Shades of Blue A Season Finale that's Must See

Ever since January 7th, there has been no other show getting major buzz on Thursday nights at 10/9c like Shades of Blue. For week after week, the show has been thrilling us with unbelievable moments. And as tonight's the season finale, it's gonna be the mother of all season finales.

If you don't know or haven't heard of Shades of Blue, it's about a NYPD detective Harlee Santos (played by Jennifer Lopez), who's a single mother dealing with financial issues. She gets caught by the FBI anti-corruption task force and has to decide whether to do the right thing for her daughter or cover up for her corrupt co-workers.

From the moment episode one ends, you're on this ride that you can't and don't want to get off. There are so many twist and turns for this cop drama that it's not your typical cop drama at all. It's basically a character driven cop drama.

Lopez gives her best performance in this series. I'm already given her an Emmy nod. She's been nothing but unbelievable and half the time it's not only her but this great ensemble cast. Ray Liotta, gives a great performance as Harlee's captain, mentor and friend. So does Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos) too. And Warren Kole (Common Law) gives an amazing performance that gets into your skin as the FBI anti-corrupt task force leader and Harlee's handler. With great acting comes great writing and this series has great writing.

Tonight is the season finale, if you missed episodes you can download the NBC app and watch the full season episodes. Less than a month after the series premiered, the show gets picked up for a second season.

What's being said about the finale is that you need to brace yourself. Lopez tells The Jess Cagle Interview with People Magazine and Entertainment Weekly editorial director, "All I can say is that I don't know where we go from here. When we were doing the last scenes for the last episode in that last week,  I was like 'what the hell are we doing?' Oh my god, it's riveting. I'll tell you that much."

You can catch the season finale of Shades of Blue tonight at 10/9c on NBC.

A "Blacklist" Spinoff?

It seems that NBC has been hitting the success button with spinoff shows, take example the Chicago series (Fire, PD, Med and soon to be Justice). Now the Peacock network is looking into The Blacklist for another show.

TVLine is reporting that NBC "is developing a spinoff of The Blacklist," that will have Famke Janssen (How to Get Away with Murder) as the lead role.

The backdoor pilot episode is set to air May 12th as Janssen will play Susan "Scottie" Halsted, who'll be introduced into the show a week earlier, May 5th.

There's a rumor that Blacklist regular Ryan Eggold would have a major role in the project, that gives Tom and Scottie's relationship just like Liz and Red's relationship dynamic.

TVLine says that a source "stresses that there is currently no series commitment for the spinoff "and "a decision will likely be made in May."  

In addition to the spinoff news, TVLine has learned that Edi Gathegi, who plays Mr Solomon in the series, has closed a deal to co-star in the spinoff.

As a viewer and a fan of The Blacklist, this does seem interesting but also a bit scary to see a spinoff come from this show. How different would it be from the original series is something tough to get off.

Nothing is set in stone or in contract so let's just see where these two episodes will go.

You can catch The Blacklist as the show returns Thursday, April 7th at 9/8c with a wedding that can't be missed.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - Kimmy-fy Your World - Netflix [HD]

Kimmy Schmidt is back and Kimmer than ever!!! April 15th the world will be a Kimmer place once again as Season two kicks off.

Check this teaser:


Season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt premieres on Netflix April 15th.

Son of Krypton vs The Dark Knight: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

This was literally the one movie I was dying to see. The one film that was circled on my calendar coming four days later after my birthday. And after seeing it yesterday, I was not disappointed at all.

I truly enjoyed this movie a lot. From Ben Affleck's performance as Bruce Wayne/Batman which outstanding. Affleck really showed the true dark side of the Dark Knight. The fight scenes, the car chases and yes even that not to long not to short of a fight between him and Superman was amazing.

My brother, Alex, thought that scene when Superman was getting his strength back and Batman punches him until he sees his hand a bit smashed, backing away with his hand up saying wait was hilarious. I have to agree with that too.

Cavill's performance as Superman was good. He's character is trying to make what he is to the world and the world is in separate sides after the events in Man of Steel. The chemistry between Cavill and Amy Adams, as Lois Land, can't be beat. Near the end I was shedding some tears myself and I wasn't the only one in the theatre to do so.

