Entertainment

Welcome to Brusimm’s TV and movie section… the Cinema Static Entertainment section, where we chat about some select entertainment venues where you can find TV & movie news and reviews.

Brusimm Cinema Static TV NewsThe 2012 summer TV programming season premiere schedule is upon us.  These are the shows that networks either don’t trust to air during the ratings heavy winter season or really barely perform well enough in the TV ratings to be kept around.

Either way, there are some interesting shows and some not so interesting.  I’ve chosen a select few networks to focus on here on Brusimm that you folks are interested in…. from my impromptu surveys and other measures.

Summer 2012 Series of note:  Coming back, we have Rookie Blue and Wipeout.  Don’t forget the all important social experiment of spreading…  oh never mind… Bachelor Pad.

AMC has Breaking Bad and Hell on Wheels returning.  Mice in a maze… I mean Big Brother will return to CBS in July.

So You Think You Can Dance is tonight…  while True Blood is coming to a cable box near you soon!

On Syfy, of interest, is Warehouse 13 and Alphas returning.  TNT has the return of Falling Skies season two and the sequel to Dallas, Dallas.  (It looks like a sequel… but of the same name, but they have characters from the old show in it…  as dads or grand dads.  If anyone catches this, let me know what you think!)

Actually, I would not mind if anyone chimed in about any show they watch.  The more the merrier here on the Brusimm channel.  Plus if you chat about something interesting, it might make people aware of a show they weren’t previously aware of!

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HOUSE series finale review - Hugh Laurie pictured

The series finale of House has come and gone.  For some it was a classic piece of House, leaving one confounded, while moving some other story line forward.  To some it seemed to have left a piece or two of confusion behind.

(There will obviously be spoilers in here if you are one of the many 7-day time-shifted viewing audience, so you may wish to avert your eyes while continuing to read.)

Whaa?

Now that I’ve confused you, let’s talk about a few details from the House finale, because at this point, it feels like David Shore is taking a page from Ronald D. Moore’s book of finales and pulling things out of the air a bit.

You’ll see what I mean.

For those that might skim, KNOW THIS: I didn’t mind the finale.  It was a sad thing indeed to see this as being the last episode.

One:

My first nit was that when I saw it adverted as a two-hour finale, I thought we’d be dealing with and wrapping up story lines that have built up through the season.

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IRON MAN 3 Movie Budget Gets Upped, And Filming Starts Today

May 23, 2012

With the huge success of Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers, I’m guessing that Disney/Marvel, recognizing what a few dollars can do, have decided to crank up the budget of their next Marvel movie, Iron Man 3. Per a report from Latino-Review, the production for Iron Man 3 got a budget increase from $140M to $200M.  That’s [...]

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DISH TV’s Ad Hopping “The HOPPER,” A Trend Setter, Gimmick Or Doomed to Fail?

May 23, 2012

If you follow BruSimm.com, you know I’ve had my issues with some of the spammer business practices from DISH TV.  But aside from that, of late, you may have noticed the DISH TV ads where they toss out their product, with this thing called “The Hopper.”  Or as that one character puts it, “The Hoppah!” [...]

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TRUE BLOOD Season 5: A Boatload of Promo Art & Preview Images

May 23, 2012

True Blood on HBO is premiering its fifth season, come June 10th, 2012.  Once again the citizens of Bon Temps get to continue their stories in a world where vampires have come out of the coffin to co-exist with humanity.  And with the vampires come all the other fantastic creatures of myth and lore! I’ve [...]

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CBS Network 2012 Fall Season Scheduled Lineup

May 23, 2012

All networks have chimed in with their upcoming 2012-2013 TV season schedules for the upfronts sales.  Though that may seem to not make sense or mean anything to you, you do benefit from this sales time.  In this case, here is the Fall schedule for CBS network. Monday How I Met Your Mother PARTNERS 2 [...]

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Anthony Ingruber, A Talent To Keep Your Eye Out For

May 22, 2012

Do you know who Anthony Ingruber is?  More than likely not.  But someday, you might! When someone is just starting out in the acting industry, it’s an interesting conundrum.  I for one rarely take notice of folks who are not mainstream names.  They glaze right on by me with nary a thought! For example, do [...]

