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Deconstructing the Decade from 'The West Wing' and beyond: Zap2it Andrea's favorite episodes

27 December 2009 5:01 PM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

Here comes round no. 3 of favorite episodes. My esteemed colleagues Rick and Hanh have picked their favorites and they each took considerable time preparing their list. I laughed at that -- until I sat down to do mine and it became a four-days-long project.

Here were my personal parameters for the list: 1. Each show could only have one episode on the list. 2. I would not repeat my colleagues' choices, which was particularly hard with "Buffy" and "Veronica Mars," as my top picks have been spoken for. 3. A two-parter counts as one slot on my list. My list, my rules. 4. There was a limit of 10.

Why a limit? Because my initial list had 22 entries and I realized I was basically just listing my favorite shows and then picking good episodes. I had to be more disciplined! The 12 I took off (for a variety of reasons) became "honorable mentions" of a sort. »

- editorial@zap2it.com

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First “Date Night” Poster

19 December 2009 3:28 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

The first poster for “Date Night” comedy starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell has been revealed. Check it out below.

Date Night Poster

In 20th Century Fox movie Fey and Carell and play a married couple (Clara and Phil Foster) who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie. A case of mistaken identity turns a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.

“Date Night” also stars Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Taraji Henson, Kristen Wiig, William Fichtner and Olivia Munn among others.

The movie directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Cheaper By the Dozen) from the script written by Josh Klausner is scheduled to hit theaters on April 9, 2010.

More movie info and trailers you can find at “Date Night” FilmoFilia Page

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- Fiona

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International “Date Night” Trailer

1 December 2009 11:29 AM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

20th Century Fox has debuted an international trailer for Shawn Levy-directed comedy “Date Night.”

Date Night | Tina Fey

In the film, Steve Carell and Tina Fey play a married couple (Phil and Clara Foster) who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie.

A case of mistaken identity turns a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.

Mark Wahlberg plays a successful and crazily buff securities expert who flirts with Fey’s character. James Franco portrays a not-too-bright con man (Chase Myers) and petty criminal. Leighton Meester is onboard as the couple’s babysitter.

Taraji Henson plays the one good cop who believes the couple is in danger, and Common portrays a villain. Kristen Wiig rounds out the cast as the actress’ best friend.

“Date Night” which also stars Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, William Fichtner and Olivia Munn »

- Fiona

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Eli Roth Plans An Invasion

1 December 2009 1:05 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Eli Roth's planning his own sci-fi movie called Endangered Species, but that hasn't stoppped him from getting involved in another alien-themed project, called Invasion and written Ben Magid, according to the good people at Shock Till You Drop. That's not to be confused with either the Nicole Kidman film The Invasion, which we're doing our best to forget, or the TV series starring William Fichtner. This one is described as Cloverfield-esque, opening with an accident in the Los Angeles underground (not the one The A-Team disappeared into though; the subway). The survivors emerge into a changed world, where snow is falling, the city's in ruins and survivors roam in mobs. Oh, and there are patches of (presumably alien) acidic goo all over the place, which never makes for a tropical destination hotspot.Magid's also worked on the movie adaptation of Hack/Slash, and sold another original script in Pan, »

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Birthday Suits, Asia Major

27 November 2009 7:30 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Do you ever celebrate the birthdays of your favorite movie folk? You should. Here are your options for 11/27

Michael Vartan, Bruce Lee

1940 Bruce Lee Chinese American trailblazer, 70s icon, legend. Without him, whose to say how long it would have taken martial arts films to gain as much international popularity? Without him, no Uma Thurman in a yellow track suit.

1951 Kathryn Bigelow director, action fan. An Oscar nominee in about 2 months and a week.

1956 William Fichtner actor

1957 Callie Khouri, screenwriter. She'll always have Thelma & Louise

1957 Kevin O'Connell, the most nominated never-winning Oscar anything. He's been nominated 20 times (!) for his sound work. He has only his Emmy and lucrative blockbuster heavy career to comfort him. His next project is the Gyllenhaal action flick Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. [editor's note: You may recall that the second podcast ever here at Tfe was an interview with his then working partner Greg P Russell whose own Oscar tally totals 12 nominations without a win.]

