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Kathleen Quinlan and Michelle Hurd are joining Jen Lilley in the cast of “Holiday Hearts,” an upcoming holiday film set to release just in time for Christmas.

Quinlan is an Oscar-nominated actor known for her work in “Apollo 13,” “The Doors,” “How to Get Away With Murder” and “Prison Break,” while Hurd has starred in “Blindspot,” “Star Trek: Picard” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

“Holiday Hearts” is directed by Ross Kagan Marks and marks Lilley’s first holiday-themed film of the year. The story is based on Dana Volney’s novella, “A Heart for the Holidays,” which follows Silver Morgenstern (Lilley), a heart surgeon who returns to her hometown and meets a man with terminal illness at a local hospital. Quinlan will play Silver’s tough mother, and Hurd is set to play a veteran surgeon who goes toe-to-toe with Silver at work.

Production will begin in southern New Mexico starting this May,...

Whew! Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) is not dead or a vampire.

Well, "True Blood's" hottest human isn't a vampire, anyway.

Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) defied her maker by only pretending to sire one of Bon Temps' Finest, but Jason took a pretty hard hit from the Fairy Elder -- before Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare) did us a solid and ate her. (With just one more episode remaining this season, we don't have time for such fairy foolishness.)

Our fingers are crossed for Jason, but elsewhere, the bodies and vampire goop piled up in Season 5's penultimate episode, "Sunset":

Bill (Stephen Moyer) isn't the only one who believes he is Lilith's Chosen One. Both Salomé and Kibwe have been hearing the same thing from the bloody nudist. Salomé's fate remains unknown, but Bill true-deathed Kibwe for daring to suggest he was a rival for the bloody nudist's affections.

DVD Playhouse—December 2009

By

Allen Gardner

Public Enemies (Universal) Johnny Depp portrays legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger in co- writer/director Michael Mann’s take on America’s first “Public Enemy Number One.” Like many big studio releases today, Public Enemies has it all: A-list talent before and behind the camera, but lacks a heart or soul that allows its audience to connect with it. Film plays out like a “true crime” TV show with re-enactments of famous events cast with top actors and shot by the best technicians in the business, with little, if any, character or story development to hold it together in between. A real disappointment from one of our finest filmmakers and finest actors. The lone standout: the great character actor Stephen Lang as a hard-eyed lawman who’s seen a lot, but manages to retain a tiny piece of his heart. For a better take on the same subject,...

Whenever I hear anything about Aaron Stanford, it’s usually because he’s on one of those “(Insert Number) Actors to Watch in (Insert Year)” lists. This is not for nothing; he’s very talented. Though not every movie I’ve seen him in has been outstanding (the last two X-Men movies weren’t exactly Academy darlings), he puts everything he has into a role.

Such is the case for his performance in Runaway, a 2005 indie thriller about Michael, a young man who runs away with his little brother Dylan to protect him from their abusive father. They hide out in a shoddy motel room, and Michael works at a nearby convenience store to make ends meet. He tries to take care of Dylan the best he can on a bodega clerk’s paycheck, but things are stressful. Being on the run and all, Michael can’t let his little...