James Roday
Biography
James Roday is a multihyphenate who is best known for his eight-year run as Shawn Spencer on the USA hit comedy "Psych," which also spawned a "Psych" film that aired in December 2017 to huge ratings success. He currently stars on ABC's drama series "A Million Little Things."Roday has written pilots for USA, Fox and SyFy, and has directed shows such as Fox's "The Resident" and "Rosewood," and CBS's "Battle Creek," for Vince Gilligan and David Shore; as well as writing and directing multiple episodes of "Psych" for USA.
His most recent features include "The Buddy Games," for writer/director Josh Duhamel, and "The Hollywood Hills," for writer/director Rhys Wakefield. Past credits include the indie festival hit comedy "Pushing Dead" about an HIV+ patient surviving his illness in the modern-day healthcare system; "Christmas Eve" with Patrick Stewart and Cheryl Hines; and Brian Klugman's "Baby, Baby, Baby." His feature directing debut, "Gravy," starring Jimmi Simpson and Michael Weston, is now a cult classic horror-comedy film seen around the world.
Roday recently directed his own script, "Treehouse," as part of Blumhouse Productions' anthology series for Hulu. He also wrote and directed the USA pilot "Shoot the Moon," starring Mandy Moore and Sam Huntington.
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Movies in the Spotlight
Tomorrow Never Dies
Action Adventure PG‑131997 (1h 59m) - Streaming on Netflix
Pierce Brosnan stars in this 007 installment, which teams the secret agent and a sexy Chinese superspy against a megalomaniacal media mogul.
Pierce Brosnan teams up with Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) in his second Bond film. Source Netflix
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Transcendence
Thriller Sci‑Fi PG‑132014 (1h 59m) - Streaming on Netflix
Two computer scientists work to achieve technological singularity to create a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Johnny Depp is both Frankenstein and monster in this thriller featuring Rebecca Hall and Morgan Freeman. Source Netflix
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Snowpiercer
Thriller Sci‑Fi R2013 (2h 6m) - Streaming on Netflix
The Earth's remaining inhabitants are confined to a single train circling the globe as revolution brews among the class-divided cars.
Chris Evans and Korean film star Song Kang-ho battle Tilda Swintonâs forces in this Sci‑Fi action thriller. Source Netflix
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Shows in the Spotlight
Goliath
Drama Crime TV‑MA2016 Series - Streaming on Amazon
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath. Source Amazon
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Sneaky Pete
Drama Crime Con-Artist TV‑MA2015 Series - Streaming on Amazon
A con man (Giovanni Ribisi) on the run from a vicious gangster (Bryan Cranston) takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, "reuniting" with Pete's estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he's trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he's never had. Source Amazon
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Action Drama Suspense TV‑MA2018 Series - Streaming on Amazon
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies. CIA analyst Jack Ryan uncovers a series of suspicious transactions that take him out from behind his desk and into the field to hunt down a powerful new threat to the world. Source Amazon
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