Shanghai Disney
On June 16th, Disney is set to open the doors to its 6th resort, Shanghai Disneyland.
This lavish new park promises to be a combination of the classic Disneyland experience mixed with ancient Chinese cultures. Authentic spiritual Chinese gardens will provide a delightfully peaceful ambiance alongside the familiar Disney cast and landmarks which here have had an Eastern uplift.
Certainly no expense has been spared. Costing almost £4 billion to build, the new park measures over Three Times larger than the size of nearby Hong Kong Disney and has actually been in the works for over 15 years, with early plans set out for its development in the early 2000s.
Guests will be able to wander a new land set in the world of pirates, enjoy the thrills of roaring down a rapid river, race through the future, experience the magic of dining in an enchanted castle and finish the...
On June 16th, Disney is set to open the doors to its 6th resort, Shanghai Disneyland.
This lavish new park promises to be a combination of the classic Disneyland experience mixed with ancient Chinese cultures. Authentic spiritual Chinese gardens will provide a delightfully peaceful ambiance alongside the familiar Disney cast and landmarks which here have had an Eastern uplift.
Certainly no expense has been spared. Costing almost £4 billion to build, the new park measures over Three Times larger than the size of nearby Hong Kong Disney and has actually been in the works for over 15 years, with early plans set out for its development in the early 2000s.
Guests will be able to wander a new land set in the world of pirates, enjoy the thrills of roaring down a rapid river, race through the future, experience the magic of dining in an enchanted castle and finish the...
- 3/31/2016
- by Jen Gallie
- Obsessed with Film
No later than mid-May, the networks will have some tough calls to make about which remaining “bubble” series will return for the 2016-17 TV season, and which of them — cue ominous thunderclap — won’t.
RelatedRenewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
As they sweat out those decisions, TVLine welcomes you, the viewer, to review our non-scientific gallery of renew/cancel polls and have your say.
Should Castle and The Mysteries of Laura cop new seasons? Can we trust The X-Files to scare up more, new chills? Are Mom, Dr. Ken and that...
RelatedRenewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
As they sweat out those decisions, TVLine welcomes you, the viewer, to review our non-scientific gallery of renew/cancel polls and have your say.
Should Castle and The Mysteries of Laura cop new seasons? Can we trust The X-Files to scare up more, new chills? Are Mom, Dr. Ken and that...
- 3/17/2016
- TVLine.com
Net 8Pm 8:30Pm 9Pm 9:30Pm 10Pm 10:30Pm ABC The Bachelor Castle CBS Supergirl Scorpion NCIS: Los Angeles CW Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Jane the Virgin Fox The X-Files Lucifer NBC Superstore Telenovela The Biggest Loser Misc American Dad (TBS)The Fosters (Freeform) Major Crimes (TNT)Recovery Road (Freeform)The Magicians (Syfy)Cake Wars (Food)Angie Tribeca (TBS) Better Call Saul (AMC)Full Frontal […]...
- 2/22/2016
- by theTVaddict
- The TV Addict
Monday, February 15, 2016 ratings — New episodes: The X-Files, Lucifer, The Bachelor, Castle, Superstore, Telenovela, and The Biggest Loser. Special: The 58th Annual Grammy Awards and Mortal Kombat X: Machinima's Chasing the Cup. Reruns: DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
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- 2/16/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
CBS’ presentation of the Grammy Awards on Monday night drew 23.7 million total viewers and a 7.4 demo rating, dipping 4 and 11 percent from last year’s Sunday telecast (and of course subject to adjustment).
RelatedGrammys 2016: The 20 Best, Worst and Undeniably Wackiest Moments
Of the competition facing off against the mighty kudoscast, Fox’s Lucifer (5.2 mil/1.6) took the smallest hit, down just 6 percent and a tenth week-to-week. Leading into that, The X-Files (7.1 mil/2.1) slipped 14 and 16 percent.
RelatedX-Files Revival Recap: Save a Horse, Ride a Mulder
Over on ABC, The Bachelor (7.2 mil/2.2) slipped 16 and 12 percent, while Castle (5.1 mil/0.9) was down 10 and 18 percent week-to-week...
RelatedGrammys 2016: The 20 Best, Worst and Undeniably Wackiest Moments
Of the competition facing off against the mighty kudoscast, Fox’s Lucifer (5.2 mil/1.6) took the smallest hit, down just 6 percent and a tenth week-to-week. Leading into that, The X-Files (7.1 mil/2.1) slipped 14 and 16 percent.
RelatedX-Files Revival Recap: Save a Horse, Ride a Mulder
Over on ABC, The Bachelor (7.2 mil/2.2) slipped 16 and 12 percent, while Castle (5.1 mil/0.9) was down 10 and 18 percent week-to-week...
- 2/16/2016
- TVLine.com
When last we tuned into Agent Carter, the titular hero had been freshly impaled on a piece of rebar, leading her bleeding all over Sousa’s sofa. As a result, Peggy needs to find a fellow femme trained in espionage who can accompany Jarvis to a lavish gala where Whitney Frost will be in attendance.
Cue the return of Dottie Underwood, who’s as pleased as punch to see her gal pal Peggy come to her for a favor — especially one that will get her sprung from her Ssr confines, for this Tuesday’s double-episode outing (ABC, 9/8c).
RelatedHayley Atwell...
Cue the return of Dottie Underwood, who’s as pleased as punch to see her gal pal Peggy come to her for a favor — especially one that will get her sprung from her Ssr confines, for this Tuesday’s double-episode outing (ABC, 9/8c).
RelatedHayley Atwell...
- 2/16/2016
- TVLine.com
The good-ish news: ABC’s Castle resumed Season 8 on Monday night with a 1.1 demo rating (per finals), matching its fall finale and up a tick from what The Bachelor‘s live after-show most recently pulled in the time slot.
Less good: Castle‘s total audience of 5.72 million viewers marks a drop-off of 15 percent (or a full million), easily hitting a series low. TVLine readers gave the midseason opener an average grade of “B.”
RelatedCastle Recap: #SvetlanaStone 4Ever
Opening ABC’s night, The Bachelor (8.6 mil/2.5) was up 13 percent and a tenth, hitting season highs.
RelatedCastle Bosses Address Final Season...
Less good: Castle‘s total audience of 5.72 million viewers marks a drop-off of 15 percent (or a full million), easily hitting a series low. TVLine readers gave the midseason opener an average grade of “B.”
RelatedCastle Recap: #SvetlanaStone 4Ever
Opening ABC’s night, The Bachelor (8.6 mil/2.5) was up 13 percent and a tenth, hitting season highs.
RelatedCastle Bosses Address Final Season...
- 2/9/2016
- TVLine.com
Net 8Pm 8:30Pm 9Pm 9:30Pm 10Pm 10:30Pm ABC The Bachelor Castle CBS Supergirl Scorpion NCIS: Los Angeles CW Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Jane the Virgin Fox The X-Files Lucifer NBC Superstore Telenovela The Biggest Loser Misc American Dad (TBS)The Fosters (Freeform) Recovery Road (Freeform)The Magicians (Syfy)Cake Wars (Food)Angie Tribeca (TBS) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (10:30Pm, TBS)Hit […]...
