20 articles from 2009
24 December 2009 2:55 PM, PST | GameRant | See recent GameRant news »
Mass Effect 2 releases on January 26, 2010 and like its previous incarnation, BioWare will be supporting Dlc for it. However, will ME2’s Dlc be on a bigger scale than Pinnacle Station or Bring Down The Sky from the first game, and instead be more on the level of GTA: The Lost and The Damned?
Mass Effect 2 producer Adrian Cho had this to say on the matter:
” I think so. It depends on the scale. The price range I think is really important so that we can give players good value for their money, I think that’s really important. I think we see publishers and developers on one side unfairly price things.
It’s about keeping players engaged in that world and not necessarily to always make a good profit. You’ve got to make some profit off that, but you don’t have to do it off the backs of »
- Trung Bui
1 December 2009 9:43 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
As far as wanted films of the 1960s & 1970s go, which aren't out on legit R1 DVD in the U.S., first and foremost there's: Sands Of The Kalahari (1965) --to the best my knowledge, this crackerjack adventure film encore from the director & star of Zulu has never been given a legit release on any home video format, anywhere in the world! --following closely on its heels, we also desperately need: Alakazam The Great (1961-Japanese, animated) Blood And Roses (1961-French) House Of Mystery (1961-British) Shadow Of The Cat (1961-British) Thief Of Bagdad, The (1961-Italian) Burn, Witch, Burn (1962-British, a.k.a. Night Of The Eagle) Confessions Of An Opium Eater (1962, a.k.a. Souls For Sale) Hand Of Death (1962) Boy Ten Feet Tall, A (1963-British, a.k.a. Sammy Going South) Day Mars Invaded Earth, The (1963) Day Of The Triffids, The (1963-British) Johnny Cool (1963) List Of Adrian Messenger, The (1963) Little Prince & The Eight-headed Dragon, »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
12 November 2009 10:53 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Short Version: If you’re looking for some wicked-cool visuals and destruction on a scale that even Emmerich has never put on screen before, then 2012 is for you. Plot and character development? Move along, nothing to see here.
Screen Rant reviews 2012
That picture right there? That’s why you go see 2012. Heck, lately that’s why you go see any Roland Emmerich film – destruction on a massive scale. The man has taken what Irwin Allen used to do and multiplied it by 100.
2012 actually starts in 2009 – well first it starts out in space, showing us a few different shots of our solar system and the planets lining up all in a row, with the sun at the end of that line. When we get to good old Earth, we’re in India where geologist Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor, the assassin from Serenity) is meeting a fellow scientist at the Institute of Astrophysics. »
- Vic Holtreman
4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand! »
22 October 2009 6:39 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor, »
- Roger Ebert
21 September 2009 9:07 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
2009 has been quite a year for Clifton Collins Jr.. Landing role in more than five feature films this year alone, the 39-year-old has grabbed Best Actor nomination from 2009 Alma Awards for his portrayal of Nero's first officer, Ayel, in "Star Trek" and baddie El Huron in "Crank: High Voltage".
AceShowbiz.com has got the chance to throw a few questions to the Amy Adams' co-star in "Sunshine Cleaning" and discuss his upcoming project, "The Experiment". In the exclusive interview, he talks about, among others, working with Forest Whitaker and Adrien Brody, what his character will be, and his other projects, including "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day".
Asb: What made you interested in joining "The Experiment"?
Clifton Collins Jr.: It is a well-written project based off of a sick German film titled "Das Experiment" if you haven't seen it, I suggest you go out and rent or buy it, »
- AceShowbiz.com
14 September 2009 7:18 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The cheerleader and the time-tripper talk about the fourth season of NBC's popular series
Heroes is set to return to NBC for its fourth season on September 21st. This brand new chapter, titled Volume 5: Redemption, finds our Heroes each putting their lives back together. Claire (Hayden Panettiere) is finding that her biggest challenges are forgetting her old life and starting college. How does someone who has led such an extraordinary life assimilate back into everyday college life? Any semblance of normalcy is shortly overturned when Claire's roommate commits suicide and Claire discovers her new friend Gretchen (guest star Madeline Zima) is hiding a secret herself. On the other side of the planet, Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka) has gone back to his old life in Japan, but discovers that he has a terminal illness. When Hiro can no longer keep his illness hidden, he sets out to fulfill his own »
7 August 2009 1:08 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – For seven years, USA Network’s “Monk” has consistently delivered quality entertainment. It’s never been a show that set out to break the rules or even do anything too interesting within them, but it has rarely faltered at all in its ability to entertain, something that can be said about very few series that have been on this long. Like a great old band going for one final tour, the final season of “Monk” promises to play all the greatest hits and go out on a high note.
