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Dedicated to expanding its network and channel brands across multiple platforms and connecting viewers with their favorite shows anytime and anywhere, Disney-ABC Television Group announced today it will offer one million free downloads of last season’s finales of Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and Lost as part of ABC and iTunes “Million Hit Lowdown” promotion which is designed to catch viewers up on their favorite shows before the new season premieres....

Birdgirl just came out with a second season, and you should definitely watch it. Last year, Adult Swim created a spin-off of one of their oldest and most successful shows, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. The old series took an even older Hanna-Barbera superhero and put him behind a desk at a law firm filled with all of his old friends and enemies. Mr. Birdman’s law firm was called Sebben & Sebben, owned and run by Phil Ken Sebben – the eyepatch-wearing, mysterious government agent Falcon 7 from the ’60s cartoon....

Should Marvel Studios and Disney come calling, Chloe Bennet is game to return as Quake in an Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off series. Recently, unsubstantiated rumors of just such a project began circulating on social media, suggesting that the show would be coming to Disney+. Bennet has since debunked the rumors, but reveals that she would be interested in the show if it ever becomes a real possibility. Agents of S....

Star Wars has been a long-running sci-fi multimedia franchise with a variety of films, TV shows, and video games, and literature since 1977. Thanks to Lucasfilm, the plethora of content in the Star Wars franchise has led to a number of unique storylines and equally unique characters. From the odd-looking mysterious characters like Yoda to the ultimately powerful Kylo Ren, Star Wars is jam-packed with characters to fall in love with and hate....

Before Warner Bros. Discovery began chipping into public opinion of them by canceling a number of popular upcoming movies and TV shows, Ezra Miller was causing the studio no end of PR nightmares thanks to his frequent brushes with the law. While Miller’s issues have made many DCEU fans question both how the movie can continue to go ahead, and whether this was the reason for the many delays that The Flash has gone through, it all seemed to have calmed down recently when Miller appeared to acknowledge their problems and put it to rest....

After dwindling box office returns, Lionsgate made the surprising move last summer to yank the final Divergent movie, Ascendant, from theaters, instead opting to air it as a TV movie that leads into a new spin-off series, and now it finally has a new home. Lionsgate’s new TV subsidiary Starz, which the studio purchased last year for a whopping $4.4 billion, will be developing Ascendant, which is still in the very early stages at this time, although the writer and director who were originally working on the final movie, are still aboard the project....

Austin Butler spent three years perfecting his Elvis, so it is not surprising that many of his fans believe he hasn’t stopped sounding like the King just yet. However, the actor himself doesn’t necessarily agree, but is quite willing to believe that there will be some part of his time playing Elvis that never leaves him. On accepting his award, Butler responded to everyone constantly telling him that he still talks like Elvis, saying:...

Star Trek 2 is currently in production, and one of the primary cast additions is Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the mysterious villain. Producer Alex Kurtzman recently praised the British actor’s work in this sci-fi sequel. The writer-producer also spoke highly of his director, J.J. Abrams, revealing he is staying true to this iconic franchise. “He’s incredible. What he does with language is incredible. His training is amazing and he’s so magnetic, he holds the screen in any size frame, he really is a joy to watch....

According to Filmmaking Lifestyle, New Queer Cinema is a movement that began to gain traction in the 1990s and was developed by the writing of B. Ruby Rich in the early 1990s. Rich linked the movement to filmmakers whom she considered falling under this umbrella, including Todd Haynes and Cheryl Dunye, who are unified by the ways in which they presented a queer narrative as central and explicit in the films they were creating....

“Netflix and Chill” was a phrase coined in the early 2010s, once a discreet innuendo that implied a brief five minutes of catching a movie or TV show with a love interest, before an even briefer three minutes of a sexual nature. It’s invariably used as an ironic expression nowadays, though it does beg the question of what were people watching that was so uninteresting it made them turn off after five minutes....

