Sit down kiddies, I have a story to tell: you now that phone
in your hand that does just about everything you need, from banking transactions
to playing games, and yes, it will even make phone calls.But there was a time when there were not
smartphones.There was even a time when
very few people even owned computers.Even the few people that had them, these were very rudimentary computers
that were not connected to the internet.
Heist 88 takes you back to this time; the 88 in the title
being the year it takes place.Courtney
B Vance plays a criminal mastermind that recruits his cash strapped nephew and
friends who work at a bank to pull off the second half of the title.Sure, banks were some of the few places that
had computers back then, but this is before secure transfer and
encryption.To transfer money, even
millions of dollars, all you needed was a single conformation code and a second
bank employee confirms the code via a phone call.
Inspired by true events, Heist 88 is a tight, just under
ninety minutes.We do not get much background
on the players aside from a clunky montage where Vance goes around and sees
just how struggling his potential accomplices are.There is not even you usual epilogue of what
happened to these people afterwards you usually see in these inspired by true
event movies.
Despite some strong performances (unfortunately Keith David
does not have much of a role), you can tell why Paramount decided to put it straight
Showtime as it is a second tier movie, though one with a twist ending for those
not familiar with the story it is based on.
Heist 88 airs Sunday at 9:00 on Showtime.The film is currently able to stream on Paramount+
with Showtime.
Paramount+ will debut a stacked slate of star-studded new original series, films and documentaries this October, including the highly anticipated Paramount+ Original series Frasier, starring the legendary Kelsey Grammer, who is reprising his iconic title character Frasier Crane for the first time in 20 years. Next month, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers will be treated to the decades-spanning romantic limited series Fellow Travelers*, starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey. And to celebrate the spooky season, the service will premiere all-new original Halloween and horror-themed titles, including Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, Monster High 2 and Bargain, and has resurrected the fan-favorite Peak Screaming collection to haunt your screens all month long. For a closer look at all of the entertainment coming your way in October, check out this month’s edition of View from the Eeeeeeeek!
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Kevin Daniels, Kelsey Grammer, Jimmy Dunn and Jack Cutmore-Scott in Frasier
It’s been 20 years since he's been on the air, but Dr. Frasier Crane is back! In the Paramount+ Original series, Frasier, played by the legendary Kelsey Grammer, has moved back to Boston to be closer to his grown son Freddy. We spoke with Executive Producer Tom Russo to learn more about what the good doctor is up to and what we can expect from the new series.
Q: Why is now a great time for us to return to Frasier?
I have always felt it would be a great time to return to “Frasier,” as he’s an iconic character portrayed by the equally iconic Kelsey Grammer. Life has been so challenging for so many people these past few years - so I believe the timing is perfect to welcome back a warm and loving friend, Frasier Crane.
Q: What familiar elements from the show did you want to remain untouched and what were you interested in changing?
The elements we have sought to maintain from the original are the intelligent, elevated writing, which is not only funny but contains a solid dose of emotion and heart and distinctive characters embodied by wonderfully skilled actors. Much like the original show - which took a beloved character from a previous series and then surrounded him with new people in a new setting - we are doing the same thing here.
Q: What’s it like working with Kelsey Grammer and this fantastic new cast?
I have known Kelsey for many years, going back to my involvement with the original show as its supervising Paramount Television executive. Kelsey is more than an extraordinary actor, producer and director; he is a phenomenal husband, father and loyal friend. It is a complete joy to work with the entire cast of the show. They are marvelously talented and wonderful people.
Q: Frasier is unique on the service for being filmed in front of a live studio audience. Tell us a little bit about how that impacts the energy of the show.
The enthusiasm, laughter and vibrancy of the studio audience could be felt by everyone on stage, especially by the cast, crew, director and producers. This created both electricity and immediacy that are not present on a single-camera shoot. Every Tuesday evening at 6p.m. was a new opening night.
