GvsE USA, Sundays

Not long before the arrival of the brothers Weitz (American Pie), another pair of siblings had the media’s eye; and we don’t mean the Olson twins. In 1996 young guns Josh and Jonas Pate (The Grave, Deceiver) were the toast of Sundance; now the filmmakers have their own paranormal action series. The idea here is neat: a dead hero is enlisted to protect Hollywood from demonic forces. But the result, alas, is Quentin Tarantino meets Nash Bridges.

–By Ginia Bellafante