http://www.cinemarealm.com film and television blog Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:11:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes: 1. The Dark Knight - $158,411,483 – 94%, fresh 2. Mamma Mia! - $27,751,240 – 54%, rotten 3. Hancock - $14,040,178 – 38%, rotten 4. Journey to the Center of the Earth - $12,340,435 – 60%, fresh 5. Hellboy II: The Golden ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/22/weekend-box-office-july-18-%e2%80%93-20/ The AMC drama Mad Men, which earned 16 Primetime Emmy nominations earlier this week, took home three Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards this weekend at the 24th annual TCA Awards. It won awards for Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Drama and Outstanding New Program. This is the first time ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/20/mad-men-take-top-honors-at-television-critics-awards/ The Imagen Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging positive and accurate portrayal of Latino characters and production storylines in film and television, will present special awards to three prominent industry insiders this year. Actor Tony Plana will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award, director/producer Rodrigo Garcia (HBO's In ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/20/imagen-foundation-to-present-top-honours-to-tony-plana-rodrigo-garcia-and-ligiah-villalobos/ Three-time Emmy(R) Award winner Edie Falco is coming to a New York City hospital for SHOWTIME's new half-hour single camera dark comedy series NURSE JACKIE (working title), it was jointly announced today by Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment for Showtime, and Kevin Beggs, President of Programming and Production for Lionsgate. The ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/19/showtime-orders-12-episodes-of-nurse-jackie/ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures is putting into development a musical remake of MGM's classic 1983 comedy VALLEY GIRL as a feature film based on an idea by Idealogy, Inc.'s Sean Bailey and Matt Smith. The announcement was made today by Mary Parent, Chairman, Worldwide Motion Picture Group. Utilizing the classic Romeo and Juliet ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/19/mgm-to-reinvent-valley-girl-as-a-musical/ The Dark Knight is off to a great start. The Batman sequel premiered yesterday and immediately broke its first record, the one for a 12:01 a.m. film opening. The movie earned $18,489,000 at the box office from midnight showings alone, as Warner Bros' Domestic Distribution president Dan Fellman reports. Better yet, ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/19/the-dark-knight-breaks-midnight-showings-record/ The nominees for the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced earlier today. Notably absent on the list of best dramas is Battlestar Galactica. This, along with the failure to include Mary McDonnell on the list of best actresses, is probably the single most unforgivable omission this year. (And seriously, Lost? The most ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/17/2008-primetime-emmy-nominations-are-out/ They’ve long wanted to believe…and now the truth – and a new The X-Files movie – is finally out there for the legions of fans eagerly awaiting the debut of the next feature film based on the legendary television series. To honor these “X-Philes” (as the enthusiasts are known), Twentieth ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/17/the-x-files-movie-premiere-celebrates-fans/ Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes: 1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army - $34,539,115 – 88%, fresh 2. Hancock - $32,080,560 – 37%, rotten 3. Journey to the Center of the Earth - $21,018,141 – 61%, fresh 4. WALL-E - $18,793,588 – 97%, fresh 5. Wanted - $11,996,175 ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/15/weekend-box-office-july-11-13/ Danish crime drama Terribly Happy won the main prize at the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which closed over the weekend. The film is based on a novel by Erling Jepsen. The festival jury gave the special prize and $20,000 to Nan T. Achnas for The Photograph, while Alexey Uchitel ... http://www.cinemarealm.com/2008/07/14/danish-crime-drama-wins-karlovy-vary-top-prize/