Apr 11
Sunday
Genie-nominated director laments lack of screen time
Canadian director Charles Officer, whose film Nurse.Fighter.Boy is up for 10 Genie awards including best directing, says Canadian movies struggle to get noticed in cinemas.
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Eddie Carroll, voice of Jiminy Cricket, dead
no responses - Posted 04.11.10
Canadian Eddie Carroll, who voiced Jiminy Cricket for Disney for nearly 40 years, has died from brain cancer. continue
no responses - Posted 04.11.10
Canadian Eddie Carroll, who voiced Jiminy Cricket for Disney for nearly 40 years, has died from brain cancer. continue
Famous Wizard of Oz munchkin Raabe dies
no responses - Posted 04.10.10
Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in The Wizard of Oz and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was “really most sincerely dead,” has died. He was 94.His caregiver, Cindy Bosnyak, said Raabe (pronounced RAH’-bee) died Friday morning at a hospital in Orange Park, ...continue
no responses - Posted 04.10.10
Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in The Wizard of Oz and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was “really most sincerely dead,” has died. He was 94.His caregiver, Cindy Bosnyak, said Raabe (pronounced RAH’-bee) died Friday morning at a hospital in Orange Park, ...continue
Harry Potter haunts Ontario Science Centre
no responses - Posted 04.10.10
Toronto's Ontario Science Centre is hosting a special exhibit featuring the props, costumes and sets from the wildly popular Harry Potter films. continue
no responses - Posted 04.10.10
Toronto's Ontario Science Centre is hosting a special exhibit featuring the props, costumes and sets from the wildly popular Harry Potter films. continue
Twitter chatter may predict movie box office
no responses - Posted 04.09.10
The rate of chatter on Twitter can be used to accurately predict how well a movie will perform at the box office, researchers at HP Labs have found. continue
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The rate of chatter on Twitter can be used to accurately predict how well a movie will perform at the box office, researchers at HP Labs have found. continue
Kick-Ass writer creates new kind of superhero
no responses - Posted 04.09.10
Scottish graphic novelist Mark Millar is only now coming to grips with seeing his comic book series Kick-Ass on the big screen. continue
no responses - Posted 04.09.10
Scottish graphic novelist Mark Millar is only now coming to grips with seeing his comic book series Kick-Ass on the big screen. continue
Mel Gibson pledges sets for Mexican museum
no responses - Posted 04.09.10
Mel Gibson just started production on his new action thriller How I Spent My Summer Vacation in Veracruz, Mexico this week, but he's already pledged to donate sets from the film an as-yet-unbuilt museum. continue
no responses - Posted 04.09.10
Mel Gibson just started production on his new action thriller How I Spent My Summer Vacation in Veracruz, Mexico this week, but he's already pledged to donate sets from the film an as-yet-unbuilt museum. continue
Kung fu filmmaker Lau nabs lifetime honour
no responses - Posted 04.09.10
Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker and fight choreographer Lau Kar-leung, best known for directing kung fu classics such as The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, will be celebrated for his contribution to cinema at the Hong Kong Film Awards this month. continue
no responses - Posted 04.09.10
Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker and fight choreographer Lau Kar-leung, best known for directing kung fu classics such as The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, will be celebrated for his contribution to cinema at the Hong Kong Film Awards this month. continue
Telefilm set for matchmaking event in Cannes
no responses - Posted 04.09.10
Telefilm Canada's inaugural edition of the Connect With Canada speed-dating event in Cannes will hook up 40 Canadian TV producers with their counterparts in other countries to help land co-production and distribution deals. continue
no responses - Posted 04.09.10
Telefilm Canada's inaugural edition of the Connect With Canada speed-dating event in Cannes will hook up 40 Canadian TV producers with their counterparts in other countries to help land co-production and distribution deals. continue