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PopSugar Fall TV Special: FlashForward, Cougar Town, Modern Family and More!

Molly — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:28:43 -0700

Fall TV is underway, and our editors are here to help you navigate your way through all the new shows, returning favorites, and hot faces to look out for. In part two we take a look at the pros and cons of Cougar Town and what we think is the funniest new show, Modern Family. Plus FlashForward and the sexiest new professors on TV. If you missed part one - watch it here now. Check out our PopSugar Rush Fall TV Special now!

First Look at Ed Westwick on Californication!

BuzzSugar — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:30:00 -0700

Chuck Bass will be gracing our small screens again in just a few weeks, but Gossip Girl isn't the only show where we can find Ed Westwick this Fall. Take your first look at his upcoming guest spot on Californication, which premieres on September 27. There are a few other familiar faces in the mix, and of course, the always adorable David Duchovny. Photos courtesy of Showtime

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Another Look at Season Three of Californication

BuzzSugar — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:30:51 -0700

A new promo for the third season of Californication has been released, and this one's a little more family-oriented than the preview we saw a few weeks ago. Girls and sex will never be far from Hank Moody's thoughts, but it looks like the upcoming episodes will also explore his relationship with his daughter a bit further.

Becca is clearly not a kid anymore, and Hank may finally have to grow up a little to get through to her. I'm already loving the witty father-daughter banter (even when things get a bit heated). We've still got a few weeks to go before the Sept. 27 premiere, but check out the clip after the jump for another sneak preview.

To see the trailer, just read more.

Photo courtesy of Showtime

First Look: Californication Season Three

BuzzSugar — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:30:12 -0700

What happens when you put notorious womanizer Hank Moody in a classroom full of lovely college girls? That's what we'll find out when Californication starts its third season this Fall. From the preview below, I can guess that nothing wholesome will come from this situation, but it should be awfully entertaining.

When the new season begins, school's in session for Hank (David Duchovny), and with Karen across the country, Hank seems to be embracing his freedom. How much trouble can this "girl whisperer" (as guest star Peter Gallagher calls him in the preview clip) get into? I had to laugh when Hank's daughter asks why there's a naked lady in her bedroom - isn't that just par for the course in the Moody household?

Gallagher is just one of many guest stars lined up for this season: Kathleen Turner, Eva Amurri, Ed Westwick, Diane Farr, and Rick Springfield will also make appearances. The new season kicks off Sept. 27, and to get your first look, just read more.

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Buzz News Roundup, 9/19

BuzzSugar — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:35:47 -0700

Aww, more Vaughn-Favreau goodness: Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman and Faizon Love are set to star together in the comedy Couples Retreat. - ComingSoon
New albums are on the way from Wilco and from Weezer. - Billboard
Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones will play Stella's ex on How I Met Your Mother. - TV Guide
Guess who's the latest name rumored to be playing Dr. Watson to Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's film: Jude Law. - Variety
Wade Allain Marcus will play "a hipster photographer" on Gossip Girl. - Hollywood Reporter
David Duchovny, Demi Moore and Amber Heard will play a perfect family in the drama The Joneses. - ComingSoon
Get your glasses ready: Chuck is planning a 3-D episode to air the day after the Super Bowl. - Chicago Tribune
Keira Knightley, Eva Mendes and Sam Worthington will star in the romantic drama Last Night. - Variety

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X-Files: I Want to Believe: Sadly, a Disappointment

BuzzSugar — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:30:07 -0700

You can count me among the fans - but not the super-fanatics - of The X-Files when it aired in the '90s. I may not have been as insane about it as others, but I kept up with the weird, spooky drama and I looked forward to new episodes. Plus, Gillian Anderson's character, Dana Scully, is a strong, female sci-fi heroine of sorts, and I really looked up to her at the time. Oh, and of course David Duchovny's Fox Mulder was definitely crushworthy so all in all, it was a highlight of my TV-viewing universe. This is why I had nothing but high hopes for X-Files: I Want to Believe, and I tried to ignore those pesky questions during the build up to the release like: "Really, ten years later?" and "Will people still, in fact, want to believe?"

I should also point out that this movie has been promoted as a stand-alone story, meaning that even folks who have little knowledge of the series would be able to get on board and enjoy a dark thriller with a compelling mystery. In fact, details of the plot have been kept so tightly under wraps my assumption was that they must have thought of something really awesome to hinge a new movie around - hence everyone's willingness to get back together years after the series left the airwaves.

Which brings me to the bad news first (and I won't give away spoilers): the so-called "mystery" that has been so shrouded in secrecy is truly nothing very exciting. In fact, it hardly stands up to the most mediocre of episodes, which only adds to my perplexity over this movie. Truth be told, I'm pretty bummed out. To see why, read more.

