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The Crash TV series premieres exclusively on Starz, on Friday, October 17, 2008 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Starring an ensemble cast led by film icon Dennis Hopper, the series looks at the way different lives intersect and collide in the melting pot of LA, and will be quite different from the movie portrayal. From the ….

Season One of Eli Stone on DVD today

One of this season’s most intriguing and original new series is coming to DVD for the first time from Walt Disney Studios. Eli Stone: The Complete First Season debuts on DVD September 2, 2008 in a four-disc DVD featuring extended episodes, deleted scenes and behind the scenes revelations about the critically-acclaimed freshman series. The jury’s ….

Fringe and Terminator shows will stream to college campuses on premiere days

Fox is planning to stream the premiere of J.J. Abrams’ new thriller Fringe, along with the season premiere of action series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, online at the same time they screen on TV, according to a report by Variety. This is said to be the first time a major network has decided to ….

MTV to offer exclusive on-demand content on Amazon

MTV Networks will use Amazon’s CreateSpace DVD on Demand technology to make popular MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and VH1 shows – including “Newport Harbor,” “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,” “Drake & Josh” and “Hey Arnold!”, available on Amazon.com. All of these newly released DVDs will initially be available exclusively on Amazon.com, and today marks the ….

Fast and Furious trailer and guess what sexy chica is coming back to Lost

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker return for Justin Lin’s Fast and Furious, along with Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster, all alumni from the original Fast and the Furious. The first trailer premiered this past weekend, while I watched Death Race (Yes, I watched it). Fitting time for the trailer to break, with Diesel’s sci-fi flick ….

Sidney Lumet and I Spy now on iTunes

Image Entertainment has expanded its digital distribution business by making films and television programming available on the iTunes Store. A wide assortment of Image programming is available on iTunes for purchase or rent, including feature films, episodic television, stand-up comedy specials, music and special interest programs. Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity and Jim Gaffigan: Beyond ….

Chilean TV series to premiere on U.S. cable net

Sorpresa, a fast-growing Spanish-language children’s net, will launch popular live-action Chilean teen TV series, Karku, for U.S. Hispanic tween and teen audiences on August 25 at 9 p.m. ET. The premiere is part of the network’s back-to-school celebration. Set in metropolitan Santiago, Chile, Karku is the first TV series for kids produced in Latin America ….

Stargate gets a Universe

Stargate fans must just be ecstatic right now. First, the release of Stargate: Continuum at San Diego Comic-Con, which reunites the whole SG-1 crew, including Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Beau Bridges, Richard Dean Anderson and Don S. Davis – and, while Stargate: Atlantis will not renew as a series, and shift ….

Network film review

This groundbreaking film is a rare example of a really god satire that was popular with film critics and the public – and even with entertainment industry insiders, who might not be expected to get the joke or appreciate the abuse. (I guess Hollywood has always had a condescending attitude toward TV, which explains the ….

Afro Samurai Trailer and the First Scene Online

Afro Samurai focuses a Black samurai in a futuristic yet feudal Japan who is on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father. Afro is a warrior who travels a solitary path encountering a myriad of enemies, friends, and challenges beyond imagination. The animated series will feature original music by The RZA, and stars Samuel L. Jackson ….

I Trust You To Kill Me Trailer

Kiefer Sutherland took some time away from his hit TV drama 24, to take his indie record label act, Rocco DeLuca & the Burden on their first international tour through London, Dublin, Reykjavic and Berlin. The resulting infie film rockumentary, I Trust You To Kill Me, directed by Manu Boyer, chronicles a highly personal journey of a rock band and their less than qualified ….

24 Coming to the Big Screen

Variety reports that Fox’s popular 24 TV show is headed for the big screen after years of speculation. According to the trade, Twentieth Century Fox srtuck a deal with series creators Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow, to bring the Kiefer Sutherland real-time thriller to the silver screen. Surnow and Cochran will pen the script and produce, along with Imagine Entertianment’s Brian Grazer. No talent ….

Knight Rider Returns

If quality and not ticket sales are any indication, revivals of old TV shows are improving dramatically. We’ve gone from The Mod Squad (1999) to Mission Impossible III (2006). I think that film didn’t live up to expectations, because of the changing landscape in the U.S. For one thing, as baby-boomers age, they simply don’t want to go to ….