TV Rating: 3.5/5.0 You’d have to have lived under a rock for the ’00s or just bought your first TV to be saying “what is this show called ‘Monk’”? The award-winning mystery series has been a beloved part of the basic cable landscape for the better part of the decade and the season premiere of the final arc of the »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
6 August 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
The defective detective is back to help the San Francisco police to solve yet another baffling case! While this is certainly good news for Tony Shalhoub fans, the return of Monk for its eight season also marks the beginning of the end for the police procedural comedy. But there's a silver lining in the midst of this sad reality: As the series concludes, Adrian Monk will finally get some answers surrounding the truth behind his wife Trudy's death.
When we last saw the detective series, Monk was fighting City Hall in attempt to preserve the parking garage where he's wife was killed. Though he lost the political battle and made an emotional farewell to the parking garage, his fight to preserve the memory of his beloved wife wasn't in vain because the new playground set to rise in the garage's place was named after Trudy.
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- editor@buddytv.com
3 August 2009 4:53 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'I'll still support the movies, but it's tough,' one fan tells MTV News at the Dallas event.
Photo: Vince Bucci/ Getty Images
Dallas — At this past weekend's TwiCon, thousands of fans had fun meeting the stars, participating in "Twilight"-themed classes and even dressing up for a Volturi masquerade ball. But between all the smiles, there was the inevitable talk of scandal — thanks to recent fanbase-rocking news involving exiled actress Rachelle Lefevre.
"I can't believe they'd replace her," marveled Nicole McDuffie, 29, a fan from Alabama who said she was upset at Summit Entertainment's announcement that "Eclipse" would feature a different actress in the role of Victoria. "I'm very disappointed."
"It'll be weird to have someone else replacing her. It just won't be the same," agreed 14-year-old Page Watkins from Lakeland, Florida. "It'll be totally different, and not like the first one."
Bonnie Newkirk of Salt Lake City, »
3 August 2009 3:31 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'You establish a rapport with them. It's so sweet,' Jackson Rathbone says of fans at the convention.
Jackson Rathbone at TwiCon
Photo: MTV News
Dallas — As fans learned from Bella's birthday bash in "New Moon," celebrations with the Cullen clan aren't always the best idea. But over the weekend, thousands of people attended a sold-out event in the Lone Star State, eager to prove that Twilighters know how to party.
"TwiCon '09 is a 'Twilight' convention," explained actress Christian Serratos, who plays Angela Weber in the series, looking around at all the Twilighters bearing "Team Edward" T-shirts, "I Drive Like a Cullen" bumper stickers and, most importantly, smiles. "We're meeting fans, signing autographs, taking pictures and doing all that jazz. And we're having a good time."
Downtown Dallas was transformed into Forks West during the four-day convention at the Sheraton hotel, across the street from a »
29 July 2009 11:14 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
NBC has just released a brand new three and a half minute preview video for the new season of Heroes, which is set to premiere on Monday, September 21 at 9 Pm Et on NBC. Click below to take a look at this new sneak peek video.
Heroes stars Hayden Panetierre, Masi Oka, Adrian Padar, Milo Ventmiglia, Greg Grunberg, Jack Coleman, Ali Larter, Zachary Quinto and will debut the fifth volume, Redemption, on Monday, September 21 at 9 Pm Et on NBC.
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16 July 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards this morning. NBC comedy series 30 Rock lead the way with 22 nominations with the HBO telefilm Grey Gardens with 17 nominations and last year's winner for Best Drama, Mad Men, with 16 nominations. Take a look at the complete list of the nominees below.
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
American Masters - Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About - PBS - Thirteen/Wnet American Masters - Ron Rifkin, Narrator
Family Guy - I Dream of Jesus - Fox - Fox Television Animation - Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin
Robot Chicken - Robot Chicken: Star Wars - Episode II - Cartoon Network - ShadowMachine - Seth Green as Robot Chicken Nerd, Bob Goldstein, Ponda Baba, Anakin Skywalker, Imperial Officer
The Simpsons - Eeny Teeny Maya Moe - Fox - Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox Television »
10 July 2009 8:09 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
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When it comes to making cameo appearances in movies, Alfred Hitchcock really was the Master. However, Cinema Retro magazine is hot on his heels after making its television debut in the new hit BBC television show, “Psychoville”, a seven-part series currently airing in Britain.
