‘The Mosquito Coast’ Is an Underwhelming Journey into Madness: TV Review

Quinton Aaron is on a health journey and he’s never looked better! The 37-year-old actor, best known for his role as Michael Oher in 2009’s The Blind Side opposite Sandra Bullock, shared during a recent interview with TMZ that he’s lost nearly 100 lbs. after focusing on changing his lifestyle in the new year. “I used the new year as a way to get a new me,” he told the outlet on Monday.

student was brewing homemade rocket fuel in a dorm kitchen when it sparked a huge "fireball" explosion.A blast from the experiment set off the fire alarms and sprinklers in the dorm halls, causing flooding in parts of the building.The student from Brigham Young University, Utah, started the experiment at around 4.30pm.BYU police said they and the Provo Fire Department responded to the blast.Police said in a statement: “The flames from the explosion had engulfed the walls and ceiling around the stove and the intense heat tripped the fire sprinkler system."Firefighters quickly secured the scene and were able to put out the remnants from the fire."Police reported that the building suffered "extensive damage" but no one was injured in the explosion.

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Jamie Lee Curtis commemorated the last day of shooting on the final movie with some emotional memories and candid behind-the-scenes moments caught on camera.Curtis — who has played the protagonist Laurie Strode since the first film in the series was released in 1978 — took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a slideshow of black-and-white snapshots that summed up what it was like wrapping production on both the movie and her part in the massive franchise.«A bittersweet END for me on the movies. I've made great friends and have collaborated with wonderful artists on these three movies and today my part in the film has been completed and with it the END for me of this trilogy,» wrote Curtis, emphasizing the word «end,» likely because the name of the film is .After playing Laurie in  and its sequel,, in 1981, she then returned in 1998 for and again in 2002's.

J. Kim Murphy NBC is staying in “The Blacklist” business. The network has renewed its flagship espionage series for a tenth season.Series star James Spader revealed news of the renewal during his appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday evening.

Ian Evatt believes Bolton Wanderers picking up second balls after the break was key to their victory over Lincoln City and led to their goals in the encounter as he set a target to try and win against MK Dons on Saturday in their surge to reach the League One play-offs.

Soundtrack #1.Yesterday (February 22), the vocalist released a live music video for his the solo track, a ballad titled ‘A Little More’. “Even when I was pretending to be brave, pretending to be bold / Trying to not be so obvious but it seems like my face can’t hide it,” Doyoung croons, accompanied by an orchestra.‘A Little More’ is the seventh track released as part of the upcoming Disney+ K-drama.

Mandy Moore put on a glamorous display as she got ready to make a surprise appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night.The entertainer, 37, took to Instagram to show her sleek look to her 4.8 million followers.It came after Mandy celebrated the 100th episode of her hit NBC show This Is Us with her castmates. Gorgeous! Mandy Moore put on a glamorous display as she got ready to make a surprise appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night The New Hampshire native wowed with her dark hair pulled back into a chic, low, undone bun placed at the back of her head.Delicate face-framing pieces were left out in the front and styled in a loose wave pattern.

Kristin Davis was among the people who lent their support for Canidae's Puppy Playdate Event in the Burbank neighborhood of Los Angeles.The event not only celebrated the launch of the company's first Kibble Refill it also served as a promotion for the adoption of abandoned and homeless dogs.The Sex And The City star was the picture of casual-cool in the fashion department when she showed up decked out in an all-denim jumpsuit as she posed alongside some of the pooches that need a forever home. Star power: Kristin Davis, 56, lent her star power to Canidae's Puppy Playdate Event, which celebrated the launch of its first Kibble Refill Station in Burbank on Tuesday The actress also wore a pair of black leather boots, and her dark brown tresses were styled long and flowing well past her shoulders with a part off to the right.

Katharine McPhee loves being a mother, and she wanted all of her nearly 900,000 Instagram followers to know it.The singer-songwriter, 37, posted several pictures from her and husband David Foster's baby son Rennie's first birthday on Tuesday.She captioned the set of photos, 'Happy Birthday to our cutie baldie baby who turns 1 today! Where does the time go? Enjoying motherhood:Katharine McPheeposted several pictures from her and husband David Foster's son Rennie's first birthday on Tuesday'I know you've heard this before but being a mommy is the greatest fricken thing in the world. Here are some highlights from his 1st party.

