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In Episode 512 of Something New a musical theatre podcast, composer and host Joel B. New sat down with Broadway performer Stanley Martin.Martin has been performing professionally since the age of 10. He is currently in, as well as an original cast member of, the hit Broadway musical, Aladdin. His newest cabaret, 'Smoke and Mirrors,' is a retrospective of his 20 years in show business, with the help of his family and friends navigating through all the highs and lows.

Imagine Dragons’ latest album Evolve has no demons to hide — because frontman Dan Reynolds took a very “colorful” approach this time around.

“This record is very colorful,” he told People during the band’s concert live stream at YouTube Space in Los Angeles on Tuesday to promote their new album Evolve and upcoming tour. “Lyrically, I was in a really healthy headspace writing it, and then sonically we wrote from a more minimalistic approach.”

“I think this record was written after we had taken our first break as a band,” he continues. “I think that’s significant because during that...

Now that the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 press tour is officially in full swing, not a day goes by without some form of Marvel-related nugget finding its way online. Non-disclosure agreements have and always will limit the flow of information – and rightfully so, lest the entire McU timeline get spoiled ahead of time – but beneath the throwaway rumors and offhand speculation, we’ve discovered that Marvel has carved out a four-year gap between Guardians 2 and Avengers: Infinity War, and that Chris Pratt is game to play Star-Lord for as long as the McU permits.

Perhaps the one tidbit to steal the headlines, though, was in relation to Avengers 4, after Zoe Saldana seemingly let slip that the 2019 sequel will arrive bearing the title Infinity Gauntlet.

Marvel has always been cagey about the true title of Avengers 4, claiming that it contains a spoiler for Infinity War and, by effect, everything that has come before.

Kirsten Howard Mar 31, 2017

From The Shining to I Origins, these are just some of the worst offenders when it comes to moving between floors...

This article contains spoilers for just about every film on its list.

I don’t know when it started exactly.

When I was very young, it was fine. I maybe even enjoyed getting on an elevator and being whisked off, but somewhere in the timeline of my life, something changed. I began to dread stepping onto one. My heart would pound, a cold sweat would creep down my neck and my breath would quicken.

“What’s wrong?” a bemused acquaintance would ask as we were about to embark.

“Oh! Nothing, really,” I’d respond as casually as I could for someone suddenly about to lose control of their bowels. “I just thought I might take the stairs. Bit of exercise, you know.”

“But it…it’s 18 flights,...

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– The Spanish Film Academy’s annual Goyas — think Oscars, Spain style — fell in love with Juan Antonio Bayona’s “A Monster Calls,” which walked away from this week’s ceremony with a massive nine awards. Although it missed out on Best Film to “Fury of Patient Man,” Bayona picked up Best Director and the film was showered with a slew of below the line nods. Check out the full list of winners below.

Film

“Fury of a Patient Man”

Director

J.A. Bayona for “A Monster Calls”

New Director

Raul Arevalo for “Fury of a Patient Man”

Original Screenplay

David Pulido, Raul Arevalo for “Fury of a Patient Man”

Adapted Screenplay

Alberto Rodriguez, Rafael Cobos for “Smoke and Mirrors”

Original Score

Fernando Velazquez for “A Monster Calls”

Original Song

“Ai, Ai, Ai” by Silvia Perez Cruz for...

Wells Adams isn't holding back his thoughts on the Bachelor world.

Adams, who competed for JoJo Fletcher's heart on last season of The Bachelorette, was a guest on Vinny Ventiera's Wrong Reasons podcast on Thursday, when he was asked about fan favorite Rachel Lindsay possibly becoming the next Bachelorette.

However, Adams wasn't convinced that the gorgeous lawyer from Dallas, Texas, will be next season's star. He cited producers ultimately choosing JoJo Fletcher to be the season 12 Bachelorette instead of Caila Quinn, who's half Filipino.

Watch: Exclusive: 'Bachelor' Nick Viall Reveals Whether He's Falling in Love on Romantic One-on-One Date With Rachel

"Remember, we all thought it was Caila, and that was exactly what they were trying to do -- that was diversity being the forefront," Adams said. "And then they kind of took stock of how America felt about it, they kind of leaked that information, and they realized, America wasn't...

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In 1932’s Chandu The Magician, Edmund Lowe plays the titular wizard. What famous boogie man plays his adversary?

Bela Lugosi Boris Karloff Peter Lorre Correct

Lugosi is a lot of fun but the real star of this movie is director William Cameron Menzies whose distinctive visual style graces every scene.

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The Guild announced on Thursday nominations for the 21st Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards across a multitude of categories covering features, TV, commercials and music videos.

Among the film nominees were Café Society, Manchester By The Sea, Hell Or High Water and Arrival.

