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Year’s best TV DVDs to be honored

The best TV DVD titles of the past year will be honored at the fifth annual TV DVD Awards Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. The awards will honor the best TV DVD releases that came to market between Oct. 1, 2007, and Sept. 30, 2008, focusing on the entire DVD ….

After Olympics Closing Ceremony this Sunday, Zhang Yimou to make war film

Zhang Yimou goes from artful creation to utter destruction. Variety and the Beijing News recently reported that director Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), fresh off of his stunning Opening Ceremony achievement for the Olympic Games, and apparently prepping a spectacular follow up for this Sunday’s Closing Ceremonies, is already thinking about his next ….

Son of Rambow comes to DVD next week

Next Tuesday, August 26th, Paramount Home Entertainment will release the comedy Son of Rambow on DVD. This compelling tale is a poignant look at the bonds of childhood friendship. The film stars newcomers Will Poulter and Bill Milner, as well as Ed Westwick of Gossip Girl. The comedy follows the adventures of two boys growing ….

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comes to DVD in October

On October 14th, Lucasfilm and Paramount Home Entertainment will release the worldwide box office blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD and Blu-ray. One of cinema’s greatest adventure heroes is back in this latest chapter of the immensely popular Indiana Jones franchise! Directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Frank ….

Live-action Death Note film gets one night theatrical screening and DVD launch

The Canadian theatrical debut of the live-action Death Note movie, based on the popular manga and animated series, will screen as a special event in 60 Cineplex Entertainment and Empire Theatre locations across Canada on Monday, September 15, 2008. A special DVD advance ticket bundle has been added that will go on-sale next week. It ….

Help Wanted: video game testers

Governor Bobby Jindal and Electronic Arts recently announced a partnership that includes Electronic Arts, Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Department of Economic Development, that will lead to the creation of a new global quality assurance center in Baton Rouge. The facility will be the first of its kind in the United States and will ….

An interview with the big time producer who passed on Harry Potter

You may not know the name Arnon Milchan, but you know his films: Pretty Woman, L.A. Confidential, JFK, The War of the Roses, Once Upon A Time in America, and nearly 120 others. Milchan shares the tales of his greatest hits and biggest misses, including how he passed on the Harry Potter franchise, in the ….

Report asks ticket buyers what gets them into the theater

According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, many of the most avid movie ticket buyers in the U.S. enjoy watching movies in the theater for social reasons that go beyond simple economic calculations. One-third of moviegoers head to the theaters four or more times in an average three-month period, and these consumers ….

Taking motion pictures from script to screen

Signiant, a leading developer of digital media distribution management solutions, announced that Deluxe has chosen its Digital Media Distribution Management Solution to automate, accelerate and secure the distribution of post-production materials for motion pictures from major Hollywood studios and broadcast companies. Post-production and distribution of films has become more complex, especially as releasing films simultaneously ….

Opera and a movie

National CineMedia, operator of the largest digital in-theatre network in North America for cinema advertising and alternative entertainment events, along with the Metropolitan Opera are partnering to bring a third season of the critically-acclaimed The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD series transmitted live, in high-definition, to more than 440 movie theatres and performing arts centers ….

Robin Hood gives up swashbuckling for martial arts?

For the first time the legend of Robin Hood is being updated for the era of globalization in a new epic set in post-911 America and filmed in England, France, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, Hungary, Thailand, India and Canada. Screenings for Robin Hood 2.0: A Lover & A Fighter, will take place at during the ….

Intel and Yahoo to bring internet to TV

ntel Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. today previewed plans for the Widget Channel, a television (TV) application framework optimized for TV and related consumer electronics (CE) devices that use the Intel Architecture. The Widget Channel will allow consumers to enjoy rich Internet applications designed for the TV while watching their favorite TV programs. The Widget Channel ….