Law & Order fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 23 Episode 12 episode titled No Good Deed!
Find out everything you need to know about the No Good Deed episode of Law & Order, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Law & Order No Good Deed Season 23 Episode 12 Preview
Get ready for a riveting new episode of “Law & Order” titled “No Good Deed,” airing on NBC at 8:00 Pm on May 9, 2024. In this gripping installment, viewers will be taken on a thrilling journey as Detectives Shaw and Riley delve into the mysterious death of a therapist with a troubled clientele.
Joining the talented cast for this episode are Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis, Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green, and Elisabeth Röhm as Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn. Additionally, Steven Hill shines as District Attorney Adam Schiff,...
Find out everything you need to know about the No Good Deed episode of Law & Order, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Law & Order No Good Deed Season 23 Episode 12 Preview
Get ready for a riveting new episode of “Law & Order” titled “No Good Deed,” airing on NBC at 8:00 Pm on May 9, 2024. In this gripping installment, viewers will be taken on a thrilling journey as Detectives Shaw and Riley delve into the mysterious death of a therapist with a troubled clientele.
Joining the talented cast for this episode are Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis, Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green, and Elisabeth Röhm as Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn. Additionally, Steven Hill shines as District Attorney Adam Schiff,...
- 5/2/2024
- by News
- TV Regular
To celebrate the release of Magnum P.I. Complete Collection – available on DVD from 15th April – we have a DVD Complete Collection to give away to one lucky winner!
Say Aloha to Oahu’s top private investigators Thomas Magnum and Juliet Higgins. Magnum’s trusted buddies and
fellow Pow survivors T.C. (Steven Hill) and Rick are always ready for action and backup on a mission.
With keys to a vintage Ferrari in one hand, aviator sunglasses in the other, and an Old Düsseldorf longneck chilling in the fridge, Magnum is on the case! This complete collection features all 5 seasons and 96 episodes of full-throttle adventure on 24 discs, plus over 3 hours of bonus content!
This modern take on the classic series, which starred Tom Selleck in the 1980s, has Jay Hernandez playing Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy Seal who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator.
Say Aloha to Oahu’s top private investigators Thomas Magnum and Juliet Higgins. Magnum’s trusted buddies and
fellow Pow survivors T.C. (Steven Hill) and Rick are always ready for action and backup on a mission.
With keys to a vintage Ferrari in one hand, aviator sunglasses in the other, and an Old Düsseldorf longneck chilling in the fridge, Magnum is on the case! This complete collection features all 5 seasons and 96 episodes of full-throttle adventure on 24 discs, plus over 3 hours of bonus content!
This modern take on the classic series, which starred Tom Selleck in the 1980s, has Jay Hernandez playing Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy Seal who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator.
- 3/30/2024
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Arnold Schwarzenegger made a whole slew of classic 80s action movies. Still, one remains totally obscure despite being released smack dab in the middle of his amazing The Terminator to Predator run of movies from 1984-87. That film in 1986’s Raw Deal. A formulaic 80s action flick, it’s the most modestly mounted Schwarzenegger action epic of the era, with Arnie coerced into starring in it to complete a long-standing contract he had with producer Dino De Laurentiis following Conan The Barbarian.
In it, Schwarzenegger is somewhat unconvincingly cast as a small-town sheriff named Kaminski, who used to be an FBI agent but was forced out of the bureau after roughing up a suspect. He’s recruited by his old mentor (The Night Stalker’s legendary Darren McGavin) whose son was killed by the Chicago mob. He wants Kaminski to go undercover in the mob and tear them apart from the inside.
In it, Schwarzenegger is somewhat unconvincingly cast as a small-town sheriff named Kaminski, who used to be an FBI agent but was forced out of the bureau after roughing up a suspect. He’s recruited by his old mentor (The Night Stalker’s legendary Darren McGavin) whose son was killed by the Chicago mob. He wants Kaminski to go undercover in the mob and tear them apart from the inside.
- 3/26/2024
- by Adam Walton
- JoBlo.com
It's not easy to be a district attorney, especially in a big city like Manhattan, where competing pressures exist.
Jack McCoy should be perfectly poised to handle it. He was an Ada for years, is passionate about justice, and knows the ins and outs of the legal system.
But on Law & Order Season 23 Episode 3, McCoy again made a questionable decision based on what would most likely win the case. It was less egregious than entering a potentially fake video into evidence, but it still felt like McCoy had lost his way.
Cops should never be put on pedestals, and questioning their integrity and fitness for the job is fair game. And since Riley got tipsy on the job and punched his supervisor, he would have faced public questioning about it sooner or later.
But McCoy's decision about this was purely political. He weighed the possibility that the cops wouldn't...
Jack McCoy should be perfectly poised to handle it. He was an Ada for years, is passionate about justice, and knows the ins and outs of the legal system.
But on Law & Order Season 23 Episode 3, McCoy again made a questionable decision based on what would most likely win the case. It was less egregious than entering a potentially fake video into evidence, but it still felt like McCoy had lost his way.
Cops should never be put on pedestals, and questioning their integrity and fitness for the job is fair game. And since Riley got tipsy on the job and punched his supervisor, he would have faced public questioning about it sooner or later.
But McCoy's decision about this was purely political. He weighed the possibility that the cops wouldn't...
- 2/2/2024
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
We all know that Mission: Impossible is about Ethan Hunt, the living manifestation of destiny. With mega-star Tom Cruise in the role, the character of Hunt became more important to the franchise than any of the leads of the original series, Jim Phelps, Dan Briggs (Steven Hill), or Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain). But for a little while, producers considered phasing Hunt out of the series, making him the new secretary of the Impossible Mission Force while Jeremy Renner’s William Brandt became the new team leader.
Those plans changed midway through the production of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol when Christopher McQuarrie came in to finish a script started by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec. Although director Brad Bird had already started shooting scenes for Ghost Protocol, McQuarrie successfully argued that Hunt should remain the focus and could not be replaced.
This behind-the-scenes tension added a spark of electricity between Brandt and Hunt on screen.
Those plans changed midway through the production of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol when Christopher McQuarrie came in to finish a script started by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec. Although director Brad Bird had already started shooting scenes for Ghost Protocol, McQuarrie successfully argued that Hunt should remain the focus and could not be replaced.
This behind-the-scenes tension added a spark of electricity between Brandt and Hunt on screen.
- 7/12/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
The Imf then and now: The Mission: Impossible TV cast show (1966-1973) and the stars of Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount).Photo: Bettmann (Getty Images)
Wtf is the Imf? The answer to that question, like many aspects of the long-running Mission: Impossible franchise itself, can be convoluted, elusive,...
Wtf is the Imf? The answer to that question, like many aspects of the long-running Mission: Impossible franchise itself, can be convoluted, elusive,...
- 7/10/2023
- by Scott Huver
- avclub.com
Covert operations, shadowy government agencies, foreign intrigue, technological wizardry, masters of disguises, heist-like action, self-destructing tapes — Mission: Impossible had it all. Oh, and that iconic theme song, of course. Mission: Impossible ran for seven seasons and 172 episodes on CBS before ending 50 years ago, on March 30, 1973. Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, and Peter Lupus made up the original Impossible Mission Force — whose missions, should they choose to accept them, involved retrieving sensitive information, recovering ill-gotten goods, neutralizing targets, and averting geopolitical crises. As the show progressed, the faces of the Imf changed — and not just because of the latex masks the operatives so often wore for disguises. Peter Graves took over as Imf leader, and Martin Landau, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, and Sam Elliott joined the elite team full-time. With the Mission: Impossible finale a half century behind us — and the next installment of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible...
- 3/30/2023
- TV Insider
"This must be what they mean by 'poetic justice.'" Studiocanal UK has revealed a new official UK trailer for the 4K restoration of this action crime thriller called Raw Deal, which was originally produced by the one-and-only Dino De Laurentiis. The film was released in the summer of 1986, but end up flopping, which lead to De Laurentiis' going bankrupt and selling off the rights of Total Recall (both are with Arnold). Dismissed from the FBI, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Kaminsky, who's contacted by his old boss. Determined to find his son's killler, Shannon needs Kaminsky and offers to re-instate him if he is successful. Kaminsky assumes a new identity and moves to Chicago where he ingratiates in the underworld. To be successful, it is vital he's accepted by the gangsters. Also stars Kathryn Harrold, Darren McGavin, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Steven Hill, and Ed Lauter. The new trailer also...