Get psyched when Frasier premieres on October 12, and stream the classic series on Paramount+ today.
David Duchovny and Jack Mulhern in Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Sometimes… dead is better. That’s the haunting lesson at the heart of Stephen King’s twisted tale Pet Sematary. In Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, a spine-tingling prequel to the 2019 film, we travel back to 1969 to learn more about the unnatural patch of ground in Ludlow, Maine where grieving families bury their dead with the hope that they will rise again.
For Director Lindsey Anderson Beer, the film was a chance to better understand what would move someone to take such a terrifying risk. “Like the book, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines explores our fear of death and losing the ones we love,” said Anderson Beer. “Because Pet Sematary is such an intimate portrait of death, I wanted every scare and action scene to be extremely close and intimate. I wanted to confront death and our violent impulses to avoid it.”
For Anderson Beer, horror is an ideal genre. “There are so many things I love about making horror films,” said Anderson Beer. “You allow people to confront their greatest fears, and survive them. You can reflect the human experience and societal issues in ways that are easily digestible, educational and cathartic. I love filmmaking because it truly encompasses every art form, and horror, in particular, really allows me to use every tool in a filmmaker’s audiovisual arsenal. In this case, scares come as much from the cinematography, silence and sound design as from any blood, guts or violence. It’s often more about what you don’t see than what you do. I used more sound design than score, often based on the silence of death, and using the sounds of nature as violence.”
Dig up the truth in the town of Ludlow, Maine when Pet Sematary: Bloodlines premieres on October 6.
The Paramount+ “Peak Screaming” collection has been jolted back to life with more than 25 creepily curated carousels including "Big Screen’s Big Screams," "Horror Heroines," "Family Fright Night" and "A24 Horror"* with more than 400 fan-favorite horror movies, series and episodes such as Scream VI, Smile, Evil, Ghosts, A Quiet Place Part II and many more. Additionally, several new films and specials are making their debut in this year’s Peak Screaming offering:
Class is back in session for the world’s most unusual students when Monster High 2 premieres on the service. Clawdeen, Frankie and Draculaura are in for some hair-raising adventures as they step into the “human world,” contend with a new frenemy – popular werecat Torelai – and sing new bops we’ll be humming all season. Watch the trailer!
The critically acclaimed Korean dystopian thriller series Bargain is filled with twists and turns that will have you on the edge of your seat. Investigators are tracking down a ring of organ traffickers when a devastating earthquake traps them alongside the criminals in a crumbling building from which they must escape. Watch the trailer!
Trick-or-treaters will be delighted by A Really Haunted Loud House. In this spooky special, Lincoln Loud and his best friend Clyde McBride undertake a Halloween adventure in which they must decide between upholding the tradition of the signature Loud Family spooktacular or attending a party hosted by the cool new kid at school. Hijinks ensue. Watch the trailer!
Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer in Fellow Travelers
Next month, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers can stream Fellow Travelers*, a decades-spanning love story, starring Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey, created for television by Oscar® nominee Ron Nyswaner and based on the novel by Thomas Mallon. The limited series begins in the early 1950s at the height of Senator McCarthy’s inquisition against alleged communists and LGBTQ+ government officials, which gave Executive Producer and Director Daniel Minahan the opportunity to explore the dichotomy of the show’s queer storyline and the state of LGBTQ+ rights through a documentarian lens.
“I was really intrigued by the idea of recreating a queer world in 1953 and imagining what that was like between the bars and the way people communicated, how they hid themselves and how they showed themselves to each other,” said Minahan. “I come from a documentary background, so research is really appealing to me.”
The pop-culture zeitgeist of the entire span of the series, from the 1950s to the 1980s, was crucial in informing the aesthetic of his direction, as well. “Which movies were people watching? Which television shows were they watching? What kind of music was popular in 1953?” asked Minahan. “All of that became a palette from which I knew I could draw .”
Find a love for the ages when Fellow Travelers premieres on the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan on October 27.
