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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. ….

Who’s the new toy in next summer’s Toy Story 3? Hiyao Miyazaki appears, plus more Pixar news!

Toy Story 3 will be released on June 18, 2010, will Michael Keaton as a new addition, playing the voice of Ken (as in Barbie’s Ken). Prior to that release, Disney Pixar will re-elease Toy Story 1 and 2 as a double feature in 3D, in October 2009. Then on Valentine’s Day 2010, the Oscar-nominated ….

Warner panel part 1: Denzel Washington and Jackie Earle Haley kick ass during Warner Bros. movie panel

First… Robert Englund will not be making a cameo in the new A Nightmare on Elm St., according to producer Brad Fuller. Now, onto the panel. First up was footage from Spike Jonze’s long-delayed Where the Wild Things Are. There were 6 or 7 extended scenes, which look very true to the original childrens’ book. ….

Green Lantern: First Flight and Trick ‘R’ Treat screenings last night back-to-back

Topped off an amazing Thursday, with back-to-back screenings of the animated Green Lantern: First Flight and Michael Dougherty’s cult Halloween horror Trick ‘R’ Treat. While Green Lantern certainly matched the level of animation quality of the previous DC animated feature films, it didn’t have the depth of story of past efforts, particularly Wonder Woman, the ….

See 15 minutes of James Cameron’s Avatar at IMAX theatres free

The Avatar panel and footage just finished. It’s clear Cameron’s looking to raise the bar yet again with the affects and artistry presented on screen. I’ll talk more about this soon. Zoe Saldana, Jim Cameron, Sigourney Weaver and other cast members discussed their preparation and roles in the sci-fi epic. Producer Jon Landau made a ….