- 10/17/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Bring back the banter! For those of us who’ve watched countless classic “Law & Order” episodes over its first 20 seasons (1990-2010), the question is whether the 21st — a reboot premiering Thursday after more than a decade off the air — will satisfy fans? With its mix of established cast members and new faces led by the indomitable 81-year-old Sam Waterston as D.A. Jack McCoy, and time-worn format, how can it fail? Dick Wolf’s baby has never jumped the shark and, while this new series doesn’t break new ground, it briskly covers the metropolitan landscape that we love, and sometimes love to hate.
The relaunched season opens with a solid #MeToo episode, “Free Speech,” that would feel at home on “Law and Order: Svu.” A well-known middle-aged Black man served time in prison for multiple rapes, always protesting his innocence. Once released on a technicality, he returns to his wife and,...
The relaunched season opens with a solid #MeToo episode, “Free Speech,” that would feel at home on “Law and Order: Svu.” A well-known middle-aged Black man served time in prison for multiple rapes, always protesting his innocence. Once released on a technicality, he returns to his wife and,...
- 2/18/2022
- by Thelma Adams
- The Wrap
NBC’s Law & Order revival is starting to come into focus.
Burn Notice alum Jeffrey Donovan has become the first to be cast on what is being billed as the 21st season of the flagship procedural.
Revived in September with a straight-to-series order, Donovan will play a NYPD detective in the series that is expected to feature some former stars of the original. It’s unclear which stars are being eyed to revisit their characters. The original L&o featured such notable stars as Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston and Jesse L. Martin.
In addition to franchise kingpin Dick ...
Burn Notice alum Jeffrey Donovan has become the first to be cast on what is being billed as the 21st season of the flagship procedural.
Revived in September with a straight-to-series order, Donovan will play a NYPD detective in the series that is expected to feature some former stars of the original. It’s unclear which stars are being eyed to revisit their characters. The original L&o featured such notable stars as Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston and Jesse L. Martin.
In addition to franchise kingpin Dick ...
- 11/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC’s Law & Order revival is starting to come into focus.
Burn Notice alum Jeffrey Donovan has become the first to be cast on what is being billed as the 21st season of the flagship procedural.
Revived in September with a straight-to-series order, Donovan will play a NYPD detective in the series that is expected to feature some former stars of the original. It’s unclear which stars are being eyed to revisit their characters. The original L&o featured such notable stars as Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston and Jesse L. Martin.
In addition to franchise kingpin Dick ...
Burn Notice alum Jeffrey Donovan has become the first to be cast on what is being billed as the 21st season of the flagship procedural.
Revived in September with a straight-to-series order, Donovan will play a NYPD detective in the series that is expected to feature some former stars of the original. It’s unclear which stars are being eyed to revisit their characters. The original L&o featured such notable stars as Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston and Jesse L. Martin.
In addition to franchise kingpin Dick ...
- 11/1/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
NBC is going back to the very beginning to complete its Thursday night Law & Order trifecta.
The network announced late Tuesday that it is bringing back the original Law & Order (aka “the mothership”), and the flagship series will pick up right where it left off more than a decade ago — with a 21st season. It remains unclear which cast members will be returning for the revival, although sources confirm that preliminary talks are underway with a handful of franchise vets.
More from TVLineLaw & Order Season 21: Which Veteran Cast Members Must Return for Revival?La Brea: Did NBC's Sinkhole Drama Pull You In?...
The network announced late Tuesday that it is bringing back the original Law & Order (aka “the mothership”), and the flagship series will pick up right where it left off more than a decade ago — with a 21st season. It remains unclear which cast members will be returning for the revival, although sources confirm that preliminary talks are underway with a handful of franchise vets.
More from TVLineLaw & Order Season 21: Which Veteran Cast Members Must Return for Revival?La Brea: Did NBC's Sinkhole Drama Pull You In?...
- 9/28/2021
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Welcome, readers. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will require you to enter the following giveaway. The opportunity lies in winning the entire collection of the Mission Impossible Original TV Series on Blu-ray. Now that the set has been officially released (as of December 1), we’re giving three lucky geeks the opportunity to win one of their own! A cool 143 hours of footage, this set provides the perfect escape into a world full of anonymity, deception and corruption…totally unlike our world…maybe.
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Whether you grew up watching the series or want to go back in time to learn the espionage that inspired the global and super successful movie franchise, the I.M.F. team is ready to fulfill their mission. Follow Daniel Briggs (Steven Hill) and later, Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) as they lead their crew of experts around the world!
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Whether you grew up watching the series or want to go back in time to learn the espionage that inspired the global and super successful movie franchise, the I.M.F. team is ready to fulfill their mission. Follow Daniel Briggs (Steven Hill) and later, Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) as they lead their crew of experts around the world!
- 12/1/2020
- by Brian Berman
- Den of Geek
Although only one of these 1950s B&w thrillers falls within a mile of a hard definition of film noir, all give us glamorous actresses in interesting roles. Claudette Colbert takes her turn at playing a nun, Merle Oberon tries a femme fatale role on for size and Hedy Lamarr does very well for herself as a man-hungry movie star. Kino gives all three excellent transfers, and one comes with an appropriately gossipy audio commentary.
Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema II
Thunder on the Hill, The Price of Fear, The Female Animal
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1951-58 / B&w / 1:37 Academy, 1:85 widescreen / 84,79,82 min. / Street Date May 12, 2020 / available through Kino Lorber / 49.95
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas, Anne Crawford, Connie Gilchrist, Gladys Cooper, Michael Pate, Phillip Friend; Merle Oberon, Lex Barker, Charles Drake, Gia Scala, Warren Stevens, Phillip Pine, Konstantin Shayne, Stafford Repp; Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell,...
Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema II
Thunder on the Hill, The Price of Fear, The Female Animal
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1951-58 / B&w / 1:37 Academy, 1:85 widescreen / 84,79,82 min. / Street Date May 12, 2020 / available through Kino Lorber / 49.95
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas, Anne Crawford, Connie Gilchrist, Gladys Cooper, Michael Pate, Phillip Friend; Merle Oberon, Lex Barker, Charles Drake, Gia Scala, Warren Stevens, Phillip Pine, Konstantin Shayne, Stafford Repp; Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell,...
- 5/25/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Just how much do the Emmys love Edie Falco? She’s currently the only actress to win lead trophies for a comedy series (“Nurse Jackie” in 2010) and a drama series, and now she hopes to add to her record with a victory for a limited series. On Thursday Falco received a Best Movie/Mini Actress Emmy nomination for her work on the limited series “Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.” If she wins, that would make Falco the eighth performer from the “Law & Order” franchise to win an Emmy.
See 2018 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 70th Emmy Awards
So who are the other seven? “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star Mariska Hargitay is the only performer to prevail at the televised Primetime Emmys, winning Best Drama Actress in 2006. The other six winners all took home their trophies at the Creative Arts in the Best Drama Guest Actress category.
See 2018 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 70th Emmy Awards
So who are the other seven? “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star Mariska Hargitay is the only performer to prevail at the televised Primetime Emmys, winning Best Drama Actress in 2006. The other six winners all took home their trophies at the Creative Arts in the Best Drama Guest Actress category.
- 7/16/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Although he's already plotting new seasons of his upcoming Law & Order: True Crime TV series (watch a preview, below), prolific creator Dick Wolf doesn't think he'll return to the original Law & Order series, which ran for 20 seasons on NBC, between 1990 and 2010. The police procedural and legal drama starred S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach, Steven Hill, Jesse L. Martin, Leslie Hendrix, Fred Dalton Thompson, Chris Noth, Benjamin Bratt and Michael Moriarty. Law & Order: True Crime, premieres on NBC on Tuesday, September 26th at 10:00pm Et/Pt. Julianne Nicholson, Anthony Edwards, Edie Falco, Gus Halper, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Heather Graham, Elizabeth Reaser, and Larry Cedar star. Wolf talked about the original Law & Order TV series, while promoting his new show during the TCA summer press tour. Read More…...
- 8/4/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
These fugitives on the run aren’t innocent young lovers. Still wanted for anti-war violence from years before, an ex-radical couple struggles to remain free just as their children become old enough to think for themselves. Screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Sidney Lumet’s fascinating movie is a sympathetic look at an untenable lifestyle.
Running on Empty
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1988 / Color / 1:85 enhanced widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date June 27, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry, Martha Plimpton, Ed Crowley, L.M. Kit Carson, Steven Hill, Augusta Dabney, David Margulies, Lynne Thigpen, Bobo Lewis, Daniel Dassin.