- 2/8/2016
- by theTVaddict
- The TV Addict
That nip in the air and the festive decorations going up at the Buy More can only mean one thing: Your favorite TV shows soon will slip away for the holidays.
Related2016 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
When will Scandal‘s Olivia and Fitz pick up the pieces? When will The Blacklist‘s Liz get her day in court? For how long will Empire leave us hanging? Which four dramas will have wrapped their freshman runs by the time we bellow “Auld Lang Syne”?
To help you calibrate your expectations over the winter break,...
Related2016 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
When will Scandal‘s Olivia and Fitz pick up the pieces? When will The Blacklist‘s Liz get her day in court? For how long will Empire leave us hanging? Which four dramas will have wrapped their freshman runs by the time we bellow “Auld Lang Syne”?
To help you calibrate your expectations over the winter break,...
- 11/23/2015
- TVLine.com
Halloween doesn’t have to be over once the last trick-or-treater has crept back into the shadows of the night. You may still be possessed by the spirit of the holiday and in desperate need of some real scares. In an effort to address that need and help you find a choice that goes beyond the usual iconography of the season, I’ve picked three titles that may not immediately jump to mind when it comes to autumn-tinged chills and terror. They are not self-consciously seasonal choices, like John Carpenter’s Halloween or Michael Dougherty’s 2007 anthology Trick ‘R Treat, both excellent choices for cinematic fear on the pumpkin circuit. Two of them rely more on mood, creeping dread, an insinuating style and, dare I say, even a poetic approach to storytelling than the usual Samhain-appropriate fare. And one has an inexplicably bad reputation in the halls of conventional wisdom,...
- 10/31/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Fox’s Gotham has filled a very Strange role with the very talented Bd Wong.
RelatedNovember Sweeps Preview: Scoop on Gotham, Castle and More
The Law & Order: Svu alum has been cast as Hugo Strange, a genius professor who is secretly lording over the nefarious experiments being conducted at the (literally) underground Indian Hill Laboratory, USA Today reports.
Wong’s TV credits also include Mr. Robot, Awake and Oz.
RelatedGotham Scoop: Mr. Freeze to Be Played by House of Cards Actor
Also on Gotham, Being Human alum Kristen Hager has been cast as the terminally ill wife of Victor Fries...
RelatedNovember Sweeps Preview: Scoop on Gotham, Castle and More
The Law & Order: Svu alum has been cast as Hugo Strange, a genius professor who is secretly lording over the nefarious experiments being conducted at the (literally) underground Indian Hill Laboratory, USA Today reports.
Wong’s TV credits also include Mr. Robot, Awake and Oz.
RelatedGotham Scoop: Mr. Freeze to Be Played by House of Cards Actor
Also on Gotham, Being Human alum Kristen Hager has been cast as the terminally ill wife of Victor Fries...
- 10/30/2015
- TVLine.com
Here’s the weirdest thing about the long-heralded Bones/Sleepy Hollow crossover: It’s just not that weird.
I say that with a sense of pleasant surprise — and a lot of relief. As a formerly ardent-now-casual fan of Bones and someone who covers Sleepy Hollow for TVLine, I feared that the two-hour event would distill the quirkiest aspects of Brennan, Booth, Mills and Crane. (“Look at Ichabod gaping at Brennan’s mass spectrometer!” “See Booth and Abbie get into a pissing match about Bureau protocol!”)
That tactic, however, would overlook that both series are about a handful of oddballs with a whole lotta heart.
I say that with a sense of pleasant surprise — and a lot of relief. As a formerly ardent-now-casual fan of Bones and someone who covers Sleepy Hollow for TVLine, I feared that the two-hour event would distill the quirkiest aspects of Brennan, Booth, Mills and Crane. (“Look at Ichabod gaping at Brennan’s mass spectrometer!” “See Booth and Abbie get into a pissing match about Bureau protocol!”)
That tactic, however, would overlook that both series are about a handful of oddballs with a whole lotta heart.
- 10/30/2015
- TVLine.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Good Wife, Quantico, Scream Queens and Arrow!
1 | Who has a good memory can remember the last time Hawaii Five-0‘s Kono and Adam weren’t in danger?
2 | What’s the consensus, Fear the Walking Dead fans — was the seaweed at the end of the finale toxic, or did it just happen to float into the shot? And is anyone not assuming that the plane we saw in “The Dog” is the web...
1 | Who has a good memory can remember the last time Hawaii Five-0‘s Kono and Adam weren’t in danger?
2 | What’s the consensus, Fear the Walking Dead fans — was the seaweed at the end of the finale toxic, or did it just happen to float into the shot? And is anyone not assuming that the plane we saw in “The Dog” is the web...
- 10/9/2015
- TVLine.com
Within the first few moments of Sleepy Hollow‘s Season 3 opener, the Headless Horseman is magicked into vapor and sucked into a box — a fitting metaphor for how the Fox series is handling the remains of its troubling second season as it moves into a hopeful third.
But what’s left to fear when the drama’s central bad guy is so easily dispatched? And why should we care about this new, hooded woman and her weird ramblings? Fear not, kind friends.
The premiere reinstates (with vigor!) what we’ve loved about the smirkingly supernatural tale, quickly reuniting apocalypse fighters...
But what’s left to fear when the drama’s central bad guy is so easily dispatched? And why should we care about this new, hooded woman and her weird ramblings? Fear not, kind friends.
The premiere reinstates (with vigor!) what we’ve loved about the smirkingly supernatural tale, quickly reuniting apocalypse fighters...
- 10/2/2015
- TVLine.com
It was just the other day that my wife asked me, “when is the fall line-up out?”, to which I replied, “running out of things to watch already?” Well the good news is that we have a bunch of premiere dates that covers pretty much every show you can think of. This list includes everything expect reality shows (stop it) and will be updated as needed. We have included all the premiere dates for upcoming scripted TV series on streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Crackle. So much TV!
September
Tuesday, Sept. 1
Drunk History (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.)
Friday, Sept. 4
Hand of God (Amazon Prime, Streaming)
Sunday, Sept. 6
Arthur & George (PBS, 9 p.m.)
Tuesday, Sept. 8
The Awesomes (Hulu, Streaming)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 p.m.)
Wednesday, Sept. 9
The League (Fxx, 10 p.m.)
You’re the Worst (Fxx, 10:30 p.m.)
Thursday, Sept. 10
Longmire (Netflix,...
September
Tuesday, Sept. 1
Drunk History (Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.)
Friday, Sept. 4
Hand of God (Amazon Prime, Streaming)
Sunday, Sept. 6
Arthur & George (PBS, 9 p.m.)
Tuesday, Sept. 8
The Awesomes (Hulu, Streaming)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 p.m.)
Wednesday, Sept. 9
The League (Fxx, 10 p.m.)
You’re the Worst (Fxx, 10:30 p.m.)
Thursday, Sept. 10
Longmire (Netflix,...
