Starring: Nathan Fillion , Stana Katic , Susan Sullivan , Jon Huertas , Seamus Dever , Molly C. Quinn , Tamala Jones , Penny Johnson Jerald , Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Episode length: 43 mins
story:Richard "Rick" Castle is a millionaire playboy who recently killed off his main character when a serial killer starts killing people like he does in his books. He teams up with New York police detective Kate Beckett to solve the case. He finds inspiration in Detective Beckett and starts shadowing her for his next book
Main review:
I'm not normally into the crime drama tv series that much but i though i would give this series a chance , low & behold the pilot episode got me hooked ive love the series ever since. This series has a good balance are crime drama as well as a blend of comedy which make this a brilliant series , which is a a little odd but in a good way.
The whole series revolves around the writer Richard castle played by Nathan Fillion who a bit of a joker kind of get on Kate Beckett nerves (Stana Katic) but in a funny way as castle is writing a book on her with a character called Nicky heat, though out the season you see their relationship go through there up & down as there friendship blossom's.
This is one of many Tv series ive actually enjoyed watching & one series i reconmend if you haven't yet watched any of the season. its not only funny at time but its very entertaining for with drama. Stana Katic& Nathan Fillion have great on screen chemistry which is why this series is so good & funny special when castle is a playing mood the scene are just funny.
I've gotta admit i dont know why i didnt watch this series sooner , although this is funny its not a series for your younger viewers as some episode have alot of bloody crime scene & people getting shot, as well a sex scenes which adds to the flare of the series theme.
Sex & Nudity: No nudity. Some sexual references in some episodes. Talks about rape and sexual assault. There is one sex scene in an episode in the first season however it is not explicit at all.
Violence & Gore:Sometimes, some bloody images are shown and some violence shown. Nothing too graphic
Profanity :Infrequent uses of bitch, slut, ass, bastard, damn, and hell.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Sometimes, drinking and smoking shown. Frightening/Intense Scenes:Some bloody images maybe too intense for children. And some episodes may frighten them too
What i love about this series is the way castle use's his writing skill to help the police solve crime's in the clever way , this is what make castle character brilliant some what funny at time along with Kate Beckett who has a very dark family past that come to light after years which puts a strain not only on her but on her friendship with castle. This adds the drama of the series which is actually worth watching, Stana Katic is beautiful, but not so much that you wonder why she is a cop and not some goddess on an Italian beach like so many actresses tend to be.
She plays her part brilliantly , and the scene she has with Fillon when he, as Castle is peeling away her layers is amazing. She barely gives anything away until the very last moment, but with her facial expressions you know it's coming making her character all the more wonderful.
Nathan Fillion is wonderful as the successful, charismatic, and egocentric Pop mystery writer who seems to be not a drunk and is a loving, attentive father apparently who also has an intriguing backstory with his publisher/ex-wife which I hope is a back story they continue to develop throughout the series.
If there is any series you should watch its this series brilliant from episode to episode through season to season if you love the crime drama's with a comedy side as well this is a series i reconmend watching, special if you a Nathan Fillionfan.
Rating:5 out of 5for entertainment / 9out of 10for drama & comedy
I've just stumbled apoun this new series called the magicians which is a new syfy channel series i assume, as to which is based on the trilogy books by Lev Grossman.
it got my interest peak with the use of magic the plot After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real and more dangerous than they ever imagined. But will getting hooked on the thrill of magic distract them from honing their powers when they need them most?
Now think of the film hogwarts with harry potter but in a more modern day collage that you go to but this collage teaches magic & is hidden from the out side world. Now your think ok so this is just another x-men magic teaching series......that what i thought until i started watch it.
Its a little slow to start with introducing you to the main characters of the series, then it start to get weird but cool you see students doing a magical stuff with their gifts, which it great because you get this brilliant C.G.I visual effects. Now you thinking that this is just going to be light comedic story telling series.....you thinking well thats just boring why watch if it just going to be that way?
Well straight off in the first episode i can tell you this is no ordinary series, what ive seen so far is there is a era of destiny with the main character in this series with a twist, but this is no light comedic series hell no this has a very dark concept.