Jesse Eisenberg was great, crazy and insane but great. This Lex Luther seems to be younger than Superman and Batman and tries to play with the big boys and does it quiet well. There were some scenes that had me seating back and looking at my brother with a look that he's getting crazy dangerous. Hell, the scenes with Holly Hunter was great. I didn't think it was going to be that good but hell there was some sexually tension between one another and that scene when she sees a jar of "grandma's sweet peach tea" seating I think we all knew that Lex is that bad.

Of course, I don't believe in what some of the critics are saying of this film. Yeah, I do agree with some others that the story was a bit long. I don't care I always asked for a longer movie in this genre. Yeah the fight between Superman and Batman was a bit short to our expectations, so it fit just fine with me.

Gal Gadot's performance was great. Even though we knew who she is and all, she played Dana perfectly long with Affleck. And her introduction as Wonder Woman was outstanding. Hell, the score was mind blowing.

And I can't forget Jeremy Irons performance as Alfred was amazing. He was the most active Alfred in all of the Batman films. Not only given Affleck's character advice but being sarcastic and hilarious. Probably my favorite Alfred along with Michael Gough.

Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice was a very good film. It was better than Man of Steel and Batman Begins to say the least. It's a Zack Snyder film and if you remember Man of Steel, he does stretch the film out a bit. I literally can't wait to see the blu-ray edition when it's release to see more of what they didn't show.

Loved that scene when all three heroes lineup together against Doomsday. I think I wasn't the only one that was full of excitement and shedding some tears a bit too. And seeing the rest of the soon to be Justice League was amazing. Those were enough clips to see them from The Flash, Aquaman and Cybrog.

The ending of the film was remarkable as it felt like The Dark Knight Returns but only for Superman.

I loved it. I'm dying to see it again. I can't wait to see the rest of the DC Universe films.

Overall, I give it a 9/10.

Batman V. Superman Dawn of Justice is in theaters now.

A Pulsing New Medical Drama: Heartbeat "Pilot"

It's the year of the medical dramas this television season. With Code Black on CBS and NBC, not only has Chicago Med, but I  now have a new medical series, Heartbeat.  This new series has a pulse that shows a lot of heart and character.

Based loosely on the life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, Melissa George plays Dr. Alex Panttiere, the top female heart surgeon in the country. She cares for her patients and will do anything to get what they need to live. It's a heart transplant.

With one case of a young patient needing a heart, Alex gets word that a patient has died, and the family will sign the donor papers. But when Alex's boss, Millicent Patel (Shelley Conn), tells her that the board decided to give the heart to another person, that makes Alex upset and searches for a patient who is near death.

But when her patient's boyfriend decides to give his heart in the worst way, he shoots himself with a gun, but it offers Alex the heart that her patient needs to get. But when Patel tells her that the board has to decide the outcome of where or not to take the guy's organs. But when Alex's patient goes into cardiac arrest, she doesn't wait and performs a surgery that will affect not only the patient's heart but also her boyfriend's heart, and it has only been done by four other doctors. And after performing it, Alex becomes the fifth doctor.

But even though she knows what's best for her patients, she has some trouble with her relationships. She's a mother of two with a musician who's gay, but they are still close. She's dating Dr. Pierce Harrison (Dave Annable), but when word has it that her mentor, Dr. Jessie Shane (Don Hany), is working at St. Matthews, old flames return to her.

Heartbeat has an excellent ensemble cast. George is remarkable and challenging. Conn, Annable, Hany, and Hughley, as the psychiatrist, are also excellent. I can't believe Jamie Kennedy is in this series, and he brings enough creepy humor to like him just a bit.

Overall, I give this episode a 7.5/10.

You can catch Heartbeat at its regular time on Wednesday nights at 8/7c on NBC.

Stitchers Season 2 "Suit Up" Promo (HD)

Last summer's new hit series Stitchers is back! And for this season, just shut up and relax your mind as things look to go out of this world?

What adventures and mysteries will they solve this season?



The season premiere of Stitchers airs Tuesday, March 22nd at 10/9c on Freeform

Heartbeat: A New Medical Drama

A new medical drama comes to NBC this week with a preview Tuesday, March 22 at 9/8c and the premiere Wednesday, March 23rd at 8/7c.

