Archive for: January, 2013

Michael Winner Dead at Age 77

Filmmaker and writer Michael Winner has passed away at the age of 77. The director was best known for his work on the “Death Wish”“The Mechanic” and horror film “The Sentinel.” He’d been suffering from a disease of the liver for some time, and had been given eighteen months to live last year. Winner was […]

J.J. Abrams to Direct Lance Armstrong BioPic

 J.J. Abrams has plans in the works to direct a movie about failed hero, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.  Bad Robot, Abrams’ production company has secured the right to a HarperCollins’ book proposal “Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong.”  The book will be written by NYT reporter Juliet Macur who has covered Armstrong for […]

Netflix Adds More Instant Movies for February

If you’re still a pinched from buying holiday gifts for all those relatives that you never liked anyway. We’ll help you out of that funk by keeping you entertained for almost no money(just the cost of a subscription.) We have got a list of the best new movies hitting Netflix Instant in February. Read on for […]

NHL Fans Give Hockey Return High Ratings

NHL fans have tuned in to hockey’s return to television. NBC’s broadcast Saturday earned the highest preliminary rating for a non-Winter Classic regular-season game since 2002. The network said Sunday its regional coverage of Blackhawks-Kings and Penguins-Flyers averaged a 2.0 overnight rating. That’s up 67 percent from the average for regular-season games on NBC last […]

HBO Acquires Pussy Riot Doc at Sundance

HBO Documentary Films today announced the acquisition of the crowd-pleaser “Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer” at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. HBO Documentary Films acquired U.S. television rights. Directed by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin, the film made its world premiere Friday night to a sold out crowd. “Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer” […]

Condoleeza Rice to Join CBS News

Condoleezza Rice will be joining CBS News as a contributor, the network stated. On Sunday, the former Secretary of State appeared as a panelist on Face the Nation with anchor Bob Schieffer, who announced the news. “Everybody knows that Condoleezza Rice was President Bush’s Secretary of State, but I’m very pleased to announce that she has […]

NHL Gamecenter Comes to Xbox Live

Now that the strike is over, NHL Game Center has come to Xbox Live, joining existing sporting apps from ESPN, the NBA and others. The NHL GameCenter service provides subscribers the option to watch hockey live and on-demand in HD, as well as the ability to personalize the service for statistic tracking, and a number […]

New Pain & Gain TV Spot

Director Michael Bay has brought online this new TV spot for Pain & Gain, the April 26 release starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Tony Shalhoub, Bar Paly, Rebel Wilson, Ken Jeong and Yolanthe Cabau. Based on a true story, Pain & Gain follows a group of bodybuilders who engaged […]

First Images from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

USA Today has published a first look at Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloud with a Chance of Meatballs 2, hitting 3D and 2D theaters on September 27. The sequel picks up where Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs left off. Bill Hader inventor Flint Lockwood’s genius is finally being recognized as he’s invited by his idol […]

FCC Calls for One Gigabit Internet Community per State by 2015

At the US Conference of Mayors’ Winter Meeting, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski called for construction of at least one “gigabit community” similar to Google’s Kansas City fiber project, in all 50 states by 2015. Genachowski believes that “establishing gigabit communities nationwide will accelerate the creation of a critical mass of markets and innovation hubs” enabled […]

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