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There’s something fascinating about movie lists that seems to capture the attention of anyone who has even a passing interest in cinema — whether it’s an IGN countdown of the top 25 movie heroes of all time, or goresite Bloody Disgusting compiling a roster of the top 25 slasher flick kills, these kind of features are an ubiquitous presence on the internet.
Posted in Books & Comics, Reviews •
Why HD?
With the increasing size and affordability of big screen televisions, it’s become pretty obvious that standard definition formats just don’t cut the visual mustard on these new AV behemoths invading our living rooms. What looked perfectly acceptable on your old 28” CRT set can look awful when the limitations of SDTV (Standard Definition TV) are amplified by a monster flat panel.
Posted in Blu-ray & HD DVD, Commentary, Sci-Tech & Video Games •
You probably won’t see this news go around on many websites, since news outlets usually don’t care about following up their stories, especially not once they’ve been debunked. See, the news is already passé and the fishing for new headlines must go on.
Thankfully, there are some exceptions. Empire for instance didn’t quite buy those rumours (started by a British tabloid) that crew currently working Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince were told that the adaptation of the final book would be split into two movies. So they spoke with their contacts in the industry and, you guessed it, uncovered that there is absolutely no basis for talk of such a split at this stage.
Because currently, screenwriter Steve Kloves hasn’t even started work on the script for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and as Warner Bros. confirms, no decisions have been made about the seventh installment yet.
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Posted in Harry Potter, Movies •
The last of the guilds to announce its nominees was the Producers Guild yesterday. The candidates in the motion picture category are the same as the Directors Guild nominees except for Juno, which got in at the expense of Sean Penn’s Into The Wild.
Shut out once again were previous favourites like Atonement, Sweeney Todd, American Gangster or Charlie Wilson’s War - all of which may now meet a similar fate when the Oscar nominations are announced January 22.
Read on for the PGA’s full list of nominees:
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s son Jaden Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) has won a role in Fox’s remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day The Earth Stood Still says The Hollywood Reporter.
Smith will play the rebellious Jacob, the 8-year-old stepson of scientist Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) who first makes contact with the humanoid alien Klaatu (Keanu Reeves). Kathy Bates and Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm co-star.
Scott Derrickson is directing the film from a script by David Scarpa about Klaatu’s arrival on Earth that triggers a global upheaval as governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind his appearance.
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Posted in Movies, The Day the Earth Stood Still •
According to Aint-it-cool-news, the much delayed Star Wars-themed comedy Fanboys is facing a major reshoot.
The original story is set in early 1999 and follows a group of friends trying to break into Star Wars creator George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch. Their aim is to steal a copy of Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, since one of their friends is dying of cancer and won’t live to see the film’s cinematic premiere.
Apparently producer Shauna Robertson is now of the opinion that the heavy subject matter plays against the film’s comedic tone. The plan now is to reshot the film sans the entire cancer-subplot.
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Posted in Movies •
Oscar-nominated actress Scarlett Johansson is set to make her directorial debut when she helms a five minute segment of New York, I Love You, the Manhattan based follow-up to Paris, Je T’Aime.
Page Six reports that the anthology will consist of twelve short films, each focused on a different area of New York.
Other notable directors on board are Zach Braff, Anthony Minghella, Mira Nair, Park Chan-Wook and - potentially - Woody Allen.
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Posted in Movies •
A starting date for the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica has finally been set.
Even thouh the official BSG website still promises a March premiere, various websites including CinemaBlend and SyFyPortal are reporting that the first episode of the new season will air April 4th, citing sources within the Sci Fi Channel.
Fans will have the chance to catch up with the series when the Season 3 DVD set hits shelves March 25.
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Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Television •
With more creatures than the Star Wars cantina, Hellboy and his cohorts set about trying to stop an Elf prince from destroying the human race. Hey, it’s all in a day’s work for Big Red.
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2008 U.S. Presidential election
I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.
- Cam