TV nominees encompass Game Of Thrones, The Night of and Silicon Valley, while Beyonce’s Lemonade visual extravaganza is a heavy-hitter in the music videos section.

The awards show is set for February 11 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.

Excellence In Production Design For A Feature FilmPERIOD Film

Café Society, Santo Loquasto

Fences, David Gropman

Hacksaw Ridge, Barry Robison

Hail, Caesar!, Jess Gonchor

Hidden Figures, Wynn Thomas

Jackie, Jean Rabasse

Fantasy Film

Arrival, Patrice Vermette

Doctor Strange, Charles Wood

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Stuart Craig

Passengers, Guy Hendrix Dyas

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Doug Chiang, Neil Lamont

Contemporary Film

Hell Or High Water, Tom Duffield

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The Art Directors Guild has announced the nominees for this year’s Adg Excellence in Production Design Awards, with “Jackie,” “La La Land” and more among the contenders. Adg’s awards are different from most others, as it has categories for Period, Fantasy and Contemporary Films; this has led to a wide array of winners in recent years, including the likes of “Her” and “Guardians of the Galaxy.” This year’s ceremony, the 21st, will take place in Hollywood on Saturday, February 11. Full list of nominees below.

Read More: Writers Guild Awards Nominations: ‘Moonlight,’ ‘Arrival,’ ‘Manchester by the Sea’ and More

Period Film

“Cafe Society” (Production Designer: Santo Loquasto)

“Fences” (Production Designer: David Gropman )

“Hacksaw Ridge” (Production Designer: Barry Robinson)

“Hail, Caesar!” (Production Designer: Jess Gonchor)

“Jackie” (Production Designer: Jean Rabasse)

Fantasy Film

“Arrival” (Production Designer: Patrice Vermette)

“Doctor Strange” (Production Designer: Charles Wood)

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them...

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– Director Juan Antonio Bayona’s “A Monster Calls” will enter Spain’s annual Goya Awards on February 4, 2017 with more nominations than any other film. The fantasy-drama is nominated in 12 of the 28 categories, beating out Alberto Rodriguez’s “Smoke and Mirrors” and Raul Arevalo’s “The Fury of a Patient Man,” each of which received 11 nominations. Both films will compete with “A Monster Calls” in the best film category, as will Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta.”

Read More: Awards Roundup: Megan Ellison to Receive PGA Visionary Award, Guillermo del Toro Honored and More

“A Monster Calls” is “a visually spectacular drama based on the award-winning children’s fantasy novel. 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage,...

Pedro Almodovar’s Julieta and Juan Antonio Bayona’s A Monster Calls will compete at the Goya Awards ceremony on Feb. 4 in what could turn out to be a face-off between a unique historic talent and Spain’s newest wonderkid with an special eye for fantasy.

Almodovar and Bayona will vie with Alberto Rodriguez’s Smoke and Mirrors, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s May God Save Us and Raul Arevalo’s The Fury of a Patient Man for the best film award, with all but Arevalo repeating in the top director category. Arevalo will make a run for the new director award with his helming...

Bayona’s film scoops 12 nods, followed closely by ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ and ‘The Fury Of A Patient Man’.

The 2017 Goya award nominations were announced in Madrid today (December 14) by actors Natalia de Molina and Javier Cámara, Goya winners last year with Food And Shelter and Truman respectively. The ceremony for the 31st edition of the awards will be held on February 4.

J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls, which tops the box office so far in Spain this year with $27.6m (€25.9m), leads the nominations with 12 nods including best film, best director for Bayona, best adapted screenplay (for Patrick Ness who wrote the adaptation of his own novel), best supporting actress for Sigourney Weaver, best music, best cinematography, best production design and art direction. Bayona is currently in Hawaii preparing Jurassic World 2.

Two thrillers, a popular genre in Spanish cinema, scored 11 each. Smoke And Mirrors, by Alberto Rodríguez, big winner at the 2015 edition of the Goyas with Marshland...

From the movie review site The GoodTheBadandTheUgly.Ca, take a look @ "the good, the bad and the ugly" in director Scott Derrickson's Marvel Studios' feature "Doctor Strange", starring Benedict Cumberbatch:

Michael Stevens/SneakPeek.Ca For The Good

"'By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth', as an early fan of "Marvel Comics' 'Strange Tales", I was more than willing to 'open my mind to the endless impossibilities' of the IMAX 3D world of 'Doctor Strange'.

"...immediately entranced  by the M.C. Escher-like VFX, complete with loopy, angled landscapes and bending skylines...

"...amused by droll Benedict Cumberbatch as 'Stephen Strange'...

"...chilled by madman Mads Mikkelsen as 'Kaecilius'...

