DOUBLE VISION: OMAR & FELIX

Omar Miller has joined the cast of 'CSI: Miami' as Walter Simmons. He's seen here in the "Bone Voyage" episode with Dr. Raymond Langston crossing over from 'CSI: NY'.

Previous to this, Miller played FBI Agent Felix Lee on 'Eleventh Hour' (a show I liked and was sorry to see CBS didn't support it with a second season; a crossover with some other procedural like 'Criminal Minds' might have helped).

It's a shame Miller couldn't have played Felix Lee again on 'CSI: Miami', as an FBI consultant to the Miami police. That would have put 'Eleventh Hour' into a definite crossover.

Oh well. There's always the possibility for a theory of relateeveety. Maybe "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" could have referred to the daddy of both Felix and Walter....

BCnU!

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THE RAT BASTID

In 'Demons', battle-weary demon hunter Rupert Galvin and his young charge Luke Rutherford (last of the Van Helsings) are always on the look-out for "half-lifes" to smite. A half-life could have been "born" that way - such as the demon Gilgamel - or they could have been created - like the vampire Quincey Harker. Tobias Tibbs was a half-life who was part human and part rat. There was nothing Tibbs enjoyed more than performing experiments on humans. Not for any particular end... he just found it amusingly ironic.

For Toobworld Central, Tobias Tibbs stands as more proof, like the business partner of Gomez Addams, of Dr. Moreau's existance in the TV Universe.

When it comes to that, I'll also contend that the Noisy Boys, those demonic cat-like humanoids that seem to work for the higher levels of demonry, are also products of Dr. Moreau's experimentation. However, they may have kept their man-like physiology but they've lost much of the intelligence. They practically have reverted back to the pure savagery of their forebears...... BCnU!

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AS SEEN ON TV: SALLY HEMINGS

February is Black History Month.....

SALLY HEMINGS

AS SEEN IN:
"Sally Hemings: An American Scandal"

AS PLAYED BY:
Carmen Ejogo

From Wikipedia:
Sally Hemings (Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia, circa 1773 – Charlottesville, Virginia, 1835) was an African-American slave owned by President of the United States Thomas Jefferson. She was said to have been the half-sister of Jefferson's wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson.

Journalists and others alleged during and after Jefferson's presidency that he had consensual sex with her and may have fathered several children with Hemings after his wife's death, but few historians credited the allegation. However, DNA testing conducted in 1998 indicated that a male in Jefferson's line was the father of at least one of Sally Hemings's children, reigniting the debate.

BCnU!

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Millennium Group Sessions 20: John Kenneth Muir Part 1!

Welcome to the all new, revised BacktoFrankBlack podcast, the Millennium Group Sessions!

This is our twentieth podcast (not including specials I believe), and the first of 2010. It is also a two part edition, with part two later in the week. The episode is around 60 minutes in length and we hope you'll find as enjoyable to listen as enjoyable as it was to put together!

John Kenneth Muir is a journalist, award winning writer and director who has been a long term Millennium fan. His interview with Chris Carter has to be read and is one of the quintessential Carter interviews period. His blog, http://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/ is a fantastic resource for all cult, horror and science fiction fans.

To listen to the podcast, you can listen to our stream by clickling play below:

• Or download our MP3 file directly by right clicking this link and selecting "save target as"

• You can also subscribe to the Millennium Group Sessions on ITunes by searching for the Millennium Group Sessions and selecting subscribe. The latest podcasts will then automatically download to our ITunes player.

Part two will appear later in the week. Subscribe to our twitter feed, subscribe to Itunes or simply check back each day to this blog to catch part two on release.

Please leave a comment for John in our comments. Thank you!

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DVD/Blu-ray Releases: February 2010

There are some great TV box-sets released across the UK in February, but only a smattering of worthwhile films. As usual, please find below my picks of the best discs out this month on Region 2/B, with star ratings where possible:

1 FEBRUARY

Adventureland
Broken Embraces
The Day Of The Triffids (2009)
Doctor Who: Dreamland
Halloween 2 (2009)
How The Earth Made Us
In Treatment: Season 1
The Invention Of Lying
The Mentalist: Season 1
Mister Eleven
Surrogates
Wallander: Series 1 & 2
Wallander: Series 2

8 FEBRUARY

Boy A
Couples Retreat
Harper's Island
How I Met Your Mother: Season 2
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Merlin: Series 2 Volume 2
Merlin: Series 2
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Ugly Truth
Wallander: Series 1 & 2

15 FEBRUARY

Battlestar Galactica: Season 1
Battlestar Galactica: Season 2
Battlestar Galactica: Season 3
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.0
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Life On Mars USA: Season 1
Ong Bak: The Beginning
Pandorum
The Unit: Season 1-4

22 FEBRUARY

9
The Day Of The Triffids (2009)
Jennifer's Body
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Material Girl: Series 1
Survivors: Series 1 & 2
Sons Of Anarchy: Season 1
Taking Woodstock
Zombieland

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