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20 articles from 2009

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Splinterheads | Limited Release in Austin

11 November 2009 8:23 PM, PST | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »

Splinterheads will be opening this weekend at the Regal Arbor Cinema in Austin, TX, Friday, November 13th for a limited and exclusive engagement. Austin is one of three cities selected along with Portland, Oregon, and New York City to run Splinterheads’ theatrical release so far. Director Brant Sersen, whose previous film Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story won the Audience Award at the 2004 SXSW Film Festival, will be in attendance at the November 13th opening; with leading man Thomas Middleditch possibly joining as well. Splinterheads premiered at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. If you were in Austin this past weekend, you may have also seen the Splinterheads dunking booth at Fun Fun Fun Fest. Read the review by clicking here. Splinterheads introduces rapidly-rising improvisational comic Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. Then, one summer night, he visits a touring carnival »

- Don Simpson

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Splinterheads | Review

11 November 2009 6:32 PM, PST | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »

Director: Brant Sersen Writer(s): Brant Sersen Starring: Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Lea Thompson, Christopher McDonald, Dean Winters, Frankie Faison, Jason Rogel Justin Frost (Thomas Middleditch) is a quirky, hyper and lanky twenty-something slacker. He works for his rotund best friend Wayne’s (Jason Rogel) landscaping business and still lives in his hometown with his mother (Lea Thompson from Back to the Future). Other than karate, he doesn’t seem to have any hobbies or skills or ambitions; as Justin proclaims, his “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. Justin is preyed upon by a sexy con-artist named Galaxy (Rachael Taylor from Transformers). Galaxy is a carnie, uh-hum splinterhead, with a traveling carnival that has come to Justin’s home town. Since there’s little else to do, Justin and Wayne wind up spending a lot of time hanging around the carnival, thus bumping into Galaxy often. »

- Don Simpson

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Indie Roundup: 'Splinterheads,' 'Ghost World,' 'Devil'

4 November 2009 2:10 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Clockwise from upper left: Splinterheads, Ghost World, An Education, House of the Devil.

Opening. Amiable and pleasant, Splinterheads revolves around a romance between Justin (Thomas Middleditch), an aimless small town dreamer, and Galaxy (Rachael Taylor), a gorgeous grifter who (literally) bumps into him at a gas station. She's more interested in separating him from his money than getting to know the lunkhead within, while he quickly decides that he's met the love of his life -- or, even better, a reason to leave his upstate New York world behind and start living for himself instead of his mother and grandfather.

Brent Sersen (Blackballed) is a better director than writer; the characters hold few surprises and the plot's trajectory threatens to die of old age before it reaches its pre-ordained conclusion. Still, he takes advantage of a visiting carnival and the grifter's obsession with geocaching, a variation on treasure hunting, to »

- Peter Martin

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Your Holiday Indie Film Preview

4 November 2009 8:26 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

2009 is about to end with a bang, though probably not the apocalyptic kind predicted in the long-awaited adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" or Chris Smith's terrifying doc "Collapse," though those will both be playing at your local arthouse. Instead, audiences will be able to enjoy a winter of wildly different indie film offerings to reflect the wildly different tastes of moviegoers as we leave one decade and move into another. (There are also many different ways to watch them, as you can tell from our Anywhere But a Movie Theater section.)

From November through January, there will be musicals ("Nine"), comedies (Broken Lizard's "The Slammin' Salmon") and stop-motion animated wonderments ("A Town Called Panic") to entertain and new films from Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodóvar, Richard Linklater, Terry Gilliam and Werner Herzog to ponder. And if new movies aren't necessarily doing the trick, you can always cozy »

- Stephen Saito

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Check Out 'Precious,' 'Splinterheads' And 'Still Bill' In This Week's unLimited

3 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

"Paranormal Activity" has now made more than $85 million thanks to moviegoers literally demanding to see the low-budget horror flick in their city. And while grassroots promotional campaigns are nothing new in the film industry, this recent success is sure to spur more elaborate strategies from the studios. Well MTV isn't going to wait for them, especially with so many fine films out there that are simply overlooked beneath the crush of remakes and sequels. So every week I'll be spotlighting a few titles opening in limited release that are worthy of your time.