10/5: Bargain premiere 10/5: Monster High 2 premiere 10/6: The Caine Mutiny Court Martial premiere* 10/6: Pet Sematary: Bloodlines premiere 10/10: Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders premiere 10/12: Frasier premiere 10/16: Vindicta premiere 10/17: Crush premiere 10/24: Milli Vanilli premiere 10/27: Fellow Travelers premiere*
LIBRARY SHOWS
October 2
LoterĂa Loca (Season 1) The Price is Right at Night
October 3
The Young & the Restless (Season 51)
October 4
Blaze and the Monster Machines (Season 6)> Ex on the Beach (Season 6)> Louis Tomlinson: All of Those Voices> Siesta Key (Season 5)
October 11
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019) (Season 3) Inside the Factory (Seasons 3-5)
October 13
Raid The Cage (Season 1)
October 18
Teen Mom Family Reunion (Seasons 1-2) Teen Mom: Girls Night In (Seasons 1-2) Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Season 3) The Penguins of Madagascar (Season 2) Tyler Perry's Young Dylan (Season 3)
October 25
Isle of MTV: Malta Air Disasters (Seasons 1-7) MTV Cribs (Season 19) Reno 911! It's A Wonderful Heist
LIBRARY MOVIES
October 1
A Royal Night Out* A Simple Plan* Airplane!* Airplane II: The Sequel* Akeelah and the Bee* Almost Famous* American Graffiti* An American Haunting Babel Bend It Like Beckham* Beowulf (2007)* Best Defense* Better Off Dead* Big Game* Birthday Girl Birthmarked* Body Cam Chocolate City* Citizen Ruth Clerks Crawl Croupier* Dance Flick Dead Presidents* Deep Impact Defiance Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* District 9 Dotty & Soul* Doubt* Eye for An Eye Face/Off Fatal Attraction Fear the Night* Firestarter (1987) First Blood* Flesh and Bone Follow Her* Getting Even with Dad* God's Waiting Room* Harlem Nights Hart's War* Home For The Holidays (1995)* Hoosiers* Igby Goes Down* In & Out* In The Bedroom* In The Heights Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Inside Llewyn Davis* Into The Wild* Iris* Jackass Number Two Jessabelle* John Grisham's The Rainmaker Just Between Friends* Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* LX 2048* Malcolm X* Mansfield Park* Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* Mean Creek Midnight Cowboy* Minority Report Moonstruck* More American Graffiti* Mr. & Mrs. Bridge* Mrs. Brown* Mulholland Drive* Notorious* Phantasm* Pioneer Woman* Planes, Trains and Automobiles Private Parts Rambo III* Rambo: First Blood Part II* Raze* Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Save the Last Dance Saving Private Ryan* Say Anything* School Ties Scrooged Semper Fi* Sexy Beast Silence Six Degrees of Separation* Sleeping with the Enemy* Smoke Signals* Smokey and the Bandit* Smokey and the Bandit II* Smokey and the Bandit Part 3* Summer of Sam* Suspiria (1977)* Teeth* The Aviator The Boys in the Band* The Contractor The Conversation* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* The Duchess The Firm The Grudge The Host* The Integrity of Joseph Chambers* The Italian Job (1969) The Italian Job (2003) The Love Guru The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Missouri Breaks* The Newton Boys* The Original Kings of Comedy The Prestige* The Queen* The Remains of the Day* The Ring Two* The Station Agent The Warriors The Wings of the Dove* Titanic Train to Busan* Universal Soldier Vampire in Brooklyn Vamps* Vanilla Sky What Lies Beneath* Who's Harry Crumb?* William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)* Young Adult
* Title is available to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers.
**All Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available on-demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.
The Walking Dead: Daryl
Dixon:So the miracle child was born
to a zombie.Cool.Does that explain why he is super weird?They will probably just make him immune from
zombieism.
