I thought, ‘Yeah, I won’t have to […]

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Catching Crooks? There’s an App for That in CBS’ ‘Wisdom of the Crowd’

September 21, 2017 Ryan Berenz

We’ve grown accustomed to crowdsourcing information like restaurant recommendations, movie reviews and real-time traffic tips, but could we someday use crowdsourcing to catch criminals? That’s the general premise of the new CBS techno-drama series Wisdom of the Crowd (Sundays beginning Oct. 1 at 8:30pm ET/PT). Jeremy Piven (Entourage) plays Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jeffrey Tanner, who creates an app, Sophe, that mines publicly shared information that he believes will help find his daughter’s murderer. Tanner’s app revolutionizes detective work, but the new technology opens a Pandora’s box of problems. We may have to deal with those problems in the real world […]

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Drama

Preview: All Your ‘This Is Us’ Questions Answered

September 19, 2017 Kellie Freeze

This Is Us Returns: Sept. 26 at 9/8c on NBC Where We Left Off: Jack isn’t dead, but his relationship with Rebecca might be. What To Expect: This Is Us was last year’s breakout smash and introduced the lovably complicated Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) and their “Big Three.” “The series is fundamentally about the family dynamic and how our childhood, and our parents, and the bonds that we form with them and our siblings if we have them, fundamentally shape who we are as people,” Moore shares. “The good, the bad, and sort of everything in between.” […]

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Movies

New to On Demand: Wonder Woman

September 19, 2017 Paul Hall

The new film Wonder Woman is a big budget franchise extension of the DC Comics Universe featuring legendary superheroes. Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) was introduced as Wonder Woman in the 2016 release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. With her small role in that film, stealing scenes at every turn, we got a glimpse of the things that may be to come in the franchise. For her eponymous film, we are treated to the backstory of the photo that Bruce Wayne gave to Diana in Batman v Superman. Told mainly in flashback, this is Wonder Woman’s origin story. Growing […]

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Movies

On Demand DVD New Releases Sept. 18-24

September 18, 2017 Meredith Ennis

On Demand DVD New Releases Sept. 18-24 Wonder Woman Diana is the princess of the Amazons. When a pilot crashes on her island and informs her of a conflict occurring in the outside world, she leaves her home to help fight the war to end all wars. Diana discovers her full powers and true destiny as the iconic superhero Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot, David Thewlis, Robin Wright (PG-13, 2:21) 9/19 The Big Sick (pictured above) Kumail and Emily have fallen in love. Being that they’re from two different cultures, theirs is a relationship that looks to not have legs, as each of their […]

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Interview

Marty Scurll Talks Bringing ‘The Villain’ to Life in Ring of Honor

September 15, 2017 Scott Fishman

In a little more than a year after Marty Scurll’s debut, he has emerged one of the Ring of Honor’s most captivating performers. The 28-year-old Englishman may be known as “The Villain” but remains popular among fans. A unique in-ring style and intriguing persona, complete with slightly terrifying mask and trademark umbrella, has made him a red hot star on the rise. With Death Before Dishonor on the horizon, the former Television Champion took time to reflect on his time in ROH so far. Please note no fingers were broken during the course of this interview. What has it been […]

Comedy

A Young Rapper Runs the Town in ABC’s Uplifting ‘The Mayor’

September 15, 2017 Ryan Berenz

As recent history demonstrates, qualifications are way overrated when it comes to winning an election. In ABC’s The Mayor (premiering Oct. 3 at 9:30pm ET/PT), young aspiring rapper Courtney (Brandon Micheal Hall) sees running for mayor of his fictional San Francisco Bay Area town as the perfect publicity stunt to boost his music career. To his shock, Courtney wins the election and has to figure out how to handle the weight of the office’s responsibilities. Fortunately, he has help from his mom (Community’s Yvette Nicole Brown), his adviser (Glee’s Lea Michele), and his high-school buddies T.K. (Marcel Spears) and Jermaine […]

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Movies

New to On Demand: The Mummy

September 12, 2017 Meredith Ennis

Universal Pictures is going back to its iconic monster movie franchises to unleash the Dark Universe on fans everywhere. This collection includes the revival of some of the studio’s classic monster characters for our current times and is scheduled to eventually include the Bride of Frankenstein, the Invisible Man and Frankenstein, to name a few. But first up in the Universe, a new take on the classic tale of The Mummy. Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) is a soldier of fortune who likes to search for hidden treasures. Along with his partner Chris (Jake Johnson), he’s made a nice side business […]