Month: July 2009

Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams to appear at Barnes & Noble book signing for The Time Traveler’s Wife

Actors Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams will join director Robert Schwentke and producer Dede Gardner to discuss bringing Audrey Niffenegger’s best-selling novel The Time Traveler’s Wife from book to screen. Priority seating available with book purchase. Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, starting at 7:30 PM Location: Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway, New York, ….

Gaming social network announces Inglourious Basterds video game tournament

Gaming community network GGL Global Gaming today announced a video game tournament in conjunction with Quentin Tarantino’s newest film, Inglourious Basterds. Dubbed the Are You a Basterd? Call of Duty: World at War Tournament, the competition gives fans the chance to battle it out for new Dell Mini 12 Netbooks, movie posters signed by the ….

Win one of five pair of tickets to advance screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo

The long awaited U.S. debut of animation master Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo is here. The New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival is presenting the first East Coast screening of the film in a special pre-release event 3:00pm on Sunday, August 9th at Symphony Space in New York City. Also, if you’re feeling lucky, New York – ….

Newark Film Festival 2009

The Newark Film Festival gives residents of the area, a chance to see indie and classic films on the big screen. Founded by Barry Schlecker, the festival is meant to spread quality film further into the region. The event will take place at Cinema Center 3 in Newark, Delaware, from September 10-17, 2009 and then ….

First Annual Louisville International Festival of Film

Louisville’s International Festival of Film aims to be a must-attend event on the festival circuit, and is well-situated considering the region’s impressive contribution to Hollywood over the years. The festival is committed to screening artistic films not generally presented through commercial venues, giving independent filmmakers a place to showcase their work. The proceeds of the ….

Black Swamp International Film Festival 2009

The Black Swamp International Film Festival is a celebration of cinema that was established to offer storytellers an opportunity to display their talents in a world-class, state-of-the-art theater. The festival supports the international community of filmmakers who approach their art with heart, and aims to educate, inspire, and provide networking and exhibition opportunities to artists. ….

The Graves Joins the After Dark Horrorfest 8 Films to Die For lineup for 2010

The first addition to After Dark Horrorfest4 was announced today by After Dark Films’ CEO Courtney Solomon. The After Dark Horrorfest will take place January 29, 2010. The new title joining the 8 Films to Die For lineup is The Graves, written and directed by Brian Pulido. Pulido, a well known comic book writer and ….

Comic-Con 2009: Day 4 starts

I had technical issues with the phone yesterday, so I wasn’t able to publish some of the photos I took of Robert Downey Jr., Hayao Miyazaki, Cameron Diaz, directors Peter Jackson & James Cameron, Rachel McAdams and a bunch of others. I’ll do that when I return. Jerry got some one-on-one interviews as well, so ….

Hong Kong officials launch design competition for Bruce Lee museum

Officials are moving forward with plans to turn Bruce Lee’s Hong Kong home, which is currently a ‘love motel’, into a museum, by launching a design competition today, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The redesigned mansion will include a memorial hall, library, kung fu studio and a film archive, which should please fans, who have ….

Wanted director teases sequel news

While sitting on a panel promoting Shane Acker’s upcoming animated ‘stitch-punk’ epic 9, which he produced with Tim Burton, Timor Bakmemenkov, when asked about the sequel to Wanted, confirmed that James McAvoy will indeed be returning for the sequel, which he says is scheduled to begin lensing in a few months. He made another very ….

4th Annual Redemptive Film Festival

The Redemptive Film Festival is an international film festival aimed at providing a forum for filmmakers to showcase and be rewarded for their work on themes that depict the redemptive purposes of God, either through human beings or supernatural occurrences; and to participate in the process of redeeming and empowering victims of modern day slavery. ….