I have watch the full first series but this has some potential to be a good series if it hasn't been cancelled. If you like harry potter this is more of a up to date modern day harry potter with a very dark concept in magic that is actually worth checking out, im surprised they have made a film out of it .
For anyone that has watched the film Mortal instruments city of bone will understand this story very well, this is a series based on that very film, where the story continues only in a different storyline names shadow hunters. the plot is that Clary Fray is a normal teenager living in Brooklyn with her mother. One day, she discovers that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters; humans born with angelic blood that fight to protect our world from demons. After her mother is kidnapped, Clary must team up with these Shadowhunters: Jace, Alec and Isabelle and her best friend Simon on a quest to find her mother and recover her past.
The only problem your gonna get is alot of bad reviews from whinny people that dont like anything new & compare this to the twilight film's which is a light harsh & stupid, but that is their opinion & not fact, Apoun watching this series yes it has a slightly weak start but i do see alot of potential in this series.
Like the film which i actually enjoyed watching this following the concept very closely in the war between the shadow hunters & demons that want to destroy the world. in a real world concept were vampire warlock, demon are real hiding in the shadow world on the humans where no mondain can see them. So far the series did start off a little weak in it plot but i see a good series start from this story. So this is worth checking out if you have watched the film or read the books.
Director:Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie production Companies:Prodigy Pictures
Distributors:SyFy channel
Starring: Marc Bendavid , Melissa O'Neil , Anthony Lemke , Alex Mallari Jr. , Jodelle Ferland , Roger R. Cross , Zoie Palmer.
Season:Season 1(13 Episode) Running time:42 min per episode.
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:None
Violence & Gore:There is a few fighting scene no blood is seen, as for extreme violence its to early to tell as it only 2 episode in to the season.
Profanity:There is a few sexual references through out the episode, strong language
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: There is drinking scene in few episode.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:Unshore at present as the series is new
Story:The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full of weaponry and a destination: a remote mining colony that is about to become a war zone. With no idea whose side they are on, they face a deadly decision. Will these amnesiacs turn their backs on history, or will their pasts catch up with them?
Likes :So far with this series its open with a strong start keeping the audience attention by giving a mystery straight off the bat as you come to see a group of individual awake from a cryo-sleep with no memories & no clue of why or who they are or who put them on the spaceship in the first pace.
Such is the premise of "Dark Matter"--a new show from Syfy that invokes similarities to "Firefly" with its characterizations. There's the gun-loving meathead , the mysterious young woman...but viewers soon realize that the characters must reinvent themselves.
Thankfully you do discover who they are while still manages to keep its mystery as to way these
group were put together which is brilliant start to a series it reveal just enough to keep you interested while still keeping you entertained.
Dark Matter is a Canadian science fiction series created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, and is based on the comic book of the same name. Dark Matter is a comic book series created by writers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie. The science fiction story follows six individuals who wake up in a spacecraft with no memory of their past. The concept was originally intended for a television series, but was published throughDark Horse Comics with art by Garry Brown. On October 15, 2014 Syfy announced that they had picked up a 13-episode first season of a Dark Matter TV series to premiere June 12, 2015.
So far ive watched two episode it got promise, the best way i could describe this series its a cross between The Nostromo or any number of other spaceship depictions when it come to the ship its self, with a Firefly , Stargate universe & Andromeda feel with the crew all rolled in to one series, that is a must for anyone that loves the sci-fi series has this has potential to go pretty far if audience like.
It shaping up to be one of those space pirate series like firefly so hopefully this series dose well, as ive said before this is only just a start to a series so i cant really give you much more detail other than the fact its worth checking out.
Dislikes : Unclear at the moment as it a new series.
Overall: Great solid start, good mysterious start, good choice of actors & actress.
Rating: 4.6 out of 5for entertainment / 8.1 out of10for concept.