- 8/25/2015
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
“It’s everybody against each other,” big bad Scandal dad Joe Morton warned us of Thursday’s Season 4 finale — and indeed it was.
So once the dust settled, who emerged victorious, and who sustained devastating blows?
RelatedScandal’s Portia de Rossi Confirms Series-Regular Promotion, Cheers that Big Lizzie Bear Twist
Picking up where last week last off, Mellie took a meeting with a deep-pocketed potential booster — “Damascus Bainbridge” (aka Rowan). But when he goes to run some “causes” by her, his agenda becomes clear: He’s got dirt on both Fitz (Remington!) and the would-be senator herself (Andrew!). In...
So once the dust settled, who emerged victorious, and who sustained devastating blows?
RelatedScandal’s Portia de Rossi Confirms Series-Regular Promotion, Cheers that Big Lizzie Bear Twist
Picking up where last week last off, Mellie took a meeting with a deep-pocketed potential booster — “Damascus Bainbridge” (aka Rowan). But when he goes to run some “causes” by her, his agenda becomes clear: He’s got dirt on both Fitz (Remington!) and the would-be senator herself (Andrew!). In...
- 5/15/2015
- TVLine.com
ABC’s reported Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff is going the Mr. & Mrs. Smith route.
S.H.I.E.L.D. stars Nick Blood and Adrianne Palicki — who play ex-husband-and-wife duo Lance Hunter and Barbara “Bobbi” Morse, Aka Mockingbird — are being eyed to headline the offshoot, per our sister site Deadline.
RelatedMay Sweeps/Finale Preview! Get 100+ Spoilers, Exclusive Photos From Your Fave Shows’ Season-Ending Episodes
Story elements yet to come in S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s second season will lay the groundwork for the prospective series, but there won’t be a “planted spinoff” episode, per se.
The project is being penned by S.
S.H.I.E.L.D. stars Nick Blood and Adrianne Palicki — who play ex-husband-and-wife duo Lance Hunter and Barbara “Bobbi” Morse, Aka Mockingbird — are being eyed to headline the offshoot, per our sister site Deadline.
RelatedMay Sweeps/Finale Preview! Get 100+ Spoilers, Exclusive Photos From Your Fave Shows’ Season-Ending Episodes
Story elements yet to come in S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s second season will lay the groundwork for the prospective series, but there won’t be a “planted spinoff” episode, per se.
The project is being penned by S.
- 4/21/2015
- TVLine.com
Corporate synergy talks.
Because even though Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. just a week ago tied a series low in the demo, ABC is reportedly eyeballing a spinoff of the sophomore drama.
RelatedAgent Carter: Should It Get a Season 2?
According to EW.com, which first reported the news, the project is being penned by S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Jeffrey Bell (whose writing credits also include Angel and The X-Files) and co-exec producer Paul Zbyszewski (Hawaii Five-0, Lost).
As for what/who it will entail, story elements yet to come during S.H.I.E.
Because even though Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. just a week ago tied a series low in the demo, ABC is reportedly eyeballing a spinoff of the sophomore drama.
RelatedAgent Carter: Should It Get a Season 2?
According to EW.com, which first reported the news, the project is being penned by S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Jeffrey Bell (whose writing credits also include Angel and The X-Files) and co-exec producer Paul Zbyszewski (Hawaii Five-0, Lost).
As for what/who it will entail, story elements yet to come during S.H.I.E.
- 4/9/2015
- TVLine.com
Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, there’s a… classic TV series being reborn. And TVLine can exclusively confirm that the revival craze has extended to the Tanners of San Francisco.
According to sources, Netflix is thisclose to ordering Fuller House, a 13-episode multi-cam continuation of Full House to star Candace Cameron Bure as D.J. and Andrea Barber as her Bff Kimmy.
PhotosFull House Cast Photos: Then and Now
Fellow Full House vets John Stamos, Bob Saget and Dave Coulier are being eyed to make guest appearances, with Stamos having a producer role, as well. The project is...
According to sources, Netflix is thisclose to ordering Fuller House, a 13-episode multi-cam continuation of Full House to star Candace Cameron Bure as D.J. and Andrea Barber as her Bff Kimmy.
PhotosFull House Cast Photos: Then and Now
Fellow Full House vets John Stamos, Bob Saget and Dave Coulier are being eyed to make guest appearances, with Stamos having a producer role, as well. The project is...
- 4/2/2015
- TVLine.com
Consider this a formal Apb for Nashville‘s Connie Britton.
Because although the musical ABC series’ second On the Record special — which aired Wednesday — is great, it could be so much greater if our favorite redhead took part in the live music goodies in some fashion.*
In short: I want Rayna’s real-life counterpart on stage, y’all.
Related Nashville Spring Concert Tour Performers and Dates Announced
Aside from the lack of the fabulous Ms. Britton, the hour-long concert, filmed at Music City’s Grand Ole Opry, is a solid, satisfying treat for fans. And just like the first installment,...
Because although the musical ABC series’ second On the Record special — which aired Wednesday — is great, it could be so much greater if our favorite redhead took part in the live music goodies in some fashion.*
In short: I want Rayna’s real-life counterpart on stage, y’all.
Related Nashville Spring Concert Tour Performers and Dates Announced
Aside from the lack of the fabulous Ms. Britton, the hour-long concert, filmed at Music City’s Grand Ole Opry, is a solid, satisfying treat for fans. And just like the first installment,...
- 3/26/2015
- TVLine.com
Fans of the legendary Dick Van Dyke will flip their ottoman when he guest-stars on ABC’s The Middle — and we’ve got your first look at his “reunion” with real-life brother Jerry.
RelatedRenewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled?
In the sixth-year sitcom’s April 22 episode, “Two of a Kind,” the Hecks get caught in the middle of a long-standing family feud when Frankie’s Uncle Dutch (played by Dick Van Dyke, 89) contacts her dad, Tag (Jerry Van Dyke, 83), in a bid to bury the hatchet with his estranged younger brother.
As seen in the photo above,...
RelatedRenewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled?
In the sixth-year sitcom’s April 22 episode, “Two of a Kind,” the Hecks get caught in the middle of a long-standing family feud when Frankie’s Uncle Dutch (played by Dick Van Dyke, 89) contacts her dad, Tag (Jerry Van Dyke, 83), in a bid to bury the hatchet with his estranged younger brother.
As seen in the photo above,...
- 3/24/2015
- TVLine.com
CBS’ 2 Broke Girls (with 7.3 million total viewers and a 1.9 rating), Mike & Molly (7.8 mil/1.8) and NCIS: La (9.3 mil/1.6) all dipped in audience this Monday night while slipping two tenths in the demo.
Scorpion meanwhile did 9.6 mil/2.0, down 9 percent in audience while steady in the demo.
RelatedRenewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled? On the Bubble?
Elsewhere….
ABC | Dancing With the Stars (13.7 mil/2.0) and Castle (8.2 mil/1.4) each dipped in audience and a tenth in the demo.
RelatedCastle Recap: Moonlighting Cursed — Plus, What’s Beckett’s Next Move?