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris help bring Walter Tevis' iconic 1963 novel to life in the new trailer for Showtime's The Man Who Fell to Earth.Ejiofor plays a new alien character who arrives on Earth at a key point in human evolution as the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.Harris playsJustin Falls, described as, 'a brilliant scientist and engineer who must conquer her own demons in the race to save two worlds.' Trailer:Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris help bring Walter Tevis' iconic 1963 novel to life in the new trailer for Showtime's The Man Who Fell to EarthThe trailer begins with a man saying, 'There's a door in front of you. On the other side is something I could never imagine,' as we get a glimpse at Harris' character Justin, laying in bed awake next to her sleeping daughter Molly (Anelle Olaeye).She's next seen power-washing her truck, saying, 'they're gonna take the house next month, I'm always working and Molly has no one.' A shooting star - or so we think - is seen as Justin says, 'I saw something and it freaked me out.' Justin and Molly:The trailer begins with a man saying, 'There's a door in front of you.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticWe may soon begin to run low on famous cases from the past to reframe into true-crime series. Following on recent series about the Night Stalker and the Ted Bundy murders, Netflix now drops “The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness,” about the Son of Sam killings in New York City in the late 1970s.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn a very early scene in Peacock’s new series “Girls5eva,” a rising rap star is looking for something he can sample inexpensively. His producer, before directing him to a forgotten hit by a pop quintet, suggests “anything by the Stones: Sharon or Oliver.”It’s that kind of joke — so briskly delivered, it only registers as the next one arrives — that defines a Tina Fey-produced show.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAs chance would have it, Justin Theroux was filming Apple TV Plus’ new series adaptation of “The Mosquito Coast” when he learned that original star Harrison Ford had just checked into his same hotel.A mutual friend suggested that they meet. “We had this wonderful long tequila-filled night.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVA genius inventor who found a way to make ice from fire lives off the grid with his wife and two homeschooled children. They don’t have a television, they don’t have cell phones, they scavenge the dump for discarded items they can use, trade or sell because he is concerned about the rampant rate of American consumerism and the waste it generates.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticBefore her notoriety as one of Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New York City,” Bethenny Frankel emerged from a very different style of reality TV. In 2005, she competed on “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart,” a show designed to burnish Stewart’s image just after her release from federal prison, and, after having done that, to choose for Stewart a successor figure.

He's taking over the role originated by Harrison Ford in his under appreciated 1986 drama The Mosquito Coast.And Justin Theroux, 49, showed off his rugged movie-star looks on Friday evening when he was joined in Queens, New York City, for a screening of his new Apple TV+ series by his costar Logan Polish, 19, who stars as his on-screen daughter.The actors were helping to boost an awards-consideration screening held at a drive-in movie theater due to the ongoing pandemic.

Justin Theroux is following in Harrison Ford’s footsteps in Apple TV+ ‘s new series “Mosquito Coast”. Based on the novel by the actor’s uncle Paul Theroux, the story was turned into a movie in 1986 starring Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix. Now, the “Leftovers” star is getting a crack at the lead, telling ET Canada’s Morgan Hoffman he had to “work hard” at pretending the movie version and Ford’s take on the character didn’t exist.

Allie Fox, the main character in Paul Theroux's 1981 novel The Mosquito Coast, has soured on the American Dream — particularly what he sees as a culture of waste and conspicuous consumption, of exploited laborers and trash heaps piled high with the latest in disposable technology. In the current TV adaptation of Theroux's book, Allie is played by the author's nephew, Justin Theroux, and the character has an added streak of techno-paranoia; his rants about the evils of capitalism are infused with a fear of the surveillance state.

Much has been written about how the Prestige TV era often discards the episodic format of old to present seasons that play more like long movies with credit breaks every hour or so. Creator Neil Cross (“Luther”) clearly had this in mind while conceiving his take on “The Mosquito Coast.” Unfolding more like a 7-hour movie than a traditional season of television, this riff on the Paul Theroux novel, memorably adapted once in 1986 by Peter Weir (starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and River Phoenix), is a taut, gripping story of a family on the run that owes more to modern dramas like “Breaking Bad” and particularly “Ozark” than it does to its origins.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticFrom its title, “Sasquatch” sounds like the story of Bigfoot — and at the start, it looks that way too. The three-part documentary series begins with journalist David Holthouse recounting the time he visited a cannabis farm and overheard the tale of three workers who had been devoured by the legendary beast.“Sasquatch” shares with its most prominent on-screen voice, Holthouse, an abiding interest in looking beneath the surface of the seemingly ordinary.