"...and enlightened by the radiant Tilda Swinton as 'The Ancient One'.

"'By The Shades Of The Seraphim', I also enjoyed the sentient 'Cloak Of Levitation'...

"...and all of the hand-waving, finger-gesturing flourishes...

"...reminding me of the mystical energy in John Carpenter...

Presented by Deadhouse Films, The 10th annual A Night of Horror International Film Festival, and Fantastic Planet: Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival, screen simultaneously at Dendy Cinemas Newtown from November 24 to December 4, 2016. Says festival director Dean Bertram:

The 10th annual festival is going to be our biggest event yet. Featuring over 100 films, several international filmmaker guests, multiple parties and a horror filmmaking master class; Sydney’s genre fans and filmmaking community are going to be treated to eleven days of the best and freshest horror, sci-fi, and fantasy from around the globe.

The festival opens on Thursday November 24, with the Australian premiere of the international festival hit Peelers, plus a Q&A with special international guest: Canadian director Sevé Schelenz. And in keeping with the spirit of the bloody hilarious film, the screening will be followed by a “zombie and strippers” themed after party.

The closing night film,...

I Am Not Madame Bovary

Feng Xiaogang's I Am Not Madame Bovary won the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The film about a woman who takes on the Chinese legal system also saw star Fan Bingbing named best actress.

It was a good night for Asian directors, as Korean filmmaker Hang Sang-soo took home the Silver Shell for Best Director for his romantic comedy about a jealous painter Yourself And Yours.

There were also prizes for homegrown talent, as Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen won the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay for tense Spanish thriller May God Save Us (Que Dios Nos Perdone) and veteran Spanish star Eduard Fernández was named best actor for Smoke And Mirrors (El Hombre De Las Mil Caras).

Pepe San Martin's Lgbt family drama Rara won the Horizontes Award, while the New Directors prize went to Sofia Exarchou for Park about teenagers,...

Debuts The Winter and The Giant, share the special jury prize; Hong Sang-soo wins Silver Shell for best director.

The San Sebastián International Film Festival (Sept 16-24) awards ceremony had a marked Asian flavour last night [24].

Feng Xiaogang’s I Am Not Madame Bovary - the social satire about a woman seeking to restore honour after a bitter divorce - won the Golden Shell for best film at the 64th edition of the festival.

I Am Not Madame Bovary, which had previously won the fipresci prize in Toronto, also earned Chinese star Fan Bingbing the Silver Shell in San Sebastián for best actress.

South Korea’s director Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Shell for best director for the love story Yourself And Yours.

The Special Jury Prize was shared between the Argentinian-French coproduction The Winter, a contemporary western set in a remote area in Patagonia by first time director Emiliano Torres, and the Swedish-Danish...

Smoke and mirrors. That’s the tactic that has been employed by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and the creative team at FX ahead of American Horror Story season 6.

With little under a month to go until the show’s much-anticipated return to the airwaves, Murphy and Co. have remained mum on the characters and setting featured in the imminent sixth season. Don’t bank your hopes on those unnerving teasers, after FX revealed many of them to be total misdirects. Whether today’s snippet falls into that camp will be told in time, but the most prominent theory pins American Horror Story S6 in the year 1590, where the upcoming batch of episodes will seemingly explore the confounding mystery behind the Roanoke Colony.

The jury’s still out on that one, though. On the topic of toying with expectations, FX CEO John Landgraf stated recently that,

“They made many more trailers...

Three Spanish titles will compete for this year’s Golden Shell.Scroll down for full line-up

This 64th San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 16-24) has revealed the line-up of Spanish titles that will play across its sections.

There will be a total of 15 Spanish-produced films on show, including four shorts.

Competing for the Golden Shell – the festival’s top prize – will be Alberto Rodríguez’s El Hombre De Las Mil Caras (Smoke And Mirrors), Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Que Dios Nos Perdone (May God Save Us) and Jonás Trueba’s La Reconquista (The Reconquest), all of which are world premieres.

Goya Award-winning director Alberto Rodríguez is nominated for his third Golden Shell following 2014’s Marshland and 2005’s 7 Virgins. El Hombre De Las Mil Caras (Smoke And Mirrors) [pictured top] tells the story of spy Fransisco Paesa.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen presents his third feature Que Dios Nos Perdone (May God Save Us) – following 2013’s Goya-nominated Stockholm – which tells the story of a detective...

Three Spanish titles will compete for this year’s Golden Shell.Scroll down for full line-up

This 64th San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 16-24) has revealed the line-up of Spanish titles that will play across its sections.

There will be a total of 15 Spanish-produced films on show, including four shorts.