Fox | The Following averaged 3.8 mil and a 1.2 across its double-pump, up 9 percent...
Scorpion meanwhile did 9.6 mil/2.0, down 9 percent in audience while steady in the demo.
RelatedRenewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled? On the Bubble?
Elsewhere….
ABC | Dancing With the Stars (13.7 mil/2.0) and Castle (8.2 mil/1.4) each dipped in audience and a tenth in the demo.
RelatedCastle Recap: Moonlighting Cursed — Plus, What’s Beckett’s Next Move?
Fox | The Following averaged 3.8 mil and a 1.2 across its double-pump, up 9 percent...
- 3/24/2015
- TVLine.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Glee, The Bachelor, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Empire and The 100!
1 | Of all the guest stars on last week’s Glee, might the return of a dreadlock- less Joe have been the most shocking? (Seriously, where has he been all this time? Hiding his hair from E!’s Fashion Police?)
PhotosGlee Series Finale: Klaine’s Future, Rachel’s Big Win and More
2 | For those children of the ’80s savoring (not binging) Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt...
1 | Of all the guest stars on last week’s Glee, might the return of a dreadlock- less Joe have been the most shocking? (Seriously, where has he been all this time? Hiding his hair from E!’s Fashion Police?)
PhotosGlee Series Finale: Klaine’s Future, Rachel’s Big Win and More
2 | For those children of the ’80s savoring (not binging) Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt...
- 3/13/2015
- TVLine.com
Our final letters page of the year! So: are our Star Trek: The Next Generation lookbacks returning? And do we hate The Mentalist?
Welcome to our final letters page of the year! What started as a bit of a daft idea in the pub - starting a letters page on a website - bizarrely seems to have worked. As such, we shall be retreating to the pub far more often in 2015 to think of more daft ideas. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that plan.
For now? Here's our final selection of your missives for 2014. And thank you for supporting this, one of our daftest ventures to date...
Iain M Banks Books
I'm not much of a bookworm, but when I am, I got a lot of time for Iain M Banks books.
I chanced upon your interview with Dougray Scott from October last year, where it is mentioned that...
Welcome to our final letters page of the year! What started as a bit of a daft idea in the pub - starting a letters page on a website - bizarrely seems to have worked. As such, we shall be retreating to the pub far more often in 2015 to think of more daft ideas. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that plan.
For now? Here's our final selection of your missives for 2014. And thank you for supporting this, one of our daftest ventures to date...
Iain M Banks Books
I'm not much of a bookworm, but when I am, I got a lot of time for Iain M Banks books.
I chanced upon your interview with Dougray Scott from October last year, where it is mentioned that...
- 12/18/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Susan Te Kahurangi King, Drawings From Many Worlds curated by Chris Byrne Andrew Edlin Gallery, 134 Tenth Ave. Through Dec. 20 With this debut solo show, a star is born at Andrew Edlin, a gallery that, like Kerry Schuss and White Columns, is known for integrating self-taught outsiders and so-called "real" artists to tremendous eye-opening and art-world-changing effect. Here, savor New Zealander Susan Te Kahurangi King's tightly knit, meticulously rendered, webbed, and woven multicolored drawings — finely composed fields of cartoony characters, slopping abstract spaces that pour from one side of the paper into piles of figures that turn into strange landscapes of the mind. When the great "outsiders" James Castle and Morton Bartlett came to light only about ten years ago, their works were sadly dispersed to the four winds, so let's hope that a few smart local museums purchase large caches of this work so that it might be...
- 11/21/2014
- by Jerry Saltz
- Vulture
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Homeland, Castle, The Flash and Sons of Anarchy!
1 | Do you, like us, wish that Constantine would spend an entire episode exploring Liv’s father’s house full of curiosities?
2 | What was the best light twist amid Hawaii Five-0’s dark 100th episode: Danny’s not-so-evil ringtone for Rachel? Kono’s job? Imprisoned, hirsute Kamekona?
3 | Was Revenge‘s Daniel confronting Emily in the elevator Josh Bowman’s best scene ever? And if Jack must...
1 | Do you, like us, wish that Constantine would spend an entire episode exploring Liv’s father’s house full of curiosities?
2 | What was the best light twist amid Hawaii Five-0’s dark 100th episode: Danny’s not-so-evil ringtone for Rachel? Kono’s job? Imprisoned, hirsute Kamekona?
3 | Was Revenge‘s Daniel confronting Emily in the elevator Josh Bowman’s best scene ever? And if Jack must...
- 11/14/2014
- TVLine.com
Parents TV Council is outraged ABC went from "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" to a “Scandal” sex scene “Shame on ABC for putting a peep show next to a playground,” said Tim Winter, president of the TV watchdog. “In less than 26 seconds we were taken from the Peanuts pumpkin patch to a steamy ‘Scandal’ sex scene.” Discovery Life Channel orders transgender reality show “Those Girls" Set in Kansas City, “Those Girls” promises to offer the first television close-up look at the transgender community. Brian Williams uses “NBC Nightly News” to debunk reports that a meteorologist was shown peeing Williams says Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Seidel is owed an apology after being accused of peeing on live TV. Click Read Full Post For More Rashida Jones rallies to save “A to Z,” insists it's not canceled The “Parks and Rec” star is producer of the NBC sitcom: "If you love #AtoZ keep watching!
- 11/4/2014
- by Norman Weiss
- Hitfix
The 18th annual Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival takes place 23-28 October 2014. From over 2,800 submissions, the programming committee has selected over 200 films from 42 countries, including 57 world, international or European premieres. These premieres include 10 Czech films in competition in the Czech Joy section.
Over the course of its existence, the Jihlava festival has become an indispensable Czech and worldwide documentary event, and an active contributor to the promotion and distribution of documentary films. The Jihlava festival is a co-founder and member of Doc Alliance, a prestigious union of seven important European documentary festivals.
Program – Year Eighteen
As in past years, the largest celebration of original documentary film in Central and Eastern Europe will present a diverse range of Czech and foreign films, with many world, international, European, and Czech premieres.
“This year’s festival is a true tribute to the artistic and independent film scene. This tribute will take place in the presence of such special guests as Kidlat Tahimik (which translates to “Quiet Lightning”), founder of independent Filipino cinema, whose films from the 1970s were declared by Werner Herzog to be among the most free to come out during that time, and noted Chinese director Wang Bing, winner of awards at festivals in Venice, Rotterdam, Yamagata and Marseilles,” said festival director Marek Hovorka.
The Face Of The Festival
The central motif of the 18th festival is a stark black-and-white symbol of a factory. It’s not only the dominant visual feature of the festival, but has also found its way into the films themselves. The poster was designed by artist, educator and publisher Juraj Horváth. This year’s festival trailer was created by the legend of Czech and world cinematography Jan Němec. This was his very first experience with this format; the intensity of the final form, however, can be felt in his short statement on the trailer’s filming:
“There are no ‘small’ or ‘big’ films. Twenty seconds expresses concern about the possible demise of film. I sound the alarm myself and the shadow of my hand is my signature.”
