Posts with tag RitaMoreno
Posted Dec 12th 2007 9:21AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E12) Look at this picture. Why did they leave poor Rebecca out? Is it because the little harlot cheated on precious Jaime? I thought perhaps the picture was just supposed to be the groom's family but that doesn't explain why Ellis Samuels is there.
Okay, I'm sidetracking already. But, I'm finished now.
Cane was very dramatic and action-packed tonight. At 9 p.m. we had a hurricane and at 10 p.m. we had a huge fire in the cane fields. The Duques just can't catch a break.
Continue reading Cane: The Perfect Son
Posted Nov 21st 2007 11:34AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E09) So, is it just me or is
Cane a little all over the place? I was convinced last week and in the few weeks before that that Ellis Samuels was genuinely interested in Frank Duque and really wanted to be parted from her despicable father. But this week (because now it's convenient for Alex's character) she is back on the other side with Daddy dearest.
I seem to remember Ellis confronting her father about the death of Lucia Duque. The look on her face said everything: she was in shock and deeply disappointed to discover her father ordered the death of a little girl. Then, her father threw her under the bus with the Cuban land deal. He even rudely ignored her while playing cards with his buddies. It was clear they were not in cahoots.
Continue reading Cane: The Exile
Posted Oct 24th 2007 12:27PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Cane
(S01E05) Last night on
Cane things continued to heat up for Alex Vega. He had some close calls with the law. How much longer can he cover his tracks with his involvement in Quinones's murder? Plus, Senator Barnes had to resign because he was found with a male hooker. (Is that the right term? I think Joe Samuels helped would say so.) Guess there's no ethanol deal. Bad news for Alex. Good news for
Cane fans. We get to watch him try to clean up this fine mess.
Continue reading Cane: Brotherhood
Posted Oct 17th 2007 6:08PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Cane
(S01E04) I was pleasantly surprised yet again this week by last night's
Cane. The narrative is really starting to gel in both the overarching plot of the season and within individual episodes. Maybe it's wishful thinking but this show could be the
Dynasty or
Dallas I have been waiting for. Okay, maybe that assessment was premature (I don't want to put that kind of pressure on the Smits), but this episode was great. The show is finally doing a good job of balancing the all the different storylines and making most, if not all, the characters interesting in their own right. For awhile there, it was just Jimmy Smits and his interactions with everyone else.
Continue reading Cane: Family Business
Posted Oct 10th 2007 10:36AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E03) So I was beginning to have really mixed feelings about this show. I loved the classic themes and plots which allow for so many storylines and conflicts. And of course, no one can argue with this ensemble cast. But I felt like the story wasn't pulling me in and Alex's character wasn't believable or appealing. (I know it's TV so "believable" is a huge demand, but I mean that brand of TV believable.) I watched last week and had this sense that something was just missing. Maybe it has too many characters. Maybe it has too many storylines. Maybe CBS keeps these storylines a little too PG for a show that's slated for 10 p.m. (HBO could turn this plot and this cast into the just-can't-miss-it television that populates the Sunday night time slots.) But tonight, all my mixed feelings about
Cane started to disappear...
Continue reading Cane: The Two Alex Vegas
Posted Oct 3rd 2007 8:18AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: TV Squad Polls, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E02) Last night on
Cane Alex started his new position as the head of the Duque rum and sugar empire but things aren't business as usual: Alex continued to deal with brewing opposition from his "brother" Frank and had to clean up some loose ends from the murder of Quinones.
Some people might say that this show is just
Dallas remixed but I love me some classic rich family drama (this drama is spicier because it includes Jimmy Smits and an array of nice suits). Smits certainly makes a good front man for this cast which also includes Hector Elizondo and the incomparable Rita Moreno.
For more on last night's episode, click continue reading below.
Continue reading Cane: The Work of a Business Man
Posted Sep 26th 2007 8:31AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Cane
(
S01E01) CBS made a lot of noise when they premiered their new schedule. The stodgy old network was finally going to leave the safety and security of "take no chances" programming they have built their recent successes on and try something new.
Moonlight, Viva Laughlin, and
Swingtown are certainly a step in a new direction. And then we have
Cane, which I think of as their safety show.
Continue reading Cane: Pilot (series premiere)
Posted Sep 21st 2007 10:07AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: OpEd, Early Looks, Cane
Rum, sex and scandal? What's not to love? I'm betting the pitch meeting went something like this:
"It's the Latino
Godfather."
"Can we get Jimmy Smits?"
"Yes."
"Who do I make the check out to?"
What CBS has ended up with is a little less
Godfather and a lot more
Dallas, but it's still got TV heavyweight Jimmy Smits at its center. That may just be good enough to score CBS a hit.
Continue reading Cane -- An early look
Posted May 16th 2007 10:48AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Industry, Programming, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Jericho, Shark, Upfronts
CBS is on a good run, being the most watched network for the last five years, but they have taken a bit of heat for the formulaic way they have gone about doing it. Not arguing with success, the whole family of CSIs, and their crime based cousins, will be back, but the network is trying to branch out with some edgier programming. Most notably,
Swingtown, Viva Laughlin, and
Moonlight.Returning: The Amazing Race, Cold Case, 60 Minutes, How I Met Your Mother, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, CSI: Miami, NCIS, The Unit, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, Survivor, CSI, Shark, Without A Trace, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs, 48 Hours Mystery.
New: Viva Laughlin, Swingtown, Moonlight, Cane, Big Bang Theory, Power of 10, Kid NationOut: King of Queens, Jericho, The Class, Close To HomeMoving: Without A Trace moves back to Thursday at 10.
Shark heads to Sunday at 10.
Continue reading The Upfronts: CBS
Posted May 11th 2007 1:19AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Ugly Betty, Episode Reviews
(S01E22) Before we get started, I need to get something out of the way.
"A boy like that. He'll kill your brother."
Who wants to live in America?
Rita Moreno does! I'm just one big fag haggis experiencing her inner theater queen. We all know that there's a
Betty musical episode in the works, but I think we might be in for a preview next week. The episode is called "East Side Story," guest stars
Kristin Chenoweth and is timed perfectly for Justin to save the day for middle school-aged thespians everywhere. Until then, let us reflect on tonight's mystical Mexico tour.
Continue reading Ugly Betty: A Tree Grows in Guadalajara
Posted Apr 11th 2007 7:45PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Celebrities, Ugly Betty
In a
press release sent out earlier today, ABC announced that legendary actress
Rita Moreno will guest star in the
Ugly Betty season finale as Aunt Mirta, a Suarez family member.
Moreno, who won countless of awards along the years including an Oscar, has starred in numerous TV series and movies. Recently, she was seen as Frances Goran in two episodes of
Law & Order: Criminal Intent and on
George Lopez as Luisa Diaz.
Joining Moreno in the
Ugly Betty finale are
Six Feet Under's Justina Machado, as Cousin Clara, and
Vanished's Rebecca Gayheart, set to play someone from Alex(is)'s past.
Continue reading Star-studded season finale for Ugly Betty
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