Competing for the Golden Shell – the festival’s top prize – will be Alberto Rodríguez’s El Hombre De Las Mil Caras (Smoke And Mirrors), Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Que Dios Nos Perdone (May God Save Us) and Jonás Trueba’s La Reconquista (The Reconquest), all of which are world premieres.

Goya Award-winning director Alberto Rodríguez is nominated for his third Golden Shell following 2014’s Marshland and 2005’s 7 Virgins. El Hombre De Las Mil Caras (Smoke And Mirrors) [pictured top] tells the story of spy Fransisco Paesa.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen presents his third feature Que Dios Nos Perdone (May God Save Us) – following 2013’s Goya-nominated Stockholm – which tells the story of a detective...

This summer marks the 20th Anniversary of the hit blockbuster Independence Day, which turned Will Smith into a massive superstar overnight. It became the first movie ever to gross more than $500 million worldwide, and, naturally, after that movie started raking it in at the box office, everyone wanted Will Smith in their movies. Over the next few years, Will Smith would go on to star in hits such as Men in Black and Enemy of the State, but the actor recently addressed one of his missteps, the 1999 Western action adaptation of the Wild Wild West TV show which brought in some sci-fi elemenst to boot.

Wild Wild West wasn't an absolute bomb in theaters, but it still came in far below the rest of his hits over the late 1990s. Wild Wild West took in $113.4 million domestically and $222.1 million worldwide, from a hefty $170 million budget back in 1999. Will Smith starred...

Did you pay good money from your weekend job at Jamba Juice to see the universally-loathed 1999 adaptation of Wild Wild West, which one contemporary critic called “extremely stupid and incompetent” and another deemed a “colossal waste of talent”? If the answer is “yes,” then Will Smith is very, very sorry about that. In a roundup of the actor’s Tuesday talk at the Cannes Lions marketing conference (a.k.a. “the only truly global meeting-place for branded communications professionals to connect, share and discover,” whew!), THR reports that Smith “repeatedly brought up 1999's Wild Wild West as a personal low point,” and they aren’t kidding. Though the superstar has been involved in other notable stinkers such as The Legend of Bagger Vance and After Earth, he clearly holds a special place of unquenchable scorn in his heart for the millennial stinker, which saw him starring opposite such other slumming talents as Kevin Kline,...

Among the most anticipated Spanish productions of the year are a Paleolithic period drama, the new Almodovar and a regal role for Penelope Cruz.A Monster Calls

Dir Ja Bayona

A Monster Calls completes Bayona’s trilogy exploring motherhood, after The Orphanage and The Impossible. Patrick Ness has adapted his novel about a boy who seeks refuge in a fantasy world. The English-language film, which shot in Spain and the UK, stars Liam Neeson. It is a Spain-us co-production between Apaches Entertainment with Telecinco Cinema, Peliculas La Trini, Participant Media, River Road Entertainment and Lionsgate. Set for release in the autumn, it will be distributed in Spain by Universal Pictures International, in the Us by Focus and in the UK via eOne.

Contact Lionsgate International: www.lionsgate.com

Abracadabra

Dir Pablo Berger

Berger’s follow-up to Blancanieves again stars Maribel Verdu, this time as a housewife determined to fight the spirit possessing her husband. Set to shoot...

Now You See Me was certainly an interesting movie, and much of it was entertaining, but the idea of a sequel isn’t something that is born out of the original films story. No, it’s a film for which a sequel makes no sense, because actually the film ultimately makes no sense, but it’s also a film that made well over $300 million on an approximately $70 million budget.

The first part of the film has a lot of things going for it, including simply the fact that it took a lot of notes from some of the better television efforts of recent years. The second part of the film may as well have been written by another person, who wasn’t absolutely sure what happened in the first part. Abandoning the general setup of what might happen if magicians used their abilities for more than just performing on stage,...

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If Agent Carter isn't renewed for season 3, at least the season 2 finale provides a satisfying ending...

This review contains spoilers.

2.10 Hollywood Ending

Well, it’s fair to say that didn’t disappoint. It’s safe to say I didn’t get everything I wanted – Dottie to come back, for instance – but other than that it’s hard to be upset about anything in this episode. This series has really been more about the characters than the plot, and pretty much everyone’s been through the wringer by the time the episode ends. Predictably, not everyone survived, but it’s safe to say that the death wasn’t at all expected.

But first things first. If anyone’s fate bothers me here, it’s Jason Wilkes’. Whether or not we believe that he was being influenced by Zero Matter (and the show never quite convinced me he was...

