What: Justified on FX

When: Tuesdays at 10 PM

Key Characters:

• Raylan Givens- The protagonist of the show and a US Marshal in Kentucky.  Raylan has a very old school law enforcement style which usually entails shooting first and asking questions later.  Raylan grew up in Harlan County and worked in the coal mine there when he was a boy and his familiarity with the traditions and customs usually results in him being sent back to Harlan to defuse the many criminal situations that arise there.
• Boyd Crowder- A childhood friend of Raylan, Boyd followed his father into a life of crime and the Crowders became one of the most powerful crime families in Harlan.  In season one, Boyd was shot and arrested by Raylan and seemingly became born again and formed a makeshift church in the woods, which his father destroyed.  Boyd quickly returned to his old ways in Season Two and made a power play that put him in control of a massive amount of the criminal activity in Harlan but also in the cross hairs of the rival Bennett clan.
• Winonna Hawkins- Winonna is Raylan’s ex-wife but in Season Two they got back together after Winonna divorced her current husband, Gary.
• The Bennetts- The main antagonists of Season Two, The Bennetts were a powerful criminal family in Harlan.  The matriarch, Mags, was outwardly kind but she was ice cold and cunning inside.  Mags pulled a massive scam on a big coal company, who were attempting to negotiate a land deal.  Mags bought up all the land surrounding the one road going to and from the coal mine, forcing the coal company to give Mags a massive buyout.  The other Bennetts were Doyle, Dickie and Coover.  Doyle was the oldest brother and a local sheriff who Mags was going to give the money from the land deal to so he could move his family out of Harlan and carry on the Bennett legacy in a more respectable place.  Dickie is the scheming middle brother who resented Mags constantly overlooking him and declared war on Boyd and his crew at the end of Season Two and also killed Raylan’s Aunt Helen and critically injured Boyd’s girlfriend Ava.  Coover was the dim witted stoner youngest son.  At the end of the season, only Dickie was alive as Doyle was killed by a police sniper, Coover was killed by Raylan and Mags poisoned herself when her plan collapsed.
• Loretta McCready- Loretta was a young girl that was “adopted” by Mags after Mags poisoned Loretta’s father for threatening the Bennetts weed supply.  Raylan became very protective of Loretta and killed Coover Bennett to protect her when Coover, in a drunken rage, tried to kill Loretta out of jealousy for getting all of Mags’ attention. 

Other Characters:

• Art Mullen- The head of the Lexington Marshal’s office and Raylan’s boss.
• Tim Gutterson- One of Raylan’s fellow Marshals and a former Army Sniper.
• Rachel Brooks- Another of Raylan’s fellow Marshals
• Ava Crowder- Ava was formerly married to Boyd’s cousin but she shot him dead because of his abuse.  She had a relationship with Raylan in Season One but she and Boyd became an item in Season Two when she let Boyd stay at her house while he worked at the coal mine.
• Arlo Givens- Raylan’s criminal father, he worked with Boyd Crowder when he made his power play against Mags and the Bennetts by stealing their drug supply.
• Wyn Duffy- A lieutenant in the Dixie Mafia, a powerful Kentucky crime organization.  Winonna’s ex-husband, Gary, put a hit out on Raylan and Winonna through Duffy, which Raylan found out about but was forced to rescue Gary when he realized Duffy would kill Gary after the hit was finished.

Key Events:

