At the 9:09 mark of the pilot episode of Tulsa King, Sylvester Stallone knocks out his first palooka. It’s a clean right cross, boom, lights out. And why not? As Mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi, he’s got every right to be a little testy. He just served 25 years in a Philly slammer, “definitely
There were some shakeups on the Netflix chart this week as Inside Man premiered in the No. 2 spot overall. The four-episode, BBC-Netflix co-production is about an American death row prisoner with a sideline in solving mysteries (played by Stanley Tucci) helping a young British journalist (David Tennant) search for a missing friend. Season 4
Yo, Adrienne! Sylvester Stallone was in Toronto Monday to promote the premiere of his new Paramount+ crime boss drama Tulsa King. An industry crowd packed the Scotiabank Cinema for the pilot episode. Reviews are embargoed until Friday but suffice to say the crowd gave the Hollywood icon plenty of love at the screening. Stallone spoke
Charlie Hunnam does not like to watch himself on screen, especially at film festivals. The star of AppleTV+’s Shantaram was in Toronto recently to promote the 12-episode adventure drama. He did the red carpet and waved to the audience but ducked out of a screening at the Bell Lightbox Theatre. As you’ll hear on the
Sometimes you get all kinds of time to interview somebody on a TV show. Other times, not so much. One such shorter opportunity came up a few days ago with Charlie Hunnam, star of the new AppleTV+ adventure series Shantaram. The 12 episode drama stars Hunnam, a terrific English-born actor best known for his many
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities premiered at No. 4 in Canada the week of October 24 to 30. The eight-episode horror anthology boasts a large cast, including F. Murray Abraham, Ben Barnes, Elpidia Carrillo, Essie Davis, Hannah Galway, Crispin Glover, Demetrius Grosse, David Hewlett, Andrew Lincoln, Tim Blake Nelson, Luke Roberts, Sebastian Roché, Glynn
Itching to try out the new Netflix basic ad-supported offer at just $5.99 in Canada? Looking to dump one or more streaming services as recent polls suggest? It is still a time of disruption and turbulence in TV Land boys and girls. The only constant is this handy brioux.tv calendar. Is it complete? No. Is
I think I was about 35 before I figured out that Billy Van played all those crazy characters on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. The series, consisting of 130 episodes cranked out over nine months, premiered more than 50 years ago in 1971. It is one of the most eccentric and enduring, locally-produced, TV shows