Face Off Season 10 episode 8 has the artists dealing with Smoke & Mirrors. The artists have to turn their beautifully made up model queens/sorceresses into the ‘true’ evil version of herself. They get several styles of witches to choose from. Here’s who the artists selected: Rob – Dragon Queen Walter – Emerald Empress Robert – The Sea Witch (although he names her Darkness of the Sea in Latin) Melissa – Wiccan of the Woods Anna – The Shadow Enchantress Mel – The Temptress of Flame Yvonne – The Corpse Conjurer This week Rob is having a freakout, questioning all … Continue reading →

The post Face Off Season 10 episode 8 recap: Smoke and Mirrors appeared first on Channel Guide Magazine.

Channel Guide Magazine has received another exclusive preview clip of this week’s episode of Face Off. This week’s episode is Smoke and Mirrors: Inspired by fairy tales, the artists must transform beautiful models into their ancient, evil selves revealed against a magic mirror. In this clip, Rob is struggling with his face sculpt. His character is female and he thinks his sculpture is reading too male. He calls on Anna and Mel for help. Where on some other reality shows, this might spark a passive-aggressive reaction either in the workroom or in snarky confessional commentary. But not here. Mel & … Continue reading →

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Agent Carter season 2 has so far delivered nine straight episodes of top-quality TV. Can its finale continue that winning streak?

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2.8 The Edge Of Mystery & 2.9 A Little Song And Dance

In another double-length instalment ahead of the upcoming (single-episode) finale, Agent Carter continues its unbroken run of greatness. Which makes it all the more galling that the only reason they’re pumping these episodes out so quickly is because the ratings are in the toilet. It’s no wonder people have a low opinion of network television when smart, original work like Agent Carter can’t get people interested (I dare not even look at how well Supergirl is or isn’t doing).

The latter of the two episodes was a particular rollercoaster, opening with a frankly exquisite musical number that had virtually no reason to exist and was therefore the best thing they...

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Agent Carter continues to shine in season two. It's just a shame that ABC is burning through its episodes two-a-week...

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2.6 Life Of The Party & 2.7 Monsters

Well, after wondering where Dottie was last episode, this pair of episodes brought her right back to the forefront of the series in a big way, and it was everything I dreamed. Her gloriously sadistic, sarcastic outlook contrasts brilliantly with the chipper, moralising Brits in the cast and the predatory vibe she gives off towards Peggy in particular could not be more glorious. Forget the increasingly uninteresting Sousa/Peggy/Wilkes love triangle, I’m far more interested in a Dottie/Peggy/Jarvis thing.

At least Wilkes finally grew some personality this week. After spending the entire run of the series grinning dimly at Peggy the writers finally gave him a chance to wrestle with the enormity of his...

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Even if its plot stopped moving altogether, hanging out with Agent Carter's hugely fun characters would be attraction enough...

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2.5 The Atomic Job

Everyone loves a heist, and that goes double for the Marvel Universe. Agent Carter’s might not quite be on the scale of Ant-Man’s (in more ways than one) but with a pair of atomic bombs at the heart of it, you can’t argue that it’s not high stakes.

More than any other week, this one shows that the ensemble cast of Agent Carter is one of its biggest strengths. Adding new field agents in the form of Rose and Samberly – unconventional though they are – simply added to the amazing screwball tone the series has been nailing since its return. It worked because they weren’t just there for the ride – they had their own jokes and dynamic as well.

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Agent Carter season 2 explores Peggy and Whitney Frost's backstories in Smoke And Mirrors...

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2.4 Smoke And Mirrors

If there’s anything positive to say about Agent Carter’s reduced series-length compared to most Marvel properties, it’s that it doesn’t hang about. Last season had nothing even approaching filler, and this one is galloping along just as satisfyingly.

If anything, a little more time to build up the Arena Club might’ve made it more satisfying when they blew the lid off the conspiracy (sorta) but beyond that it’s hard to complain. Effectively having Carter shut out of the Ssr (again) could seem repetitive, were it not for the fact that this time she has a network of allies inside the organisation too.

Beyond that, this episode’s exploration of Peggy’s backstory is both long-overdue and entirely welcome, not to mention smartly deployed within the episode.

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Agent Carter season 2 explores Peggy and Whitney Frost's backstories in Smoke And Mirrors...

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2.4 Smoke And Mirrors

If there’s anything positive to say about Agent Carter’s reduced series-length compared to most Marvel properties, it’s that it doesn’t hang about. Last season had nothing even approaching filler, and this one is galloping along just as satisfyingly.

If anything, a little more time to build up the Arena Club might’ve made it more satisfying when they blew the lid off the conspiracy (sorta) but beyond that it’s hard to complain. Effectively having Carter shut out of the Ssr (again) could seem repetitive, were it not for the fact that this time she has a network of allies inside the organisation too.