• Raylan tracks down and puts an end to the Miami crime organization who wanted him dead after he killed one of their members way back in the Pilot of Justified.
• Boyd seemingly tries to go straight by working in the Harlan coal mine but slowly returns to his criminal ways by double crossing some of his fellow miners who want to steal the mine’s cash supply.  Boyd is recruited by mining official Carol Johnson to be her bodyguard and enforcer while she deals with Mags Bennett but Boyd double crosses her by making a deal with Mags to buy up all the land around the entry road to the spot where a new proposed mine would go, forcing the Black Pike mining company to make a huge payoff to Mags to get the land back.
• Dickie and Coover Bennett hatch their own scheme by stealing a shipment of drugs from the Dixie Mafia and various other criminal acts.
• Mags Bennett kills Loretta McCready’s father and “adopts” her.
• Winonna, in money trouble due to her divorce, steals $10,000 from the marshal’s evidence locker, which Raylan is forced to return but it’s clear that Art know what happened.
• Coover Bennett, jealous of the attention Loretta has been getting from Mags, attempts to kill her after he catches her after she finds evidence about her father’s murder.  Raylan arrives just in time to kill Coover and rescue Loretta.
• Dickie strikes out on his own, angry that Mags made a deal with Boyd Crowder and that he’s been overlooked by to take over the family’s weed business and that Doyle will be getting most of the reward from Mags’ deal.  Boyd steals the Bennett’s weed stash which forces Dickie to retaliate and he attacks Boyd and Ava’s house, seriously injuring Ava.  Dickie also attempts to kill Arlo but kills Raylan’s Aunt Helen instead.
• Raylan heads into Harlan to find Dickie and arrest him Helen’s murder but is ambushed and beaten with a baseball bat by Dickie.  Boyd arrives and rescues Raylan and Raylan is about to let Boyd murder Dickie when Dickie reveals that Loretta is on her way to confront Mags.  Raylan arrests Dickie and heads to Mags’ house to stop Loretta before anything happens.
• Loretta confronts Mags and shoots her in the leg.  Mags admits she killed Loretta’s father.  Outside, Raylan is kept at bay by Doyle and his men.  When they hear the gunshot, they open fire on Raylan and he takes a bullet to the side.  Doyle moves in to finish Raylan but he’s shot in the head by a sniper and it’s revealed Art brought in a task force, at the behest of Winonna, to help Raylan.  Raylan manages to get inside and stops Loretta from killing Mags but Mags kills herself with her poisonous moonshine after hearing that her plans have died with Doyle and that she’s lost Loretta.

This year’s Emmy nominations were announced this morning and there was a refreshing amount of variety this year compared to previous year’s when it was the Mad Men show. Mad Men still has a healthy amount of nominations along with the comedic overlord of Modern Family but shows like Justified, Louie, Parks and Rec and The Killing all got nominations for, I’m pretty sure, the first time. Check out the nominees below and the awards will be given out on September 18th.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Louis C.K., Louie
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Barry Pepper, The Kennedys
Idris Elba, Luther
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
William Hurt, Too Big to Fail

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
Laura Linney, The Big C
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Hartigay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Walton Goggins, Justified
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:
Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Bryan F. O’Byrne, Mildred Pierce
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
James Woods, Too Big to Fail

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Margo Martindale, Justified
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie:
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce
Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce
Eileen Atkins, Upstairs Downstairs

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:
Idris Elba, The Big C
Nathan Lane, Modern Family
Zach Galifianakis, Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
Matt Damon, 30 Rock
Will Arnett, 30 Rock

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series:
Bruce Dern, Big Love
Beau Bridges, Brothers & Sisters
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
Paul McCrane, Harry’s Law
Jeremy Davies, Justified
Roger Morse, Mad Men

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:
Kristen Chenoweth, Glee
Dot-Marie Jones, Glee
Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee
Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Alfre Woodard, True Blood

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series:
Mary McDonnell, The Closer
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Loretta Devine, Grey’s Anatomy
Randee Heller, Mad Men
Cara Buono, Mad Men

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program:
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Jeff Probst, Survivor

Outstanding Comedy Series:
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks & Recreation
30 Rock

Outstanding Drama Series:
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie:
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Kennedys
Midred Pierce
The Pillars of the Earth
Too Big to Fail

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series:
The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Reality Program:
Antiques Roadshow
Deadliest Catch
Hoarders
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Mythbusters
Undercover Boss

Outstanding Reality – Competition Program:
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef

(Nominee list from www.slashfilm.com)

Starring: Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger, Aidan Quinn

Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra

Plot: Dr. Martin Harris gets into a car crash while visiting Berlin and wakes up four days later to find out that someone else has taken over his identity and his wife and everyone else don’t recognize him.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 55%

Critic Consensus: “Liam Neeson elevates the proceedings considerably, but Uknown is ultimately too derivative — and implausible — to take advantage of its intriguing premise.”

I Am Number Four

Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron

Directed by: DJ Caruso

Plot: A group of vicious alien bounty hunters are hunting nine teenagers with special powers and John Smith aka Number Four is next on their hit list.

RT Freshness: 28%

Critic Consensus: “It’s positioned as the start of a franchise, but I Am Number Four’s familiar plot and unconvincing performances add up to one noisy, derivative, and ultimately forgettable sci-fi thriller.”