Written by and starring Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, best known for being part of “The League of Gentlemen” team, “Psychoville” is a dark character comedy mystery featuring characters from all over the UK, who each receive a mysterious letter. The production values are high, the writing excellent, and Shearsmith and Pemberton prove once again just how extraordinary their acting talents are, playing not only the leads, but subsidiary roles too. What makes this series stand out from others is the writing skills of this duo, who are both self-confessed movie fanatics, and have woven »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
16 June 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Ashley Greene and Adrian Grenier put on their wetsuits for a surfing event in Malibu on Friday, though their fun times didn't last just one day. The duo apparently hit it off while chasing waves and continued to spend the whole weekend together, wrapping things up on Sunday with a night of dancing. Ashley's a relative newcomer to the Hollywood party scene, but if she's looking for a tour guide Adrian has lots of experience. It's not the first time he's used his surfing skills to woo the ladies, and it looks like his charm worked yet again. View 2 Photos › Film Magic »
- PopSugar
10 June 2009 6:52 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
It's been more than 25 years since Billy (Silver Dollar) Baxter last graced the Cannes Film Festival, and yet as I pack for this year's event, I am thinking about him even now, and I am smiling. Billy single-handedly created an alternate reality at Cannes, and such was the force of his personality that those who came within earshot were seduced. In the words of Elaine May, he carried on a way of life that was extinct before he was born.
Billy was a loudmouth operator from the pages of Damon Runyon, whose gift was creating scenarios to entertain us. He didn't want our money, he didn't want publicity, he didn't want a free lunch, he only wanted our laughter, and to know that we would pass around the latest "Billy Baxter story." We are still passing them around. Billy is still very much alive, and we are in touch; he lives not far from Broadway, »
- Roger Ebert
7 April 2009 7:38 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Anthea Turner and her husband Grant Bovey are among the celebrities competing on this year's Hell's Kitchen. The pair will be joined in the fourth series by Danielle Bux, Ms Dynamite, Adrian Edmonson, Bruce Grobbelaar, Jody Latham and Linda Evans. Marco Pierre White will be back to train the stars over the two-week period. This year, the celebrity chef (more) »
- By Dan French
26 March 2009 11:49 AM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
USA's Monk may be leaving the air after its eighth season wraps up, but there is a bit of good news in store for longtime fans.
Monk centers on Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), a brilliant San Francisco detective who has a breakdown following his wife's murder. After a three-year absence, Monk returns to the force to help do what he does best: solve crimes. Of course, for someone suffering from severe Ocd, that's no easy task -- but it's usually Monk's Ocd that ends up helping him solve the case. Series performers also include Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Traylor Howard, Stanley Kamel, Bitty Schram, Emmy Clarke, Kane Ritchotte, and Hector Elizondo.
The show premiered in 2002 and was a surprise hit for the USA Network. One of the most endearing aspects of the show was the close relationship between Monk and his practical nurse/assistant, Sharona Flemming (Schram).
Schram left »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
25 January 2009 8:49 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Photo: Screen Actors Guild Awards® The winners at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced tonight and it is a mixed bag as not one single movie won more than one award and Kate Winslet continued on her path to her first Oscar win. Winslet took home the Actor for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Reader, but didn't go home double-fisting as Meryl Streep took home her second SAG award with a win for her great performance in Doubt. Heath Ledger once again won for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight and his award was accepted by his co-star Gary Oldman who gave a short but sweet speech. The other motion picture acting award went to Sean Penn for Milk as he topped Mickey Rourke who won at the Golden Globes as the plot thickens on the way to the Oscars. Like Rourke at the Globes, »
- Brad Brevet
25 January 2009 5:00 PM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
"The Insider" has your list of winners (underlined below) as they are announced! Theatrical Motion Pictures Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Richard Jenkins / Walter Vale - "The Visitor" (Overture Films) Frank Langella / Richard Nixon - "Frost/Nixon" (Universal Pictures) Sean Penn / Harvey Milk - "Milk" (Focus Features) Brad Pitt / Benjamin Button - "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" (Paramount Pictures) Mickey Rourke / Randy - "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Anne Hathaway / Kym - "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics) Angelina Jolie / Christine Collins - "Changeling" (Universal Pictures) Melissa Leo / Ray Eddy - "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics) Meryl Streep / Sister Aloysius Beauvier - "Doubt" (Miramax Films) Kate Winslet / April Wheeler - "Revolutionary Road" (Paramount Vantage) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Josh Brolin / Dan White - "Milk" (Focus Features) Robert Downey, »
- TheInsider
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