Beyond that, this episode’s exploration of Peggy’s backstory is both long-overdue and entirely welcome, not to mention smartly deployed within the episode.

This Tuesday on Marvel’s Agent Carter, the ABC drama shed a great deal of light on its titular hero’s pre-Steve Rogers life, while underscore in the present what a savvy spy she went on to become.

RelatedHayley Atwell on Agent Carter‘s ‘Fascinating’ New Foe, Jarvis Face-Off, What Sousa and Wilkes Share With Cap

In flashbacks that were sprinkled throughout the hour, we successively glimpsed Margaret aka Peggy as a rugrat who was a bit too rough-and-tumble for her momma’s liking, then as a young bride-to-be whose engagement news immediately prefaced an invitation to join...

This episode of Agent Carter, "Smoke and Mirrors," gives us a glimpse into Peggy and Whitney's completely different histories and how they became who they are today. While Peggy starts down the path the world expects of her, she ultimately makes the decision to change course and become a spy. Whitney, though, basically has the opposite life. She was a strong-willed, smart kid. But soon her mom tells her that only looks matter and she goes on to become the Hollywood star the world knows. Of course, she ultimately becomes a great actress, playing Calvin and everyone else to her own advantage.

Agent Peggy Carter Goes Head To Head With Whitney Frost, On "Marvel's Agent Carter" On ABC "Smoke and Mirrors" - Agent Carter and the Ssr learn there's more than just a pretty face behind Hollywood star Whitney Frost, Peggy's most dangerous foe yet, on "Marvel's Agent Carter," Tuesday, February 2 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Est) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agent Carter" stars Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter, James D'Arcy as Edwin Jarvis, Enver Gjokaj as Chief Daniel Sousa, Wynn Everett as Whitney Frost, Reggie Austin as Jason Wilkes, and Chad Michael Murray as Chief Jack Thompson. Guest starring are Currie Graham as Calvin Chadwick, Kurtwood Smith as Vernon Masters, Chris Browning as Rufus Hunt, Carole Ruggier as Mrs. Carter, Gabriella Graves as young Peggy Carter, Webb Baker Hayes as young Michael Carter, Ivy George as young Agnes Cully, Olivia Welch as teen Agnes Cully, Samaire Armstrong as Wilma Cully,...

Take a look @ new promo footage, plus images from the next episode of "Marvel's Agent Carter" titled "Smoke and Mirrors", featuring the return of Hollywood actress 'Whitney Frost' (Wynn Everett), written by Sue Chung and directed by David Platt, airing February 2, 2016 on ABC:

"...'Agent Carter' and the 'Ssr' learn there's more than just a pretty face behind Hollywood star 'Whitney Frost', Peggy's most dangerous foe..."

"Marvel's Agent Carter" stars Hayley Atwell as 'Agent Peggy Carter', James D'Arcy as 'Edwin Jarvis', Enver Gjokaj as 'Chief Daniel Sousa', Everett as 'Whitney Frost', Reggie Austin as 'Jason Wilkes' and Chad Michael Murray as 'Chief Jack Thompson'.

Episode guest stars include Currie Graham, Kurtwood Smith, Chris Browning, Carole Ruggier, Gabriella Graves, Webb Baker Hayes, Ivy George, Samaire Armstrong, Chris Mulkey, Max Brown, Christopher Grove, Catriona Toop, Jennifer Neala Page, Kevin Changaris, Jonathan Lavallee, Andrew Carter, Khalilah Joi and Tamika Katon-Donegal.

Agent Peggy Carter Goes Head To Head With Whitney Frost, On "Marvel's Agent Carter" On ABC "Smoke and Mirrors" - Agent Carter and the Ssr learn there's more than just a pretty face behind Hollywood star Whitney Frost, Peggy's most dangerous foe yet, on "Marvel's Agent Carter," Tuesday, February 2 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Est) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agent Carter" stars Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter, James D'Arcy as Edwin Jarvis, Enver Gjokaj as Chief Daniel Sousa, Wynn Everett as Whitney Frost, Reggie Austin as Jason Wilkes, and Chad Michael Murray as Chief Jack Thompson. Guest starring are Currie Graham as Calvin Chadwick, Kurtwood Smith as Vernon Masters, Chris Browning as Rufus Hunt, Carole Ruggier as Mrs. Carter, Gabriella Graves as young Peggy Carter, Webb Baker Hayes as young Michael Carter, Ivy George as young Agnes Cully, Olivia Welch as teen Agnes Cully, Samaire Armstrong as Wilma Cully,...