The Chi:Well, that was not the Avengers assembling that
I predicted, it actually was a really embarrassing assassination attempt.Then Emmitt tries to blame it on the gun jamming;
the dude shot am missed multiple times before that.But Victor definitely finishes him off,
right?Either Douda or Emmitt has to die
next episode because Douda has to know it was Emmitt since he set up that
meeting.I guess we will have to wait awhile
because the show is going on hiatus. But I guess this ws the last we will see of
Kevin, that certainly looked like a farewell.
Billions:Finally, some R.E.M.Great ending to a not so great episode.
Whywas there so much about how Bobby
owes Chuck when Bobby is not even in the episode?The whole DMV thing just seemed like a forced
attempted to get Chuck and Wendy at the same place and for the writers to add
some forced sports references.
Only Murders in the
Building:Now that is how you make
an entrance. Welcome back Detective Williams. Sorry you had to slum it on The
Idol; hopefully she is available for the final two episodes and this was not a
one off. Charles and Oliver's plan to distract her was hilarious. I did notice
that they would have missed the interrogation of the first guy (though he is so
insignificant I forgot his name if we ever knew it in the first place) and
Bobo. I wonder if missing their interview will be important.
But maybe not because Loretta confessed. I had an inkling
that it was going to happen, but thought that was going to be the cliffhanger
for the penultimate episode, not this one. What pushed her over the edge was
Donna talking about protecting her child at all cost which put Donna at the top
of my murder board. Could she have sabotage the play to save her kid the
humiliation of producing a bomb? She seemed extremely angry that the critic who
wrote the bad review for the play was at the sitzprobe (I am now extremely
disappointed that none of my high school musicals had sitzprobes).
So now I am thinking they pin the murder on Donna next week,
but the big twist at the end is that she just poisoned Ben Glenroy and then we
learn who pushed him down the elevator shaft in the final and that will be...
mmm, I kind of like Tobert until he started dating Mabel. I guess I will stick
with him unless someone really sticks out next week. Though, if it was him,
then Detective Williams would have been wrong to say, "The killer is
someone in this room." Maybe I will say Howard as a backup, he seems way too
eager to be part of the podcast.
Ashoka:So Erza has been hanging out with the rock
people from Frozen this whole
time?Wild that him and Thrawn just let
each other live in peace this whole time.
The Challenge: USA:Hopefully Wes will keep his word and stay retired,
but I will not hold my breath.If only
he took Johnny with him
I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post includes blurbs on Only Murders in the Building, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Love in Fairhope, Chucky, Olivia Newton-John, Daya, Nickelback, and Stephen Sanchez.
- Check out multi-Grammy®/Academy Award® winnerSteve Martinperform “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” - a new song written specifically for the show by Oscar®, Grammy®, Tony®, and Olivier Award-winning songwriters/producersBenj Pasek & Justin Paul ("La La Land," "Dear Evan Hansen," and "The Greatest Showman"), Grammy®, Emmy®, and Tony®-winning songwriter/ composerMarc Shaiman ("Hairspray") and Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Award-winning songwriterScott Wittman ("Hairspray"). SINGLE: Apple Music | Spotify
- SHOWTIME today released the official trailer and key art for the highly anticipatedoriginal film THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL, written and directed by Academy Award®-celebrated filmmaker WilliamFriedkinand based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk of the same name. The captivating film follows a U.S. naval first officer who’s standing trial for orchestrating a mutiny after his captain shows signs of becoming unhinged and jeopardizes the lives of his crew. Following the film’s premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL, willpremiereonstreaming andondemandfor allSHOWTIME and Paramount+ with SHOWTIMEsubscriberson Friday, October 6, before making itson-air debut on SHOWTIME onSunday, October 8, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