Heartbeat is loosely based on the life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato. This unique character driven medical drama follows Dr. Alex Panttiere (Melissa George, "The Slap), an out-spoken renowned heart transplant surgeon and one of few women in her field.

Stubborn and fearless, Alex operates on her own terms. She revels in a racy personal life that's a full-time job in itself, manages the daily demands of skeptical faculty and dutiful interns. She pushes the boundaries of medical science and to impressive new heights.

Along with George, the cast includes Dave Annable, Don Hany, Shelley Conn, D.L. Hughley, Jamie Kennedy, Maya Erskine, JLouis Mills and Joshua Leonard.

Jill Gordon severs as the writer and executive producer. Amy Brennenman, Brad Silberling and director Robbie Duncan McNeill serves as executive producers. While Susan Carlson, Eric Carlson, Kelly Meyer and Dr. Kathy Magliato serves as co-executive producers.
   
Here's the trailer:


Heartbeat will air a preview episode Tuesday, March 22 at 9/8c after The Voice and premiere on it's regular night the following night Wednesday, March 23rd at 8/7c on NBC.

Another Star joins Chicago Justice and More One Chicago news.

On Saturday, while the Paleyfest honored Dick Wolf, it was announced that a Rocky alum will be joining the cast in the next installment of the Chicago spinoff.

Carl Weathers, played the iconic Apollo Creed and also co-stared in the hit USA Network series Colony, will play State's Attorney Mark Jefferies, in the backdoor pilot during episode 21 of Chicago PD.

Weathers is the latest addition to the cast along side Philip Winschester (The Player), Joelle Carter (Justified) and Nazneen Contractor (Heroes Reborn).

Weathers has also been credited on Arrested Development and In The Heat of the Night.

Also in other Chicago news, the future for Dawsey seems to row bumpy with a new altercation.

As Casey's political race moves on, when trouble comes Lauren Stamile (Burn Notice and Complications) enters the picture as a political consultant.

Jesse Spencer tell TVLine that, They're denying it. It's not fully conscious, but there is an attraction there."

And not to mention,if you were looking forward to the Lindsay-Halstead road trip episode, think again as it has been axed.

It was the story was set as Episode 15 had a change of pace as the two detectives take a raod trip to Wisconsin for a case. On their way there, they share some one on one time as they shed some backstory about each other.

The episode was suppose to come after Lindsay's confrontation with Yates. But the tone wasn't quite there.

Sophie Bush tells TVLine that " It didn't feel appropriate to have that happen on the heels of it. Our show is very often dealing with sensitive material, especially where we are at the end of the third season. It didn't work energetically or in a linear way to do a show that felt a little bit like a departure and had so much comedy in it."

But that being said, you can still expect some more Linstead moments. They are trying to remind the audience that they are in a relationship. And that they are trying to give more of what the fans and audience wants to see of the hot TV couple.

Chicago Fire and Chicago Med returns Tuesdya, March 29th
Chicago PD returns Wednesday, March 23rd at 10/9c all on NBC.

Joelle Carter Lands a Role on Chicago legal spinoff

It was announced Monday by Deadline that the former Justified alum Joelle Carter has landed a co-starring role along with Phillip Winchester (The Player) and Nazneen Contractor (Heroes Reborn) in the upcoming Dick Wolf Chicago spinoff series, Chicago Justice.

Caret will be playing Lori Nagle, a tough as nails investigator.

Just like PD and Med, Justice will be introduced into the upcoming episode 21 of Chicago PD.

You can catch Chicago Fire and Chicago Med Tuesday nights and Chicago PD Wednesday nights on NBC.

The Family Comedy is Back!!

Last summer's number one new comedy is back with a preview and a season premiere with in the same week of each other. And once again picks on the funny side of the conversation of topics that makes the show edgy and risky.

The preview episode "Everybody Cheats" has Cynthia debating whether or not to tell her best friend about seeing her husband with another woman. Each member from Jerrod, Maxine to even Joe debate about it and have some different input. And Maxine confuses to Jerrod that while they were going out that she was cheating on her boyfriend with him.

This episode was very good. Grier and Devine were amazing in this episode. The writing was good too. Even though that this episode aired as a preview, it felt in a way that it was an example of what the show is about.