1. Organization And Awards
The festival is organized by the Jsaf civic association. In 2013, the festival issued more than 2,900 festival passes. Of these, 782 were for film professionals and festival guests from the Czech Republic and abroad, and 156 were for journalists. The festival screenings were attended by a total of more than 30,000 viewers.
The following awards will be presented as part of the 2014 Jihlava Idff:
· 2014 Best International Documentary Film Award (Opus Bonum competition)
· 2014 Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film Award (Between the Seas competition)
· 2014 Best Czech Documentary Film Award (Czech Joy competition)
· 2014 Best Experimental Documentary Film Award (Fascinations competition)
· 2014 Best Debut Film Award (First Lights competition)
· 2014 Best Short Film Award (Short Joy competition)
· 2014 Contribution to World Cinematography
2014 Spectators Prize 2014 Respekt Award for the best television or video reportage · Silver Eye Award in the categories of short, mid-length, and feature documentary
(part of the East Silver market organized by the Institute of Documentary Film)
· 2014 Award for the Most Beautiful Festival Poster
· 2014 Audience Award for the Most Beautiful Festival Poster
2. New At The 18th Jihlava Idff
This year’s festival brings two new competitions: the former non-competition section Short Joy, focusing on short films, has received competition status, and in the new competition First Lights, the jury will choose the best debut film from the Opus Bonum, Between the Seas and Czech Joy sections. And of course there’s our annual retrospective of distinctive personalities and unique thematic sections.
The Complete Letters
This unique project is the brainchild of the Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona, in which five pairs of world-renowned directors exchanged audio-visual “letters”. These letters will be presented at Jihlava in their Eastern European premiere. Filmmakers such as meditative artist Naomi Kawase, legend of the New York avant-garde Jonas Mekas, “lone wolf” Albert Serra and critical chronicler of contemporary China Wang Bing invite viewers into their private lives and into the secrets of their artistic poetics.
“It’s remarkable to see how much each letter reflects the personal style of each of the directors. Never have two directors with such radically different styles come together like this,” commented festival programmer David Čeněk.
Forgotten Filmmaker JIŘÍ PolÁK
This photographer, director and sensitive individual who escaped to the “place where dreams are made real” – the island of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf prior to the August occupation of Czechoslovakia – is one of the forgotten figures of Czech cinema. Jiří Polák was able to film Hospital in Kuks, but did not enjoy any domestic recognition. After his emigration and short stays in Vienna and Switzerland, he accepted film assignments in Iran.
Tribute: Alain Resnais
“Renowned French director passed away on 1 March 2014 at the age of 91. In memory of his work, we have prepared two screenings of his lesser-known or completely unknown films. He himself was instrumental to an unprecedented extent to the development of documentary filmmaking in France, and showed its new stylistic possibilities,” says festival programmer David Čeněk about this unique presentation of Resnais’ (mainly) early work. Alain Resnais The majority of Resnais’ works being presented at this year’s Jihlava Idff have been shown only a few times in France, and are being screened in the Czech Republic for the first time ever.
Retrospective: Kidlat Tahimik
A special guest at this year’s Jihlava festival will be the “father of Filipino independent film” – director, actor, screenwriter and producer Kidlat Tahimik, the founder of the so-called Filipino New Wave and an influential commentator on post-colonialism and power imbalances throughout the world, praised in the West by Werner Herzog when he said that [Tahimik’s] films from the 1970s are among some of the most free works on film of their time.
3. Jurors
The jury for the competition section Opus Bonum traditionally consists of just one person – a notable personality from world cinema. This year, this honour has been bestowed on a significant figure from the Yugoslav Black Wave – Želimir Žilnik.
The best film in the Between the Seas section will be chosen by:
· French film theoretician Raymond Bellour
· Spanish director Albert Serra
American artist Deborah Stratman Artist Kateřina Šedá Czech Joy Jury:
Poet Petr Hruška Former director of Czech Television Ivo Mathé Film historian Tereza Czesany Dvořáková Documentary filmmaker Bohdan Bláhovec The winner of the experimental competition Fascination will be determined by the Austrian master of found footage Peter Tscherkassky and his wife, filmmaker Eve Heller.
The historic first judging of the Short Joy section will be conducted by members of the art group Rafani.
4. Competition Sections
Czech Joy
Competition for the Best Czech Documentary Film 2014.
A prestigious selection of new Czech documentaries, including 10 world premieres. Films include Daniel’s World (Veronika Lišková), a look at the last taboo of modern society – paedophilia. The delightful film Long Live Hunting! (Jaroslav Kratochvíl) takes aim at Czech hunting. Shadows of the past are revealed in the film Pavel Wonka Commits to Cooperate ( Libuše Rudinská), which examines whether the last Communist prisoner was a dissident and symbol of the revolution – or an StB collaborator. The section also includes a pair of family portraits: Family Business / from Videodiary (Jakub Wagner), and Marislav Janek’s eagerly awaited new film The Gospel According to Brabenec, about Vratislav Brabenec of the Plastic People of the Universe.
World Premieres · Daniel’s World, Veronika Lišková, Czech Republic 2014, 75 min
· The Gospel According to Brabenec , Miroslav Janek, Czech Republic 2014, 85 min
· Long Live Hunting! , Jaroslav Kratochvíl, Czech Republic 2014, 62 min
· Pavel Wonka Commits to Cooperate , Libuše Rudínská, Czech Republic 2014, 73 min
· The Plan , Benjamin Tuček, Czech Republic 2014, 91 min
· The Czech Way , Martin Kohout, Czech Republic 2014, 90 min
· Family Business / from Videodiary , Jakub Wagner, Czech Republic 2014, 60 min
· František of His Own Kind , Jan Gogola Jr., Czech Republic 2014, 26 min
· Lets Block , Martina Malinová, Czech Republic 2014, 47 min
My Farm Is My Castle , Jiří Stejskal, Czech Republic 2014, 87 min
Opus Bonum
Competition for the 2014 Best World Documentary Film
Opus Bonum selects the best noteworthy documentaries representing diverse trends from around the world. Sixteen films are in the Opus Bonum competition for best world documentary film, including 5 world premieres, 5 international premieres and 1 European premiere. Films in this section include Rock On Bones, a personal view of the Russian independent music scene, and the film-poem Fovea Centralis, which skirts the fringe of video art, composed of multiplied images from the Fukushima nuclear power plant’s closed-circuit cameras.20 Cents shows what happens when public transportation fares in São Paulo are increased and the carnival atmosphere is replaced by one of guerrilla warfare.
World Premieres · Aged , Philip Hoffman, Canada 2014, 45 min
· Rock on Bones , Caroline Troubetzkoy, France 2014, 145 min
· I Am the People , Anna Roussillon, France 2014, 110 min
· In Your Eyes , Pietro Albino Di Pasquale, Italy 2014, 78 min
Fovea Centralis , Philippe Rouy, France 2014, 50 min International Premieres · Chasing After The Wind , Juan Camilo Olmos Feris, Colombia 2014, 60 min
· Water to Tabato , Paulo Carneiro, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal 2014, 45 min
· 20 Cents , Tiago Tambelli, Brazil 2014, 52 min
· Buenos Aires Free Party , Homero Cirelli, Argentina 2014, 74 min
The Shelter , Fernand Melgar, Switzerland 2014, 101 min European Premiere The Beijing Ants , Ryuji Otsuka, China 2014, 88 min
Between The Seas
Competition for the 2014 Best Documentary Film from Central and Eastern Europe.
