Archive for August, 2008
European Film Academy announces People’s Choice Award nominees
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The European Film Academy has released the list of the nominees for this year’s People’s Choice Awards. The movies cover a pretty wide range of genres, from fantasy (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) and horror ([Rec], [...]
Torchwood: Children of Earth goes into production
The third season of BBC’s top rated science fiction drama Torchwood has gone into production in Cardiff. The show is set to return for a five episode run in 2009 under the title Torchwood: Children of Earth.
After an excellent second season, the third one will follow the Torchwood team – Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), [...]
ABC picks up five new series
ABC has picked up five new series for the 2008-09 season: dramas Castle, Cupid and The Unusuals and comedies Better Off Ted and Single with Parents.
“It was worth taking the time to go through the pilot process to really do it right. We’re excited about these series and feel they’re perfect additions to our [...]
Megalyn Echikunwoke promoted to regular on CSI: Miami
Megalyn Echikunwoke has been cast on CSI: Miami as the new medical examiner and will become a series regular when the series returns for the seventh season on CBS on September 22.
“Megalyn Echikunwoke is an exciting addition to CSI: Miami. She brings savvy humor to her role of Dr. Tara Price, a young medical examiner [...]
Weekend box office, August 22-24
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Tropic Thunder - $16,272,195 - 83%, fresh
2. The House Bunny - $14,533,702 - 41%, rotten
3. Death Race - $12,621,090 - 41%, rotten
4. The Dark Knight - $10,542,424 - 94%, fresh
5. Star Wars: The Clone Wars - $5,661,456 - 18%, rotten
6. Pineapple Express - [...]
Flashpoint headed for season two, Swingtown for new home
It seems only yesterday that two new shows airing on CBS this summer, cop thriller Flashpoint and adult family drama Swingtown, had their premieres, and yet their fate already looked decided about a month ago, when the network switched the time slots and moved Flashpoint from Friday to the more desirable Thursday slot.
Needless to say, [...]
Fox to stream premieres of Sarah Connor Chronicles and Fringe to on-campus students
In an unprecedented event, FOX will stream the premieres of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES and FRINGE exclusively for on-campus college students at www.fox.com. Only students on college campuses accessing through a college internet domain (.edu) will have the opportunity to watch the episodes online simultaneously with their primetime premieres.
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES will [...]
Plans for Bruce Lee museum in Hong Kong in danger
The billionaire owner of kung fu legend Bruce Lee’s last home warned Monday he would scuttle plans for a museum at the site if Hong Kong’s government did not allow him to build a tribute cinema, library and fan shops.
Chinese property developer Yu Panglin said in an interview Monday he would only go ahead with [...]
La Femme International Film Festival in Los Angeles, October 16-19
The LA Femme International Film Festival launches in its fourth year of films and festival activities. The last submission deadline is August 30 and tickets are on sale now. This is the premier film festival which supports women in entertainment as directors, writers, producers or talent. The events have seminars which inspire and educate filmmakers [...]
Buick Riviera wins best film at the 14th Sarajevo Film Festival
The 14th annual Sarajevo Film Festival closed on Saturday, when Buick Riviera, a Croatian-Bosnian co-production filmed in the U.S. was announced as the winner.
Directed by Goran Rusinovic, Buick Riviera follows two refugees from opposite sides of the war, played by Slavko Stimac and Leon Lucev, who are unable to pull away from the aftermath of [...]