The season premiere, which airs Sunday nights at 9/8c, "Fallen Heroes" dived into the discussion of going to see a childhood hero, who turns out that childhood hero turns out to be Bill Cosby. Jerrod had two tickets to see his comedy show, but Maxine wouldn't go because of what Cosby has done. So Jerrod ask his parents if they want to go, as an anniversary gift.

The whole family takes on if they should or shouldn't go, but when it was just going to be Joe and Jerrod, guilt sets in for Joe while for Jerrod it sets him asking if Cosby is still funny or should he be laughing at his jokes.

The episode was such a well written with risk. The jokes were hilarious, sometimes there were a few that had me balling with laughter. This episode was a well performed from the cast. Literally one of it's best episodes.

As for "The Funeral," Joe gets a phone call from his sister that his father passed away. Joe decides to give him a funeral along with a eulogy too. But Jerrod doesn't see why because the way the guy was before he died.

There were some humor moments but the moment that stole the whole episode was when Joe tells Jerrod of what he had gone through with his dad from protecting his mother from her and such. David Alan Grier gives his best performance in this episode. Along with Devine at the end when she was performing "Ava Marie," even though Cynthia don't remember much of the words expect for "Ava Marie."

Overall, for each episode I give Everybody Cheats"  a 8/10, "Fallen Heroes" a 10/10 and "The Funeral" a 9.5/10.

You can catch The Carmichael Show Sundays at 9/8c on NBC.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2 - Official Trailer - Netflix [HD]

The full trailer of the new season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was released on Monday. And in this season looks like she's going to be juggling school, relationships, therapy and working as an Elf at a Christmas department.

She's just making the world a #hashbrown Kimmer place. And after watching this trailer, you would hope that a spinoff to Bunny and Kitty would be in the works.

Here's the trailer:


You can catch the first season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix now and catch season two premiere on April 15th.

One Crossover, Two Heroes: Supergirl

Stop the presses!!! Make sure to grab your running shoes and your capes because CBS has some exciting news!!!

CBS announced on Wednesday that Supergirl and The CW's Flash will pair up in a crossover episode starting March 28th.

In the episode, "World's Finest," Supergirl joins forces with a lighting-fast-and super dreamy-hero, The Flash (Grant Gustin), to take out two villains. Lost and confused after spiraling from his universe and landing in Kara's. The Flash asks for her help in finding his way back home.

Excited to finally come face-to-face with one of the good guys, Kara agrees on one condition: the super-runner has to help her take down her ultra-competitive co-worker and screeching malefactor Siobhan, aka Sliver Banshee and Supergirl's old nemesis, Livewire.

This episode's packed with action, excitement and a bit of super-flirting, this is an episodes you do not want to miss.

The crossover episode will air Monday, March 28th at 8/7c on CBS.


Here's the poster for the episode:

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot review

If there's one word to describe Whiskey Tango Foxtrot it's astonishing!

Based on a True Story of Kim Barker. This film about a TV journalist Kim Baker, played by Tina Fey, makes some career changes by going out to cover the war in Afghanistan when the rest of the journalist that covered that war are covering the war in Iraq.  Only to gone for a few months, she stays a lot longer and tries to do stories that are interesting for news networks.

After doing pieces on the soldiers, like every other journalist, she sees the thrill of war and catches it on film. Filled with excitement, she wants to cover more of that action along with getting interviews from top officials played by Billy Bob Thornton and Afraid Molina.

She meets other journalist (Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman) that they party hard after a hard days work. Fey and Freeman are hilarious and show a lot of chemistry throughout the film.

It's when Baker finds out that her network isn't going to air her stories because of how no once cares, she tries to find the most dangerous stuff she can do, like filming into a men's only park rally.

Baker realizes that after losing her close friend because of her addiction to getting dangerous stories. Not only one of her friends but two from getting nearly blown up (Margot) to being kidnapped (Freeman). When Baker learns of the kidnapping, she pulls her strings to get information on his location.

Baker grows closer to Freeman's character, but decides to focus on her career and does so as a TV new anchor and finally gets her big break. The ending does give us an open to whether or no they do get together.

This was a well written film. The film balances out humor and serious drama. This isn't like Sisters or Date Night, this film shows nudity and gruesome scenes like the bombing scene which showed dead bodies, one man losing a leg and another one screaming.

