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Remember last week, when we said Alcatraz was getting sorta interesting? Well... we may have spoken too soon. "Paxton Petty" was an exceedingly dull outing, in which the criminal mastermind of the week was a mad bomber, with like four bombs. More »
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Every TV show has an emotional core, something that all the action revolves around. After last night's episode, it's clear that Alcatraz's core is the Madsen family, with all of its unfinished business. What's more, there's actually some hope that there might really be a cool story to tell about these dysfunctional peeps. More »
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J.J. Abrams' next big TV series sounds like Fievel Mousekewitz and the American Apocalypse! NBC has just picked up Abrams' new pilot Revolution, which happens to be about a separated family after the end of the world. More »
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Alcatraz is a fun, solid show about a motley trio chasing down time-traveling convicts (and guards) from the legendary 1960s prison. It's all good creepy fun, if not exactly earth-shattering so far. But it's also true that pretty much every episode seems to include the same basic elements, with a few tweaks here and there. More »
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We've always liked Jorge Garcia on Lost, but he's really stretching his acting muscles on his new show, Alcatraz. And somehow he's managing to act rings around not just Sarah Jones but Sam Neill too. Actually there are two things to love about Alcatraz, especially based on last night's episode — Garcia's performance, and the moments of extreme creepy weirdness. More »
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Crime never sleeps, but it does jump forwards in time. At least, that's the premise of Alcatraz, the latest J.J. Abrams head trip that debuted on Fox last night. Present-day San Francisco is in for an invasion of escaped convicts, bringing their brutal 1960s ways to our more civilized namby-pamby era. Because the Kennedy era did serial killers and vengeful wackos right. More »
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J.J. Abrams' new series Alcatraz, debuting tonight, feels very much like an attempt to recapture the glories of Lost. It features yet another mystery on an island, and the return of Jorge Garcia. The show was created by a Lost writer — who was replaced during production. And there are lots of random little mysteries in tonight's first two hours. But it all falls a little flat. More »
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Alcatraz might be the most mysterious and creepy J.J. Abrams production yet — it involves crminials from the famous island prison disappearing in the past and reappearing, without having aged at all, in the present. These time-displaced criminals wreak havoc in present-day San Francisco. More »
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We've got a double dose of news about everyone's favorite horror comedy writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. Looks like Zombieland 2 might become a TV show, and there may be a potentially hilarious Micronauts film in our future! More »
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There's a brand new super secretive J.J. Abrams project in the works, and this time the geek auteur is rumored to be working with Billy Ray, who wrote Volcano with Tommy Lee Jones. Let's play "guess Abrams' new mystery project!" More »
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It's finally coming back! Fringe, the show that started as a bland X-Files clone and became a quirkily brilliant epic about interdimensional war, is finally on its way back to your television screens on Friday. More »
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Get ready for a sequel full of lens flares! J.J. Abrams, who directed 2009's Star Trek relaunch, will be returning to direct the second film. More »
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The fall TV season is beginning, and that means one thing — you're finally going to get to see the TV pilots that the networks have been sweating over for a year. Most of them will totally suck — even if the shows they launch wind up being good. But a few of them will be amazing, full of killer action and interesting characters. More »
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J.J. Abrams finally broke his long silence on the controversial ending of his most successful TV show, Lost. In an interview with the Guardian, he said that he hasn't heard anybody come up with their own ideas for how Lost should have ended. More »
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Looking as gorgeous as Drew Struzan's Super 8 poster, this new batch of concept art images shows J.J. Abrams' early vision for his creature feature (and reveals a few things that changed along the way). More »
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Super 8 is one of the only original science fiction movies this summer, and it's the brainchild of "sense of wonder" twins Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams. So yeah, there's been a lot of hype about this flick. And no, it's not entirely deserved. But that doesn't mean it isn't a likable, exciting movie. More »
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Could this Dharma Initiative-flavored video be the greatest piece of viral marketing J.J. Abrams has ever created? Either way, it reveals the secrets at the heart of his new film, Super 8. Beware: Major spoilers! More »
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We chatted with J.J. Abrams about Super 8, his monster action homage to Steven Spielberg's friendly alien films like E.T. and Close Encounters. He talked about recreating 1979, the challenges of making a movie about kids, and why his alien is kind of a bastard. More »
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What's the secret at the heart of J.J. Abrams' Super 8? The studio just released some high-res photos from the film, which look cool — but also provide some hints. More »
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J.J. Abrams' next TV show features an island and time-spanning mysteries, but it's nothing like Lost. Even the presence of a former Lost writer and Jorge Garcia in a major role don't make it any more Lost-y. More »
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The Star Trek 2 script was supposed to be finished by Christmas 2009, and it's still not done. So it should surprise nobody that there's talk that the Trek sequel may be delayed six months from June 2012 release date. More »
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A new app lets you turn your iPhone (or other i-device) into an old-school Super 8 camera. And it's chock full of hints for J.J. Abrams new movie Super 8. It's part tie-in app, part viral marketing, part movie-making tool. More »
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We've got a batch of new summer blockbuster clips revealing the secret alien tech from J.J. Abrams' Super 8, Transformers 3's possible villain, and young Charles Xavier acting somewhat dickish in X-Men: First Class. Watch them now! More »
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Fox has finally released the first footage from J.J. Abrams' mysterious time-traveling series Alcatraz. It's so Abrams-y, it makes us squeal — quick, to the lens-flare machine! Plus new footage from Terra Nova and NBC's Grimm and Awake.

