Rueben’s Ramblings

San Diego Comic Con 2018: Watching From the Sidelines

San Diego Comic Con 2018 gets underway tomorrow evening with preview night followed by four full days of panels, panels and more panels plus tons of celebrity appearances, sneak peek trailers, lots of cosplayers and lots and lots of people. But for the first time in 17 years, I will be attending San Diego Comic Con from the sidelines! To …

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Dream Casting Books to TV: Susan Mallery’s Fool’s Gold Franchise (Part 2)

Last month, I started a new series of articles, focusing on my dream casting if the Fool’s Gold book franchise by author Susan Mallery were ever to be made into a TV series. If you haven’t done so already, please check out Part 1 of that Dream Casting article here. The next set of books and the actors and actresses …

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Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Ever After

The box office movie Ever After – also known as Ever After: A Cinderella Story – was released in theatres on July 31, 1998, starring Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston. It only seemed right to take some time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this film, especially given how popular the film has become over the past two decades. In …

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Do You Remember: Terriers

Back in the fall of 2010, FX debuted the new crime comedy-drama Terriers from series creator Ted Griffin [who went on to be a co-producer on the box office movie The Wolf of Wall Street] and executive producers Shawn Ryan (Timeless and S.W.A.T.) and Tim Minear (American Horror Story, 9-1-1 and Feud). The series starred Donal Logue (of Gotham fame) …

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Dream Casting Books to TV: Susan Mallery Fool’s Gold Franchise (Part 1)

In March, we celebrated Women’s History Month and during off-line discussions among our staff we talked about what books written by women authors we would love to see come to the small screen as TV shows. Obviously there have been countless books transformed into TV shows (or movies), such as Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, the Outlander franchise …

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Salute to Rising Stars

It’s time, again, to salute those actresses who are on the move, actresses who deserve a little extra attention for their latest work, those actresses who are rising stars. Landing that crucial role in a TV movie or guest appearance in a successful show or film makes all the difference for aspiring actors. Let’s take a look at the next …

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Do You Remember: Over There

In honor of Memorial Day, it only seemed right to focus the latest “Do You Remember” on the short-lived 2005 FX military drama Over There. The series was co-created by the late Steven Bochco and Chris Gerolmo, following a unit of the United States Army’s 3rd Infantry Division on its first tour of duty in Iraq and chronicled the war’s …

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My Top 13 Choices for June

The 2017-2018 TV season is nearly at an end and summer TV is almost upon us. With that thought in mind, I selected my top choices for next month’s programming. SUMMER LOVIN’ The following movies are part of the June Weddings over at the Hallmark Channel. Three of them are sequels to previous made-for-TV movies and one is brand new. …

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America’s 100 Best-Loved Novels

On May 22, PBS will air the two-hour special The Great American Read, which will celebrate the joy of reading the books we love. The chosen books span five centuries from Don Quixote (1603) to Ghost (2016). Authors from 15 different countries are represented, with genres ranging from beloved children’s classics like Charlotte’s Web to modern best-sellers like Harry Potter. …

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Tribute to TV Moms

With Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, now only seemed like the right time to focus on some of my favorite TV moms. Once you’ve checked out my list, please share your own. And, most of all, if you are fortunate enough to still have her in your life, make sure to spend the day with your mom, letting her …

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