When the movie opens it has been six years in "real time" since we last saw everyone in the series finale, and we learn that Fox Mulder is no longer with the FBI and is a bit of a recluse (well, we're meant to assume this because he is bearded and sits around clipping newspaper articles like a crazy person). Meanwhile, Scully is a surgeon at Our Lady of Sorrows Hospital where she is personally invested in saving a terminally sick boy, to the displeasure of her colleagues.

Also, two FBI agents (played by Amanda Peet and Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner) are feverishly looking for a missing colleague using the help of a psychic priest named Father Joe (Billy Connolly), but they really need the one agent who has experience with this kind of stuff: Agent Mulder. With the help of Scully the FBI pulls him back in and X-Philes will sigh with relief at how quickly he's back to his obsessive ways.

It's Scully who has probably changed the most; she's no longer just a pragmatic voice of reason, but resolute in her unwillingness to "look into the darkness" any longer. A lot of screen time is focused on faith, losing faith, that darkness, etc. Like the television series, it's dark and brooding, but without a strong case to solve all this analysis and back-and-forth between the two former agents is tepid. It's sad to see these two so empty. I missed the occasional wry glint in Mulder's eye and I wanted to see Scully quit dragging her feet and jump on board the case despite her reservations. But between all that angst and a story that's mostly uninteresting (I wish there had been something extraterrestrial about it, or maybe some magic - anything too crazy to believe!) the whole thing is mostly just so-so.

Still, even after all that head-scratching and some boredom, I love Mulder and respect Scully and I suppose after such a mediocre return to the X-Files that's probably the silver lining. Which is to say: it could have been worse but I wish it were so much better.

Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox

How Well Do You Know the X-Files?

BuzzSugar — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:30:13 -0700

Here we are, 10 whole years after the last X-Files movie and fans of the show will finally get another (perhaps last?) taste of two of the most beloved sci-fi characters of our time: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. While X-Files: I Want to Believe is supposed to be a stand-alone story (so, you don't have to know the whole history of the show to enjoy it), I still think we could all use a little brush-up on our X-Files trivia.

If you, too, are hearing that spooky theme music in your head, take my quiz!

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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:30:32 -0700

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below, you can also pick up Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson's romcom Fool's Gold and the complete Jericho series on DVD.

Be Kind Rewind
Director Michel Gondry is known for a bizarre brand of humor (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and Be Kind Rewind delivers just that. It stars Jack Black and Mos Def as friends who have to recreate old movies because Black's character accidentally erases all the videos in Def's video rental store. They tackle classics like Ghostbusters and Driving Miss Daisy using hilarious dumpy props and less-than-special effects. Surprisingly, their remakes are a big hit with customers. I called it a must-see for fans of Gondry, and everyone else might enjoy how endearingly funny Jack Black and Mos Def are as they play off each other.

Extras on the disc include the trailer for the film and a featurette titled "Passaic Mosaic."

A movie and a TV show up next so read more.

Under the Same Moon
I haven't seen this indie flick yet but am adding it to my queue because I've read really good things about it. Centered around a boy's journey across the U.S./Mexico border in search of his mother, Under the Same Moon sounds like a real tearjerker. America Ferrera has a small part in the film, but all the performances are supposedly quite touching. The movie earned a standing ovation at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Special features include a featurette on the making of the film and information about the murals featured in the movie.

Californication: Season 1
This Showtime original series starring X-Files hottie David Duchovny is not suitable viewing for kids or even alongside Mom and Dad. It's daring and often crass, but it's also smart and funny and I'm addicted! I've said before I wish more of my friends watched the show so that we could discuss the next day, and now there is no excuse not to catch up with the release of the debut season on DVD.

Duchovny plays a novelist in L.A. who's had one bestseller but is having a hard time following it up with another success. The love of his life wants nothing to do with him as he tries to balance his own self-destructive behavior with raising his daughter. Evan Handler (Sex and the City) stars as Duchovny's buddy and agent. Time to get started watching now before season two starts up!

New Trailer for The X-Files: I Want to Believe

BuzzSugar — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:32:21 -0700

OK, X-philes, ready for the most exciting one minute and 30 seconds of your day? There's a new, official trailer out now for the upcoming X-Files movie and it's pretty great. There's more of what we saw in the teaser trailer (Billy Connolly being spooky, people frantically digging in the snow, etc.) but there are also more details and the creepiness factor has been upped.

Also, I'm convinced that the eerie theme music that goes with The X-Files can rival other recognizable theme songs and movie scores for its ability to create instantaneous chills.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe opens in theaters July 25. To check out the new trailer, read more.

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First Glimpse of the X-Files 2 Teaser Trailer

BuzzSugar — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:29:55 -0800

Sure, this bootleg video of the X-Files 2 teaser trailer is low-quality and full of "X-phile" audience members screaming like banshees, but still - it's our first glimpse at the X-Files 2 movie! I look forward to A) a real version of the teaser trailer, and B) a full-length trailer, but for now this video - grabbed at the recent WonderCon - will have to do. It's definitely exciting to see Mulder and Scully back together in this spooky world, so to check out the video, read more.

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