Posts with tag mission impossible
Posted Aug 8th 2008 8:42AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Burn Notice
(S02E05) "Sammy's gettin' some hammy tonight." - Sam Axe
How great was it seeing Michael and Fi still sitting in that car? I like to imagine that they were sitting there for an entire week while we waited for the new episode.
Not that I didn't enjoy Michael's how-to on exposing covert security but I feel bad for the delivery guy. As if it isn't bad enough to get to the delivery and realize you've been pranked, this poor guy is also going to get the crap beaten out of him. No wonder Michael helps everyone he meets. He has a lot of bad karma to make up for.
Continue reading Burn Notice: Scatter Point
Posted Jun 9th 2008 10:40AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Food/Home/DIY, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Private Eye Shows
While channel-surfing on my little office TV last week around 1 a.m., looking for something to keep me company, I stumbled across an episode of
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (star Richard Basehart, pictured), followed by
Combat!.
"What is this channel that plays all these old shows I remember as a kid?" I asked the TV Gods.
"It's AmericanLife," they replied. "They feature classic family shows aimed at Baby Boomers -- shows like
Remington Steele, The Courtship of Eddie's Father,
Lost in Space, and
Welcome Back, Kotter."
Ok, the TV Gods didn't really say that. I looked it up on
the AmericanLife Web site, not to be confused with Showtime's
This American Life, the fab documentary series hosted by Ira Glass.
Continue reading AmericanLife: It's swell
Posted May 12th 2008 6:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
- American Idol - Season 6 Finale
- The Chase - Season 1
- Drawn Together - Season 3 Uncensored
- Galaxy Rangers - The Collection: Vol. 1
- Garfield and His Friends - A Cat and His Nerd
- The Incredible Hulk Returns and The Trial of The Incredible Hulk
- Lovejoy - Season 3
- The Magnificent Seven - Complete Series
- Mission: Impossible - Season 4
- The Rat Patrol - Complete Series
- Saturday Night Live - Season 3
- Sinatra (mini-series)
- Stargate: Infinity - Complete Series
- Two and a Half Men - Season 3
Posted Nov 19th 2007 6:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow:
- The Batman - Season 4
- Bozo's Big Top - Collection 2
- BraveStarr - Vol. 1
- CSI - Season 7
- The Care Bears - 25 Years of Caring
- Chappelle's Show - Series Collection
- Charles in Charge - Season 2
- The Doris Day Show - Season 5 and Doris Day Today
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist - Complete Series
- Inside the Actor's Studio - Johnny Depp
- Little Britain - Abroad and Complete Collection
- Love, American Style - Season 1, Vol. 1
- Man with a Camera - Complete Collection
- Mission: Impossible - Season 3
- The Naked Brothers Band - Battle of the Bands
- Queer As Folk - Complete Series
- Star Trek - Season 1 HD
- Tales of Tomorrow - Vol. 3
- Teen Titans - Season 4
- The Tudors - Season 1 (Canada)
- The Wild, Wild West - Season 3
Posted Jun 4th 2007 6:55PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
New TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
- Chappelle's Show - Best Of
- CHiPs - Season 1
- The Cosby Show - Seasons 3 and 4
- Dark Angel - Seasons 1 and 2 (Thin)
- The Dead Zone - Season 5
- Doctor Who - Stories 115, 116 and 117
- The Fall Guy - Season 1, Volumes 1 and 2 and also a Season 1 set
- The Henry Rollins Show - Season 1
- Hex - Season 1
- Hogan's Heroes - Season 6
- Mission: Impossible - Season 2
- The Outer Limits - Vol. 1
- Rescue Me - Season 3
- Robin Hood - Season 1
- Seinfeld - Season 8
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Bikini Bottom Adventures
- Survivorman - Survivorman
- The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - Best of Standup Comedians and The King of Late Night
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - Season 1
- What's New Scooby Doo? - Season 2
Posted Apr 3rd 2007 11:19AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, TV Squad Lists
Welcome to TV Squad Lists (formerly 'The Five'), a feature where each blogger has a chance to list his or her own rundown of things in television that stand out from the rest, both good and bad.
A few days ago I wrote a piece about the 10 worst movies based on TV shows and I got quite a few responses. One reader asked if there were any good movies based on shows, so I decided to come up with another list. Please keep in mind, this is only my opinion, albeit an expert one.
1. The Untouchables: The script by David Mamet deserves much of the credit, but the casting is phenomenal, also. Sean Connery and Kevin Costner make the perfect team and Robert De Niro's plucked hairline makes his Capone a pleasure to watch. Like the show, the film pays close attention to detail and isn't afraid to show the good guys doing whatever it takes.
2. The Fugitive: This is exactly what a big screen version should be...BIG! Terrific action sequences and great locations. Ford's updated Richard Kimble does exactly what he should and Tommy Lee Jones is dead-on as the cop who has to do his job, but knows something is "hinkey." Just like the show, the movie keeps us on the edge of our seat and rooting for the good guy, while we can't wait to see the bad guy.
Continue reading The five best movies based on TV shows
Posted Feb 28th 2007 3:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, Celebrities
We've already heard that Matt Damon might be asked to play Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie that J.J. Abrams is going to direct (if you haven't heard, Matt Damon might be asked to play Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie that J.J. Abrams is going to direct). Now comes word that not only is Damon in talks to star in the flick, but that Adrien Brody and Gary Sinise are in talks with Paramount too to play Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy.