Cinematography: Gerry Fisher
Film Editor: Andrew Mondshein
Original Music: Tony Mottola
Written by Naomi Foner
Produced by Griffin Dunne, Amy Robinson
Directed by Sidney Lumet
1988 suddenly seems much farther in the past than it did just a few months ago. The small town high school in Running on Empty has a dedicated, classically trained music teacher on the payroll. He earns enough to afford a rather nice house. The public school system is not being undermined, with all the wealthy students going to new kinds of exclusive, alternative schools siphoning off public money. We all have our own ideas about what ‘making America great again’ means, I suppose.
It doesn’t happen any more, but we used to read about ex- radicals from the Vietnam War days surfacing to turn themselves in. Not that many were directly involved in violent acts, but some had lived for decades under assumed identities, while their wanted photos were posted down at the Post Office. Some of them tried to raise families.
“We are all outlaws in the eyes of America.
Everything they say we are, we are.
. . . And we are very proud of ourselves.”
— The Jefferson Airplane
Naomi Foner’s Running on Empty is basically a ‘what comes next?’ chapter in the lives of former political public enemies like The Weather Underground. An unusual family is on the lam. The parents are militant radicals from the Nixon years, who went underground when one of their bombs maimed a janitor. Now they are nearing their forties, and must move from town to town whenever they think the Feds have picked up their trail. The couple chose their life and has accepted the consequences, but where does that leave their growing children, who are likewise forced to live like gypsies under assumed names?
I should think that this good movie would have a tough time in today’s market. If the online mob harps on Wonder Woman for promoting non-traditional values, what would they make of a movie ‘glorifying terrorism?’ Half of America still wants to see Jane Fonda strung up by her thumbs, and death threats for ‘enemies’ singled out on the web are now routine. Our channels of information are so jammed with stories elbowing each other for attention, I don’t think anybody could rouse the general public to even consider the problems of this kind of fugitive. Who has time for scurrilous pleas for sympathy for ‘undeserving’ people, when the public responds better to patriotic pieces about veterans . . . or cute animals?
Always watching for signs of F.B.I. surveillance, young Danny Pope (River Phoenix) alerts the rest of his family through pre-arranged signals. Annie and Arthur Pope (Christine Lahti & Judd Hirsch) abandon their jobs, their belongings and even their dog and flee to a new state with Danny and their other son Harry (Jonas Abry). With new identities they start new lives. Arthur and Annie find off-the-books employment as a cook and a medical receptionist and the boys are enrolled in school with ‘previous transcripts on the way.’ We see the unusual preparations that must be made, with secret arrangements so that any family member can alert the others if they’re found out; we also see that the family is supported to some degree by a network of post-radical (or still radical?) sympathizers, such as a doctor (David Marguiles) who tends to political fugitives. But the Popes are cut off from their own families. Annie’s disapproving father (Steven Hill) can only see her in an extraordinary circumstance arranged by a third party. Potential trouble comes when former comrade Gus Winant (L.M. Kit Carson) drops by. He’d like to sleep with his old flame Annie, and is carrying guns in the assumption that Arthur will agree to rob a bank with him. But a more troubling problem is closer to home. Young Danny has inherited his mother’s musical talent, and his teacher Mr. Phillips (Ed Crowley) is encouraging him to apply to Julliard in New York. Danny is also stuck on Phillips’ teenage daughter Lorna (Martha Plimpton), a girl to whom he might be ready to commit. As far as Arthur is concerned, Danny can’t do any of those things because his first duty is to help his family in the undercover life. Annie doesn’t know what to do. If she leaves her son behind, she may never see him again.
Practically speaking, Running on Empty will only play well to a certain segment of the public. Are you the kind that sympathizes with draft deserters that fled to Canada, or the kind that wants to hand them long terms in prison? The Popes aren’t victims of injustice, at least not directly; they knew what they were doing when they went militant, and the injuries they caused can’t simply be dismissed as youthful idealism. They are also hopelessly associated with fanatics they inspired, like the Sla. And there’s no statute of limitations on armed insurrection. I think almost all of the radical fugitives that went underground are now accounted for. Some served prison time and others got off because courtroom prosecutions would reveal or publicize the government’s own illegal doings. Running on Empty dramatizes what might have been reality for just a few of these ‘outlaws in the eyes of America.’ Some radicals reportedly found it easy to live undetected while still on various Most Wanted lists. Others found ways to turn themselves in, square themselves with the authorities and re-commence academic lives interrupted years before to oppose the government. *
Running on Empty is a fascinating show, with a cast that clearly had to work hard to make their characters believable. Christine Lahti puts up with her bossy, security-minded husband. He himself gets drunk one night and starts shouting his real name loud enough to wake the neighbors. Judd Hirsch and director Lumet know that these can’t be ordinary people. He doesn’t try to make them Ozzie and Harriet types, somehow (sniff!) trapped by their youthful mistakes. No, they’re still promoting various Union and social justice causes here and there, although Arthur must back away whenever he becomes visible enough to appear in a news photo. Every year they celebrate a birthday to Sam, the man struck by their bomb. It’s not a joke, but a ritual so they won’t forget their crime.
At the center of the movie is the cult actor River Phoenix, who graduated briefly to good roles after his appearance as an adolescent space voyager in the fantasy film Explorers. Phoenix is excellent as Danny, a kid raised to never let down his guard. The show begins with Danny detecting a plainclothes tail and executing what must be ‘escape plan 9.’ The family is out of town in a matter of minutes. Danny’s a sensitive, smart guy. If he plays by the rules, he must keep himself a complete mystery to his new girlfriend Lorna. The boy is committed to his family, but feels the pull to go off on his own, where a decent future awaits. In a way, it’s not a situation wholly unique to these former radicals. This must happen all the time when someone breaks away from a strongly structured family, or a religious cult.
The movie’s tension level doubles when Danny takes the forbidden step of telling Lorna everything. How many of us living normal lives (well, reasonably normal lives) could trust our sweethearts with such a volatile secret: “I and my whole family are fugitives from justice. Anybody helping us is a potential accomplice. Just by letting you know, I’m putting you in legal jeopardy. Will you turn me in, or become a criminal with me?”
At this age Martha Plimpton might remind one of a teenage Lauren Bacall. A survivor of Goonies, she is featured in what I think is the best Cannon film, Shy People. Plimpton and Phoenix have several worthy melodramatic romantic scenes to play, and they’re excellent together.
With the ace director Sidney Lumet in charge the strange relationships seem credible, even when the flaky, reckless Gus Winant breezes through. The former radical patriot is now nothing but an outlaw bum. In a nice choice, Gus is played by L.M. Kit Carson, the original fake counterculture hero in the classic experimental faux-documentary David Holzman’s Diary. With dangerous idiots like Gus on the loose, the Popes can’t even consider themselves part of a noble creed. Some of their old colleagues are indeed armed and dangerous.
I don’t think the Popes would stand a chance of evading the cops in today’s security state. One can no longer simply find the name of a dead infant and apply for a new birth certificate and passport. The Popes aren’t hiding in a shack in the woods, but are out and about in the public, working and rubbing elbows with schools and doctors. I guess that back in the 1980s Arthur could become a cook and Annie a receptionist without references, but it’s less likely now, when one can’t buy bubble gum without leaving a data trail. Traffic and security surveillance cameras are now everywhere. Billions of smart-phone photos are taken at public gatherings, and routinely posted on the web. A high-level security agency could be (is?) scanning the web with face recognition software.
Sidney Lumet wrote that his movies Running on Empty and Daniel had the same theme: “Who pays for the passion and commitment of the parents?” This is an even-handed and insightful drama. Lumet made a wide range of great entertainments, and some of the best- ever ‘New York Jewish Liberal Movies.’ He’s also one of the few directors who could take on fundamentally controversial material like this, and continue to maintain a busy career.
The Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray of Running on Empty is a good encoding of what was already a very good Wac Mod disc from just two years ago. The improved picture and sound reveals the expected quality of a top Sidney Lumet product. The small town we see is very attractive, a political landscape completely different from the corporate/banking rapacious wasteland of last year’s Hell or High Water. ‘Radicals unselfishly trying to stop a war in 1971’ is still anathema, while Mr. and Mrs. U.S.A. now considers it justifiable for ‘radicals to selfishly try to rescue their ruined finances.’
Madonna is on the soundtrack for a scene in Daniel’s music class. The final James Taylor song Fire and Rain works extremely well in context: “. . . and I always thought that I’d see you again.”