Between the Seas is a competition section for the countries and nations of Central and Eastern Europe. Between the Seas presents 17 films, of which 4 are world premieres, 2 are international premieres, and 2 are European premieres. The Serbian Lawyer is one of the films seeing its world premiere at Jihlava – a film about the man who defended Slobodan Milošević and Radovan Karadžić, criminals from whom he had fled during the old regime. Another premiere in this section is Zuzana Piussi’s Transference , which sketches a dark picture of the state social care system for threatened children in Slovakia after the death of an abused child. Also in competition is the latest film by unsparing Austrian analyst Ulrich Seidl. In the Basement reveals that the basement is a rather important place for many Austrians, where you’ll find the usual hunting trophies and unusual bars, but also town council members and their swastikas, sadomasochism and other “hobbies”.
World Premieres · Transference , Zuzana Piussi, Slovakia/Czech Republic 2014, 57 min
· The Serbian Lawyer , Aleksandar Nikolić, Germany/Great Britain/Serbia 2014, 82 min
· Pill Junkies , Bartosz Staszewski, Poland 2014, 76 min
Ocean , Tamara Drakulić, Serbia 2014, 77 min International Premieres · 6 Degrees , Bartosz Dombrowski, Poland 2013, 81 min
A Last Year in 114 Minutes , Daniel Nicolae Djamo, Romania 2014, 114 min European Premieres Euromaidan: Rough Cut , Roman Bondarchuk et al., Ukraine 2014, 60 min Don’t Breathe, Nino Kirtadzé, France 2014, 86 min
Fascinations
Competition for the 2014 Best Experimental Documentary Film.
Fascinations is a competition screening of experimental films that offer us unique approaches to the depiction of reality. The section will present 33 films, including 7 world premieres, 6 international premieres, and 4 European premieres.
Premiere films include:
An animated work based on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philisophicus (Active Image O directed by Becky James); the unguided choreography of white points in black space (Fascinating Moments by Yoshiki Nishimura); a memorial to one’s father using old photographs and chemical manipulation of the film itself using salt and seaweed (Dark Matter by Karel Doing); and a journey through a digitally manipulated landscape (L by Jacques Perconte).
World Premieres
· Active Image O , Becky James, USA 2014, 8 min
· Dark Matter , Karel Doing, Netherlands/Great Britain 2014, 20 min
· Fascinating Moments , Yoshiki Nishimura, Japan 2014, 4 min
· L , Jacques Perconte, France 2014, 15 min
· Our Hands Are Empty , Sj Ramir, Australia/New Zealand 2014, 10 min
· Jupiter Lolopop , Charlotte Dunker, Belgium 2014, 5 min
Study of Synchromy , Patrick Bergeron, Canada 2014, 3 min International Premieres
· Cut Out , Guli Silberstein, Great Britain 2014, 4 min
· The Civilization Desire , Carolina Astudillo, Spain 2014, 7 min
· A.D.A.M. , Vladislav Knežević, Croatia 2014, 13 min
· Digital Landscaping , Sangsok Ko, South Korea 2013, 4 min
· Field , Yi Myun, South Korea 2014, 6 min
Salers , Fernando Dominguez, Argentina/France 2014, 9 min European Premieres
· Beep , Kyungman Kim, South Korea 2014, 10 min
· Callisto , Youjin Moon, USA 2014, 14 min
· Droga! , Miko Revereza, Philippines 2013, 7 min
Frame Walk , Hayoung Jeon, South Korea 2014, 6 min Short Joy
Competition for the Best Short Film 2014 .
This year, this originally non-competition section devoted to short films has been transformed into a new competition section. The fifteen competition entries include films from all over the world, dealing with a wide spectrum of topics, and representing many current trends in contemporary documentary filmmaking. The Czech entry, Arguments by Andran Abramjan (who received an honourable mention in last year’s Czech Joy competition), considers the possibilities of dialogue on the Ukrainian crisis from both the eastern and western points of view. The purely observational film The Limits of Europe, underscored by the noise and sounds of protests, explores the spontaneous architecture of seven Kiev barricades erected in the streets leading to Independence Square. The contemplative and imaginatively filmed The Length enters the world of jazz legend Ted Curson.
First Lights
Competition for the Best Debut of 2014
Further evidence of Jihlava’s mission to support the film industry and share in the discovery of new talents is the presentation of a new competition section that rewards the best first work. Debut films presented as part of the traditional competition sections Opus Bonum, Czech Joy and Between the Seas have the opportunity to “battle it out” in a space that is not limited by territory. Comparing Czech and other Eastern European documentaries with their competition from the rest of the world can be a valuable experience, an opportunity to see commonalities and differences. It can also provide mutual inspiration not only for the films’ creators, but also for producers and other film professionals.
5. Non-competition Sections
Exprmntl.Cz
Experimental films from the Czech lands
This section is a non-competition survey of contemporary trends in Czech experimental film. Screenings will include films by renowned artists as well as filmmakers who just starting out.The unsettling video art of Zbyňek Baladrán, who focuses primarily on “archaeological” work with found material, can be seen in Dead Reckoning, showing the sterility of modern man’s life in four sequences featuring statistics, psychoanalysis, income and paranoia in the leading roles. Alice Růžičková’s film Autonomous Calábek takes a look into the plant kingdom. Made from a montage of scientific and film experiments, her portrait of a pioneer in plant physiology takes on surrealistic qualities.
Special Event
New world and Czech films, pre-premieres and festival hits
Alice Nellis presents Adoption: A Piece of Fortune, a kaleidoscope of stories with the same ending – a longed-for child. This opening film of the Jihlava Idff is a documentary exploration of a complex topic. In contrast, American master Errol Morris’ film The Unknown Known is a chilling look at former Us Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld. The Last of the Unjust by Claude Lanzmann captures the testimony of Benjamin Murmelstein, the “puppet king” appointed at the end of the Nazi era to the position of the last “Ältester” of the Judenrat at a model Jewish ghetto. Also worth mentioning is Regarding Susan Sontag, director Nancy Kates’s portrait of one the most important intellectuals of the 20th century.
Doc-fi
Documentary and fiction are not opposites
Doc-fi expresses the conviction that the boundary between documentary and fiction is permeable. This year, three unusual films will be screened. Requiem for Beauty by Chinese author and Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian examines the space between film, poetry and painting. His multi-language monologues touch on themes that people do not speak about much anymore. In Beyond Icebergland, a man, a woman and a child occupy an invisible common film space, but not the same reality. It’s an ephemeral chronicle of a frozen time and a collage of images from a disappearing world, a film on the frontier of documentary, mystification and delightful genre games. Czech filmmaker Ondřej Vavrečka’s Among Us is an experimentally tinged love story that takes place during the time when the country was coming to grips with the death of Václav Havel.