Of course, the latest "breaking news" a couple of weeks ago said that Abrams wasn't going to direct the movie but it was officially announced this week that he is going to direct it, so who knows if this is true or not. But it's interesting to talk about. I think those are all good choices, especially Damon as Kirk.
Trekkies? Trekkers? Who do you want to see as Kirk, Spock, and Bones?
Posted Feb 8th 2007 8:10AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Lost, The Five, Games
So, you've seen every single episode of Lost and you own all the DVDs and you consider yourself an expert. Check out these five questions and see if you really know as much as you think you do.
1. What is the name of the only hit song that Charlie's band Driveshaft had?
Continue reading The Five: The Ultimate Lost Quiz
Posted Dec 5th 2006 7:39AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
24 - Season 5 - Animaniacs - Vol. 2
- Dukes of Hazzard - Season 7
- Dungeons & Dragons - Complete Series
- Mission: Impossible - Season 1
- Pinky and the Brain - Vol. 2
- Roseanne - Season 6
- Saturday Night Live - Season 1
- Survivor: Vanuatu - Complete Season
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Vol. 6
- What's New Scooby-Doo? - Vol. 10
Posted Jul 17th 2006 9:08PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: TV Royalty, Industry, Lost
Geez. I guess we know who television's "It" man is these days. J.J. Abrams, creator of
Felicity, Lost and
Alias and director of
Mission: Impossible III, signed new television and film production deals with Warner Bros. and Paramount, totalling approximately $60 million. According to
E! online, the deals wrap up some intense negotiating where nearly every Hollywood studio was vying to get the Abrams name on its stuff. There's a funny quote from a Warner Bros. exec in the LA Times, saying, "J.J. is such a unique and extraordinary talent, someone whom I've admired for years." I laugh at that because, if he was so talented, why didn't you bozos sign him years ago instead of now when he's hot? Oh, I think I just answered my own question.
J.J.'s television deal with Warner Bros. gives him $4-$6 million a year and pays $2 million of Bad Robot's overhead costs. The movie deal with Paramount gives him $2.5 million a year over five years, plus costs and $5 million for his first movie. Paramount execs call J.J. "the next Steven Spielberg."
No pressure, J.J.
Posted Jul 11th 2006 1:48PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Commercials, Celebrities
Keri Russell is the new face of Cover Girl. She'll begin appearing in new television advertisements for Cover Girl's Outlast Double Lipshine later this month and she'll make her magazine debut in August. The television ad is a bit unusual for Cover Girl; Keri fights ninjas and looks gorgeous doing it. Apparently since her appearance in
Mission Impossible: III, the former Felicity star is now an action hero!
Posted May 26th 2006 10:22AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, Celebrities
Greg Grunberg seems to be in just about everything that J.J. Abrams does. He was a regular on both
Alias and
Felicity, the doomed pilot on
Lost (what killed him anyway? A monster?), the star of
The Catch, the bounty hunter show that never made it to air, and has made cameos in everything from
What About Brian? to
Mission: Impossible 3.
But Grunberg will next be seen in a non-Abrams project, the new NBC fall show
Heroes, where he will be one of six ordinary citizens who find that they suddenly have superpowers (he can also be seen in Jason Bateman's failed show
The Jake Effect, which had a marathon on Bravo last night and can be seen on BrilliantButCanceled.com).
If I could have one superpower, it wouldn't be the ability to fly or super strength. I'd have to go with invisibility, because I have a dirty mind.
Posted Apr 26th 2006 12:41PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Cable
Ah, I see The Food Network
has crossed over to the dark side. Last night, I saw a promo for an upcoming special called,
Catering Impossible
M:i:III. Because there's just not enough Tom Cruise happening these days.
In case you're interested,
it's a behind-the-scenes look at how a team of cooks feeds an army of actors and production folk who make the movie. It
airs Saturday at 9 pm.
Posted Apr 24th 2006 8:14PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, OpEd, Syndicated, Celebrities
It's unfortunate what has happened to some
word these days. "Genius," and "cool" have all gotten twisted in the past couple of decades. Now add
to that list the word "exclusive."
You ever notice the tabloid shows (
ET,
Access
Hollywood,
The Insider,
Extra) will all say they have an "exclusive" interview with a
celeb, but then you turn on another show and they'll have an interview with the same celeb, often in the very same
chairs that the other interview had? What's up with that? Larry King does it a lot too. These shows honestly think that
just because they interview a celeb on their show at a certain time in a certain way, that this qualifies as an
"exclusive." Didn't exclusive once mean that no one else had the interview?
Continue reading What has happened to the word "exclusive?"
Posted Apr 14th 2006 5:11PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: ABC, Cable, Talent, Celebrities, South Park
ABC isn't saying what his response is,
but the network does confirm that Diane Sawyer will ask Tom Cruise about the
South Park controversy during
her interview tonight on a special
Primetime at 9pm. It is rumored that Cruise had an episode of the Comedy Central show pulled because of
references to Scientology.
Cruise is going on the show as part of his media barrage for the upcoming
Mission: Impossible III. Perhaps you've heard something about the film (of course, I joke but I'll be first in
line to see it).
[via
TV Tattle]
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