Archive for September, 2008
Weekend box office, September 12 – 14
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Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Burn After Reading - $19,128,001 - 78%, fresh
2. Tyler Perry’s Family That Preys - $17,381,218 – 52%, rotten
3. Righteous Kill - $16,288,361 – 23%, [...]
Slumdog Millionaire audience’s favourite at Toronto Film Festival
The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival closed over the weekend. British director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Sunshine) took home the Cadillac People’s Choice Award and the $15,000 prize for his latest feature, Slumdog Millionaire, a story about a teenage Indian orphan who is about to win 20 million rupees on India’s edition of Who Wants to [...]
Winners of Creative Arts Primetime Emmys announced
HBO’s acclaimed drama John Adams, AMC’s award winning Mad Men, NBC’s 30 Rock, and SCI FI’s fan favourite Battlestar Galactica were just some of the shows that took home Creative Primetime Emmys this weekend.
The Creative Arts ceremony will be followed by the main Primetime Emmy Awards event, which takes place on September 21 and will [...]
Spike TV announces 2008 Scream nominees - time to vote
Spike TV has announced the Advisory Board and nominees for Scream 2008. The Scream awards honour the best works in the comic book, science fiction and fantasy genre. The event will take place at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on October 18 and be aired on Spike TV on October 21. It will be [...]
Venice Film Festival 2008 awards
The 65th annual Venice Film Festival wrapped over the weekend. The Golden Lion for best film went to Darren Aronofsky for his drama The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke as a retired professional wrestler trying to make a comeback.
Rourke is one of the early contenders for an Oscar for his performance in the film, even if [...]
European Film Academy announces selections for 2008 European Film Awards
The European Film Academy (EFA) has released the list of the potential nominees for this year’s European Film Awards.
The list includes 44 films from 27 countries, with France, the U.K., and Germany leading the pack with multiple nominations. The official list of nominated films will be announced on November 8 at the Sevilla European Film [...]
New television shows in the fall season – hits and misses
In the aftermath of the writers’ strike and fewer pilots being developed this year, the major networks are launching only 13 new shows this season, which is half as many as a year ago.
Experts at the independent media buying agency TargetCast tcm believe that the fall season may lack any breakout hits.
“We are facing an [...]
Sci Fi Channel chalks record highs in total viewers
The SCI FI Channel had the most watched summer season ever, with record highs in total viewers, younger viewers and women, according to a new Nielsen Media Reseach.
SCI FI drew a total of 1 million viewers, 253,000 younger viewers (18-34), 143,000 men (18-34), 110,000 women (18-34), 278,000 (18-49) amd 310,000 (25-54).
On top of that, the [...]
There Will Be Blood wins 2008 FIPRESCI prize
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar nominated portrayal of greed starring Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood, has won the Fipresci Grand Prix for the best film of the year.
Anderson will be presented with the award at the opening of the San Sebastian Festival on September 18.
The director previously won the Fipresci prize for Magnolia, the [...]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars to premiere on Cartoon Network, October 3
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Lucasfilm’s first animated series to get a weekly slot on television, will premiere on Cartoon Network on Friday, October 3 at 9 P.M. (ET/PT).
The Clone Wars will follow well known Star Wars protagonists Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and others on their adventures as they fight against the forces of [...]