On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor,
Running on Empty Blu-ray rates:
Movie: Excellent
Video: Excellent
Sound: Excellent
Supplements: none
Deaf and Hearing Impaired Friendly? Yes; Subtitles: English (feature only)
Packaging: Keep case
Reviewed: June 21, 2017
(5451empt)
* I remember a major case from 2001. A radical who had evaded capture for thirty years finalized arrangements to turn herself in, after a delicate negotiation aimed at running her quietly through the legal system to let her get on with her life. She was reportedly not personally responsible for any violent acts, and under her assumed identity had worked for decades in a socially productive job. I followed her story for a couple of days in the newspaper . . . and then 9/11 happened. In the storm of security-minded post-attack chaos that followed, her story thread just vanished from the media-scape. I don’t have a clue what happened to her next. The timing couldn’t possibly have been worse for a former Enemy of the State.
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Running on Empty
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1988 / Color / 1:85 enhanced widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date June 27, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry, Martha Plimpton, Ed Crowley, L.M. Kit Carson, Steven Hill, Augusta Dabney, David Margulies, Lynne Thigpen, Bobo Lewis, Daniel Dassin.
Cinematography: Gerry Fisher
Film Editor: Andrew Mondshein
Original Music: Tony Mottola
Written by Naomi Foner
Produced by Griffin Dunne, Amy Robinson
Directed by Sidney Lumet
1988 suddenly seems much farther in the past than it did just a few months ago. The small town high school in Running on Empty has a dedicated, classically trained music teacher on the payroll. He earns enough to afford a rather nice house. The public school system is not being undermined, with all the wealthy students going to new kinds of exclusive, alternative schools siphoning off public money. We all have our own ideas about what ‘making America great again’ means, I suppose.
It doesn’t happen any more, but we used to read about ex- radicals from the Vietnam War days surfacing to turn themselves in. Not that many were directly involved in violent acts, but some had lived for decades under assumed identities, while their wanted photos were posted down at the Post Office. Some of them tried to raise families.
“We are all outlaws in the eyes of America.
Everything they say we are, we are.
. . . And we are very proud of ourselves.”
— The Jefferson Airplane
Naomi Foner’s Running on Empty is basically a ‘what comes next?’ chapter in the lives of former political public enemies like The Weather Underground. An unusual family is on the lam. The parents are militant radicals from the Nixon years, who went underground when one of their bombs maimed a janitor. Now they are nearing their forties, and must move from town to town whenever they think the Feds have picked up their trail. The couple chose their life and has accepted the consequences, but where does that leave their growing children, who are likewise forced to live like gypsies under assumed names?
I should think that this good movie would have a tough time in today’s market. If the online mob harps on Wonder Woman for promoting non-traditional values, what would they make of a movie ‘glorifying terrorism?’ Half of America still wants to see Jane Fonda strung up by her thumbs, and death threats for ‘enemies’ singled out on the web are now routine. Our channels of information are so jammed with stories elbowing each other for attention, I don’t think anybody could rouse the general public to even consider the problems of this kind of fugitive. Who has time for scurrilous pleas for sympathy for ‘undeserving’ people, when the public responds better to patriotic pieces about veterans . . . or cute animals?
Always watching for signs of F.B.I. surveillance, young Danny Pope (River Phoenix) alerts the rest of his family through pre-arranged signals. Annie and Arthur Pope (Christine Lahti & Judd Hirsch) abandon their jobs, their belongings and even their dog and flee to a new state with Danny and their other son Harry (Jonas Abry). With new identities they start new lives. Arthur and Annie find off-the-books employment as a cook and a medical receptionist and the boys are enrolled in school with ‘previous transcripts on the way.’ We see the unusual preparations that must be made, with secret arrangements so that any family member can alert the others if they’re found out; we also see that the family is supported to some degree by a network of post-radical (or still radical?) sympathizers, such as a doctor (David Marguiles) who tends to political fugitives. But the Popes are cut off from their own families. Annie’s disapproving father (Steven Hill) can only see her in an extraordinary circumstance arranged by a third party. Potential trouble comes when former comrade Gus Winant (L.M. Kit Carson) drops by. He’d like to sleep with his old flame Annie, and is carrying guns in the assumption that Arthur will agree to rob a bank with him. But a more troubling problem is closer to home. Young Danny has inherited his mother’s musical talent, and his teacher Mr. Phillips (Ed Crowley) is encouraging him to apply to Julliard in New York. Danny is also stuck on Phillips’ teenage daughter Lorna (Martha Plimpton), a girl to whom he might be ready to commit. As far as Arthur is concerned, Danny can’t do any of those things because his first duty is to help his family in the undercover life. Annie doesn’t know what to do. If she leaves her son behind, she may never see him again.
Practically speaking, Running on Empty will only play well to a certain segment of the public. Are you the kind that sympathizes with draft deserters that fled to Canada, or the kind that wants to hand them long terms in prison? The Popes aren’t victims of injustice, at least not directly; they knew what they were doing when they went militant, and the injuries they caused can’t simply be dismissed as youthful idealism. They are also hopelessly associated with fanatics they inspired, like the Sla. And there’s no statute of limitations on armed insurrection. I think almost all of the radical fugitives that went underground are now accounted for. Some served prison time and others got off because courtroom prosecutions would reveal or publicize the government’s own illegal doings. Running on Empty dramatizes what might have been reality for just a few of these ‘outlaws in the eyes of America.’ Some radicals reportedly found it easy to live undetected while still on various Most Wanted lists. Others found ways to turn themselves in, square themselves with the authorities and re-commence academic lives interrupted years before to oppose the government. *
Running on Empty is a fascinating show, with a cast that clearly had to work hard to make their characters believable. Christine Lahti puts up with her bossy, security-minded husband. He himself gets drunk one night and starts shouting his real name loud enough to wake the neighbors. Judd Hirsch and director Lumet know that these can’t be ordinary people. He doesn’t try to make them Ozzie and Harriet types, somehow (sniff!) trapped by their youthful mistakes. No, they’re still promoting various Union and social justice causes here and there, although Arthur must back away whenever he becomes visible enough to appear in a news photo. Every year they celebrate a birthday to Sam, the man struck by their bomb. It’s not a joke, but a ritual so they won’t forget their crime.
At the center of the movie is the cult actor River Phoenix, who graduated briefly to good roles after his appearance as an adolescent space voyager in the fantasy film Explorers. Phoenix is excellent as Danny, a kid raised to never let down his guard. The show begins with Danny detecting a plainclothes tail and executing what must be ‘escape plan 9.’ The family is out of town in a matter of minutes. Danny’s a sensitive, smart guy. If he plays by the rules, he must keep himself a complete mystery to his new girlfriend Lorna. The boy is committed to his family, but feels the pull to go off on his own, where a decent future awaits. In a way, it’s not a situation wholly unique to these former radicals. This must happen all the time when someone breaks away from a strongly structured family, or a religious cult.
The movie’s tension level doubles when Danny takes the forbidden step of telling Lorna everything. How many of us living normal lives (well, reasonably normal lives) could trust our sweethearts with such a volatile secret: “I and my whole family are fugitives from justice. Anybody helping us is a potential accomplice. Just by letting you know, I’m putting you in legal jeopardy. Will you turn me in, or become a criminal with me?”
At this age Martha Plimpton might remind one of a teenage Lauren Bacall. A survivor of Goonies, she is featured in what I think is the best Cannon film, Shy People. Plimpton and Phoenix have several worthy melodramatic romantic scenes to play, and they’re excellent together.
With the ace director Sidney Lumet in charge the strange relationships seem credible, even when the flaky, reckless Gus Winant breezes through. The former radical patriot is now nothing but an outlaw bum. In a nice choice, Gus is played by L.M. Kit Carson, the original fake counterculture hero in the classic experimental faux-documentary David Holzman’s Diary. With dangerous idiots like Gus on the loose, the Popes can’t even consider themselves part of a noble creed. Some of their old colleagues are indeed armed and dangerous.
I don’t think the Popes would stand a chance of evading the cops in today’s security state. One can no longer simply find the name of a dead infant and apply for a new birth certificate and passport. The Popes aren’t hiding in a shack in the woods, but are out and about in the public, working and rubbing elbows with schools and doctors. I guess that back in the 1980s Arthur could become a cook and Annie a receptionist without references, but it’s less likely now, when one can’t buy bubble gum without leaving a data trail. Traffic and security surveillance cameras are now everywhere. Billions of smart-phone photos are taken at public gatherings, and routinely posted on the web. A high-level security agency could be (is?) scanning the web with face recognition software.
Sidney Lumet wrote that his movies Running on Empty and Daniel had the same theme: “Who pays for the passion and commitment of the parents?” This is an even-handed and insightful drama. Lumet made a wide range of great entertainments, and some of the best- ever ‘New York Jewish Liberal Movies.’ He’s also one of the few directors who could take on fundamentally controversial material like this, and continue to maintain a busy career.
The Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray of Running on Empty is a good encoding of what was already a very good Wac Mod disc from just two years ago. The improved picture and sound reveals the expected quality of a top Sidney Lumet product. The small town we see is very attractive, a political landscape completely different from the corporate/banking rapacious wasteland of last year’s Hell or High Water. ‘Radicals unselfishly trying to stop a war in 1971’ is still anathema, while Mr. and Mrs. U.S.A. now considers it justifiable for ‘radicals to selfishly try to rescue their ruined finances.’
Madonna is on the soundtrack for a scene in Daniel’s music class. The final James Taylor song Fire and Rain works extremely well in context: “. . . and I always thought that I’d see you again.”
On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor,
Running on Empty Blu-ray rates:
Movie: Excellent
Video: Excellent
Sound: Excellent
Supplements: none
Deaf and Hearing Impaired Friendly? Yes; Subtitles: English (feature only)
Packaging: Keep case
Reviewed: June 21, 2017
(5451empt)
* I remember a major case from 2001. A radical who had evaded capture for thirty years finalized arrangements to turn herself in, after a delicate negotiation aimed at running her quietly through the legal system to let her get on with her life. She was reportedly not personally responsible for any violent acts, and under her assumed identity had worked for decades in a socially productive job. I followed her story for a couple of days in the newspaper . . . and then 9/11 happened. In the storm of security-minded post-attack chaos that followed, her story thread just vanished from the media-scape. I don’t have a clue what happened to her next. The timing couldn’t possibly have been worse for a former Enemy of the State.
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- 6/23/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Mary Tyler Moore were just a few of the famous faces that were honored during the in memoriam at Sunday evening’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Hosted live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Moore — who passed away Wednesday — and the mother-daughter duo — who died one day apart in December — were some of the many late actors and actresses that were recognized on-screen at the annual awards show for their contribution to the world of film and television.
In a touching tribute, the SAG Awards honored the men — Ken Howard, William Schallert, Jack Riley,...
Hosted live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Moore — who passed away Wednesday — and the mother-daughter duo — who died one day apart in December — were some of the many late actors and actresses that were recognized on-screen at the annual awards show for their contribution to the world of film and television.
In a touching tribute, the SAG Awards honored the men — Ken Howard, William Schallert, Jack Riley,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
It's almost impossible to believe, but Mission: Impossible made its debut on CBS 50 years ago today.Created by Bruce Geller, the action-adventure drama followed the missions of top secret government agents. Over the show's run, the cast included Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Peter Graves, Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Barbara Anderson, Martin Landau, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, and Sam Elliott.Read More…...
- 9/17/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Actor Steven Hill has died at age 94. Hill came to prominence in 1966 as the original star of the "Mission: Impossible" TV series. He played Dan Briggs, the head of the Impossible Mission Force, who led a select team of diverse members on highly dangerous espionage missions. Hill, who was an Orthodox Jew, found that the filming schedule conflicted with his religious obligations. He left the series after one season and was replaced by Peter Graves as Jim Phelps, who remained with the franchise henceforth. Hill retired from acting for almost a decade before returning to TV as District Attorney Adam Schiff on the popular NBC show "Law & Order". He stayed with the series for years and earned two Emmy nominations. Among his feature films are "Billy Bathgate", "Yentl", "The Firm", "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Legal Eagles". For more click here. ...
- 8/24/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Steven Hill, the veteran TV actor best known for playing District Attorney Adam Schiff on Law & Order, has died, The New York Times reports. He was 94.
Hill was born Solomon Krakovsky in 1922 to Russian immigrant parents. The Seattle native graduated from the University Of Washington, and served four years in the U.S. Naval Reserve before moving to Chicago to work in radio. But he soon heard the call of New York City and the Great White Way, making his Broadway debut in 1946 in Ben Hecht’s A Flag Is Born. By 1948, he was appearing with Henry Fonda in the Tony Award-winning Mr. Roberts. And in 1950, he appeared in the Hedy Lamarr-led A Lady Without A Passport.
Four episodes of Actors Studio served as Hill’s entry to TV, where he eventually set up a decades-long residency. Hill had many guest spots in ...
Hill was born Solomon Krakovsky in 1922 to Russian immigrant parents. The Seattle native graduated from the University Of Washington, and served four years in the U.S. Naval Reserve before moving to Chicago to work in radio. But he soon heard the call of New York City and the Great White Way, making his Broadway debut in 1946 in Ben Hecht’s A Flag Is Born. By 1948, he was appearing with Henry Fonda in the Tony Award-winning Mr. Roberts. And in 1950, he appeared in the Hedy Lamarr-led A Lady Without A Passport.
Four episodes of Actors Studio served as Hill’s entry to TV, where he eventually set up a decades-long residency. Hill had many guest spots in ...
- 8/23/2016
- by Danette Chavez
- avclub.com
Law & Order creator and executive producer Dick Wolf is among those remembering Steven Hill, who starred on the original series for 10 seasons as District Attorney Adam Schiff. Hill died today at 94. Below is Wolf’s statement and other reactions. We’ll add more as they come, so refresh for the latest. “Steven was not only one of the truly great actors of his generation, he was one of the most intelligent people I have ever met,” said Wolf in a statement. “He is also the…...
- 8/23/2016
- Deadline TV
Steven Hill, best known as Law & Order‘s original district attorney Adam Schiff, passed away Tuesday in Manhattan at the age of 94, the New York Times reports.
Prior to his 1990-2000 run on the NBC drama, the actor — born Solomon Krakovsky — starred as Daniel Briggs in the freshman season of Mission: Impossible in 1966 but was replaced by Peter Graves for the duration of the series.
Hill’s television credits — ranging from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) and The Untouchables (1962) to King (1978) and thirtysomething (1988) — date back to the early years of the medium, with four episodes of Actors Studio in 1949. (He was a...
Prior to his 1990-2000 run on the NBC drama, the actor — born Solomon Krakovsky — starred as Daniel Briggs in the freshman season of Mission: Impossible in 1966 but was replaced by Peter Graves for the duration of the series.
Hill’s television credits — ranging from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) and The Untouchables (1962) to King (1978) and thirtysomething (1988) — date back to the early years of the medium, with four episodes of Actors Studio in 1949. (He was a...
- 8/23/2016
- TVLine.com
Steven Hill, who played District Attorney Adam Schiff on Law & Order in the 1990s, and also had a starring role on the 1960s TV series Mission: Impossible, has died. His daughter, Sarah Gobioff, told The New York Times, Hill died Tuesday in Monsey, N.Y. He was 94. Hill portrayed the Schiff character for 10 seasons on NBC’s Law & Order, from 1990-2000, and Dan Briggs, the original team leader of the Impossible Missions Force on CBS’ Mission: Impossible series in its…...
- 8/23/2016
- Deadline TV
Steven Hill, who originated roles on both “Mission: Impossible” and “Law & Order,” has died at the age of 94. Hill’s daughter Sarah Gobioff confirmed the news of the actor’s passing to the New York Times on Tuesday. The actor lived in Monsey, N.Y., and died in Manhattan. Hill joined the original “Law & Order” in its first season as District Attorney Adam Schiff, a role he played for 10 seasons on the seminal NBC legal drama. His role as Schiff would mark his final screen appearance. Also Read: Joe Biden to Make Guest Appearance on 'Law & Order: Svu' “Steven was not.
- 8/23/2016
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Steven Hill, the stoic actor who was an original castmember on both the 1960s iconic television series Mission: Impossible and the ground-breaking 1990s drama Law & Order, died Tuesday. He was 94. Hill, who began his career on the New York stage and went on to build an impressive list of film and television credits that spanned more than five decades, died in Monsey, N.Y., his son, Rabbi Yehoshua Hill, told The Hollywood Reporter. "Steven was not only one of the truly great actors of his generation, he was one of the most intelligent people I have ever
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- 4/5/2016
- by Chris Koseluk
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Though it’s a famously compromised vision, to be sure, director John Cassavetes’ third film, A Child is Waiting, represents an important cinematic juncture. Meant to highlight society’s cruelty exacted upon handicapped children via behind-the-scenes details of a new cutting edge school run by an objective physician, the film’s noble ambitions were unfortunately marred by creative forces in disagreement.
After the fallout of his experiences with studio filmmaking, Cassavetes wouldn’t return until 1968 with the landmark Faces, and thus begin building a filmography earning him the moniker ‘father of independent cinema.’ And yet, there’s a scarred, dignified beauty about this troubled motion picture, perhaps as easily identifiable as the warring schools of thought amongst its main protagonists in the film.
A box office failure, it received a cool critical reception, disowned by its director after he was fired in post-production by producer Stanley Kramer. It’s unavoidable...
