Falling Skies (tv program)

Vancouver, Canada, sees sharp drop-off in movie, TV production

2013-05-01 06:00:00

Hollywood North is going south. That's the fear among many in the once-booming production community in Vancouver, Canada. Although Vancouver still attracts high-profile movies and television shows, including A&E's recently launched "Bates Motel,"...

Survivalist themes in TV shows, movies tap into fear of the big fall

2012-12-15 08:00:00

Frankly, it sounded pretty stupid. For reasons unknown, electricity fails worldwide, sending humanity into a post-technological free-fall. Weeds grow in the Capitol (very "Logan's Run"), young women defend their families with bows and arrows (very "Hunger...

VES Awards 2013 winners & nominees

2013-01-07 08:00:00

Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" | Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Eric Saindon, Kevin L. Sherwood "Prometheus" | Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers "Life of...

For David E. Kelley, 'Monday Mornings' is a fresh start

2013-02-02 06:00:00

Hot seats don't come much hotter than the one at center stage of TNT's new medical series "Monday Mornings." Anchoring the drama are the morbidity and mortality forums in which doctors at fictional Chelsea General Hospital face-off against their...

Robert Sean Leonard indulges his first love: Theater

2013-01-11 12:08:00

As 2013 begins, Robert Sean Leonard is the theater world's equivalent of a star athlete who's just completed his contract and become a free agent. There isn't a team that wouldn't want him; all he has to do is pick the best fit and sign. What's...

Fall TV: 'Terra Nova'

2011-09-11 00:00:00

Yes, it has dinosaurs. But at its core Fox's new sci-fi epic "Terra Nova" is an environmental fable. And a pretty darned expensive one at that. In fact, even though it has no big-name stars raking in giant paydays, "Terra Nova" is probably the...

'Falling Skies' invades homes with sky-high ratings in TNT premiere

2011-06-20 16:36:45

'Falling Skies' gets a second season on TNT

2011-07-07 16:36:03

TNT unveils trailer for 'Falling Skies' [Video]

2011-03-29 16:35:56

Movie awards, TV spoilers, local theater

2012-12-06 09:54:00

Well, it'll be a while before we get to see the film that was voted best picture of 2012 by the New York Film Critics Circle on Monday: Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," which deals with the hunt for O. bin Laden. It doesn't open in wide circulation...

'The Americans' begins filming for FX

2012-11-26 19:47:00

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys have begun filming "The Americans" for FX in Brooklyn. I'm looking forward to the series, a Cold War spy drama set in the 1980s and scheduled to premiere in January 2013. It comes from "Falling Skies" producer Joe Weisberg,...

3 Oscar-worthy performances

2012-11-23 07:52:02

I'm pretty sure we can account for three of the best-male-actor nominees when the Academy Awards lists come out on Jan. 10. I've just seen a trio of excellent performances: Denzel Washington in "Flight," Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln" and John Hawkes in...

Connor Jessup (inset), Sarah Carter, Drew Roy, Noah Wyle, Colin Cunningham and Will Patton will be part of the "Falling Skies" panel at San Diego Comic Con.

2012-06-26 06:19:00

Jessy Schram plays four characters on three different shows. (Well, she kind of plays 5 characters.) In ABC's "Once Upon a Time," she's Cinderella (center) in the fairy tale world and Ashley Boyd in Storybrooke.

2012-05-08 00:00:00

The Skokie native and 2004 graduate of Buffalo Grove High School stars as spooky alien spokesperson Karen on Karen on TNT's "Falling Skies" (upper right).

2012-05-08 00:00:00