Drama

Win one of three copies of Nights and Weekends on DVD

Nights and Weekends, Joe Swanberg’s daring and poignant portrait of modern romance, which he co-created and stars opposite Greta Gerwig, arrives on DVD August 25th. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away three copies of the DVD release to three romantic readers. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to win this and all other contests, ….

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse adds a new cast member

Jack Huston – who stars in the upcoming TV witch saga Eastwick – will be fitted for fangs in Summit Entertainment’s upcoming sequel The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third installment in the popular novel series’ adaptations, according to THR. Huston joins Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Bryce Dallas Howard in the series based on Stephenie ….

The Soloist Blu-ray review

The Soloist follows the story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a musically gifted schizophrenic homeless man, and Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), a Los Angeles Times writer who attempted to restore Ayers’ inner-talents and lead him back to a path of personal and musical success. The film transcends its own emotionally draining story-line, with a ….

Kubrick’s family seeks to have his Holocaust film The Aryan Papers finally made

Director Stanley Kubrick‘s family recently expressed a desire to see one of the director’s final in-development projects, The Aryan Papers, finally realized, according to the London paper The Times. The movie was to be based on a novel by Louis Begley (writer of About Schmidt) titled Wartime Lies, about a fleeing Polish Jew named Tania ….

Win one of six copies of the drama Ancient Code on DVD

Here is our second Reality Entertainment contest of the day. FilmFetish is giving away six copies of the meta-physical drama Ancient Code, which explores the mysteries surrounding the real 2012 phenomenon. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to win this and all other contests, your eNews profile must be updated with your current mailing address, not ….

Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse – Season One Blu-ray review

Joss Whedon, who introduced the world to kick-ass female vampire slayers, had quite a difficult time getting Dollhouse off the ground. Fox gave the show a time-slot that seemed to show little faith in its prospects for success. Add to that the writer’s strike, and the minimalist marketing campaign that first appeared on the tubes, ….

Trailer for Amores Perros writer’s directorial debut The Burning Plain

From writer/director Guillermo Arriaga comes The Burning Plain, a romantic mystery about a woman on the edge who takes an emotional journey back to the defining moment of her life. Oscar-winner Charlize Theron plays Sylvia, a beautiful restaurant manager whose cool, professional demeanor masks the sexually charged storm within. When a stranger from Mexico confronts ….

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, ….

BBC goes interactive with new TV series that includes online gameplay

BBC Switch has commissioned digital production company Conker Media, to create and produce an interactive, digital drama thriller for its teen audience. The new show, to be titled The Well, will air this fall in the Switch zone on BBC Two in the U.K. (Saturdays 12noon-2.00pm) and will contain extended material online at bbc.co.uk/switch, where ….

One of David Carradine’s last screen performances out on DVD today

The noir thriller Break is out on DVD today, featuring David Carradine in one of his last performances. The film, written and directed by Marc Clebanoff (The Pink Conspiracy), revolves around an introverted hit man named Frank, who is contracted to carry out an unusual job. When the city’s crime boss, known only as The ….

First trailer shows up online for NBC’s apocalyptic sci-fi drama series Day One

Quiet Earth has posted the first trailer for NBC’s Day One, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi series slated to debut at midseason, just after the winter Olympics. According to Sci-Fi Wire, show creator Jesse Alexander has tweeted that the trailer, which was shown at NBC’s upfront presentation to the media and advertisers in the spring, features temporary ….