- If you were given the chance to bring your fantasy love story to life on TV, how would it look? Would it be a picture-perfect fairy tale or something a bit messier? This uniquely unscripted romantic series follows five women at different stages in their lives as they experience reimagined romance in the picturesque small town of Fairhope, Alabama, a tight-knit community where everyone knows everyone else’s business and matters of the heart matter most. In “Love in Fairhope," real people star in a story inspired by their own where fantasy and reality collide. "Love in Fairhope," a uniquely unscripted romantic series, premieres on Hulu Wednesday, September 27.TRAILER: HERE
- Chucky... Next stop, Washington, D.C. Season 3 Premieres October 4 at 9PM on USA & SYFY. Season 3, Part 1 (four episodes) premieres October 4 and Part 2 returns with more episodes in 2024. Tune in for returning fan favorites Devon Sawa and Jennifer Tilly, and guest stars including Saturday Night Live's Sarah Sherman and Kenan Thompson! Episodes Will Stream Next Day on Peacock. Text "CHUCKY" to 201-500-3347 to join the Chucky party and be the first to get any new camPAIN đŸ”ª updates! Official Season 3 Trailer Here
- On November 17, MCA/UMe is set to release both vinyl and CD editions of Dame Olivia Newton-John’s smash-hit, tenth studio album, 1978’sTotally Hot, a record that further reinforced her status as a surefire international superstar. In celebration of Newton-John’s first-ever platinum-certified album’s 45th anniversary,Totally Hotreturns to vinyl for the first time in decades in two different options, in addition to being made available anew on CD and on all major digital platforms. Totally Hotwill be released in the following formats: limited-edition 1LP neon coral red vinyl, standard weight 1LP black vinyl, 1CD, and Digital. All versions ofTotally Hotcan be pre-orderedHERE.
- Daya has released her latest single “Downtown,” alongside an official visualizer. The sensual electropop track is now available for streaming on all major digital platforms. LISTEN TO “DOWNTOWN" WATCH THE OFFICIAL “DOWNTOWN” VISUALIZER Following the success of "Juliene," Daya's first single release of the year, which marked the commencement of an exciting new era in her career, "Downtown” offers fans a look into the pop star’s sultry side while documenting a thrilling night out. Daya's journey through the music landscape has been nothing short of remarkable. With a string of hits that have resonated with fans globally, the artist has cemented her status as a true pop icon.
- Nickelbackunveiled the music video for their single “High Time,” off of their 2022 albumGet Rollin’. With a funky groove and country rock twang, “High Time” takes listeners on a hazy cross-country road trip that reminds us it’s always 4:20 somewhere. Frontman Chad Kroeger sings about “strumming’, thumpin’ on the dashboard”, which listeners are sure to do as their friends sing along in the backseat of a long drive while they get rolling - literally. The world-renowned rock band is currently bringing their “fiery, raucous, unapologetic and rock-driven” energy (The Tennessean) across North America with their 53-date Get Rollin’ tour, in support of their 10th studio album by the same name. Their electrifying set explores their record-breaking, genre-defying discography of arena-ready singalongs, hard-hitting rock anthems and emotional ballads. With hits spanning nearly three decades, the band continues their incomparable legacy as “one of rock’s biggest-ever bands” (KERRANG). Nickelback’s Get Rollin’ tour holds the #7 spot on Pollstar’s LIVE75 chart which ranks worldwide active tours by average tickets sold for shows performed over the last 30 days. In April 2024, Nickelback will join Morgan Wallen, Eric Church, Post Malone, Hardy, Diplo, Wiz Khalifa, Bailey Zimmerman and more at the iconic Stagecoach Country Music Festival in California.
- Multi-platinum emerging artist Stephen Sanchez has released his debut album, Angel Face, out now via Mercury Records/Republic Records. The 13-track album is filled to the brim with 50s and 60s-inspired love songs, including RIAA 3x Platinum Certified hit, “Until I Found You.” Listen to Angel Face HERE. Along with the album, Stephen has released cinematic music videos for “Death Of The Troubadour” and “High,” directed by Charlie Rees - watch “Death Of The Troubadour” HERE and watch “High” HERE.