  Agent Peggy Carter Goes Head To Head With Whitney Frost, On "Marvel's Agent Carter" On ABC "Smoke and Mirrors" - Agent Carter and the Ssr learn there's more than just a pretty face behind Hollywood star Whitney Frost, Peggy's most dangerous foe yet, on "Marvel's Agent Carter," Tuesday, February 2 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Est) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agent Carter" stars Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter, James D'Arcy as Edwin Jarvis, Enver Gjokaj as Chief Daniel Sousa, Wynn Everett as Whitney Frost, Reggie Austin as Jason Wilkes, and Chad Michael Murray as Chief Jack Thompson. Guest starring are Currie Graham as Calvin Chadwick, Kurtwood Smith as Vernon Masters, Chris Browning as Rufus Hunt, Carole Ruggier as Mrs. Carter, Gabriella Graves as young Peggy Carter, Webb Baker Hayes as young Michael Carter, Ivy George as young Agnes Cully, Olivia Welch as teen Agnes Cully, Samaire Armstrong as Wilma Cully,...

Box office juggernaut and record breaker Star Wars: The Force Awakens is reviewed by the fine folks at The Walking Dead 'Cast, and we have the SoundCloud audio below. Also: details on The Exorcist enamel pin from Cavity Colors as well as info on the graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Troll Bridge.

The Walking Dead 'Cast on The Force Awakens: From The Walking Dead 'Cast: "Here it is, our look at the long-awaited Star Wars Episode VII, with Jason, Karen, and guests David and Mr. Blahg. The dark side and the light side are definitely represented in our comprehensive and passionately stated review. Hope you enjoy!"

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Cavity Colors' The Exorcist Pin: "'I'm The Devil' Enamel Pin

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The company will follow up its box-office hit Marshland with the $1.9m production.

Seville-based outfit La Zanfona Producciones is set to produce a futuristic film called Shadow Inside (La Sombra Adentro) and a comedy titled Mi Cadida Cofradia, following the success of Alberto Rodriguez’s thriller Marshland, which took close to $10m in Spain last year and has sold well internationally.

Shadow Inside will be set in 2024 and tell the story of six soldiers who survive a Civil War in Spain and escape to a small village where strange things start to happen.

It will be the feature directing debut of Seville-based director David Sainz, who achieved a cult following with his web series Malviviendo and TV movie Obra 67. Sainz’s company Diffferent (sic) Entertainment will co-produce.

“We are looking to shoot Shadow Inside next year in Seville and the budget will be €1.8m [$1.9m] euros,” Gervasio Iglesias, head of La Zanfona, told ScreenDaily...

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Sky Arts has earned some nerdy respect by green-lighting a series inspired by Neil Gaiman’s short stories…

Here’s some exciting news. Sky Arts have ordered Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, a new TV series based on “the fantastical short stories from the pen of Neil Gaiman.”

We’re told that the anthology series will consist of four episodes, with an ensemble cast that appears in all of them. Exactly which Gaiman stories the show will adapt remain to be seen. There are plenty to choose from, though, across Gaiman’s four volumes of short stores - Angels And Visitations, Smoke And Mirrors, Fragile Things and Trigger Warning. One story that’s probably off the table is How To Talk To Girls At Parties – that one’s already in production as a movie.

We do know that independent production company Sid Gentle Films will produce the episodes,...

Two weeks ago, I posted an item about the trailer for Atlanta based filmmaker Artemus Jenkins' ("P.O.P.," "Smoke and Mirrors") new upcoming documentary, "If You Know the Words, Feel Free." The film was shot during "Afropunk" week in Atlanta, and the filmmaker says he made it to "highlight a group of people, artists and creatives inhabiting Atlanta, all hoping to find and define our success and legacy, ranging from painters and graphic designers to musicians and authors." However, what was planned to be a simple film "then... kinda turned into something else." Jenkins went deeper saying that his new film "deals with life and...

Atlanta based filmmaker Artemus Jenkins, whose previous works include the web series documentary "P.O.P." about the women who work in an Atlanta strip club, and his relationship dramedy "Smoke and Mirrors," has a new and decidedly different project coming soon - a documentary entitled "If you Know the Words Feel Free". Interestingly, the film was not originally conceived as a documentary but, according to the filmmaker himself, was first designed as a series of five minute short films intended to highlight some of the Atlanta creative artists during Afropunk week in the city, but "then it kinda turned into something else". After several days of...

Prior to the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron earlier this year, both Idris Elba and Tom Hiddleston were primed to play a part in Joss Whedon’s sequel in some shape or form, and it was only when the blockbuster sequel released in May that it was revealed to be within Thor’s nightmarish dream sequence. How and ever, as it turns out, the latter actor – who plays fan-favorite villain Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – was conspicuously absent from the final cut released in theaters and now Hiddleston has spilled the beans on Marvel’s decision to axe him from the scene.