Production Companies: ABC Studios , DeKnight Productions ,Marvel Entertainment
Walt Disney Company
Distributors:Netflix Starring:Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll , Elden Henson , Rosario Dawson , Bob Gunton , Vondie Curtis-Hall , Ayelet Zurer , Vincent D'Onofrio , Toby Leonard Moore , Rob Morgan , Wai Ching Ho , Geoffrey Cantor , Susan Varon , Peter Shinkoda , Nikolai Nikolaeff , Tom Walker , Chris Tardio , Judith Delgado , Amy Rutberg , Skylar Gaertner , Daryl Edwards , Matt Gerald , Suzanne H. Smart , Angel Rosa , Phyllis Somerville , Alex Falberg , John Patrick Hayden , Royce Johnson
Seasons:Season 1 Running time:60 min per episode, 13 episode
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:Three women are seen being kidnapped with the explicit intention of being sold for human trafficking, although they are saved by Daredevil. Later in the episode a woman removes her shirt and changes into a new one, very briefly she is seen topless in profile. A young boy is kidnapped by the same traffickers from earlier in the episode. However, he is seen again, as Daredevil continues searching for him in episode 2. It is mentioned that a young boy is kidnapped with the intention of being sold into human trafficking.
It is mentioned that a woman is being blackmailed with a sex tape.
Some sexual references such as "looking up girlies' skirts" and "burying stress between a model's thighs".
It is mentioned that a man raped his daughter repeatedly.
It is implied that a character has a one night stand with his ex.
A woman is shown in the shower (no nudity). Later in the episode, a woman talks to a man about their booty call. Violence & Gore: Episode 1: Several fight scenes of heavy hand-to-hand combat. Bones can be heard breaking during the fight scenes. A woman wakes up next to a dead man with a bloody knife in her hands. Later she is attacked by a man who attempts to strangle her, she scratches his eye, with some visible blood. Even later, the same woman is attacked in her apartment by a man with a knife, who throws her around the room, but doesn't attack her with the knife.
Episode 2: Several fight scenes involving heavy hand-to-hand combat, complete with injuries and bones breaking. Several shots of injury detail in the episode, although the most violent scene involves torturing a man with a knife tip being shoved into a nerve above his eye. The man is then thrown off a building, There is a flashback where a young boy stitches up his father's injured face, and you see the needle going in and the man flinch. Daredevil's lung begins collapsing, and a nurse stabs him in the chest with a needle to relieve the pressure.
Episode 3: Several fight scenes involving heavy hand-to-hand combat, although the opening scene is the most violent in which a man has his arm broken so that the bone can be protruding from his skin and a bowling ball is used to smash his head in.
Episode 4: Two bloodied men are seen, obviously having already been tortured, in a Russian prison. One of them makes two shivs out of a dead man's rib bones. Later in the episode two men inject a comatose patient with Epinephrine, while doing so handle him roughly. A young man is seen scared and bloodied, having previously been beaten for information. A woman is kidnapped and brutalized by two men while being interrogated. A man is hit over the head with a crowbar, another is hit over the head with a bat. A man's head is smashed with a car door until decapitation.
Episode 5: A decapitated body is seen laid on a table, later being washed with a rag. An intense alleyway brawl happens, in which a man is shot in the head. Daredevil breaks a man's wrist and twists it during an interrogation of a crooked cop. leaving some people bloodied. Daredevil beats a man near-death.
Episode 6: A man has his fingers shot off his hand. An unarmed man is shot pointblank in the head. A man impaled in rubble after an explosion is seen bloodied and also coughing up blood, he is then tortured and afterward shot in the head. An injured bloodied man is seen bleeding out Several people are seen in a hospital with bloody injuries due to the aforementioned explosions.
Episode 7: A man has his hand chopped off (shown graphically in close-up) and his head sliced off (only shown with blood spatter on the wall). Outside of that scene the episode was pretty tame overall, just a lot of kung-fu fisticuffs throughout.
Episode 8: A man looks at himself in the mirror and literally sees himself as a boy, covered in blood. A man scuffles with and then instructs his son to beat up another boy who was mouthing off. Later this same man strikes and then beats his wife with a belt with his son in the room (although the actual violence is off screen, the focus of the scene is on the boy's face, yet the woman screaming/crying and the sounds of the belt smacking can be heard).
