In the spirit of Christmas, we'll forgive NCIS this one.
It's not that "Newborn King" was a bad episode, but it felt like an entirely different show. The holiday theme was almost overblown at times, and there was a high level of (often predictable) cheesiness throughout, a far cry from some of the uber-serious, superbly well-written episodes this and every season.
But, what can I say, it's the holiday season, and it still worked for me. Why?
Marine Lt. Emma Reynolds (guest star Erin Cottrell) for one. Aside from initially locating her, there wasn't much mystery to her case - she was being stalked (hunted, really) because, after becoming pregnant by an Afghan soldier, she carried the potential heir to a key tract of land in Afghanistan that the Dod needed for a highway.
This was pretty much spelled out for us right away, and needless to say, a little far-fetched.
It's not that "Newborn King" was a bad episode, but it felt like an entirely different show. The holiday theme was almost overblown at times, and there was a high level of (often predictable) cheesiness throughout, a far cry from some of the uber-serious, superbly well-written episodes this and every season.
But, what can I say, it's the holiday season, and it still worked for me. Why?
Marine Lt. Emma Reynolds (guest star Erin Cottrell) for one. Aside from initially locating her, there wasn't much mystery to her case - she was being stalked (hunted, really) because, after becoming pregnant by an Afghan soldier, she carried the potential heir to a key tract of land in Afghanistan that the Dod needed for a highway.
This was pretty much spelled out for us right away, and needless to say, a little far-fetched.
- 12/14/2011
- by steve@iscribelimited.com (Steve Marsi)
- TVfanatic
If Manuel Carballo's 'Exorcismus' (Aka 'The Possession of Emma Evans' and/or 'La posesion de Emma Evans') is every girls perfect Valentine's gift then UK males are in luck! The new exorcism feature from Spain, and featuring 'Hellraiser's Doug Bradley, will arrive on UK DVD shelves on 14 February 2011. From a script penned by David Munoz the movie, which will be distribyed by Entertainment One, will manage to cling onto it's more interesting 'Exorcismus' title instead of the 'Emma Evans' one which quite frankly is similar to other stuff already out there. Stephen Billington, Tommy Bastow, Sophie Vavasseur, Richard Felix, Jo-Anne Stockham, Brendan Price, Claudia Costas, Emma Reynolds and Lazzaro E. Oertli Ortiz round off the cast. Check out the trailer below....
- 11/25/2010
- Horror Asylum
The original embodiment of 'Hellraiser's Pinhead, Doug Bradley, may have been turfed aside for the upcoming sequel 'Hellraiser: Revelations' but he's still keeping his feet firmly in the horror camp with new Spanish exorcism horror 'The Possession of Emma Evans' (Aka 'Exorcismus', 'La posesion de Emma Evans'). The Manuel Carballo directed project, which co-stars the mostly British cast Stephen Billington, Tommy Bastow, Sophie Vavasseur, Richard Felix, Jo-Anne Stockham, Brendan Price, Claudia Costas, Emma Reynolds and Lazzaro E. Oertli Ortiz, has got itself a new sales art poster fresh from Afm 2010 and you can check it out below. ''The Possession of Emma Evans' ('Exorcismus') follows Fifteen-year-old Emma Hawkins, who, like any other teenage girl, thinks that her parents don't understand her. She longs for independence and a life free of family ties and responsibilities and she is prepared to do anything to achieve it. But one day she will...
- 11/8/2010
- Horror Asylum
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