1963 Fisher Stevens, Michelle Pfeiffer's boyfriend during her Catwoman years

1968 Michael Vartan, French-American actor (Alias)

1978 Unax Ugalde, Spanish hottie... seduced Julianne Moore »

- NATHANIEL R

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Date Night | Trailer

13 November 2009 8:20 AM, PST | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »

The first trailer for Date Night, which teams NBC Thursday Night Comedy heavy weights Steve Carell (The Office) & Tina Fey (30 Rock) is now online thanks to Apple Trailers. Though the film is a comedy, per the trailer it looks like it will be just as much an action movie. Supporting the stars are Mark Wahlberg as a buffed up security expert who is an ex-client of Fey’s character, and James Franco and Mila Kunis who play the shady couple who are the real targets in the mistaken identity. Also in the Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, The Pink Panther 2006) directed film are Ray Liotta, Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Wiig, Common, Taraji P. Henson, William Fichtner, Leighton Meester, Jimmi Simpson, Olivia Munn, and Michelle Galdenzi. Claire (Tina Fey) and Phil Foster (Steve Carell) are a suburban couple slogging through their daily lives and marriage. Even their "date nights" of dinner »

- Dave Campbell

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First “Date Night” Trailer

11 November 2009 12:54 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

20th Century Fox has debuted the teaser trailer for “Date Night” comedy starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey.

Tina Fey and Steve Carell in “Date Night”

In the film, Carell and Fey play a married couple (Phil and Clara Foster) who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie.

A case of mistaken identity turns a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.

Mark Wahlberg plays a successful and crazily buff securities expert who flirts with Fey’s character. James Franco portrays a not-too-bright con man (Chase Myers) and petty criminal. Leighton Meester is onboard as the couple’s babysitter.

Taraji Henson plays the one good cop who believes the couple is in danger, and Common portrays a villain. Kristen Wiig rounds out the cast as the actress’ best friend.

The movie is directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, »

- Fiona

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Heat and Logan’s Run Blu-ray Reviews

10 November 2009 10:26 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Catalog titles Ftw. I am one of those rare people who enjoy being “double dipped.” I like upgrading to Blu-ray if I love a film, because you only get to watch a movie for the first time once, and so a different and better transfer is a reason (at least for me) to get excited about a film you’ve seen a number of times. When I would go see something in the theater on multiple occasions, I’d often go to different theaters (or failing that, different seats). My reviews of the Blu-rays of Heat and Logan’s Run after the jump.

Heat is one of the great American films. It took me a while to come to that, and I still think that Michael Mann’s finest film is The Insider, but there’s no denying Heat. Robert De Niro stars as Neal McCauley, a high line criminal who knows how to rob. »

- Andre Dellamorte

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Steve Carell and Tina Fey In “Date Night” First Look

2 October 2009 12:43 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Here’s the first official look at Steve Carell and Tina Fey as married couple Claire and Phil Foster in new comedy “Date Night.”

The story follows a couple who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie.

Mark Wahlberg plays a successful and crazily buff securities expert who flirts with Fey’s character. James Franco portrays a not-too-bright con man and petty criminal. Leighton Meester is onboard as the couple’s babysitter.

Taraji Henson plays the one good cop who believes the couple is in danger, and Common portrays a villain. Kristen Wiig rounds out the cast as the actress’ best friend.

The movie directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Cheaper By the Dozen), who is known for films that revolve around family problems, from the script by Josh Klausner also stars Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, William Fichtner and Olivia Munn. »

- Fiona

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Inception Teaser Trailer Now Online

24 August 2009 9:43 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Christopher Nolan’s Inception – his mystery-cloaked follow-up to The Dark Knight – has only been shooting for a short while, but already a teaser trailer has made its debut online, over at Yahoo! And it’s damned intriguing…It starts off with the now traditional Warner Bros. shield before a quick zoom in reveals that it’s made of buildings. The first shot – a spinning silver top. The second – an actual cityscape (Tokyo, one of the cities where Nolan is shooting the film, along with London, La, and Paris). The third – the movie’s star, Leonardo DiCaprio, looking mean and moody with his now-customary goatee, looking at something… which could be the fourth shot, of a guy (who looks a lot like William Fichtner) being dragged away, against his will, by two guys on a rooftop.The fifth shot is where this really gets weird. All we knew about Inception previously »

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The Blu-Ray Review: Go (1999)

16 August 2009 1:19 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Colin Jacobson reviews the 1999 Pulp Fiction wanabee.