Big Momma’s: Like Father, Like Son

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Faizon Love

Directed by: John Whitesell

Plot: FBI Agent Malcom Turner and his stepson Trent both must go undercover at an all girls school when Trent witnesses a murder.

RT Freshness: 0%

Critic Consensus: N/A

Dark Skies Complete Series

Takers

Death Race 2

Animal Kingdom

Marvel Knights: Black Panther

Hey Vern! It’s Ernest The Complete Series

Paper Man

H.R. Pufnstuf The Complete Series

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Weirdly there were two trailers for sci-fi alien movies released today.   The first is the second trailer for Skyline.  Directed by special effects gurus the Strause brothers it follows Eric Balfour and Donald Faison, among others, as they try to escape an alien invasion in Los Angeles.  This new trailer ramps up the action as it appears there’s going to be some Independence Dayesque air battles and horrible giant alien creatures.  I’m definitely way more excited for this one now as the effects look phenomenal.

The other trailer is for a movie I didn’t know existed until today, I Am Number Four. Based on a book, it follows a teen alien fugitive with special powers who must try to survive an evil aliens on his heels. Not really a lot revealed in the trailer but Timothy Olyphant is the bad guy so I’m intrigued but DJ Caruso is directing, so that dampens my excitement significantly.

On this week’s show there’s burned spies, bad ass Southern marshalls, Charles Bronson, The A-Team, Transformers, Mortal Kombat and our favorite movie toys.

• Show and Tell: Brian finally started watching Burn Notice, Chris goes in depth about the lost Charles Bronson classic “Red Sun”, Joe checks out the big screen debut of The A-Team and Zach saw the season finale of Justified, Gamer and Shutter Island.
• News: Transformers 3 details, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trailer, Telltale Games gets the Back to the Future and Jurassic Park licenses and the mysterious Mortal Kombat video.  Also Book of Eli heads up the New Release Round Up.
• Movie Toys: Toy Story 3 got the guys thinking about what some of their favorite movie toys are including the Talkboy, the Power Glove, the Hoverboard, Jumanji, the Commando Elite, Turboman and more.

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Name: Raylan Givens

Occupation: Deputy US Marshall

Family: Arlo Givens (Father), Helen Givens (Step Mother)

Allies: Chief Deputy Art Mullen, Deputy Tim Gutterson, Deputy Rachel Brooks, Ava Crowder, Winona Hawkins

Enemies: Boyd Crowder, Bo Crowder, Tommy Bucks, Miami Drug Cartel, Various fugitives and criminals in Kentucky

Weapon of Choice: Glock .45

Body Count: at least 10

Memorable Quote: “You pull on me, I’ll drop you.”

See Raylan in Action:

The Crazies

Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson

Directed by: Breck Eisner

Plot: An experimental bio-weapon leaks into the small town of Ogden Marsh’s water supply and turns the citizens into murdering psychotics.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 73%

Critic Consensus: “Tense, nicely shot, and uncommonly intelligent, The Crazies is the rare horror remake that works.”

Cop Out

Starring: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Sean William Scott

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Plot: A pair of cops are on the trail of a rare and valuable stolen baseball card and get sidetracked by other crimes, including a murder.

RT Freshness: 17%

Critic Consensus: “Cop Out is a cliched buddy action/comedy that suffers from stale gags and slack pacing.”

Coming next year is a pretty creepy looking remake of the George A. Romero movie The Crazies.  The movie stars Timothy Olyphant as a small town sheriff and Radha Mitchell as his wife and one of the town’s doctors.  The people of the town start to change and go insane because of a secret biological weapon that is released after a plane crash.  The military arrives to cleanse the town and Olyphant and Mitchell, along with a few other survivors, have to try and escape either getting shot by the military or getting ripped apart by their neighbors.  Check out the trailer below.

The Uncharted movie is being written by Kyle Ward.  Ward also wrote the script for a movie adaptation of the game Kane and Lynch, a Heatesque action/crime game.  He is also set to write a script for Hitman 2.  Yes, you heard right, a sequel to the absolutely atrocious Hitman.  I don’t remember that movie making that much movie but apparently it made enough to warrant a sequel.  No word on whether Timothy Olyphant will be back as Agent 47 but I kind of hope not as he was not the slighest bit intimidating or believable as the bald assassin.

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