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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Edgar Allan Poe poem Annabel Lee adapted into indie suspense feature film
In this, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, a feature film adaptation of his renowned macabre poem “Annabel Lee” will have its world premiere on Thursday, June 11, as the closing night selection of the Dances … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Snapshots, Video - Trailers
Tagged Annabel Lee, Bill Bordy, California events, Dances with Films, Edgar Allan Poe, Events - Film Festivals, film premieres, film screenings, Hollywood events, indie films, Jon Woodward, Kristen Hagen, Los Angeles events, Michael Rissi, Soultaker, suspense films, thrillers, Up Against Amanda
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SIGGRAPH 2009 announces computer animation fest award nominees
SIGGRAPH recently announced the selection of award nominees for the SIGGRAPH 2009 Computer Animation Festival to be held in New Orleans this August. Nominees were chosen from 770 submissions from around the globe, presented by both professional studios and students … Continue reading
American Gladiators jumping to the big screen?
Johnny Ferraro of Flor-Jon Films, the creator of the American Gladiators TV franchise, has announced the development of a motion picture based on the world of American Gladiators, targeted for a 2011 release. The project will be produced by Scott … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged 300, action films, American Gladiators, Joe Allegro, Johnny Ferraro, Martin Guigui, Scott Mednick, sports films, Sunset Pictures, Superman Returns, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Where The Wild Things Are
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Sorenson Media launches the first high-quality web video delivery network
Sorenson Media recently announced the availability of Sorenson 360, a Video Delivery Network (VDN) that enables video professionals and small- to medium-size businesses for the first time to easily publish the highest-quality video on their Web sites in minutes and … Continue reading
Posted in Resources, The New Frontier
Tagged broadband, digital video, filmmaking, Flash, internet, MPEG 4, Sorenson 360, streaming
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Ice Age creator announces date for newest animated feature, to be set in Rio de Janeiro
Twentieth Century Fox Animation president Vanessa Morrison recently announced that Rio, the latest animated feature film from Blue Sky Studios, will be released by Fox on April 8, 2011. Rio is a story of a nerdy macaw who leaves the … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged animation, Blue Sky Studios, childrens films, Chris Wedge, comedy films, family films, Ice Age, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Jim Carrey, Rio, Saldanha, Steve Carell, Vanessa Morrison
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More on The Strain – Del Toro book signings in L.A. and N.Y.C. and The Strain book trailer
I’m getting more excited about The Strain by the day. The website looks great, and now there’s this book trailer making the rounds, that puts things on a whole new level. I think the only reason no one’s announced that … Continue reading
Posted in Book Fetish, Events, News, Video - Other Clips
Tagged blade 2, book signings, California events, cronos, devil's backbone, Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy, horror films, Los Angeles events, Meltdown Comics, Mimic, New York City events, New York events, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hobbit, The Strain, vampires, world premiere
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Star Trek Motion Picture Trilogy Blu-ray review
In preparation for the release of the already epic sci-fi reboot by JJ Abrams, Paramount has released Blu-Ray editions of the 1966 TV series, as well as the first 6 original films, available as a complete set or a 3 … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged Bibi Besch, Catherine Hicks, Christopher Lloyd, cult classics, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Ike Eisenmann, James Doohan, Jeff McBride, JJ Abrams, John Vargas, John Winston, Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, Merritt Butrick, Michael Berryman, Nichelle Nichols, Nicholas Guest, Nicholas Meyer, Paul Kent, Paul Winfield, Phil Morris, Ricardo Montalban, Robert Ellenstein, Robert Hooks, Robin Curtis, sci-fi films, Scott McGinnis, Star Trek, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Walter Koenig, William Shatner
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The Best of Star Trek The Original Series DVD review
This “best of” DVD from Paramount, reminds me of the many “best of” audio CDs that come out for many classic rock and jazz musicians. There’s never enough music on the disc, and there are so many great episodes of … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged Anton Leader, Bill Blackburn, cult classics, David Alexander, DeForest Kelley, Don McDougall, Eddie Paskey, Gene Nelson, Gene Roddenberry, Gerd Oswald, Harlan Ellison, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, sci-fi films, Star Trek, television, William Shatner
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Win one of two copies of book one of Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming vampire epic The Strain
A few weeks ago I posted a story on director Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming vampire book trilogy The Strain, which is being published by Harper Collins. As the June 2nd release date for the first book in the series fast … Continue reading
Review: Get ready for Fred Flintstone taking a dump and Optimus Prime having sex in Seth MacFarlane’s latest Uncensored Blu-ray
Seth MacFarlane – creator of the cult hit animated show Family Guy – has taken some of his original animated vignettes that first appeared online at MacFarlane’s Youtube channel that shares the show’s name and SethComedy.com – runs them completely … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged Alex Borstein, Alex Carter, Andrew Goldberg, animation, Bob Dylan, comedy films, cult classics, David Fouquette, Family Guy, Fred Tatasciore, Gilbert Gottfried, Greg Colton, Jane Lynch, Jeff Bergman, Jeff Goldbum, Jesus Christ, Kevin Biggins, Phil LaMarr, Quentin Tarantino, Seth Green, Seth MacFarlane, Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, short films, Super Mario, Ted Jessup, Ted Mulkerin, Ted Nugent, television, Travis Bowe, Uncensored, Will Sasso
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The first images from M. Night Shyamalan’s Last Airbender adaptation
The first images from M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming The Last Airbender, were placed online by USA Today. According to the report, the live-action adaptation is the first of a planned trilogy.