6. Doc Alliance
Doc Alliance is the result of a creative partnership of seven key European documentary film festivals: Cph:dox Copenhagen, Doclisboa, Dok Leipzig, Fid Marseille, Jihlava Idff, Planete Doc Film Festival and Visions du Réel Nyon.
The aim of Doc Alliance is to help documentary films reach as many viewers as possible, and to systematically support their distribution through their festival markets and through the alliance’s online platform www.DAFilms.com.
Over the course of its existence, the Jihlava festival has become an indispensable Czech and worldwide documentary event, and an active contributor to the promotion and distribution of documentary films. The Jihlava festival is a co-founder and member of Doc Alliance, a prestigious union of seven important European documentary festivals.
Program – Year Eighteen
As in past years, the largest celebration of original documentary film in Central and Eastern Europe will present a diverse range of Czech and foreign films, with many world, international, European, and Czech premieres.
“This year’s festival is a true tribute to the artistic and independent film scene. This tribute will take place in the presence of such special guests as Kidlat Tahimik (which translates to “Quiet Lightning”), founder of independent Filipino cinema, whose films from the 1970s were declared by Werner Herzog to be among the most free to come out during that time, and noted Chinese director Wang Bing, winner of awards at festivals in Venice, Rotterdam, Yamagata and Marseilles,” said festival director Marek Hovorka.
The Face Of The Festival
The central motif of the 18th festival is a stark black-and-white symbol of a factory. It’s not only the dominant visual feature of the festival, but has also found its way into the films themselves. The poster was designed by artist, educator and publisher Juraj Horváth. This year’s festival trailer was created by the legend of Czech and world cinematography Jan Němec. This was his very first experience with this format; the intensity of the final form, however, can be felt in his short statement on the trailer’s filming:
“There are no ‘small’ or ‘big’ films. Twenty seconds expresses concern about the possible demise of film. I sound the alarm myself and the shadow of my hand is my signature.”
1. Organization And Awards
The festival is organized by the Jsaf civic association. In 2013, the festival issued more than 2,900 festival passes. Of these, 782 were for film professionals and festival guests from the Czech Republic and abroad, and 156 were for journalists. The festival screenings were attended by a total of more than 30,000 viewers.
The following awards will be presented as part of the 2014 Jihlava Idff:
· 2014 Best International Documentary Film Award (Opus Bonum competition)
· 2014 Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film Award (Between the Seas competition)
· 2014 Best Czech Documentary Film Award (Czech Joy competition)
· 2014 Best Experimental Documentary Film Award (Fascinations competition)
· 2014 Best Debut Film Award (First Lights competition)
· 2014 Best Short Film Award (Short Joy competition)
· 2014 Contribution to World Cinematography
2014 Spectators Prize 2014 Respekt Award for the best television or video reportage · Silver Eye Award in the categories of short, mid-length, and feature documentary
(part of the East Silver market organized by the Institute of Documentary Film)
· 2014 Award for the Most Beautiful Festival Poster
· 2014 Audience Award for the Most Beautiful Festival Poster
2. New At The 18th Jihlava Idff
This year’s festival brings two new competitions: the former non-competition section Short Joy, focusing on short films, has received competition status, and in the new competition First Lights, the jury will choose the best debut film from the Opus Bonum, Between the Seas and Czech Joy sections. And of course there’s our annual retrospective of distinctive personalities and unique thematic sections.
The Complete Letters
This unique project is the brainchild of the Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona, in which five pairs of world-renowned directors exchanged audio-visual “letters”. These letters will be presented at Jihlava in their Eastern European premiere. Filmmakers such as meditative artist Naomi Kawase, legend of the New York avant-garde Jonas Mekas, “lone wolf” Albert Serra and critical chronicler of contemporary China Wang Bing invite viewers into their private lives and into the secrets of their artistic poetics.
“It’s remarkable to see how much each letter reflects the personal style of each of the directors. Never have two directors with such radically different styles come together like this,” commented festival programmer David Čeněk.
Forgotten Filmmaker JIŘÍ PolÁK
This photographer, director and sensitive individual who escaped to the “place where dreams are made real” – the island of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf prior to the August occupation of Czechoslovakia – is one of the forgotten figures of Czech cinema. Jiří Polák was able to film Hospital in Kuks, but did not enjoy any domestic recognition. After his emigration and short stays in Vienna and Switzerland, he accepted film assignments in Iran.
Tribute: Alain Resnais
“Renowned French director passed away on 1 March 2014 at the age of 91. In memory of his work, we have prepared two screenings of his lesser-known or completely unknown films. He himself was instrumental to an unprecedented extent to the development of documentary filmmaking in France, and showed its new stylistic possibilities,” says festival programmer David Čeněk about this unique presentation of Resnais’ (mainly) early work. Alain Resnais The majority of Resnais’ works being presented at this year’s Jihlava Idff have been shown only a few times in France, and are being screened in the Czech Republic for the first time ever.
Retrospective: Kidlat Tahimik
A special guest at this year’s Jihlava festival will be the “father of Filipino independent film” – director, actor, screenwriter and producer Kidlat Tahimik, the founder of the so-called Filipino New Wave and an influential commentator on post-colonialism and power imbalances throughout the world, praised in the West by Werner Herzog when he said that [Tahimik’s] films from the 1970s are among some of the most free works on film of their time.
3. Jurors
The jury for the competition section Opus Bonum traditionally consists of just one person – a notable personality from world cinema. This year, this honour has been bestowed on a significant figure from the Yugoslav Black Wave – Želimir Žilnik.
The best film in the Between the Seas section will be chosen by:
· French film theoretician Raymond Bellour
· Spanish director Albert Serra
American artist Deborah Stratman Artist Kateřina Šedá Czech Joy Jury:
Poet Petr Hruška Former director of Czech Television Ivo Mathé Film historian Tereza Czesany Dvořáková Documentary filmmaker Bohdan Bláhovec The winner of the experimental competition Fascination will be determined by the Austrian master of found footage Peter Tscherkassky and his wife, filmmaker Eve Heller.
The historic first judging of the Short Joy section will be conducted by members of the art group Rafani.
4. Competition Sections
Czech Joy
Competition for the Best Czech Documentary Film 2014.
A prestigious selection of new Czech documentaries, including 10 world premieres. Films include Daniel’s World (Veronika Lišková), a look at the last taboo of modern society – paedophilia. The delightful film Long Live Hunting! (Jaroslav Kratochvíl) takes aim at Czech hunting. Shadows of the past are revealed in the film Pavel Wonka Commits to Cooperate ( Libuše Rudinská), which examines whether the last Communist prisoner was a dissident and symbol of the revolution – or an StB collaborator. The section also includes a pair of family portraits: Family Business / from Videodiary (Jakub Wagner), and Marislav Janek’s eagerly awaited new film The Gospel According to Brabenec, about Vratislav Brabenec of the Plastic People of the Universe.
