By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 31, 2008 in Film Business, TV | 0 Comments
Robert Boucher and his son, Robert Boucher Jr., made up half the patrons who filed into Dover’s Strand Theatre Thursday evening to see “10,000 BC.”
The father and son spent $30 for two tickets, some popcorn, a large soda with two straws and box of Milk Duds. They usually go to the movies once monthly.
“It’s a […]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 31, 2008 in In-Production, Summer 2008 | 0 Comments
Ten years after the last “X-Files” movie hit theaters, the team behind the hit sci-franchise is tossing out some tidbits about the sequel, currently scheduled for release on July 25.
The film, which has not yet been named, will mark the return of David Duchovny as Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Scully, two FBI agents who […]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 31, 2008 in Directors, Filmmaking, Interview, New Releases | 1 Comment
Stop-Loss hit theaters this past weekend and IESB had the chance to talk with Kimberly Peirce about the film and the real-life stories behind it. if (typeof(gnm_ord)==\’undefined\’) gnm_ord=Math.random()*10000000000000000; if (typeof(gnm_tile) == \’undefined\’) gnm_tile=1; document.write(\’\’);
Before beginning work on Stop Loss directly, Peirce toured the country and interviewed American soldiers […]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 31, 2008 in Actors, Summer 2008 | 0 Comments
Heath Ledger’s frenzied reinvention of the Joker had fans and colleagues buzzing. His dreadful clown face was seen online by millions, and stood as the goosebump-raising image upon which nearly all early marketing of “The Dark Knight” hinged.
All this, while Ledger was still alive.
Now the Batman archfiend stands as Ledger’s next-to-last performance. And while it’s […]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 31, 2008 in TV | 0 Comments
With his career in politics and policing, one might think Dave Reichert would be eager for the extra limelight from an upcoming movie based on his book, “Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer.”
But days before the film’s TV debut Sunday night, the congressman appeared ambivalent.
A Republican congressman representing Washington’s […]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 28, 2008 in New Releases | 0 Comments
21
Director: Robert Luketic
Stars: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey
Studio: Columbia Pictures
The Plot: Based on actual events, six MIT students are trained by one of their professors (Spacey) in the art of card counting, and subsequently take a handful of Vegas casinos for millions.
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Director: David Schwimmer
Stars: Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank […]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 28, 2008 in Filmmaking | 0 Comments
Cinematographer Roger Deakins picks some of his favourite camera work and offers a behind-the-scenes insight into how they were shot.
(The Guardian UK)
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 28, 2008 in Actors, New Releases | 0 Comments
Fear has long been a common theme in the films of Jodie Foster: the misguided agitation underlying Taxi Driver; the barbaric inhumanity of The Silence of the Lambs; the claustrophobia of Panic Room.
In her latest release, Nim’s Island, Foster’s character is again defined by fear, only this time it’s a comic, neuroses-laden anxiety. She plays […]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 28, 2008 in Directors, Filmmaking, Interview | 0 Comments
Blockbuster moviemaking would be the expected career path of one of Michael Bay’s former employees, but Mark Palansky has never been one for doing the “expected” thing. In facting, spending the early part of his career on the sets of such big-budget projects as Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and The Island helped this Toronto native make […]
By Behind The Scenes TV on Mar 28, 2008 in DVD, New Media, News | 0 Comments
Online movie rental company Netflix Inc has surveyed its subscribers to gauge their interest in streaming movies to their televisions using Microsoft Corp’s Xbox 360, a Netflix spokesman said on Monday.
Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey declined to say whether the survey indicated a soon-to-be announced partnership between the two companies, but said Netflix was interested in […]