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With the broadcast networks' upfront presentations right around the corner, TV studios everywhere are scrambling to pitch shows for Fall 2011. But which shows will make it past the pilot stage? Rumor has it some promising shows are in danger. More »
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Anyone else a little weirded out that the original Star Trek timeline was wiped out by J.J. Abrams' time-traveling movie? This awesome video from the makers of the Star Trek: Phase Two fan series puts the timeline back in order. More »
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Wow. Fringe's war between universes turned bloody last night. Both Walters decided to make some major sacrifices, and both Olivias faced some tough choices. Fringe is once again an epic drama. Spoilers ahead... More »
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We've seen J.J. Abrams' mysterious midnight monster train explode from multiple angles. But what about from inside the train? Hidden in Portal 2's video game extras is some CG footage from inside the monster's train ride. Watch it now. More »
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Could this be the biggest movie summer of all time? It's sure looking like it. Almost every weekend features at least one, and maybe two or three, movies with a science fiction, fantasy or comics pedigree. More »
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Slowly but surely, the details behind J.J. Abrams' mysterious new movie Super 8 are leaking out. We were sent an exclusive Super 8 viral clip, which we've managed to splice together with a few other clips. More »
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Star Trek hasn't been on television since Enterprise went away in 2005, but that's not for lack of trying. Not only did Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) pitch a show, but so did past stars William Shatner and Jonathan Frakes. More »
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Now that George R.R. Martin's long-awaited next book is coming out, and the television version of his Game of Thrones is coming soon, he's getting a lot more attention — including two great new profiles. More »
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Ready for 2011's new crop of TV shows? Get a sneak peek at J.J. Abrams' time-bending mystery show Alcatraz, the comic book adaptation of Joe Hill's Locke & Key, and see the doll that gives Wonder Woman breast envy. More »
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Now that Fringe is miraculously renewed for a fourth phenomenal season, the show is back to blowing our minds. I counted four clever misdirections in last night's episode. More »
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Here's the scene where Anna Torv really proves what a versatile actor she is — first she registers a ton of different emotions as Peter shows her his secret. And then she turns into a whole new person. More »
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Even though Super 8 was directed by J.J. Abrams, this brand new trailer smacks of producer Steven Spielberg's alien wonderment phase (and that's a very good thing). Watch the first full trailer (with dialog and story) for Super 8. More »
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It never fails: The cooler a hero is, the likelier he or she is to start tossing out references that only mean something to a handful of fans. The longer an epic story goes on, the more self-referential it gets. More »
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Fringe keeps delivering the pain to its characters. This scene was agonizing to watch, especially with the look on Anna Torv's face as she tries to get past this impossible situation, but she can't. Poor Liv. And then it leads to one of the creepiest/tenderest scenes ever, which I honestly don't know what to make of. More »
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J.J. Abrams and Jonah Nolan are teaming up to prevent future crimes. CBS has just ordered a pilot of their drama Person of Interest, about an "an ex-CIA hitman and a scientist who team up to prevent crimes before they happen." Nolan wrote the pilot, and both he and Abrams will stay on as exec producers. Sounds good, but can this new scientist measure up to the legacy of TV awesome that is Fringe's Walter Bishop? Via THR. More »
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