It's beginning to look a lot like ... Sundance! That's right folks, Olmos Productions' Filly Brown is an official selection of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Edward James Olmos, and Lou Diamond Phillips. It also features appearances by Battlestar Galactica's Bodie Olmos and Jamie Bamber. > View Teaser for Filly Brown Directed by Youssef Delara, who also penned the script, and EJO's son Michael D. Olmos, the film was selected from literally thousands of entries and will be part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition. Filly Brown is also produced...


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Originally published at OlmosPerfect.com Things are heating up on DEXTER as Michael C. Hall's Dexter Morgan prepares to finally engage Edward James Olmos' Professor Gellar. So far, most of the action has been of the detecting variety with some interaction between Gellar's malleable protege Travis (Colin Hanks) and Dexter. But things began changing with last week's episode, when Dexter tried to beard the lion in his den and failed. Dexter has faced off with a number of worthy adversaries over the first five seasons -- most notably last season's Trinity Killer as played by John Lithgow -- but Gellar...


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It’s great to have Edward James Olmos once again on TV on a weekly basis, with his role on Showtime’s DEXTER. But as wonderful as that is, it’s even more wonderful to see what he does when he’s off the screen. In addition to being an Oscar- and Tony-nominated, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor, Mr. Olmos is also a tireless activist. He often lends his face, presence, and voice to causes that move him to action and touch his heart. As the webmaster of OlmosPerfect.com, a fansite dedicated to his life and career, I am often reminded of how much time and energy he expends in service...


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Originally published at OlmosPerfect.com A couple things come to mind when watching Edward James Olmos in DEXTER. First, and this should not come as a surprise, is that Mr. Olmos is an actor with special talents. I've seen only one other performer (Sir Anthony Hopkins) with the same uncanny ability to be so preternaturally still and very few capable of convincingly oozing such an intense possibility/promise of sudden violence despite an outer appearance of disconnect, calm, and even nurturing (twisted though it may be in the case of Gellar). Mr. Olmos has brought these particular abilities...


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Originally published at OlmosPerfect.com **** Spoiler Warning **** Wow. Yeah, that's the word for Edward James Olmos' debut on Showtime's DEXTER. Talk about freaky-awesome scary. His introduction as a brilliant and charismatic professor of religious studies was both exhilarating and unnerving. After five years of William Adama, a man whose heart was as big as his will was strong, it's jarring to see our Old Man apparently masterminding murders with undisguised religious overtones. Mr. Olmos plays his part brilliantly, revealing just enough to entice you to want to know more -- even...


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For those of you wanting to see more Dexter, a clip of Edward James Olmos (The Old Man) and Colin Hanks from this weekend's episode is now available on YouTube. What do you think of Dexter so far? And are you looking to more episodes of the new season featuring EJO?


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The 6th season premiere of Showtime's Dexter aired this weekend, and Showtime has taken the unusual step of adding the full episode (sans nudity and vulgarity) on YouTube. Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica's Old Man) guest stars in this season of Dexter as Professor Gellar, a charismatic professor of religious studies. He is accompanied by Colin Hanks, the son of actor Tom Hanks, who is Gellar's disciple. Also returning this season to Dexter is James Remar, who portrays Dexter Morgan's adoptive father; Remar guest starred in the Season Two two-parter "Home" as Tom Zarek's henchman,...


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This article was originally posted at OlmosPerfect.com: Between the numerous projects and events of his summer, Edward James Olmos filmed (at least) nine episodes of Showtime's DEXTER. Although he guest-starred in an episode of CSI:NY earlier this year, DEXTER marks Mr. Olmos' first foray into a recurring role on a regular series since Battlestar Galactica went off the air in 2009. News of his DEXTER casting broke in May and spread like wildfire in the virtual world, with blogs and media racing to get out the word. At Comicpalooza in Houston, just after the announcement, I brought up to him how quickly...


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For those of you who haven't noticed, Edward James Olmos, aka the Admiral of the Fleet, is a very busy man. He kicked off the end of summer with a trip to Atlanta, which began with his participation in the launch of the new series "CNN Dialogues" in the waning days of August and ended with a four-day stint at the 25th annual Dragon*Con over Labor Day weekend. As a member of the inaugural CNN panel, Mr. Olmos took part in the discussion of demographics and how it relates to the U.S. Census. He then dove into the geek-fest that is Dragon*Con, signing autographs, posing for pictures, and participating...


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