"Splinterheads"

What it is: The latest entry in the quirky, small town-set romantic comedy sub-genre. This one pairs up a socially retarded guy (Thomas Middleditch) and a gorgeous "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" (Rachael Taylor). From the director of the hilarious, underrated Rob Corddry mockumentary "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story," Brett Sersen.

Reasons to see it: From what I hear, »

- Christopher Campbell

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season’

6 October 2009 12:57 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The excellent Blu-Ray release for the second season of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” highlights what worked about this series that was cancelled far too soon. There were storytelling flaws and a male lead that never quite worked, but “Scc” delivered theatrical caliber sci-fi entertainment every week and it looks absolutely amazing in HD. It’s a show that will be missed.

Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0

When it came time to announce the fall schedules, most of us knew that Fox could only afford to renew one, relatively low-rated, sci-fi show - “Dollhouse” or “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”. Most assumed it would be the latter but, as we all know by now, Eliza Dushku lived to fight another day, Lena Headey was stopped in her tracks, and Summer Glau actually jumped from the cancelled show to the one miraculously saved.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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DVD Review: Third Season of Emmy-Winning ‘30 Rock’

6 October 2009 12:53 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Maybe you’ve heard of a little show called “30 Rock”? It doesn’t set the ratings on fire but critics and award-giving bodies go crazy for it like kids with pixie sticks. Personally, I think the third season of “30 Rock” was a slight step down from the second, but there’s no denying that this is one of the best comedies on television, as its recent major wins at the Emmys proved yet again.

DVD Rating: 4.0/5.0

Sitcom television is always about the ensemble. Think about your favorite comedies. Shows like “Seinfeld,” “Cheers,” “Arrested Development” - they were all amazing group efforts. “30 Rock” is no different. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Jack McBrayer, Tracy Morgan, and Jane Krakowski may be the five faces peering out the front of the DVD box for the recently released third season, but even they regularly have their scenes stolen by the extended cast, one of the best on television. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Rescue Me: Denis Leary TV Show to End in 2011, No Season Eight

29 August 2009 4:26 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

FX has decided to end their Rescue Me series after seven seasons and 93 episodes. The show will go out as it began; closely tied to the events of 9/11.

Rescue Me follows Denis Leary as a hard-living New York fireman who balances the challenges of his stressful job and crazy personal life. The series also features the talents of Diane Farr, Adam Ferrara, Mike Lombardi, James McCaffrey, Jack McGee, Tatum O'Neal, Steven Pasquale, Andrea Roth, John Scurti, Daniel Sunjata, Larenz Tate, Callie Thorne, and Dean Winters.

Though it's still a high-profile show for FX, Rescue Me's numbers aren't nearly as strong as they once were. The first two seasons averaged about 2.7 million viewers per episode. The fifth season has been averaging about 1.4 million and 914,000 in the 18-49 demographic. Variety reports that's a 38% decline from season four. »

- TVSeriesFinale.com

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Rescue Me: Denis Leary TV Show to End in 2011, No Season Eight

29 August 2009 4:26 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

FX has decided to end their Rescue Me series after seven seasons and 93 episodes. The show will go out as it began; closely tied to the events of 9/11.

Rescue Me follows Denis Leary as a hard-living New York fireman who balances the challenges of his stressful job and crazy personal life. The series also features the talents of Diane Farr, Adam Ferrara, Mike Lombardi, James McCaffrey, Jack McGee, Tatum O'Neal, Steven Pasquale, Andrea Roth, John Scurti, Daniel Sunjata, Larenz Tate, Callie Thorne, and Dean Winters.

Though it's still a high-profile show for FX, Rescue Me's numbers aren't nearly as strong as they once were. The first two seasons averaged about 2.7 million viewers per episode. The fifth season has been averaging about 1.4 million and 914,000 in the 18-49 demographic. Variety reports that's a 38% decline from season four.

The drop in viewership likely comes as a result of the show being off »

- TVSeriesFinale.com

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Steven Weber and Ben Schnetzer Move to Happy Town

13 July 2009 7:27 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Steven Weber is in talks to star and Ben Schnetzer has landed a lead role on ABC's midseason drama series Happy Town.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Happy Town is a mystery set in a small town rattled by the return of a serial kidnapper, known as the Magic Man.

Weber would play John Haplin, whose family practically runs the city. He is obsessive and filled with agony over the disappearance of his daughter, kidnapped years ago by the Magic Man.