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New Movies This Friday [MIB3, CHERNOBYL]

May 22, 2012

The new movies coming out this Friday, May 25th, 2012 include a sequel and more handy-cam footage horror. The list looks like this: •      Men in Black III •      Chernobyl Diaries •      Moonrise Kingdom (limited) – First up, some box office noise: BATTLESHIP Almost Takes The Weekend Box Office, NOT! I think [...]

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DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER Has Been Canceled

May 22, 2012

The TV series cancellation news is coming fast in the early part of this week.  On Monday, after being mum for three months, Syfy finally fessed to canceling Sanctuary and right after that notice, THR also reported that Dog the Bounty Hunter was canceled by A&E!  Gulp! The series lasted eight hood-chasing seasons and I [...]

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GRIMM Season Finale

May 22, 2012

The first season of Grimm has come to a close with its first season finale and I must say, that the show has succeeded through the weeks of the first season, managed to have snagged a spot in my schedule.  At first it wasn’t a real eye-catcher but it was of the genre type television [...]

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HOUSE Series Finale Retrospect

May 21, 2012

The double-episode series finale to House started out with Hugh Laurie talking in the background, in his native accent, while we’re watching what we thought was House riding his motorcycle in… but it wasn’t him.  This first part/hour of the series finale is a focus on the people behind the scenes of the series.  It [...]

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Syfy OFFICIALLY Announced The Canceling Of SANCTUARY

May 21, 2012

In news that is not very surprising, THR has confirmed with Syfy that Sanctuary is not returning for a fifth season. No $$$$ Sherlock! And it’s about time that Syfy fessed to canceling Sanctuary instead of letting the fans continually hang on the deafening silence that was emanating from the net. The silence was deafening [...]

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SUPERNATURAL Season Seven Finale

May 21, 2012

Oh those pesky Winchester Boys have made it through another season finale of Supernatural! Sort of. (Be advised that more than likely, you WILL encounter spoilers from the season finale.) So there we have it, another season of Supernatural is in the books.  The boys spent the season dealing with the newest monster, the Leviathans.  [...]

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AMC’s BREAKING BAD & HELL ON WHEELS 2012 TV Season Premiere Dates Announced!

May 21, 2012

Hot off the presses, or off the email inbox, AMC TV announced the upcoming  season premiere dates for Breaking Bad and Hell on Wheels: Breaking Bad, from Vince Gilligan and starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, will be premiering on Sunday, July 15th, 2012 for it’s fifth and final season. All estimations for this extra [...]

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New DVD & Blu-ray Releases for Tuesday, May 22 [SHERLOCK, RED TAILS, ARRIETY]

May 21, 2012

This week the new DVD and Blu-ray releases that are coming out on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, have acting talent such as Benedict Cumberbatch, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Hardy, & Daniel Radcliffe. But first:  what was selling last week?  What new DVD/Blu-rays were your peers snatching up last week?  It would seem that fans of [...]

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Toy Companies Can Be The Boon in Studio’s Sides: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

May 21, 2012

As a movie such as Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight Rises, starring Christian Bale, goes into production, fans start to get excited and want every little bit of information that they can get their hands on.  No matter what it is.  Then there’s the less than stellar studio hired teams, that inevitably let some cat [...]

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CHRONICLE DVD Review

May 20, 2012

I just checked out my screener copy of Josh Trank’s Chronicle, starring Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Michael Kelly. In Chronicle, it’s the story of three kids who find something under the ground in a cave and it gives them amazing telekinetic powers. As the movie progresses, we follow their journey of self discovery as [...]

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AMERICAN WARSHIPS on Syfy TV Movie Review

May 20, 2012

American Warships premiered on the Syfy channel as one of their Original Saturday Night popcorn “B” TV-movies.   But was it the usual fare or did it fail miserably as some of these Asylum produced movies usually do?  Read on in this review and find out! American Warships stars Mario Van Peebles as Captain Winston, Carl [...]

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