Episode 9: Daredevil is seen fighting several guys in an alleyway. He breaks one man's arm and twists it for information. Later in the episode, Daredevil interrogates a junkie and throws him into a stack of bottles, bloody injury detail on his hands and arms from the broken glass are shown. Daredevil is seen fighting a Nobu, whom is wielding a kusarigama. The blades slash Daredevil several times (complete with blood spray) and one eventually hooks him in his side and Daredevil is dragged.
Episode 10: Matt Murdock has a bloodied, lacerated, swollen face as well as stitches and bruises on his body throughout the episode. It is mentioned that a man raped his daughter repeatedly and got away with it, so Daredevil hunts him down and beats him until conscious. It is said later that the rapist's jaw was broken.
Episode 11: Daredevil has a brief fight with a man, although the fight is a draw and neither is actually badly injured.
Episode 12: Some hand-to-hand combat scenes. The body of a man who has been shot several times is seen, the front of his shirt bloodied. A man punches another man in the face until he is bloodied and unconscious. A man is strangled by another man, the scene is very intense.
Episode 13: A man throws another man down an elevator shaft. There are two shootouts in which several men die bloody. The season ends with a fight between Daredevil and Kingpin.
Profanity: Some casual profanity such as "damn", "hell", "ass", and "crap", but also some stronger language is used such as "shit", "bitch", "frickin'"/"friggin", "piss", "asshole", "dick", "prick", "nuts", and "pussy".
"Jesus" or "Christ" are said as an exclamation, sometimes "goddamn" is used.
"Screw you" or "Screw that" is said a few times.
"Mother-freakin'" and "Mother-effin'" are both said comedically, once each.
The middle finger is shot once.
"Suck my dick", "Whore", and "Jerk-off" are all once used as insults.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Episode1: Briefly cocaine is seen being packaged for shipping.
Episode 9: A junkie is seen shooting up.
Episode 12: Cocaine is shown being packaged for shipment.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:Very intense. Human trafficking, including kidnapping of children, is a prominent subject matter. Innocents can be hurt and/or killed in this series. Violence is quite graphic.
Story:A blind lawyer, with his other senses super humanly enhanced, fights crime as a costumed superhero.
Likes :Could i honest say this is a perfect series, sadly no because it has a few flaws, but its ok in place but not something i find myself hook on, dosent really have the edge that CW Arrow has in pace & action but im going to give it a fair review but im not jumping on the marvel band wagon like most of the review are from. The one thing this series had going for was the dark gritty concept but its not enough to make this a series anything to be hype about ya there are moments this series looks to be OK, Charlie Coxdose a pretty good job with the performance as Matt Murdock so there are praises there for the series, some of the other acting is ok, Vincent D'Onofrioas the king pin is ok but dosent really come offas Wilson Fisk the voice seem a little force at time but the acting is ok. i wasn't impressed with the first episode so i decide to watch the whole of season 1 to see if the show could redeem itself........ and I have to say the show sadly doesn't get any better than the first episode but some episode are better than other but still not a series worth the rating 9 out of 10.
Dislikes : The one thing ive noticed with daredevil is the length of the episodes, 1 hour long episode for its pacing is to much time for a slow pace series, i found myself getting bored of watching it wasn't actual grabbing my attention because i found my self doing other things normal a series im in to grabs my attention im glued to the screen sadly with this series i just could sit a watch this because every episode is the same pace i feel these episode are better off being 30 - 40 min long. The lack variety in the series is poor, every episode feels the same dam thing that to me is boring not very exciting, i found this to be a very over rated series not worth the 9 out of 10. I'm not saying this because im not a fan of marvel im saying this as a film review because this series could have so much more potential but sadly fall short of that.
The other problem is the portrayal of the daredevil in this series, he suppose to be a superhuman with heighten sense which would mean he would be faster at reacting & win every fight without taken to much damage, yet this daredevil doesn't feel like daredevil because he gets he's ass kick to many time every time he gets in to a fight the concept of heighten sense complete goes out the window here this is weak writing for the character that's suppose to be a superhero.
Overall: Overrated series that's not worth the 9 out of 10, Episode are slow, only a few episode are good.