After the fallout of his experiences with studio filmmaking, Cassavetes wouldn’t return until 1968 with the landmark Faces, and thus begin building a filmography earning him the moniker ‘father of independent cinema.’ And yet, there’s a scarred, dignified beauty about this troubled motion picture, perhaps as easily identifiable as the warring schools of thought amongst its main protagonists in the film.
A box office failure, it received a cool critical reception, disowned by its director after he was fired in post-production by producer Stanley Kramer. It’s unavoidable...
- 12/1/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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Who fans, by whichever titles they go under, have always displayed a level of interest and devotion that is typical of science fiction, but more detailed, more committed and now, more in charge of the show itself. Through fanzines, fan productions evolving into DVD extras and additional franchises, Doctor Who fandom has produced a level...
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Who fans, by whichever titles they go under, have always displayed a level of interest and devotion that is typical of science fiction, but more detailed, more committed and now, more in charge of the show itself. Through fanzines, fan productions evolving into DVD extras and additional franchises, Doctor Who fandom has produced a level...
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- 11/11/2014
- by PJ Edmundson
- Kasterborous.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 16, 2012
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Anne Bancroft and Steven Hill star in The Slender Thread.
The 1965 film drama The Slender Thread marks the filmmaking debut of director Sydney Pollack (The Firm).
The movie deals with a young woman named Inga Dyson (Anne Bancroft, The Graduate), who takes an overdose of prescription pills and calls a crisis clinic for help. College volunteer Alan Newell (Sidney Poitier, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?) fields the call and tries to keep the suicidal woman on the line while asking the police to trace down the caller.
Boasting a supporting cast that includes Telly Savalas (TV’s Kojak), Ed Asner (JFK) and Dabney Coleman (TV’s Boardwealk Empire), The Slender Thread was written by Stirling Silliphant (The Towering Inferno) and based upon an actual incident reported in Time Magazine. Additionally, the film features a rousing score by Quincy Jones...
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Anne Bancroft and Steven Hill star in The Slender Thread.
The 1965 film drama The Slender Thread marks the filmmaking debut of director Sydney Pollack (The Firm).
The movie deals with a young woman named Inga Dyson (Anne Bancroft, The Graduate), who takes an overdose of prescription pills and calls a crisis clinic for help. College volunteer Alan Newell (Sidney Poitier, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?) fields the call and tries to keep the suicidal woman on the line while asking the police to trace down the caller.
Boasting a supporting cast that includes Telly Savalas (TV’s Kojak), Ed Asner (JFK) and Dabney Coleman (TV’s Boardwealk Empire), The Slender Thread was written by Stirling Silliphant (The Towering Inferno) and based upon an actual incident reported in Time Magazine. Additionally, the film features a rousing score by Quincy Jones...
- 8/2/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
As a nice Jewish girl, I’ve always loved Christmas and Chanukah and Festivus for the rest of us.
We lived on a “not quite” cul-de-sac that had an island in the middle of the street. On that island was a huge old fir tree, and every holiday season all the “cul-de-sac’ers” would decorate it for Christmas. Yep, it was “National Brotherhood Week” on Hodges Place – I always wondered if the street was named for Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers. I doubt it – this was on Staten Island, not Brooklyn – but it would make a nice story, wouldn’t it?
Anyway, my brother and I didn’t feel cheated in mid-December – like every snotty, young, selfish Jewish kid, Chanukah meant eight days of presents. And latkes ; potato pancakes for the uninitiated. But truth to tell, we also thought the story of the oil in the Temple miraculously burning...
We lived on a “not quite” cul-de-sac that had an island in the middle of the street. On that island was a huge old fir tree, and every holiday season all the “cul-de-sac’ers” would decorate it for Christmas. Yep, it was “National Brotherhood Week” on Hodges Place – I always wondered if the street was named for Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers. I doubt it – this was on Staten Island, not Brooklyn – but it would make a nice story, wouldn’t it?
Anyway, my brother and I didn’t feel cheated in mid-December – like every snotty, young, selfish Jewish kid, Chanukah meant eight days of presents. And latkes ; potato pancakes for the uninitiated. But truth to tell, we also thought the story of the oil in the Temple miraculously burning...
- 12/19/2011
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Law & Order: The Ninth Year
DVD Release Date: Dec. 6, 2011
Price: DVD $49.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Law & Order: The Tenth Year
DVD Release Date: Feb. 28, 2012
Price: DVD $49.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
In the ninth season of the long-running — 20 seasons in all — but ended crime TV show Law & Order, Benjamin Bratt (La Mission) says goodbye to his Detective Reynaldo “Rey” Curtis role, which earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Before he leaves, Bratt’s Curtis and his partner Briscoe (the late Jerry Orbach, Dirty Dancing) find the killer of a parolee, solve a closed case from the 1960s and join with the detectives from Homicide: Life On the Streets in the crossover episode “Sideshow.”
The five-dvd Law & Order: The Ninth Year set contains 24 episodes of the television series by Dick Wolf, and they include guest stars including Leighton Meester (Country Strong...
DVD Release Date: Dec. 6, 2011
Price: DVD $49.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Law & Order: The Tenth Year
DVD Release Date: Feb. 28, 2012
Price: DVD $49.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
In the ninth season of the long-running — 20 seasons in all — but ended crime TV show Law & Order, Benjamin Bratt (La Mission) says goodbye to his Detective Reynaldo “Rey” Curtis role, which earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Before he leaves, Bratt’s Curtis and his partner Briscoe (the late Jerry Orbach, Dirty Dancing) find the killer of a parolee, solve a closed case from the 1960s and join with the detectives from Homicide: Life On the Streets in the crossover episode “Sideshow.”
The five-dvd Law & Order: The Ninth Year set contains 24 episodes of the television series by Dick Wolf, and they include guest stars including Leighton Meester (Country Strong...
- 11/15/2011
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Many of today's television viewers may not have ever seen a full episode of Mission: Impossible but they're certainly familiar with the iconic theme song. Mission: Impossible debuted 45 years ago tonight on CBS.
The show ran for seven seasons, and inspired numerous parodies, a 1988 sequel series on ABC (as a reaction to an impending writers strike), and three feature films. A fourth movie, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, is due to be released on December 21, 2011. The trailer is posted below.
Mr. Phelps, played by Peter Graves, is the character most associate with the series but he actually didn't join the series until the second season. The original leader of the team was Dan Briggs, played by Law & Order's Steven Hill.
Happy birthday to the members of the Impossible Missions Force (Imf), wherever you may be. This...
The show ran for seven seasons, and inspired numerous parodies, a 1988 sequel series on ABC (as a reaction to an impending writers strike), and three feature films. A fourth movie, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, is due to be released on December 21, 2011. The trailer is posted below.
Mr. Phelps, played by Peter Graves, is the character most associate with the series but he actually didn't join the series until the second season. The original leader of the team was Dan Briggs, played by Law & Order's Steven Hill.
Happy birthday to the members of the Impossible Missions Force (Imf), wherever you may be. This...
- 9/17/2011
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Steven Hill’S Movie Title Screens Page How could you confirm whether a movie’s name has a question mark at the end, or if a director was billed above the title? By going to this extraordinary site run by Steven Hill, where you can look at title frames from more than six thousand films from— —the silent era to the present day. As a researcher I find this invaluable, even though I don’t always find the titles I need... but as a film buff I dare not go to the site too often, or I’ll be lost for twenty minutes at…...
- 8/2/2011
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
With the release of the recent trailer for ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’, I decided to take a look at the history of the ‘M:i’ movie franchise. It’s twists and turns onscreen have been reflected off-screen too, with fan outrage and star controversies. Here is a look at the chronicles of a movie series, that while is wildly profitable is often underrated. There are spoilers in this article for those unaware of how the films play out.
‘Mission: Impossible’ is based on a very successful TV series which ran from 1966 – 1973. It was later revived in 1988 for a 2 season run. The show followed the adventures of Imf (Impossible Mission Force), a covert government team sent all across the world with a new mission each week. They weaved in and out of dangerous and implausible situations under the guidance of their point man Jim Phelps.
Phelps was played by the late Peter Graves...
‘Mission: Impossible’ is based on a very successful TV series which ran from 1966 – 1973. It was later revived in 1988 for a 2 season run. The show followed the adventures of Imf (Impossible Mission Force), a covert government team sent all across the world with a new mission each week. They weaved in and out of dangerous and implausible situations under the guidance of their point man Jim Phelps.
Phelps was played by the late Peter Graves...
