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'Asteriods' To Big Screen

July 3rd 2009 18:21


I can’t believe it. Where is the story? I remember playing this game as a kid and can’t believe that a story will actually come from this simple Atari video game. Somehow it will happen because Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids." Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation.


As I remember, the concept of the game was so simple. A player controlled a triangular space ship in an asteroid field. I’d push the buttons on the handle with the intention to shoot and destroy the hulking masses of rock and the occasional flying saucer while avoiding smashing into both.

As opposed to today's games, there is no story line or fancy world-building mythology, so the studio would be creating a plot from scratch. I can’t imagine what that story would be about that could keep an audience interest for at least an hour and a half. But I guess, Universal is used to that development process because, according to THR, the studio is in the middle of doing just that for several of the Hasbro board game properties it is translating to the big screen, such as "Battleship" and "Candyland."
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'Night Train' Stellar Cast

July 3rd 2009 17:02



This summer, greed, murder and paranoia take first class seats on Night Train, a taut, new thriller starring Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, Saw), Leelee Sobieski (88 Minutes, The Wicker Man) and Steve Zahn (Management, Joy Ride). National Entertainment Media brings this nail-biting suspense film in the vein of Shallow Grave and The Ninth Gate to audiences as a simultaneous direct-to-DVD and Blu-ray.

How far would you go to have everything you desire? Christmas Eve… when a veteran conductor (Glover), a young pre-med student (Sobieski) and a struggling salesman (Zahn) discover a dead body onboard a night train, the three strangers find themselves on a collision course with destiny. Among the deceased man’s possessions is a mysterious box, which fascinates their attention. Upon looking inside, they see a treasure so valuable that the three conspire to hide the body and split the fortune themselves. This decision sets in motion a tense game of obsession and deceit, where greed betrays reason and morality gives way to temptation. With local authorities at every stop and an assortment of suspicious passengers along for the ride, can the three strangers overcome their fixation with the coveted box or will they delve even deeper into the trenches of depravity?
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Everwood 2nd Season is Here

July 3rd 2009 00:53


I am discovering the joys of watching television shows on DVD -- it beats the commercials. The only hard point is waiting for a TV series to be available on DVD.

Take Everwood Second Season came out last month and well worth the wait. Here’s my reasoning why I like TV shows on DVD, I had the second season pack sitting in my office and it took me forever to watch the TV show because I am so busy with work and being a mom. But, you know, I am glad I watched it.

I rediscovered Treat Williams. He started in film and is now Andrew Brown of Everwood. I am in love with Treat Williams. Ever since I saw him in the movie musical Hair, he has always been my Claude. Treat Williams being so talented, I often wondered why he never achieved great success in film. Well, now I am disabused of that notion because he stars in Everwood as Dr. Andrew Brown and is genuine man through and through.

The second season DVD set of Everwood is a 6-disc set running 968 minutes or 22 hour-long episodes in marvelous widescreen.

The series is for the whole family with a nice touch of comic timing, which we sure can use these days.

Special features include a warm introduction by Andy Brown and 40 minutes of deleted scenes.
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I wanted to remind you that Blood: The Last Vampire will be opening in select cities next Friday, July 10th! Below is an opening day schedule for all theater locations it will be showing. If the vampire film is playing in your city, you are one luck blood sucker


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Ashton Kutcher in 'Spread'

July 2nd 2009 19:14

The movie Spread is being promoted as a fresh, funny, and racy look at the trials and tribulations of sleeping your way to a life of privilege in Los Angeles. Is that possible!?

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Opening Day Schedule for 'Thirst'

July 2nd 2009 04:58
Focus Features has officially announced the opening day schedule for the highly anticipated vampire thriller, Thirst, directed by award-winning auteur, Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance). Thirst will open in NY, LA, and San Francisco on July 31st. See below for further theater details.

OPENING DAY SCHEDULE: Friday, July 31st, 2009


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Post-Apocalyptic '9' Character 2

July 2nd 2009 02:26


I rather like this stitchpunk who is called. Voiced by Academy Award Winner Martin Landau, 2 is a kindly but now frail inventor and explorer who embodies the Scientist’s strong creative spirit. An inquisitive personality, 2 is fearless. Director Shane Acker affectionately describes him as a “salty old dog


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What is Harry showing Hermonie? Perhaps, the latest news about Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince soundtrack. AOL Radio Station has an exclusive premiere for the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince soundtrack. The only catch is that you need to go on the hour to listen to each song on the soundtrack album, one song per hour. I've enjoyed it and recommend you take a listen -- just click on this link at the top of the hour and go to Move Scores.
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My daughter loves Alvin and the Chipmunk. I am posting this teaser trailer for her. After watching the trailer I figure Alvin and the Chipmunks go to school and meet some hot chipmunks called the Chippettes, pretty too. I just wonder where Jason Lee is during all the school activities and romance


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Meet the 9 Stitchpunk Beings

July 1st 2009 04:12

Focus Features sent me all the images and character descriptions of Shane Acker's 9. These characters are called stitchpunks.

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