If you look up "1990s" in the dictionary, Go might be the movie pictured there. With its story of a particular party culture, it just screams "Nineties" to me - or at least "second half of the Nineties". Whether or not it still holds up a decade later remains to be seen.

To stave off eviction, Ronna (Sarah Polley) works shift after shift as a grocery clerk. To make money, she picks up more time from Simon (Desmond Askew); he wants the time off to make his first-ever visit to Vegas. Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) needs drugs for an all-night rave, and they usually get their supplies from Simon.

With him in Vegas, they ask Ronna if she has any sources. She says she does and decides to score some extra cash that way. She goes to drug dealer Todd »

- Paul

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Fragments Review

3 August 2009 9:53 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Fragments, while it does have fleeting glimmers of hope, is a film that never realizes its full potential. The marketing for the film suggests that it bears some similarity to Paul Haggis’ Academy Award winning film Crash. The similarities are merely superficial. An ensemble cast united by a tragic event is about as close as the two films get. Fragments, while making a few inlays into the festival circuit, never found theatrical release and is only available on DVD. The film is also listed under two titles: Winged Creatures (which is the name of the Roy Freirich novel on which the film is based) and Fragments.

I’d keep this one off your queue

Fragments tells the story of various characters who find themselves in a small town diner as a tragic and random event transpires. A lone gunman, for no specified reason, murders patrons before turning the gun on himself. »

- NickO

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Prison Break: The Final Break’ a Lackluster Epilogue

29 July 2009 7:24 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Very few shows have plummeted as far from their peak to their ignominious end as did Fox’s once-great “Prison Break”. For proof, look no further than the misguided “Prison Break: The Final Break,” what is essentially a straight-to-dvd epilogue at least here in the United States.

Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0 “The Final Break” is a film of roughly two-episode length that actually aired overseas but was basically encapsulated in a coda here on the final episode of the show in May. The broadcast finale skipped from the downfall of The Company to reveal that Michael Scofield had died. How did that happen? Find out in “The Final Break,” which, believe it or not, involves one more character going to jail and trying to escape. They sure knew how to beat a dead horse the last few years.

The first season and most of the second were clever thrill rides, a »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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In Pictures: 'Funny People Los Angeles Premiere'

25 July 2009 2:34 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

William Fichtner attending the Los Angeles premiere of Funny People. Photo copyright by Josh Levine / PR Photos. RZA attending the Los Angeles premiere of Funny People. Photo copyright by Josh Levine / PR Photos. Chris Rock attending the Los Angeles premiere of Funny People. Photo copyright by Josh Levine / PR Photos. Mark McGrath attending the Los Angeles premiere of Funny People. Photo copyright by Josh Levine / PR Photos. 07/20/2009 - Seth Rogen - "Funny People" World Premiere - Arrivals - ArcLight Cinemas - Hollywood, CA, USA © David Gabber / PR Photos 07/20/2009 - Anna Faris - "Funny People" Los Angeles Premiere- Arrivals - ArcLight Theater - Hollywood, CA. USA © Albert »

- James Wray

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First Clip From 'Entourage' Season 6

22 June 2009 9:14 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Finally, a little treat from HBO has arrived for the new season of "Entourage". A clip is released to expose the hectic and glamorous scene where a red carpet premiere for Vince's new movie "Gatsby" is held.

Coming to the network on July 12, the sixth season begins with an episode called "Drive". Vince is back in the fast lane, preparing for his driving test and an appearance with Jay Leno to promote the premiere of "Gatsby," directed by Martin Scorsese.

Meanwhile, with a nudge from Sloan, Eric considers moving into his own house, but worries about the impact on Vince and the gang. Looking for career advancement, Lloyd confronts Ari with an ultimatum, which Ari counters with a proposition of his own.