Posted in Images - Photos, News
Tagged Aang, action films, animation, Asian film, Avatar, fantasy films, M. Night Shyamalan, martial arts films, Noah Ringer, Slumdog Millionaire, television, The Last Airbender, Zuko
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Win a copy of the new historic Major League Baseball DVD box set New York Yankees: Perfect Games and No-Hitters
On May 26th, A&E Home Video and Major League Baseball Productions released a beautiful new DVD box set commemorating six historic games in Bronx Bomber history. New York Yankees: Perfect Games and No-Hitters is a six DVD set, featuring historic … Continue reading
Posted in Contests, DVD, Blu-ray & VOD
Tagged baseball, Bronx Bombers, Dave Righetti, David Cone, David Wells, documentary films, Don Larsen, Dwight Gooden, historical films, Jim Abbott, Major League Baseball, Mel Allen, New York Yankees, New York Yankees: Perfect Games and No-Hitters, no-hitters, sports films, Vin Scully, World Series
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New photos from Denzel Washington and the Hughes Brothers’ Book of Eli
The Hughes Brothers’ (From Hell, Menace II Society) are directing Denzel Washington in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Book of Eli, and USA Today has a gallery of the first images from the film. In Book of Eli, a lone man … Continue reading
Posted in Images - Photos, News
Tagged Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, Book of Eli, Denzel Washington, From Hell, Gary Oldman, Menace II Society, sci-fi films, The Hughes Brothers
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Changing Lanes Blu-ray review
Samuel L. Jackson lights up the screen as a rehabilitated alcoholic named Doyle Gipson, who’s trying to put the pieces of his life back together. The largest part of his struggle involves his two children, and on this particular day, … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged Amanda Peet, Ben Affleck, Bradley Cooper, Changing Lanes, drama, Michael Tolkin, Roger Michell, Samuel Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sydney Pollack, thrillers, Toni Collette, urban films, William Hurt
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Enemy at the Gates Blu-ray review
In 1942 the Nazis cut a deadly swath through Russia. Under the leadership of Kruschev (Bob Hoskins), the citizens of Stalingrad begin to mount a brave resistance, encouraged by the exploits of their local hero, Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law). An … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged action films, Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, Enemy at the Gates, Eva Mattes, Gabriel Marshall-Thompson, historical films, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Matthais Habich, Mikhail Matveev, Rachel Weisz, Ron Perlman, Sophie Rois, thrillers, war films
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Taken Blu-ray review
I knew very little about Taken when I first watched it in the theater back in early February. Me and my wife thought it was about as close to the perfect pure action film as they come. Little did I … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged action films, espionage films, Famke Janssen, Holly Valance, Jon Gries, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser, Liam Neeson, Luc Besson, martial arts films, Mathieu Busson, Mattie Grace, Michel Abramowicz, Michel Julienne, Nicolas Giraud, Pierre Morel, Radivoje Bukvic, Robert Mark Kamen, Taken, thrillers, Xander Berkeley
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Ole Bornedal’s Just Another Love Story DVD review
Danish director Ole Bornedal – who directed the brilliant thriller Nightwatch, and is now attached to adapt Dean Koontz’s book The Husband for the screen – directed Just Another Love Story in 2007. It was recently picked up for U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged Anders W. Berthelsen, Charlotte Fich, crime thrillers, Dean Koontz, Dejan Cukic, film noir, foreign films, Koch Lorber, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ole Bornedal, Rebecka Hemse, suspense
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Paycheck Blu-ray review
Paycheck is based on the short story by noted science fiction author Phillip K. Dick, and revolves around Jennings (Ben Affleck), an engineer who works for a company that uses his unique gifts to reverse engineer their rivals’ technology, alter … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged Aaron Eckhart, action films, action thrillers, Ben Affleck, Bullet in the Head, Dean Georgaris, Emily Holmes, Hard Boiled, John Woo, Michael Hall, Paycheck, Phillip K. Dick, sci-fi films, Uma Thurman
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Valkyrie Blu-ray review
