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Six hours into Kevin Costner’s unfussy and digestible Horizon: An American Saga, it does feel like some crucial oversights have been made. Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 2, which Costner shot back-to-back with Chapter 1 for a combined budget of $100 million, around $38M of came from Costner’s coffers, exists in...

There’s an enormous amount to describe, but very little to actually say about Kevin Costner’s bedraggled “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2,” the second of a planned four installments in his sprawling, multistranded Western, that plays, after the muted reception of “Chapter 1” in Cannes, out of competition on the final day of Venice. Doubling down on the first chapter’s intermittent triumphs but also on its grievous structural issues, it is an exercise in contradictions: incident-packed yet oddly sedate; replete with characters new and returning, yet largely lacking in compelling characterization; and, running to over three hours, simply too long a film to be so jarringly abrupt.

It’s hardly a surprise that it picks up where the last left off, given the last left off with, essentially, a preview-reel of part two. Viewers bewildered by that montage’s final image — a lingering close-up of a mustachioed Giovanni Ribisi,...

Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2 is the latest installment in writer-director-star Kevin Costner’s planned four-part film series, which opened in the U.S. this past July to many poor reviews, bemused viewer reaction and disappointing box office numbers.

This second three-hour tranche of Wild West-themed soap-operatic drama, premiering at Venice, has basically the same problems as its predecessor: too much setup and not enough payoff; jagged editing that only highlights the lack of harmony between its disparate narrative strands; and cliché-tinged production values that often make it feel corny and old-fashioned, and not in a good way. And that’s allowing for the assumption that it’s aimed at the geriatric market who loved Costner’s pseudo-revisionist Western blockbuster Dances With Wolves back in the day and his return turn to Western-adjacent form with recent TV hit Yellowstone.

And yet, despite all that, Chapter 2 proves to be more...

Here is when fans can expect a new episode of The Rookie to release on ABC.

The Rookie began airing back in 2018 and recently concluded its 10th episode of Season 6, putting into question whether or not Episode 11 will soon be released.

Episode 10 featured several key plot points. Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and Bailey (Jenna Dewan) decided to start a family, Chen (Jim Lau) and Bradford (Eric Winter) dealt with their complicated relationship, and the team took on a critical mission to stop Monica (Bridget Regan).

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Exclusive: The Bleav Podcast Network is launching the new dark comedy podcast The Bystanders starring Jane Lynch and Emmy and Tony Winner Kristin Chenoweth. It will also mark the first scripted podcast from Black Label Media. Heather Morris will also co-star and produce the show with Jaclyn Hales and Ash Lendzion writing, directing and producing the show.

The star-studded cast also includes Oscar Nunez, Ed Westwick, Ki Hong Lee, Michael Hitchcock, Karen Huie, Matt Mattson and Jim Lau.

The Bystanders is the twisted tale about a group of neighbors who witness one of their own get brutally murdered in the courtyard of their apartment complex and do absolutely nothing to stop it, or so we think. As the tenants become suspects themselves, the whodunnit will keep audiences guessing the identity of the real murderer until the very end.

The series also takes a closer look at The Bystander Effect, which...

Incomplete families, drug addiction, autism, immigration, homosexuality. Issues that already at the first glance make you take a deep breath individually. Yet, they happen in real life. Still, having them under a roof of a single film, you might think twice to hit the play button. Because you are well aware film is not real life. What works for one does not inevitable works for the other, each asks for a different sensitivity. “For Izzy” finds just the right balance in tackling an amalgam of matters that are just too real. Without pathos, big gestures, it offers a heart-warming story. It captivates with its well-paced calm, low-key stylistic touches, and fine choice of actors.

For Izzy is available from Raintrail Pictures

Dede (Michelle Ang) is an addict whose life takes an unexpected turn, when her mother (Elizabeth Sung) decides to set her onto a drug-free path. Little did they know...

Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS" premier episode 1 of season 13. The episode is entitled, "Stop The Bleeding," and it turns out that we're going to see some very intense and high drama stuff go down when Gibbs' life is in major danger after getting shot, and more! In the new, 1st episode press release: Gibbs Fights For His Life After Being Shot And Dinozzo Works With The Team To Take Down The Calling, On The 13th Season Premiere Of "NCIS." Press release number 2: Gibbs will fight for his life aboard a Navy hospital ship after being shot, while Dinozzo and Joanna Teague travel to Shanghai to try and take down the Calling, on the 13th season premiere of NCIS. Jon Cryer will begin a multi-episode arc as Gibbs' surgeon, Dr. Cyril Taft. Mimi Rogers returns as CIA Officer Joanna Teague. Guest stars feature: Jon Cryer (Dr.