René Carson

Fear Itself: Episode One Review

I just finished watching the premiere of Fear Itself on NBC. The television series is broken down into 13 separate 60 minute films fleshed out by today’s premiere horror writers and directors. Mick Garris, who brought us Masters of Horror on Shotime, and Masters of Science Fiction on ABC, created this one too. Of the ….

Two new trailers for X-Files: I Want to Believe online

Two new story-revealing trailers for X-Files 2 are online. The one just below comes from Joblo.com. Click on the official website link below the embed to see the Flash trailer there. See another cut of this trailer at www.xfiles.com [amazonify]B000UZDO5I::text:filmfetish-20:::Click here to get the original X-Files series on DVD[/amazonify]

French thriller Max et les Ferrailleurs (Max and the Junkmen) getting remake treatment

France’s StudioCanal and John Woo’s Lion Rock Productions are joining forces to push forward a remake of the 1970 French thriller Max et les Ferrailleurs, to be directed by Kim Jee-woon, whose film The Good the Bad the Weird just wrapped this year’s Cannes Film Fest. This is according to a story from Variety. Ferrailleurs ….

Cicely Tyson and HBO’s Frank E. Flowers to be honored at Caribbean Heritage Salute to Hollywood

Caribbean Heritage Organization (CHO) and the Institute of Caribbean Studies, DC (ICS-DC) are pleased to announce that stage and screen actress Cicely Tyson and writer and director Frank E. Flowers will be honored at its 2008 Salute to Hollywood & the Arts during National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. The daughter of immigrants from the tiny Caribbean ….

Lost Boys The Tribe on Blu-ray and DVD…Why not in theaters?

All-new chapter of the cult classic stars Tad Hilginbrinck, Angus Sutherland, Autumn Reeser, with appearances by Jamison Newlander, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog Prepare to sink your teeth into the long-awaited and highly-anticipated next chapter of the cult phenomenon started by the 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys when Warner Premiere’s Lost ….

Big Screen Entertainment Completes William Shatner Documentary

Big Screen Entertainment CEO Kimberley Kates has announced that post production is complete on “William Shatner’s Gonzo Ballet,” a documentary chronicling the production of a new ballet based on Shatner’s album, “Has Been.” The critically acclaimed album, produced by Ben Folds, provided renowned choreographer Margo Sappington, of the Milwaukee Ballet, with the inspiration to create ….

Gale Anne Hurd and Platinum Studios partner to bring Final Orbit to big screen

Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Motion Pictures, producer of Marvel Studios’ Summer release The Incredible Hulk, and Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than 5,600 comic book characters which it adapts, produces and licenses for all forms of media, today announced a deal to co-develop and produce a feature film ….

International Film and Media Education Programs – Part 5 (listed by country)

For changes, corrections or additions, email film@filmfetish.com Thailand Assumption University Communication Arts Bangkok University School of Fine and Applied Arts CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY Communication Arts Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University Communication Arts ………………………………………………………. Turkey Ankara Universitesi Communication Bilkent University Department of Graphics Eastern Mediterranean University Communication and Media Studies Marmara Universitesi Communication Middle East Technical University Department ….

International Film and Media Education Programs – Part 4 (listed by country)

For changes, corrections or additions, email film@filmfetish.com Hogeschool van Utrecht Faculty of Communication and Journalism Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht Image Factory Maurits Binger Film Instituut Utrecht University Onderwijs Media Instituut ………………………………………………………. Norway Lillehammer College, Dept. of Culture & Media Norwegian Film Institute University of Oslo Department of Media and Communication Volda College, Dept. of ….

International Film and Media Education Programs – Part 3 (listed by country)

For changes, corrections or additions, email film@filmfetish.com Finland Lahti Polytechnic Faculty of Design and Communication Radio and TV Institute Theater Academy TURKU SCHOOL OF ART AND COMMUNICATION University of Industrial Arts and Design, Helsinki, Faculty of Visual Communication University of Jyvdskyld, Department of Communication University of Lapland, Media Studies University of Oulu Film and Television ….

International Film and Media Education Programs – Part 2 (listed by country)

For changes, corrections or additions, email film@filmfetish.com Canada Algonquin College Radio and Television, Interactive Multimedia Athabasca University , Communications Banff Centre – Media and Visual Arts Brock University Canadian Screen Training Center Summer Institute of Film and Television Centennial College – Bell Centre for Creative Communications CAPILANO COLLEGE Media Technology Division Canadore College School of ….