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This directorial debut of the Crazy Stupid Love writer is the cliched yet irresistible tale of a washed-up singer trying to win back his long-abandoned family – and cop off with Annette Bening

“How do you think the movie playing out in your head is going to end?” asks Tom Donnelly, an abandoned son, to his ageing, rock-star father. It’s a gutsy moment for a film like Danny Collins, a film that, let’s face it, is wall-to-wall cliché. But there’s the old expression: it’s the singer, not the song. And Danny Collins the film, as well as Danny Collins the character, proves it to be true. There’s nothing resembling a surprise in this movie, but its simple tune works due to the quality of the performances.

Tom (Bobby Cannavale), the working-class father with a troubled daughter, pregnant wife and rare form of leukaemia, steals every scene he’s in,...

Bobby Cannavale (.Chef,. .Nurse Jackie,. .Boardwalk Empire.) is great in the new movie .Danny Collins.. He plays Tom Donnelly, the estranged son of Al Pacino.s character. In this interview, we talked about his interest in doing .Danny Collins,. working with Pacino (they worked together in Broadway before for .Glengarry Glen Ross. where Cannavale played the part Pacino played in the film version), and achieving an affecting chemistry with his on-screen wife played by Jennifer Garner.

Acting as something of a spiritual predecessor of 2012’s bike thriller Premium Rush, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon, Thomas Michael Donnelly’s 1986 film Quicksilver has a few similarities but ultimately suffers in comparison. Kevin Bacon gives the lead role his all as a Wall Street investor turned bike messenger after losing every cent in a single bad day on the trading floor, and the rest of the cast holds up their end too. Quicksilver’s problem isn’t the actors playing the parts, it’s the fact that the parts seem jammed into a story that stops and starts and veers all over the board as it struggles to choose what to do with itself as it lurches towards the final showdown between a crazed criminal in a car and Kevin Bacon pedaling like a madman through the back alleys of New York/San Francisco/La (or whatever city...

Title: Quicksilver Director: Thomas Michael Donnelly Starring: Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Louie Anderson and Laurence Fishburne Running time: 109 minutes, Rated PG, Available on DVD Special Features: None Jack Casey is a young and reckless stock trader who makes a big mistake costing him his job and losing his parents savings. He has to start from the ground up by getting a job as a bycicle delivery guy and makes several friends with fellow messengers all dreaming of living the rich life that Jack already had experienced. The messenger company takes on a new girl named Terry that catches the eye of a neighborhood thug named “Gypsy.” When [ Read More ]

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TNT has some pretty cool shows on, Falling Skies and Southland are my personal favorites. The Closer is a really enjoyable show as well. The Fall/Winter schedule has been released for the networks lineup. Keep reading for all the details.

Let us know what your favorite show is on TNT?

Official Press Release:

After scoring its most successful summer of original programming ever, including the launch of mega-hit Falling Skies, TNT is set to heat up the fall and winter with a terrific lineup of popular and acclaimed original series and a showcase of new original movies. The drama network’s slate includes the return of basic cable’s top two series of all time, The Closer, starring 2010 Emmy® winner Kyra Sedgwick, and Rizzoli & Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander; all-new episodes of the hit caper series Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton; and a new season of the critically acclaimed Southland.

Exclusive: Oly Obst is leaving Underground Films & Management to join 3 Arts. Obst, who had been at Underground for four years, will bring clients that include Matt Robinson (The Invention of Lying), Reed Agnew & Eli Jorne (Raindrops All Around Me), Nichole Beattie (Prime Suspect), Davd King (Parks and Recreation), Craig Digregorio (Chuck), Tom Donnelly & Josh Oppenheimer (Conan the Barbarian), Tom Gormican (Are We Officially Dating?), Andrew O'Connor (Peep Show), Charly & Vlas Parlapanides (Immortals) and Ricardo Do Montreuilo (The Raven). Obst leaves Underground on amicable terms with partners Trevor Engelson and Nick Osborne. "In the four years we've worked together, Oly has become a very close friend to both of us. He's a great manager and we wish him the best."...

TNT and TBS, which staged their Upfront presentation today in New York, are making bold moves to bolster their remarkably strong foundations in original programming. The networks are developing extensive new lineups of scripted and unscripted series and making a new push into half-hour comedy in partnership with some of the top talents in the industry, from award-winning actors to acclaimed producers, writers and best-selling authors.

This year marks the beginning of production of the final season of the blockbuster hit, The Closer, starring Emmy® winner Kyra Sedgwick. TNT confirmed today that it has ordered a 10-episode season of Major Crimes, a series set in the Los Angeles Police Department that promises to become television’s next great crime drama. The seventh and final season of The Closer will include 15 episodes in 2011 and six in summer 2012, leading into the launch of Major Crimes, starring Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica). McDonnell has...

It looks like Andy Richter will be stepping from behind the podium on Conan to another podium (I am guessing) for a new game show on TBS entitled Pyramid. The show is reportedly a modern-day take on the iconic game show that began asThe $10,000 Pyramid.

I really enjoye watching Men of A Certain Age, and highly recommend it. The new shows don't really catch my interest yet, aside from Pyramid. Check out the full lineup below and share your thoughts on what shows you are most interested in seeing.

TNT scripted series in development

Untitled Kip Koenig/John Wells Productions Project – Set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, this drama follows a family of cops who uncover the mystical and often crime-ridden world of a small town where things aren’t as they appear. The project comes to TNT from Warner Horizon Television, Kip Koenig (Grey’s Anatomy) and John Wells Productions (Southland,...

David O Russell has signed on with Sony Pictures Entertainment to rewrite and direct a movie based on the PlayStation 3 game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Russell, who last directed Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in The Fighter, takes on a vidgame that follows treasure hunter Nathan Drake. Tom Donnelly and Josh Oppenheimer wrote the first draft. The original game sold 1 million copies within 10 weeks of its release and spawned a sequel that sold 3.8 million units worldwide. Russell reportedly just fell out of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Emmy and Golden Globe winner Ted Danson has been tapped as the lead in Our Fathers, Showtime's adaptation of David France's book about the sexual abuse scandal in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church. Danson will play Mitchell Garabedian, the Boston lawyer who took on the local Archdiocese as the attorney for some of the first victims of molestation who spoke out. Danson joins previously cast Christopher Plummer, who will portray Boston's controversial Cardinal Bernard Law, and Brian Dennehy, who will play Father Domenic "Spags" Spagnolia (HR 5/7). "Who could ask for more in a movie than a triumvirate of the most acclaimed and revered actors of stage, screen and television brought together to bring life to these characters of extraordinary depth and resonance," Showtime Networks entertainment president Robert Greenblatt said. Production on Our Fathers is slated to begin June 21 in Toronto and Boston. Dan Curtis is directing from a script by Thomas Michael Donnelly.

Brian Dennehy has been tapped to star opposite Christopher Plummer in Our Fathers, Showtime's adaptation of David France's book about the sexual abuse scandal within the U.S. Roman Catholic Church. Dennehy will play Father Domenic "Spags" Spagnolia, a popular, straight-talking, salty-tongued Boston priest who speaks out against the archdiocese when the scandal breaks. However, he soon finds himself on the defensive when he is outed by a former gay lover and a story emerges that he sexually assaulted a young boy. Dan Curtis is set to direct the film from a screenplay by Thomas Michael Donnelly. Filming is slated to begin next month. Dennehy, who recently co-starred in Showtime's The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, will next be seen in Spike Lee's She Hate Me. He is repped by ICM and Susan Smith and Associates.