Fey is brilliant and shows a wide range of dramatic and comedy in this film. Robbie and Freeman also play well rounded characters as well. And of course, I couldn't get enough of Thornton and Fey scenes.

Overall,  I give this film a 9/10.

You can catch Whiskey Tango Foxtrot in theaters now.

Ghostbusters Trailer Revealed

On Thursday, Sony Pictures releases the first full trailer of Ghostbusters. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones team up and take on the paranormal world .They take on the powerful and mysterious evil demon Roman. 

This looks so freakin hilarious. So far these four look perfect to take on the ghost and demons. The one thing that got me so excited is that Slimer is in the trailer. He looks good for 30 years of nothing but eating and slimming. Even though they didn't show the original characters, I think that they'll either show it in the final trailer or not and save it as a complete surprise. I go for surprise.

Here's the trailer.

Ghostbusters hits theaters July 15th 2016. 

For Honor and Love: The Mysteries of Laura "The Mystery of the End of Watch" Part 2 Season Finale

In part two of the two-part season finale, Laura and the gang not only deal with the death of a fellow officer but also the murderer who did it and a moment of truth as someone speaks about her love for him.

This episode was emotional from the start, reviewing the event that occurred at the time of the shooting. We see Laura lying there with Santiani in shock and sadness. Soon, Laura gets to Santiani's son's school to inform him.

As everyone at the station is still in shock, Max isn't showing any emotions. Jake puts Santiani on the board as the only victim. The team pulls together and starts digging into who could have done it.

They all thought that it was Chung, the drug lord, that they busted in Part 1. He did threaten Laura before being taken away, and Laura thought that the shot was for her. Even though Chung wasn't in jail, he was later ruled out as a suspect.

That's when they move in on the ex-husband of Santiani. Laura got word that Nancy's son had disappeared. She and Jake look around the kid's room to find any clues. Laura finds an envelope with a plane ticket to the Cape Canaveral.

She shows Jake the ticket, drops him off at the station, and heads home. Jake sees a shop about to go out of business and heads over to buy a ring for Jen. He plans to propose to Jen. Jake tells Billy about and questions the man's motives.

In the meantime, Laura wakes and sees her boys all quiet and behaving right under Lucy's care. When talking to Lucy, she gets a flashback of Santiani and her tracker on her son's phone. They had to race towards the station and get Meredith to hack into Santiani's computer. Go figure that she is the only one using the past given password they track and find Santiani's son as he's with his father. After taking the father in for questions and a polygraph test, Laura suspects he knows who killed Santiani and will go with the plan., which is to take the money that he and the kid were to have when Santiani dies. It's about money.

The team gets set, and Laura sees the playing field. As the drop goes down, they need a confession from them, and they do, and the hounds are after them. After Meredith and Billy get one, Jake takes one down from the top and jumps on him.

After the capture and watching the son walk out with his grandmother and father, the team gathers around and listens to the call of Santiani as a salute. Every cop in New York City was silent as her name was being called.  That was such an emotional scene.

After that, Laura hugs Max, who hasn't shown any emotion after Santiani's death. Soon, Jake leaves. Billy tells Laura what Jake is about to do, and she heads home. Laura is emotional, and Lucy tells her to go after them. She races like no other and heads to where Jake and Jen are having dinner. She asks him for a minute to talk, and she tells him that she still has feelings for him. She tells him to throw the ring out and come home with her to be with the boys, but that's until Jen comes in and shows the ring on her finger.

This episode was so good. I am emotional from beginning to end, and I still want to see more. Messing gives her best performance, showing both comedic and dramatic. I love the scene where Debby and Debra talk near the end, and Debby tells her to go after him. That was so good. And the moment they honored Santaini, I thought that was such a beautiful sendoff and what the NYPD does when an officer has died.

Overall, I loved this season and gave it an 8.5/10. I want to see Laura back. Please bring it back in the same amount of episodes; that's fine. This is such a great mystery show and a show that a family can watch together. It has a great cast and excellent writing; I don't want to wait the 11th and a half hour to hear that they've been renewed. Renewed them now, NBC!!!

Overall, I give this episode a 9.5/10. It was just so good, more dramatic, and a little comedy.