Schnetzer will play Haplin's son, a wealthy teenager entangled in a Romeo & Juliet-style romance.

Both roles were recast after being played by Dean Winters (Haplin) and John Patrick Amedori in the pilot.

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First Look: ABC's 'Eastwick' and 'Happy Town'

19 May 2009 8:27 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

"Eastwick," which airs Wednesday nights starting this fall, stars Rebecca Romijn as Roxie Torcoletti, Lindsay Price as Joanna Frankel, Jamie Ray Newman as Kat Gardener, Paul Gross as Darryl Van Horne, Sara Rue as Penny, Veronica Cartwright as Bun, Johann Urb as Will, Jon Bernthal as Raymond and Ashley Benson as Mia. "Happy Town," set for Midseason, stars Geoff Stults as Tommy Conroy, Lauren German as Henley, Amy Acker as Rachel Conroy, Dean Winters as John Haplin, John Patrick Amedori as Andrew Haplin, Sarah Gadon as Georgia Bravin, Jay Paulson as Larry 'Root Beer' Rogers, Robert Wisdom as Roger Hobbes and... »

- Hitfix Staff

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ABC Announces Primetime 2009-2010 Programming Slate

19 May 2009 6:23 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

ABC unveiled its 2009-2010 primetime schedule this morning and here is the full press release:

Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, today outlined ABC's plans for next season and unveiled the network's 2009-10 fall schedule before the advertising and media communities at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.

New fall and midseason series include "Cougar Town," "The Deep End," "Eastwick," "Flash Forward," "The Forgotten," "Hank," "Happy Town," "The Middle," "Modern Family," "Shark Tank" and "V."

"Better Off Ted," "Castle," "Scrubs" and "True Beauty" join previously announced returning series "America's Funniest Home Videos," "The Bachelor," "Brothers & Sisters," "Dancing with the Stars," "Desperate Housewives," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost," "Private Practice," "Supernanny," "Ugly Betty," "Wife Swap" and 20/20. "Saturday Night College Football" will also return.

"Our focus is always on delivering the best stories with the most memorable characters on TV, whether that's established audience favorites or innovative new shows," said McPherson. »

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Upfronts Day One: Fox, ABC and a Bit of CBS

18 May 2009 10:38 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »

This is the week the teevee broadcast networks announce their fall schedules at their fabled “Upfront” presentations to advertisers – well, the first drafts of their fall schedules. Starting with Fox.

Len Wein and Carmine Infantino’s DC series The Human Target has been picked up (it was on network a couple decades ago in a forgettable series staring Rick Springfield and Clarence Clemons); it will occupy the coveted spot after American Idol on Wednesdays. Past Life, a series about a psychic detective agency, will hold the same spot on Tuesdays. Slotting after Idol means both will be mid-season shows A new sitcom will be added to Fox’s schedule, Sons of Tucson will be plopped in the middle of their Sunday animation block, replacing King of the Hill. Another sitcome, Brothers, has been given a 13 episode order.

Fox has picked up House, 24, Bones, Fringe, Brothers, ‘Til Death, The Cleveland Show, »

- Mike Gold

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Cynopsis 5/18/09

18 May 2009 3:34 AM, PDT | Cynopsis.com/ | See recent Cynopsis news »

Pilot Pickup News: • Fox gave the comedy Brothers a 13-episode order from Sony/Tantamount. The plot centers on the relationship between two brothers, one a retired NFL player (NY Giants' Michael Strahan) who returns to his hometown of Houston to care for his disabled brother (Darryl "Chill" Mitchell). The series also stars Cch Pounder. • ABC is "going to town" with its pilot approvals, adding the new drama Happy Town and the comedy Cougar Town starring Courteney Cox, both produced by ABC Studios. Happy Town is a small-town murder mystery starring Geoff Stults, Lauren German, Dean Winters, Amy Acker, Sam Neill, John Patrick Amedori, Sarah Gadon, Jay Paulson and Robert Wisdom. In Cougar Town, the series also stars Dan Byrd, Busy Philipps, Brian Van Holt, Christa Miller, Josh Hopkins and Ian Gomez. • Additionally, ABC finalized a deal late Friday to pick up the Warner Bros. TV series V and 20th TV's »

- cynthia@cynopsis.com

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Shirtless Thomas Dekker Thanks Fans and Calls Fox

16 May 2009 9:23 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

Each Spring, we TV fans tend to get a little bit crazy. Lots of our favorite shows are in danger of being cancelled and we're all on edge, waiting to see which ones will be back next season. Well, it turns out that the stars are kept in dark just as much as we are!

Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles series continues the ongoing saga that began with the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic back in 1984. The small-screen chapter features the talents of performers like Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones, and Brian Austin Green, Garret Dillahunt, Shirley Manson, Leven Rambin, Dean Winters, Stephanie Jacobsen, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, and Sonya Walger.

The sci-fi series completed its second season a few weeks ago and was hardly a ratings winner. Though the highly-anticipated Terminator Salvation movie is coming out on May 21st, not enough people wanted to watch a weekly series. »

- TVSeriesFinale.com

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Deadwood and Oz: DirecTV to Air Cancelled Series

23 April 2009 1:55 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

Cementing their reputation for scooping up beloved cancelled series, DirecTV has announced that they're going to be airing two more; Deadwood and Oz.

Deadwood is centered around an outlaw camp in the Old West. The HBO series was nominated for 22 Emmy Awards and won seven in its all too-brief 36 episode, three season run. The drama showcases the talents of thespians like Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Brad Dourif, W. Earl Brown, John Hawkes, Paula Malcomson, Dayton Callie, Leon Rippy, William Sanderson, Robin Weigert, Sean Bridgers, and Bree Seanna Wall. HBO committed to produce a pair of movies to wrap up the series but they never materialized.

Oz gives viewers a look into the harsh and often horrific world of the Oswald State Correctional Facility. The series ran for six seasons and 56 episodes on HBO. The large cast includes Kirk Acevedo, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau, J.K. Simmons, »

- TVSeriesFinale.com

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Are You Satisfied with the Last Episode?

11 April 2009 12:06 AM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

Well, the producers promised us one heck of an episode and they certainly delivered. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles went out with a big bang tonight and leaves lots of unanswered questions. Will we get answers next season?

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Tscc) continues the ongoing saga first started in 1984 in the original Terminator movie. This particular piece of the puzzle follows the travails of freedom fighter Sarah Connor (Lena Headey), her teenage son (humanity's future savior) John (Thomas Dekker), and his Terminator protector, Cameron (Summer Glau). Others in the cast include Richard T. Jones, Brian Austin Green, Garret Dillahunt, Shirley Manson, Leven Rambin, Dean Winters, Stephanie Jacobsen, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, and Sonya Walger.

The Fox series premiered on January 13, 2008 -- in the plum spot following an NFL playoff game. Over 18.6 million viewers watched with an impressive 11.1/16 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic. However, without the benefit of a football lead-in, »

- TVSeriesFinale.com

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Pilot News: ABC Likes "Beeper King," Buffy Alum

23 February 2009 9:27 AM, PST | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »

Amid a bevy of pilot casting announcements, ABC has tapped Dean Winters — aka 30 Rock's Dennis-the-Beeper King — to play the father of an abducted girl in Happy Town, a mystery about a small town shaken by the return of a serial kidnapper. The Alphabet network's See Cate Run pilot, meanwhile, has cast Marc Blucas (Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Riley) as ...

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- Matt Mitovich

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SXSW First Look: 'Splinterheads'

9 February 2009 1:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

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In just a little over a month from now, a whole bunch of Cinematical lunatics will stomp their way through Austin, Texas in search of the next great indie beauty via the 2009 South By Southwest Film Festival. And, like we do for a few other festivals each year, we'll be previewing some films, debuting images, clips and trailers -- while basically trying our best to keep you in the loop with regards to what's going on in this groovy film world.

First up for us (and you) this year is this exclusive first look at the film Splinterheads, which, sadly, is not a documentary about fans of the character Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- but is, instead, a romantic comedy for the Harold and Kumar crowd (or so I've been told). Starring newcomer Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor (Transformers), Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore »

- Erik Davis

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SXSW 09: Full lineup announced

1 February 2009 9:12 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

SXSW is one of my favorite festivals of the year as it showcases some of the best and most innovative real independent films, and with this host of world premiers, it's also playing alot of Sundance material as well as genre fare from all over the world, many of which we've covered heavily in these pages.

From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.

For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.

I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..

Lineup after the break.

Narrative Features Competition

Artois the Goat

Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart

Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest »

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2009 | 2008

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