Archive for December, 2008

Network money down the drain in 2008: 10 most pirated shows on the international primetime

TorrentFreak posted the list of the most downloaded television shows in 2008 last week. Lost, Heroes, Prison Break and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles came out on top.  
Other than being a handy resource for checking the pulse of global audiences to see where their tastes lie, the list paints a very interesting picture on [...]

Television News

Weekend box office, December 19 – 21

Top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.

Film Industry News

Screen Actors Guild announces SAG Awards nominees

The Screen Actors Guild revealed the nominees for this year’s SAG Awards yesterday. John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams, dominated the nominations this year, with nods in five categories. It was followed by Gus Van Sant’s Milk and David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which nabbed three nominations each.

Film Festivals & Awards, Television Awards

Life on Mars sequel Ashes to Ashes travels to BBC America

BBC AMERICA has acquired the U.S. premiere of Ashes to Ashes, the award-winning drama and eagerly awaited sequel to Life On Mars, premiering in March 2009.
With the U.S. adapted version of Life on Mars currently on air, BBC AMERICA viewers have a chance to see what happens next to their favorite characters in the original [...]

Television News

American Film Institute unveils top 10 movies & TV programs of 2008

American Film Institute has revealed the winners of the 2008 AFI Awards, including the annual lists of the best films and television programs of the year. Here they are:
TOP 10 FILMS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
Wall-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler
TOP 10 TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Breaking Bad
In Treatment
John Adams
Life
Lost
Mad Men
The Office
Recount
The Shield
The [...]

Film Festivals & Awards, Film Industry News, Television Awards, Television News

Robert Carlyle cast as lead in SCI FI’s Stargate Universe

Award-winning Scottish actor Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty) has been cast in the leading role of Dr. David Rush on SCI FI’s highly anticipated new original series, Stargate Universe, the latest adventure in the Stargate franchise produced by MGM television. Production will begin in Vancouver in February ‘09 with an eye toward a summer [...]

Television News

Satellite Awards 2008 – the winners

The winners of the 2008 Satellite Awards, voted by the International Press Academy, were announced at a ceremony at the InterContinetal Hotel in Century City last night. Here they are:
MOTION PICTURE
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling
ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
RICHARD JENKINS The Visitor
ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
SALLY HAWKINS [...]

Film Festivals & Awards, Film Industry News, Television Awards, Television News

Boston Film Critics vote Wall-E, Slumdog Millionaire Best Movies of the Year

The Boston Society of Film Critics awarded top honours to Wall-E and Slumdog Millionaire in a vote for the Best Movies of the Year. This is the second big win for Wall-E coming from a critics’ association. The film already won the Best Picture Award from the Los Angeles Critics Association earlier this month.
Similarly, there [...]

Film Festivals & Awards

The Day the Earth Stood Still takes box office

Top movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.

Film Industry News

The Day the Earth Stood Still steers clear of politics, revisits existentialist SF

Scoot Derrickson’s The Day the Earth Stood Still remake, starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connolly, may not be the best executed movie of the year, but it is successful in turning the idea of an alien with a message into a much darker, more immediate statement on life, loss and the possibility of transformation that comes with it.

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