The sixth season of "Entourage" will particularly be a star-studded fiesta. Extracted from on-location shootings are the news about guest star appearances by Zac Efron, Kanye West, 50 Cent, »

- AceShowbiz.com

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William Fichtner and Scott Caan Join Entourage Season 6

9 June 2009 11:30 AM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »

It looks like William Fichtner is going to go from chasing down convicts to chasing the boys from HBO's Entourage. The veteran actor is set to join the sixth season of Entourage in a multi-episode arc. He will play Phil Yagoda, a slick TV producer who wants to enlist Johnny Drama in the remake of his 1990s teen show. Brothers and Sisters actor Matt Letscher will also join, and will oversee the new TV series. Also joining for an arc is Scott Caan, a talent manager with tough talk that will become a nuisance for Eric this season. It seems as if the approach is to be bigger and better than ever this time around. However, I do hope that the show is able to focus this season and is not adding all these stars just for the sake of getting them on-screen. Entourage starts back up on July 12th at 10:30pm. »

- Link

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Entourage Admits Caan, Fichtner, Letscher

8 June 2009 12:32 PM, PDT | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »

Scott Caan, William Fichtner and Matt Letscher have signed on to guest-star on Entourage's upcoming sixth season, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Caan will play Scotty Lavin, a talent manager who becomes E.'s headache this season. Fichtner (Prison Break) takes on the role of slick TV producer Phil Yagoda, who is trying to remake his hit 1990s teen series for Drama. Letscher, who got some confusing screen time opposite Calista Flockhart on Brothers and Sisters this season, plays Dan Coakley, a TV exec who oversees Drama's TV series.

Entourage returns Sunday, July 12 at 10:30 pm/Et.

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- Mickey O'Connor

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'Entourage' Adds Three Guest Stars to Season 6

8 June 2009 12:16 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Despite the recession, "Entourage" is not planning a shortage of guest stars when it enters the sixth season next month. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matt Letscher, William Fichtner and Scott Caan will be involved in a multi-episode arc.

Letscher plays a character named Dan Coakley who is described as handsome but arrogant TV studio executive who oversees Johnny Drama's TV series. The actor may be familiar as Nathan Stone on ABC's "Eli Stone" before the show got canceled.

Meanwhile, Fichtner aka the Alexander Mahone of "Prison Break", will play a slick TV producer named Phil Yagoda. His character had a hit teen series in the 1990s and is trying to remake it with Drama.

For Caan, this would be one of his early TV appearances. The actor who is known to play Turk Malloy in "Ocean's Eleven" and its two sequels, will take the role of Scotty Lavin. Scotty »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Entourage Adds Threesome

7 June 2009 7:11 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

HBO comedy Entourage has added several guest castings, including Matt Letscher, William Fichtner and Scott Caan for multiepisode arcs on the series' upcoming sixth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Eli Stone alum Letscher plays Dan Coakley, a handsome, arrogant TV studio executive who oversees Drama's (Kevin Dillon) TV series.

Prison Break co-star Fichtner plays Phil Yagoda, a slick TV producer who had a hit teen series in the 1990s and is trying to remake it with Drama.

Caan plays Scotty Lavin, a cocky and highly competitive manager who acts tough and trash talks to cover up how insecure he is and sees E (Kevin Connolly) as a threat.

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Robert Knepper Cast as 'Heroes' Villain

4 June 2009 10:14 AM, PDT | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »

As Heroes has strayed far from what made it awesome in the first season, I've found that I've had to drag myself in front of the TV to watch the last 2 seasons. But the announcement that Robert Knepper will be joining the show as Season 4's main villain is enough to get me back on the saddle (and excited, mind you) for another go around. If you don't know Knepper, he played one of the greatest TV villains of all time on Fox's Prison Break: Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell. Vile. Nefarious. Wicked. All words not strong enough to describe how evil and despicable this guy really was. And he was evil all the way to the core. But that's a testament to Knepper's awesome acting abilities. He was one of the rare actors on the show that could really throw down an amazing performance (I also give props to William Fichtner »

- Benjamin Porter

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