Per Digital Spy, the Crimson Peak star touched upon his powerful role as the God of Mischief, and why it was ultimately the test audiences that sealed the studio’s decision to remove Hiddleston’s Loki from Age of Ultron entirely.

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Just yesterday, Entertainment Weekly lifted the lid on Disney’s long-rumored sequel to Mary Poppins, and already we have news of the actresses that have landed high on the company’s wishlist for the coveted title role. While bookmakers lobbied for the likes of Anne Hathaway, Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep and even Into the Woods alum Anna Kendrick, Den of Geek reports that it is Emily Blunt emerging as an early frontrunner for the part.

The House of Mouse is yet to release anything official, so it’s unclear how far along these talks are – if at all – though with Chicago‘s Rob Marshall already installed as director, the company is beginning to fast-track its musical follow-up to the 1964 classic. As a matter of fact, Marshall has already drafted in regular cohorts to help bring the adorned work of Pl Travers to a new generation, in a tale that would involve the titular,...

Short stories often make the best source material for feature films. They offer pitches with a gem of a concept that can be expanded into a more complex story. Fans of the original short story aren’t as prone to get pissed at changes from the book as fans of novels since they can acknowledge that there naturally are alterations when expanding a short story. Glaring omissions due to time constraints aren’t likely to be a problem like they are when adapting 500-page books to two-hour movies. “Brokeback Mountain,” “The Fly,” “Children of the Corn,” “The Absent-Minded Professor,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Total Recall” (and a slew of other Philip K. Dick sci-fi imaginings) started out as short stories. Neil Gaiman’s uniquely enchanting, haunting imagination has inspired a handful of film adaptations, including stop-motion movie “Coraline” and the far-too-much-fun “Stardust,” which starred Robert De Niro and a pre-“Daredevil” Charlie Cox.

Now that season two of the relationship comedy/drama :Smoke and Mirrors: is well on its way, new episodes are coming out on a regular basis, once a week. Created by Artemus Jenkins and writer and director KarynRose Bruyning, the series takes a decidedly off center look at modern romance. The just released Episode 4, according to Jenkins, "follows up from the developments of last season, in which Laloni told Dixon, 'It's always about you,' which may be true. It might be so true that he neglected to learn about Laloni's past. When faced with Laloni's life before him, Dixon has zero chill!” And remember, the creators will be offering two options for viewing this season. The series will...

Now that season two of the relationship comedy/drama Smoke and Mirrors is well on its way, new episodes are beginning to come out on a regular basis. Created by Artemus Jenkins and writer and director KarynRose Bruyning, the series takes a decidedly off center look at modern romance. In the just released Episode 3 “if love is a battlefield, exes are landmines and Dixon seems to always be on the verge of getting blown up. When Laloni and Kia cross paths, will Dixon make it out alive?” In addition, as I have mentioned before, the creators will be offering two options for viewing this season. The series will still continue on YouTube, but they will also be making the...

Atlanta-based filmmaker Artemus Jenkins and writer and director KarynRose Bruyning together have created and star in the web dramedy series "Smoke and Mirrors," which deals with relationships, and all things, small and big, that either makes them work or don’t. After a successful first season of the series, they have been, for the past year, working on season two, of which the first two episodes are now online. In episode one “in the midst of figuring out love, Dixon's got to figure out work. Once booming, business has slowed down and now Dixon's got to find a new source of inspiration." Meanwhile in episode two, “sometimes in love, you're going to...

I admit that I really like the work of Atlanta-based filmmaker Artemus Jenkins and writer and director KarynRose Bruyning. They have a laid back, sort of off-center, quirky style to their work. Nothing is over the top or in your face. It doesn’t “come to you”, you have to come to it. And either you get into their own particular vibe, or you don’t. And together they have created and star in the web dramedy series "Smoke and Mirrors," which dealt with relationships, and all things, small and big, that either makes them work or don’t. Now with season 2 about to begin on July 15th, they’re keeping the plot details a secret for now, except to say that they “don’t want to...

Teen Wolf season 5 is in a chaotic hurry to get plenty of things happening at once, which is fine by our reviewer...

This review contains spoilers.

5.1 Creatures Of The Night

The promise was that the awakening of the Nemeton in season three would serve as a beacon to supernatural creatures, with Scott's own reputation as a True Alpha only adding to the appeal of Beacon Hills. We've seen a lot of monsters come out of the woodwork since then, and a lot of new creatures added to the Teen Wolf mythology in the process. It's been an interesting experience, both for Scott and for the viewers at home, because we've been thrown a lot of new creatures in a short time without a ton of introduction.

That trend continues in the fifth season opener. There's plenty of cast turnover behind the scenes; Coach isn't returning for the fifth season, thanks...