Q: I really loved the first season of the "Fargo" TV series. When's it coming back?
Though season 1 aired last spring, running from April to June on FX, the new season won't premiere until the fall. When it comes back, it's going to look a little different as well.
As is popular nowadays on cable (see also hits such as "True Detective" and "American Horror Story"), the show's second season will tell a completely different story with completely different characters.
BOOM!, on Fox
Contestants attempt to defuse a ticking “slime bomb” by cutting wires that correlate with the correct answers to trivia questions as they play for the chance to win up to $500,000. Comedian Tom Papa hosts as contestants try to avoid getting showered with mystery goop.
Country Buck$, on A&E
Catch up with the hard-working, fun-loving Busbice family as cameras once again bring viewers a sneak peek into their lives in this season premiere. Founders of a flourishing hunting gear business, the Busbices test their high-tech hunting innovations on their ranch.
Q: I remember watching a TV-movie version of "The Odyssey" back in the '90s and loving it. Is it available on DVD?
It is available on DVD, but you may have to hunt for it. In the bargain bins.
The 1997 miniseries version of "The Odyssey" was a rather expensive production by TV standards -- it aired on NBC in two parts and was filmed on location in Malta and Turkey, among other places. But that's the sort of production you get from Francis Ford Coppola -- the famed director's American Zoetrope production house backed the miniseries.
Tyrant, on FX
While a dying Barry (Adam Rayner) scours the desert for salvation, Jamal (Ashraf Barhom) copes with the loss of his brother. Elsewhere, Molly (Jennifer Finnigan) returns stateside and tries to adjust to normal life in the wake of Barry's death.
Murder in the First, on TNT
Terry English (Taye Diggs) and Hildy Mulligan (Kathleen Robertson) continue to investigate murders in San Francisco in this new episode. This season, the men and women of the police force navigate the line between friends and enemies, loyalty and corruption.
Time for answers: 'Under the Dome' producers promise answers to pressing questions
Mike Vogel stars in “Under the Dome”
Q: Is it true that Tom Hardy did an entire movie by himself? I heard him mention something about it in an interview.
Technically, yes, he did. He had a little help, though.
In the 2013 film "Locke," current Hollywood it-boy Tom Hardy played Ivan Locke, a successful construction manager whose personal and professional lives unravel over the course of one long car drive, which the film shows in real time. The plot is revealed through a series of phone calls, and the entire film (save shots at the beginning and end) takes place inside Locke's car.
The Brink, on HBO
Three key players work together to save the world from annihilation when a rogue general seizes control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal in this premiere. The new 10-episode dark comedy stars Tim Robbins, Jack Black and Pablo Schreiber.
New Releases for the week of June 21 - 27
The Forger
Blue-collar thug Ray Cutter (Travolta) is an art forger of such skill that even the world's foremost art experts have difficulty distinguishing his forgeries from the originals. With his son Will (Sheridan) dying of terminal cancer, Ray cuts a deal with a crime boss that gets him released from prison early so that he can spend time at his son's side during his final days. Along with his own father (Plummer), who's been looking after Will during Ray's incarceration, the ex-con tries to make the most of his son's remaining time on Earth. However, the crime boss who got him released from prison in the first place still has a job for Ray to do in return: forging a Monet masterpiece and swapping it for the original without getting caught. With detectives keeping an eye on him and his emotions on a roller-coaster, Ray sets out to pull off what may be the most important forgery of his career.
Director: Philip Martin. Stars: John Travolta, Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan, Abigail Spencer, Anson Mount. 2014. 92 min. Crime.
Survivor
Kate Abbott (Jovovich) is an American bureaucrat living in England, where she screens visa applicants for the American government. In the course of her work, she becomes suspicious of a number of individuals who have been traveling to America and begins to dig deeper, suspecting that terrorism or some other crime may be involved. Her questioning, though, seemingly stirs up a hornet's nest, and soon attempts are made on her life while those close to her begin to suspect that she's the actual terrorist. The real terrorists, meanwhile, are determined to silence Kate forever, and they send one of the world's most feared assassins (Brosnan) after her. As she flees for her life, a high-stakes game of cat and mouse plays out across the globe, finally culminating back in the United States on New Year's Eve.
Director: James McTeigue. Stars: Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Frances de la Tour. 2015. 96 min. Thriller.