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From his early days in the acting world with appearances on China Beach and Hunter to recurring and regular roles on NYPD Blue, The Practice, and SCI FI's The Invisible Man, plus other roles on Entourage and John From Cincinnati, Paul Ben-Victor knows a thing or two about playing characters connected to both sides of the law. Fresh off The Wire as the Greek's buffer Spiros Vondopoulos, Paul Ben-Victor hops the tracks to the other side of the law in USA Network's In Plain Sight.

After climbing the comedy ranks in film and TV, including a role in Any Given Sunday, Bellamy has found a seasonal home with NBC as the host of Last Comic Standing in between his many stand-up gigs across the country. With Last Comic Standing gearing up for its Summer premiere on Thursday, May 22 at 9:3pm before moving to its regular timeslot of Thursdays at 8:30pm, Bill Bellamy joined executive producer David Friedman for a conference call where the two uniquely creative guys talked about the impact of Last Comic Standing.

Botched might have been better if it was still called 13, its working title and what it was originally marketed as, but the new title is one of the worst in a long time. It's just silly. And the goofiness of the title is reflected in the film itself, a reasonably ambitious horror-comedy that's certainly more enjoyable than a lot of the equally gruesome horror flicks that take themselves seriously, but ultimately just as aggravating. Botched wants to be like Shaun of the Dead, Black Sheep, or Severance, but simply isn't that funny.

It's hard to believe that it's been ten years since "The Chairman of the Board" said his final goodnight and sang "My Way" for the last time. Frank Sinatra passed away a decade ago and to mark the occasion, Warner Brothers is releasing four box sets worth of films, many of which have never before been available, along with a Golden Globe-winning mini-series about one of the most influential musicians of all time. Sinatra's music is undeniably a part of the pop culture landscape, but just looking at the themes behind each of the four DVD sets makes clear how much of his movie career has been underappreciated.

As we all expected, on the day after the film's amazing opening weekend, a sequel date was announced for 4/30/10. Iron Man 2 already has a release date, star, and director, but, according to reports, not even a writer, much less a screenplay. With the pedestal that Iron Man has been put on, the question is can Iron Man 2 match the pattern of the second Spider-Man and X-Men movie and actually surpass the expectations that have been set before anyone's even started writing it?

As Micronesia evolved into one of the best seasons ever in the history of Survivor, filled with a slew of injuries and blindsides, the fans of the tribe became formidable opponents as they quickly adjusted to the scheming way of life on the island. In the end, after voting off all of the guys and fending off both Cirie and Natalie in the final two Tribal Councils, California nature lover and former Cook Island favorite Parvati Shallow walked away as the sole survivor of Survivor Micronesia: Fans vs Favorites.

After directing the first two Shrek films and then the fantasy hit The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Andrew Adamson has proven he can helm huge Hollywood films. With a three year gap in between The Lion, the Witch, and the wardrobe, Admason is back behind the camera for the second Narnia movie The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which continues to fantasy epic as the Pevensie siblings battle the forces of evil and the King in an effort to help Prince Caspian claim his rightful place atop the throne.

If you haven’t seen the films by now, well, it’s probably better if I helped you out of your 20 year coma by saying it’s now 2008, VHS is dead, Arsenio Hall is nowhere to be found, and that guy from ER is the biggest movie star in the world. Harrison Ford is still a big star and it looks like he’ll still be able to draw a huge crowd on May 22. As a home entertainment lead-in to the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount has reissued all three films on DVD with new extras in Indiana Jones: The Adventure Collection.

To us here at The Deadbolt, before Kim Cattrall took on the role of sexy middle-aged vamp Samantha on Sex and the City, she was Emmy from Mannequin and Gracie Law in Big Trouble in Little China. Although we'll always have a soft spot in our hearts for Cattrall's earlier characters, Samantha Jones made us realize that some older women can still take a young guy's breath away. After six successful seasons on HBO's massively popular Sex and the City, Kim Cattrall and her former castmates - Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristen Davis, and Cynthia Nixon - have reunited for the long-awaited Sex and the City: The Movie, which saunters into theaters on May 30, 2008.

As the "Indy Weekend" comes to a close, the SCI FI celebration will culminate with the original investigative special, Mystery of the Crystal Skulls, hosted by NBC News' Lester Holt on Sunday, May 18th at 9:00 p.m. In the special, which explores the real life mysteries surrounding skulls - from the ancient Mayan civilization to the Lost City of Atlantis to extraterrestrial origins - Lester Holt follows in the footsteps of British explorer and adventurer Frederick Mitchell-Hedges, an inspiration for the fictional Indiana Jones character, whose daughter discovered the first ancient crystal skull in the 1920s in the Mayan ruins of Lubaantun.

After leaving the throws of 9 to 5 and the college world behind to pursue his dream of becoming a stand-up comedian, Bill Bellamy soon found himself on Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam and never looked back. After climbing the comedy ranks in film and TV, including a role in Any Given Sunday, Bellamy has found a seasonal home with NBC as the host of Last Comic Standing in between his many stand-up gigs across the country. With Last Comic Standing gearing up for its Summer premiere on Thursday, May 22 at 9:3pm before moving to its regular timeslot of Thursdays at 8:30pm, Bill Bellamy joined executive producer David Friedman for a conference call where the two uniquely creative guys talked about the impact of Last Comic Standing.

How prepared are you - truly and honestly prepared - for the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Sure, you've re-watched the trilogy nine times, had your fedora dry-cleaned, and brushed up on the Latin alphabet, just in case you encounter any booby traps, but how can any true diehard Indy fan know if they're fully prepared to live a Jones-centric lifestyle? Without a Marcus Brody or wacky kid sidekick to turn to for assistance, Indiana aficionados will undoubtedly seek out Quirk Book's new release, The Indiana Jones Handbook: The Complete Adventurer's Guide.

After the set-up, it's hard to even explain what Youth Without Youth is about besides a series of stunningly shot pictures. I firmly believe that the talented cast must have read the screenplay and assumed that Coppola the director would translate this massively confusing film on-screen, but that simply never happened. Tim Roth plays Dominic Matei, a 70-year-old man who is hit by lightning in the '30s. He miraculously survives to find himself significantly younger than when he was hit. Not only did he lose thirty to forty years of age, but he's gained mutant-like special powers, including being able to woo any woman.

This month's Criterion releases turn to the masterful and influential director Louis Malle as the company releases The Lovers and The Fire Within as a part of its continuing and spectacular collection. By now, it's not surprising to note that The Lovers looks unbelievable. All Criterion DVDs do. We've been lucky enough at The Deadbolt to continue to review a Criterion DVD every month and, honestly, they make most other DVDs look like VHS tapes in comparison. The recent announcement that Criterion would start to expand into the world of Blu-Ray is great news.

After growing up with The Chronicles of Narnia books in England, actor Ben Barnes got the opportunity of a lifetime when director Andrew Adamson cast him as the title character in the second film in the fantasy epic The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Having spent most of his acting life on the stage before landing a role in Neil Gaiman's Stardust, Barnes had the difficult choice having to put his dreams of working with Britain's National Theatre on hold in order to play Prince Caspian.