Valkyrie tells the heroic true story of several German military officers that wholly rejected the ideals of Adolf Hitler and, in an effort to end his assault on German culture, attempt to assassinate him for the greater good of their … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged action films, Adolf Hitler, Bill Nighy, Bryan Singer, Carice van Houten, Christian Berkel, Christopher McQuarrie, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, Eddie Izzard, General Friedrich Olbricht, historical films, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Burns, Kevin McNally, Major-General Henning von Tresckow, Nathan Alexander, Philipp Von Schulthess, Terence Stamp, The Usual Suspects, Thomas Kretschmann, Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, Valkyrie, war films, X-Men
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Without A Paddle Blu-ray review
On May 12th, Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment released the comedy Without a Paddle, directed by Steven Brill, on Blu-ray for the first time. Originally released in 2004, the Blu-ray debut of this enjoyable adventure, comes with a surprising amount of … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged Burt Reynolds, comedy films, Danielle Cormack, Dax Shepard, Fred Wolf, Jay Leggett, Matthew Lillard, Mitch Rouse, Nadine Bernecker, Seth Green, Steven Brill, Without A Paddle
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Major League: Wild Thing Edition Blu-ray review
Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) is a beautiful, smart, goal-oriented, former exotic dancer who just inherited a baseball team from her recently deceased husband. Unfortunately, it’s the Cleveland Indians, the worst team in Major League Baseball. She hates everything about the … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged Bob Uecker, Charlie Sheen, Chris Chesser, Cleveland Indians, comedy films, Corbin Bernsen, David S. Ward, David Ward, Dennis Haysbert, James Gammon, Major League, Major League Baseball, Margaret Whitton, Rene Russo, sports films, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes
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Wayne’s World Blu-ray review
Based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, Wayne’s World enjoyed immense success in theaters in 1992. The wacky, irreverent comedy about the adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Reviews, Snapshots
Tagged comedy films, cult classics, Dana Carvey, Lara Boyle, Mike Myers, Penelope Spheeris, Rob Lowe, Saturday Night Live, Tia Carrere, Wayne's World
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Here’s the new trailer for sci-fi thriller The Surrogates in HD
Here’s the new trailer for Bruce Willis’ next action adventure The Surrogates in HD. The film, which is directed by Terminator 3 helmer Jonathan Mostow, hits theaters on September 25, 2009. Willis and Radha Mitchell play futuristic FBI agents on … Continue reading
First trailer and clips for Fox’s Human Target comic adaptation hits the web
I nabbed this first trailer and four clips from Fox’s new series Human Target, based on the DC Comic, that was originally posted on Sci-Fi Wire. Human Target revolves around Christopher Chance (being played by Fringe star Mark Valley), whose … Continue reading
Posted in News, Video - Other Clips, Video - Trailers
Tagged action films, adventure films, Chi McBride, comic based, Human Target, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Valley, television, thrillers, Tricia Helfer
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Win one of two copies of Tony and Ridley Scott’s cult horror TV series The Hunger 4-disc DVD set
From two legendary directors, Tony Scott (Man On Fire) and Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), comes The Hunger – a groundbreaking horror series available for the first time on DVD. On June 2nd, E1 Entertainment will release a 4 disc DVD … Continue reading
Posted in Contests, DVD, Blu-ray & VOD, Snapshots
Tagged Alias, Anna, Balthazar Getty, Brothers & Sisters, Bruce Almighty, Bruce Davison, Catherine Deneuve, cult classics, Daniel Craig, David Bowie, Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, horror films, Karen Black, Longtime Companion, Quantum of Solace, Ridley Scott, Sally Kirkland, Smallville, Susan Sarandon, Tales from the Crypt, television, Terence Stamp, The Golden Compass, The Hunger, The Hunger: The Complete First Season, The Twilight Zone, thrillers, Tony Scott, Valkyrie, X-Men
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WIN one of two copies of the teen thriller Elsewhere on DVD
On June 2nd, E1 Entertainment will release the teen thriller Elsewhere for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray. Starring Twilight’s Anna Kendrick and Tania Raymonde of TV’s Lost, Elsewhere is being described as a thriller in the vein of … Continue reading
Trailer for the new V sci-fi mini-series now online
ABC has a remake of the mini-series V coming during mid-season in early 2010. Directed by Yves Simoneau, who helmed the The 4400 pilot episode, the new mini-series, which looks like it will be a pilot for a new TV … Continue reading
Posted in News, Video - Trailers
Tagged Alan Tudyk, Christopher Shyer, cult classics, David Richmond-Peck, Elizabeth Mitchell, Joel Gretsch, Laura Vandervoort, Logan Huffman, Lost, Lourdes Benedicto, Morena Baccarin, Morris Chestnut, sci-fi films, television, V mini-series, Yves Simoneau
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