Anyone else intrigued by the upcoming SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN movie?

After seeing a preview trailer during last week's TOP CHEF (the chefs had to cook a meal evidencing an "evil" theme for the actress playing the Evil Queen in the film, Charlize Theron), I have to admit to being very intrigued with seeing the movie when it's released this summer.

It really looks like a fine fantasy epic, very much in the style of the THE LORD OF RINGS trilogy of movies.

But you know I have to wonder how much of the original concept for this film was inspired/instigated by the dark fairytale world of the ABC TV series ONCE UPON A TIME (a series I truly adore).

So PAN AM finally got to their JFK assassination episode...

You knew it was coming. For any series set in 1960s America, an episode on the assassination of JFK is de rigueur. That moment changed so much about the country. Innocence lost.

So yesterday the ABC TV series PAN AM got to its portrayal of this moment in history. And I have to admit they used the moment well, letting it serve as the ultimate interrupter on a slew of personal stories for the characters that were kind of heading into "hot water" territory.

Since the announcement of JFK being shot being broadcast nationwide was the climax of the episode, we'll see how well the writers work with the aftermath in the next show (if there is a next show, as the series' return is still up-in-the-air).

I really hope PAN AM does return for another season. I do like the show, despite some of the rocky moments it's had. Funny thing is though Christina Ricci was signed as the "star", but her character is honestly the most uninteresting of the bunch: a sort of coffee-shop idealist with incongruous opportunistic qualities. I think, if the show does return, they need to make more sense of that character.