Last week, we reported that Eddie Murphy, Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Last Resort), and Sony Pictures Television are shopping around a Beverly Hills Cop TV series. Today, we have word that CBS has issued a pilot commitment for the series. Shawn Ryan will write the pilot script and executive produce alongside Eddie Murphy and Marney Hochman. The news comes just as ABC is getting set to launch Shawn Ryan’s latest series, Last Resort, which debuts on September 27....

The Good A well told tale that seems to hold up over time. The Bad Overall, I don’t know that this movie is screaming to be released in a Special Edition. In Black Rain, Michael Douglas turns in a classic Michael Douglas performance in the role of Detective Nick Conklin. Believed to be an officer on the take, he teams up with Detective Charlie Vincent (Andy Garcia) to escort a Yakuza mob boss back to Japan....

Breck Eisner Warns What to Do When The Crazies Attack! Breck Eisner’s The Crazies is one of the most well-received horror remakes in recent years, and the truly terrifying film finally hits DVD and Blu-ray this coming Tuesday, June 29th. The story finds the citizens of Ogden Marsh infected with a man-made virus unleashed by the military, and only Sheriff Dutton (the amazing Timothy Olyphant) and his pregnant wife (Radha Mitchell) can stop the madness from breaking past county walls....

Breeders, a new comedy series starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard, has been ordered to series at FX, it was announced today by Nick Grad and Eric Schrier, Presidents of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions. The 10-episode first season will premiere on FX in 2020 and is being produced by FX Productions, Avalon Television and Sky Original Productions. Breeders exposes the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there....

Rodrigo Cortés’ gripping thriller Buried will be released in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on January 18. This set will include both the high-definition Blu-ray disc along with a standard DVD disc and will be priced at $29.95 SRP. You can take a look at the cover art and special features below: Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is not ready to die. Beaten and buried in a wooden box by Iraqi insurgents who attacked his civilian convoy, Conroy is left with only a cell phone, a lighter and 90 minutes to save his own life....

There are any number of minor screen used props that become available to purchase through various auctions, such as the huge Prop Store event, which takes place next weekend in London, but every so often an item comes up that is truly a piece of cinematic history - and therefore also brings a cinematically historical price tag with it. One such item is the screen used hero prop Captain America Shield used by Chris Evans in the record-breaking Avengers: Endgame, which is going under the hammer at Hake’s Auctions and has already reached a bid of $45,000 a week before the auction even takes place....

Throughout history there have been shows on television that have asked a lot from their fans. They make them take leaps of faith as the shows move in byzantine-like ways that seem to have no end. However, Lost is on a whole other level. Mixing up influences, characters, stories and just about everything it can get it’s hands on, this show has a story to tell the world that isn’t going to stop until 2010....

The actress behind Tess Mercer tells us about acting opposite an orb and getting a black-eye on-set Smallville is ramping up for it’s season finale, Doomsday, where Clark is going to come face to face with Davis Bloom in his Doomsday persona. Doomsday, the only villain who can make the claim of having killed the Man of Steel. As if that wasn’t enough for the hero to face, he must also deal with the schemes and plans of Tess Mercer, the new head of LuthorCorp, who knows Clark’s secret....

The month of February gives us a lot of important things, with the entirety of Black History Month being at the top of the list. This important time shines a light on a beautiful culture full of art, music and diverse figures that have pioneered some of Black history’s most incredible moments. While there are endless ways to honor Black History Month and celebrate the many facets of Black culture, film is a fantastic place to start....

The wait is finally over for Battlestar Galactica fans. SCI FI’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series returns for its fourth original season on Friday, March 28 @ 10pm ET/PT with two back-to-back half-hour specials. The first new episode will premiere the following week, Friday, April 4 @ 10pm ET/PT. Battlestar Galactica: Revealed (10pm) will serve up the essential information on the series’ past three seasons, providing the uninitiated with an introduction to the characters, relationships and spine-tingling drama that have captured the imagination of audiences around the world....