Rating:4out of 5for entertainment / 5.7out of10 for concept / superhero theme.
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:Pilot episode a woman dressed in a sexy dressing grown
Violence & Gore: Body on the operation table, main character is eating brains
Profanity:Mild sexual language
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Pilot episode shows some sort of drug being used & party drinkers.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some scene maybe frighting for younger viewer
Story: A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories. Now she uses her abilities to solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.
Likes :This series is not just a by product from a popular culture of horror film zombie genre this is actual based off the popular comic book called I zombie as show below.
This pilot episode has promise but weather this series could last more than 1 season time will tell as ive only seen the pilot episode which was to bad, the plot is pretty simple to follow A medical resident turns into a zombie after a party gone wrong one night. There isn't any major stars in this series looks like news face's apart from Rose McIver (star of The Lovely Bones )who plays the main character pretty well as a zombie, she a cold but strange personality to the character which is cool, Rahul Kohli try to bring a comedic side but sometime feels flat on the jokes really playing Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti.
The plot is of her life which gets kind of turned up side down & she has no choice but to quit her work & starts to work in a morgue and eat the brains from murder victims, this is where this series taken on a different theme which works as it not just a zombie show it more of a zombie heroin zombie show as she able to gain memories & insight into the victims deaths that will helps to solve the murders while trying to hide what she is. So far the first episode shows promise although lacking in humor at the moment it feels very dull & bleak but try to be a little comical & light hearted which make it OK but not brilliant as its lacking in a few thing's to get you hooked, it kind of like a mellow drama at the moment but hopefully the series will pick up in later episode's & become a enjoyable series to watch. So far i like what im seeing this could be a good series to get into if your a zombie fan with a difference.
Dislikes : The only problem i see is this show is going to be compared with a show called Tru Calling thatEliza Dushku did not in a zombe way but with the psychic powers i feel this might end up with the same concept so hopefully they would do something different from this concept, the only other complaint is that zombie don't sleep,she was see sleeping, if they want to keep this show looking real that need to change.
Overall : Great first start, it got potential, needs to be a bit more comical in place but not a bad start to a new series.
Rating:4.3out of5 for entertainment / 7.3out of 10for concept
Starring:Kirk Acevedo , Noah Bean , Aaron Stanford , Amanda Schull , Demore Barnes , Alisen Down , Barbara Sukowa , Emily Hampshire , Ramon De Ocampo , Benjamin Meranda , Murray Furrow , Jordan Claire Robbins , Tom Noonan , Sam Kalilieh many more....
Running time: 42 min per episode (season 1 - 13 episode)
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:Unknown at this point
Violence & Gore:Man is shot, the threat of a deadly virus is mention that will wipe out the world population.
Profanity:Mild language
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:Unknown at this point.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: the threat of a virus wipe out the world maybe disturbing for some views
Story:Follows the journey of a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate the human race.
Likes :If you have ever watch the film 12 monkeys starring Brad Pitt & Bruce Willis your understand the story-line of this series which this is based off from where a deadly virus is released in to the world it wipe out 7 billion people on the planet, those that were immune to the virus had to deal with people driven to madness trying to survive in a world were the government has collapse. This series dosent follow were the original film film this is taken back to the very origins of the story where they send someone from the future to the past to stop the virus, now the first plot episode show the bases of the story, dose show the past & the acting is pretty solid although this is a new series its yet to prove itself what ive seen so far the story-line is pretty simple so far easy to follow.
Dislikes : After view the first episode of this new series which i understand is just starting its lacking the wow factor to get me hooked, it seem to be lacking the edge to really grab you & keep you hook to keep watch, yes this is the first episode but i feel this series really need to up its game in the second episode because i feel if it carry on the way it is at the start this series wont last more than season 1 because its a poor start to a series which dosent necessary mean the whole series will be bad just that the first episode failed to get me gripped into watching more by i will give it a chance , maybe some may like it but other will not
Overall : Great actor, simple story-line, based of the film 12 monkeys, poor start.
Rating:4.7out of5 for entertainment / 5.5out of10just for the poor start.