- 7/1/2011
- by Tom Ryan
- Obsessed with Film
The Goddess (1958) Direction: John Cromwell Cast: Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Joan Copeland, Gerald Hiken, Patty Duke Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky Oscar Movies Recommended Kim Stanley, The Goddess Paddy Chayefsky evokes a cynical Tennessee Williams in his screenplay for The Goddess, a Hollywood cautionary tale directed by veteran John Cromwell. Episodic in progression — the film is broken into three pulpy chapters — The Goddess serves as a spotlight for a daring Kim Stanley performance, playing within the middle-brow arena of melodrama even as it stages dark comedy and acute commentary. In The Goddess, Stanley is Emily Ann Faulkner, a broken woman from rural hickdom who has been abandoned by her irresponsible mother. (The child is portrayed by Patty Duke; Betty Lou Holland is persuasive as the selfish biological mother.) Emily is thus raised by relatives, primarily a Seventh Day Adventist aunt. Stardom, however, is her higher calling. [...]...
- 3/27/2011
- by Doug Johnson
- Alt Film Guide
Fans of The Human Centipede rejoice--the second installment is underway for a summer release... because nothing says summer blockbuster like eating poop. Yes, Tom Six's next chapter which promises to be more disturbing and gorier than the first, has been acquired by Bounty Films and will be released this summer with the DVD coming out just in time for Christmas. These film distribution rights are for the UK and Ireland by the way, but that doesn't mean we can't all rejoice at the news.
The news was tweeted earlier today by Steven Hill of Eureka Entertainment and sent horror fans into a tizzy of excitement. There are no details about the return of Dieter Laser's terrifying Dr. Heiter and the only teaser we have received thus far has been Six talking about the promise and disturbing nature of the Full Sequence.
As someone who was less disturbed by...
The news was tweeted earlier today by Steven Hill of Eureka Entertainment and sent horror fans into a tizzy of excitement. There are no details about the return of Dieter Laser's terrifying Dr. Heiter and the only teaser we have received thus far has been Six talking about the promise and disturbing nature of the Full Sequence.
As someone who was less disturbed by...
- 2/23/2011
- by Andre Dumas
- Planet Fury
Tomorrow sees the wide release of Law & Order: UK – Season One, which was previously available only as a Target exclusive. If you haven’t already picked up this box set, or have been catching the recent broadcast airings on BBC America, here’s a sneak peek of what you’re about to be able to get your hands on.
The Show
If you’ve been following along with my reviews (all of which you can find here), you’ll know that I’m a major Law & Order: UK supporter. It’s safe to say that I’ve enjoyed this adaptation more than any other installment in the franchise except for my undying love of the original series. Even if you’ve been disillusioned with the Law & Order brand over the past few years, you’d do well to give the British incarnation a chance.
Law & Order: UK is the first...
The Show
If you’ve been following along with my reviews (all of which you can find here), you’ll know that I’m a major Law & Order: UK supporter. It’s safe to say that I’ve enjoyed this adaptation more than any other installment in the franchise except for my undying love of the original series. Even if you’ve been disillusioned with the Law & Order brand over the past few years, you’d do well to give the British incarnation a chance.
Law & Order: UK is the first...
- 10/25/2010
- by Brittany Frederick
- TVovermind.com
HollywoodNews.com: ‘Spiderman’ star Alfred Molina has signed on to appear in ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles.’
The actor, 57, will play Deputy District Attorney Morales alongside Skeet Ulrich in the spin-off, which is set to be aired on NBC later this year.
In a statement to ‘Deadline,’ the show’s creator and executive producer Dick Wolf said: “I am thrilled that Fred is Lola’s Deputy Da. He joins a remarkable list of some of America’s greatest character actors like Sam Waterson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Hill, Dianne Wiest and Michael Moriarty as stars of the ‘Law & Order’-branded series.”
Molina has previously starred in ‘Law & Order: Svu and Law & Order: Trial By Jury.’
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The actor, 57, will play Deputy District Attorney Morales alongside Skeet Ulrich in the spin-off, which is set to be aired on NBC later this year.
In a statement to ‘Deadline,’ the show’s creator and executive producer Dick Wolf said: “I am thrilled that Fred is Lola’s Deputy Da. He joins a remarkable list of some of America’s greatest character actors like Sam Waterson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Hill, Dianne Wiest and Michael Moriarty as stars of the ‘Law & Order’-branded series.”
Molina has previously starred in ‘Law & Order: Svu and Law & Order: Trial By Jury.’
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- 7/26/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
NBC has found a co-star for Skeet Ulrich.
Veteran movie actor Alfred Molina will join Law & Order: Los Angeles as Deputy D.A. Morales. Said producer Dick Wolf in a statement, regarding the Spider-Man 2 villain:
“I am thrilled that Fred is Lola‘s Deputy Da,” said Dick Wolf. “He joins a remarkable list of some of America’s greatest character actors like Sam Waterston, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Hill, Dianne Wiest, and Michael Moriarty as stars of Law & Order-branded series."
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Veteran movie actor Alfred Molina will join Law & Order: Los Angeles as Deputy D.A. Morales. Said producer Dick Wolf in a statement, regarding the Spider-Man 2 villain:
“I am thrilled that Fred is Lola‘s Deputy Da,” said Dick Wolf. “He joins a remarkable list of some of America’s greatest character actors like Sam Waterston, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Hill, Dianne Wiest, and Michael Moriarty as stars of Law & Order-branded series."
Does this casting make you more excited for Law & Order: Los Angeles?...
- 7/24/2010
- by matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)
- TVfanatic
Fictional Los Angeles criminals beware -- Alfred Molina is coming to "Law & Order: Los Angeles" as Deputy District Attorney Morales.
"Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf says in a statement, ""I am thrilled that Fred is "Lola's" Deputy Da. He joins a remarkable list of some of America's greatest character actors like Sam Waterston, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Hill, Dianne Wiest, and Michael Moriarty as stars of "Law & Order"-branded series."
Molina has been seen on-screen in "An Education" and "Spider Man 2" and is also a star of both British and American stage. He was nominated for a Tony for Best Actor in 1998 for "Art."
"Law & Order: Los Angeles" has announced one other lead. Skeet Ulrich ("Scream," "Jericho") has been tapped to play Detective Rex Winters. "Lola" premieres Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 10 p.m. Et on NBC.
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"Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf says in a statement, ""I am thrilled that Fred is "Lola's" Deputy Da. He joins a remarkable list of some of America's greatest character actors like Sam Waterston, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Hill, Dianne Wiest, and Michael Moriarty as stars of "Law & Order"-branded series."
Molina has been seen on-screen in "An Education" and "Spider Man 2" and is also a star of both British and American stage. He was nominated for a Tony for Best Actor in 1998 for "Art."
"Law & Order: Los Angeles" has announced one other lead. Skeet Ulrich ("Scream," "Jericho") has been tapped to play Detective Rex Winters. "Lola" premieres Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 10 p.m. Et on NBC.
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- 7/24/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
This Just In: Alfred Molina has just sealed a deal to join Law & Order: Los Angeles as Deputy D.A. Morales. “I am thrilled that Fred is Lola’s Deputy Da,” said L&O boss Dick Wolf in a statement. “He joins a remarkable list of some of America’s greatest character actors like Sam Waterston, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Hill, Dianne Wiest, and Michael Moriarty as stars of Law & Order-branded series.” Molina is the second major Lola hire. As I reported earlier this month, Skeet Ulrich has been tapped to play one of the two lead detectives.
- 7/24/2010
- by Michael Ausiello
- EW - Inside TV
Alfred Molina has joined Skeet Ulrich on NBC's upcoming Law & Order spinoff, Law & Order: Los Angeles. He will play Deputy D.A. Morales. "I am thrilled that Fred is Lola's Deputy D.A.," creator-executive producer Dick Wolf said. "He joins a remarkable list of some of America's greatest character actors like Sam Waterson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeff Goldblum, Steven Hill, Dianne Wiest and Michael Moriarity as stars of the Law & Order-branded series." Ulrich was previously tapped to play Detective Rex Winters, one of the two detectives at the center of the crime procedural. Production on Lola is slated to begin on Aug. 2 for a Sept. 22 premiere. Molina is coming off a Tony-nominated turn on Broadway in Red. On the big screen, he is currently seen in The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Lola will mark Molina's first regular series gig since the 2002 sitcom Bram and Alice. Law & Order: Los Angeles is a Wolf Films...
- 7/24/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
NBC aired its final "Law and Order" episode last night, quietly ending the run of the show tied for the longest running drama in television history. It was a tepid episode, ripped from stale headlines and featuring an atypical subplot concerning the personal life of one of its characters, Lt. Anita Van Buren (not that she didn't deserve it, being the longest-running cast member on the show).
"Law and Order" has bounced around on NBC schedule a lot these last few years, and hasn't been the ratings powerhouse it once was for NBC before "L&O" copycats like "CSI" came along (not to mention the "L&O" spin-offs). Like anyone who likes quality television, I've been watching "L&O" off and on for two decades. The last few years, like its first year, were the weakest of the show's run. I like to think that the show was at its...
"Law and Order" has bounced around on NBC schedule a lot these last few years, and hasn't been the ratings powerhouse it once was for NBC before "L&O" copycats like "CSI" came along (not to mention the "L&O" spin-offs). Like anyone who likes quality television, I've been watching "L&O" off and on for two decades. The last few years, like its first year, were the weakest of the show's run. I like to think that the show was at its...
- 5/25/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
An end to an era, TNT's Law and Order series finale will air Monday, May 24th at 10 p.m. (Et/Pt). TNT will celebrate the 20 year run of Law and Order with a 10-hour marathon the series most memorable episodes.
Schedule:
Noon - Point of View - First episode feat. Jerry Orbach's character, Det. Lennie Briscoe.
1 p.m. - Sanctuary - Favorite episode of Michael Moriarity, who plays Ada Ben Stone.
2 p.m. - Competence - Episode in which Lt. Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) is shot.
3 p.m. - Pride - Last regular episode featuring Chris Noth's character, Det. Mike Logan.
4 p.m. - Terminal - Favorite episode of Sam Waterston, who plays Ada Jack McCoy, and Steven Hill, who plays Da Adam Schiff.
5 p.m. - Gunshow - First and favorite episode of Jesse L. Martin, who plays Det. Ed Green.
6 p.m. - C.
Schedule:
Noon - Point of View - First episode feat. Jerry Orbach's character, Det. Lennie Briscoe.
1 p.m. - Sanctuary - Favorite episode of Michael Moriarity, who plays Ada Ben Stone.
2 p.m. - Competence - Episode in which Lt. Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) is shot.
3 p.m. - Pride - Last regular episode featuring Chris Noth's character, Det. Mike Logan.
4 p.m. - Terminal - Favorite episode of Sam Waterston, who plays Ada Jack McCoy, and Steven Hill, who plays Da Adam Schiff.
5 p.m. - Gunshow - First and favorite episode of Jesse L. Martin, who plays Det. Ed Green.
6 p.m. - C.
- 5/22/2010
- I Am Entertainment Magazine
Law & Order will not be getting that record-breaking 21st season after all. The legendary crime drama will end at the end of this season, its twentieth, with 456 episodes in the can. It will end its run tied with Gunsmoke as the longest-running prime-time drama in network television history. After assurances from NBC brass that they would not want to deny Dick Wolf his shot at the record books, a strong pilot slate and middling ratings for the warhorse have signaled the end for television's best network drama. Yes, you heard that right. Following a creative resurgence three seasons ago, the show had been in rare form not seen since the Steven Hill left the show in 2000. Even at its worst, the show had always been entertaining, thoughtful, and politically and socially nutritious. ...
- 5/18/2010
- by Scott Mendelson
- Huffington Post
Long-running U.S. cop show "Law & Order" has been canceled after 20 years. Dick Wolf's highly-successful New York-based drama premiered in America in 1990 and went on to spawn two separate spin-offs - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent".
A Los Angeles-based "Law & Order" is still being planned. But the original has been scrapped. TV executives at NBC have decided not to take the original format into its 21st season, confirming to E! Online that the show has been axed.
"Law & Order" has narrowly missed out on being crowned the longest-running TV drama in history - it is currently tied with western Gunsmoke, which ran for 20 season before its finale in 1975.
"Law & Order" stars Steven Zirnkilton, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach and Steven Hill among others.
A Los Angeles-based "Law & Order" is still being planned. But the original has been scrapped. TV executives at NBC have decided not to take the original format into its 21st season, confirming to E! Online that the show has been axed.
"Law & Order" has narrowly missed out on being crowned the longest-running TV drama in history - it is currently tied with western Gunsmoke, which ran for 20 season before its finale in 1975.
"Law & Order" stars Steven Zirnkilton, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach and Steven Hill among others.
- 5/14/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Actor Peter Graves was best known for his starring role as Jim Phelps, leader of the Impossible Mission Force, on the popular television drama series Mission: Impossible, from 1967 to 1973. He took over as star of the series from Steven Hill with the second season.
Graves was also a leading actor in science fiction films in the 1950s. He spoke with bible-quoting Martians in the 1952 Cold War thriller Red Planet Mars, and battled bug-eyed aliens in Killers from Space in 1954. He fended off a creepy Venusian invader in the Roger Corman cult classic It Conquered the World in 1956, and saved the country from gigantic grasshoppers in 1957’s Beginning of the End.
He was born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 18, 1926. He served in the United States Army Air Force near the end of World War II.
He followed his brother, actor and future Gunsmoke star Jim Arness, to Hollywood in the late 1940s,...
Graves was also a leading actor in science fiction films in the 1950s. He spoke with bible-quoting Martians in the 1952 Cold War thriller Red Planet Mars, and battled bug-eyed aliens in Killers from Space in 1954. He fended off a creepy Venusian invader in the Roger Corman cult classic It Conquered the World in 1956, and saved the country from gigantic grasshoppers in 1957’s Beginning of the End.
He was born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 18, 1926. He served in the United States Army Air Force near the end of World War II.
He followed his brother, actor and future Gunsmoke star Jim Arness, to Hollywood in the late 1940s,...
- 3/17/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
"Law & Order: The Seventh Year" is currently available on DVD.
The 5-disc DVD set for the groundbreaking crime drama TV series comes complete with all of the landmark seventh season's 23 episodes from Universal Studios Home Entertainment, released on January 19.
The seventh season of the show, running from 1996 to 1997, featured, among other things, the first appearance of Assistant District Attorney Jamie Ross, the role which Carey Lowell - who replaced Jill Hennessy - would play through 1998. Returning are usual characters Det. Lennie Brisco (Jerry Orbach), Det. Rey Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) and Lt. Anita Van Burken (S. Epatha Merkerson) on the Law half of the show, and Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and District Attorney Adam Schiff (Steven Hill) on the Order side.
The always topical show features just as many poignant issues in this season, including racial tension, drug use and familial disputes. As with any season of the show,...
The 5-disc DVD set for the groundbreaking crime drama TV series comes complete with all of the landmark seventh season's 23 episodes from Universal Studios Home Entertainment, released on January 19.
The seventh season of the show, running from 1996 to 1997, featured, among other things, the first appearance of Assistant District Attorney Jamie Ross, the role which Carey Lowell - who replaced Jill Hennessy - would play through 1998. Returning are usual characters Det. Lennie Brisco (Jerry Orbach), Det. Rey Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) and Lt. Anita Van Burken (S. Epatha Merkerson) on the Law half of the show, and Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and District Attorney Adam Schiff (Steven Hill) on the Order side.
The always topical show features just as many poignant issues in this season, including racial tension, drug use and familial disputes. As with any season of the show,...
- 1/26/2010
- icelebz.com
Tacoma - Who could imagine making a documentary about dolphins could lead to so much trouble. When director Louie Psihoyos exposed what the Japanese locals were doing to dolphins in Taiji, Japan in The Cove, he found himself a wanted man. This sea-side community celebrates their relationship with the dolphin. But there’s a darkside when they herd dolphins into a cove, sell the prized ones to aquariums for $150,000 each. The remaining dolphins are slaughtered and given to school kids as whale meat. He found himself wanted by the Japanese law for various charges including videotaping undercover police officers.
Certain folks have defended this slaughter as cultural dining. How dare Americans protest what the Japanese eat. The falsely labeled dolphin meat has toxic levels of mercury. Remember that this is the same Japan that will shut off imports of American agriculture and livestock with the rumor of something being amiss.
Certain folks have defended this slaughter as cultural dining. How dare Americans protest what the Japanese eat. The falsely labeled dolphin meat has toxic levels of mercury. Remember that this is the same Japan that will shut off imports of American agriculture and livestock with the rumor of something being amiss.
- 12/17/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Friday’s more-than-solid premiere of Law & Order tells us one of two things: either creator Dick Wolf is right, and the show has 20 more years of cops and courts left in it, or they’re setting up one hell of a series-ending season. We all know (mainly because Wolf’s been telling anyone who’ll listen for just about forever now) that tying Gunsmoke’s two-decade record was a major goal. With Friday’s premiere he sets about realizing that goal for this 20th season. And after a series of bumpy transitions among the police and prosecutor ranks (I still...
- 9/29/2009
- by Alynda Wheat
- EW.com - PopWatch
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