World Premieres · Daniel’s World, Veronika Lišková, Czech Republic 2014, 75 min
· The Gospel According to Brabenec , Miroslav Janek, Czech Republic 2014, 85 min
· Long Live Hunting! , Jaroslav Kratochvíl, Czech Republic 2014, 62 min
· Pavel Wonka Commits to Cooperate , Libuše Rudínská, Czech Republic 2014, 73 min
· The Plan , Benjamin Tuček, Czech Republic 2014, 91 min
· The Czech Way , Martin Kohout, Czech Republic 2014, 90 min
· Family Business / from Videodiary , Jakub Wagner, Czech Republic 2014, 60 min
· František of His Own Kind , Jan Gogola Jr., Czech Republic 2014, 26 min
· Lets Block , Martina Malinová, Czech Republic 2014, 47 min
My Farm Is My Castle , Jiří Stejskal, Czech Republic 2014, 87 min
Opus Bonum
Competition for the 2014 Best World Documentary Film
Opus Bonum selects the best noteworthy documentaries representing diverse trends from around the world. Sixteen films are in the Opus Bonum competition for best world documentary film, including 5 world premieres, 5 international premieres and 1 European premiere. Films in this section include Rock On Bones, a personal view of the Russian independent music scene, and the film-poem Fovea Centralis, which skirts the fringe of video art, composed of multiplied images from the Fukushima nuclear power plant’s closed-circuit cameras.20 Cents shows what happens when public transportation fares in São Paulo are increased and the carnival atmosphere is replaced by one of guerrilla warfare.
World Premieres · Aged , Philip Hoffman, Canada 2014, 45 min
· Rock on Bones , Caroline Troubetzkoy, France 2014, 145 min
· I Am the People , Anna Roussillon, France 2014, 110 min
· In Your Eyes , Pietro Albino Di Pasquale, Italy 2014, 78 min
Fovea Centralis , Philippe Rouy, France 2014, 50 min International Premieres · Chasing After The Wind , Juan Camilo Olmos Feris, Colombia 2014, 60 min
· Water to Tabato , Paulo Carneiro, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal 2014, 45 min
· 20 Cents , Tiago Tambelli, Brazil 2014, 52 min
· Buenos Aires Free Party , Homero Cirelli, Argentina 2014, 74 min
The Shelter , Fernand Melgar, Switzerland 2014, 101 min European Premiere The Beijing Ants , Ryuji Otsuka, China 2014, 88 min
Between The Seas
Competition for the 2014 Best Documentary Film from Central and Eastern Europe.
Between the Seas is a competition section for the countries and nations of Central and Eastern Europe. Between the Seas presents 17 films, of which 4 are world premieres, 2 are international premieres, and 2 are European premieres. The Serbian Lawyer is one of the films seeing its world premiere at Jihlava – a film about the man who defended Slobodan Milošević and Radovan Karadžić, criminals from whom he had fled during the old regime. Another premiere in this section is Zuzana Piussi’s Transference , which sketches a dark picture of the state social care system for threatened children in Slovakia after the death of an abused child. Also in competition is the latest film by unsparing Austrian analyst Ulrich Seidl. In the Basement reveals that the basement is a rather important place for many Austrians, where you’ll find the usual hunting trophies and unusual bars, but also town council members and their swastikas, sadomasochism and other “hobbies”.
World Premieres · Transference , Zuzana Piussi, Slovakia/Czech Republic 2014, 57 min
· The Serbian Lawyer , Aleksandar Nikolić, Germany/Great Britain/Serbia 2014, 82 min
· Pill Junkies , Bartosz Staszewski, Poland 2014, 76 min
Ocean , Tamara Drakulić, Serbia 2014, 77 min International Premieres · 6 Degrees , Bartosz Dombrowski, Poland 2013, 81 min
A Last Year in 114 Minutes , Daniel Nicolae Djamo, Romania 2014, 114 min European Premieres Euromaidan: Rough Cut , Roman Bondarchuk et al., Ukraine 2014, 60 min Don’t Breathe, Nino Kirtadzé, France 2014, 86 min
Fascinations
Competition for the 2014 Best Experimental Documentary Film.
Fascinations is a competition screening of experimental films that offer us unique approaches to the depiction of reality. The section will present 33 films, including 7 world premieres, 6 international premieres, and 4 European premieres.
Premiere films include:
An animated work based on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philisophicus (Active Image O directed by Becky James); the unguided choreography of white points in black space (Fascinating Moments by Yoshiki Nishimura); a memorial to one’s father using old photographs and chemical manipulation of the film itself using salt and seaweed (Dark Matter by Karel Doing); and a journey through a digitally manipulated landscape (L by Jacques Perconte).
World Premieres
· Active Image O , Becky James, USA 2014, 8 min
· Dark Matter , Karel Doing, Netherlands/Great Britain 2014, 20 min
· Fascinating Moments , Yoshiki Nishimura, Japan 2014, 4 min
· L , Jacques Perconte, France 2014, 15 min
· Our Hands Are Empty , Sj Ramir, Australia/New Zealand 2014, 10 min
· Jupiter Lolopop , Charlotte Dunker, Belgium 2014, 5 min
Study of Synchromy , Patrick Bergeron, Canada 2014, 3 min International Premieres
· Cut Out , Guli Silberstein, Great Britain 2014, 4 min
· The Civilization Desire , Carolina Astudillo, Spain 2014, 7 min
· A.D.A.M. , Vladislav Knežević, Croatia 2014, 13 min
· Digital Landscaping , Sangsok Ko, South Korea 2013, 4 min
· Field , Yi Myun, South Korea 2014, 6 min
Salers , Fernando Dominguez, Argentina/France 2014, 9 min European Premieres
· Beep , Kyungman Kim, South Korea 2014, 10 min
· Callisto , Youjin Moon, USA 2014, 14 min
· Droga! , Miko Revereza, Philippines 2013, 7 min
Frame Walk , Hayoung Jeon, South Korea 2014, 6 min Short Joy
Competition for the Best Short Film 2014 .
This year, this originally non-competition section devoted to short films has been transformed into a new competition section. The fifteen competition entries include films from all over the world, dealing with a wide spectrum of topics, and representing many current trends in contemporary documentary filmmaking. The Czech entry, Arguments by Andran Abramjan (who received an honourable mention in last year’s Czech Joy competition), considers the possibilities of dialogue on the Ukrainian crisis from both the eastern and western points of view. The purely observational film The Limits of Europe, underscored by the noise and sounds of protests, explores the spontaneous architecture of seven Kiev barricades erected in the streets leading to Independence Square. The contemplative and imaginatively filmed The Length enters the world of jazz legend Ted Curson.
First Lights
Competition for the Best Debut of 2014
Further evidence of Jihlava’s mission to support the film industry and share in the discovery of new talents is the presentation of a new competition section that rewards the best first work. Debut films presented as part of the traditional competition sections Opus Bonum, Czech Joy and Between the Seas have the opportunity to “battle it out” in a space that is not limited by territory. Comparing Czech and other Eastern European documentaries with their competition from the rest of the world can be a valuable experience, an opportunity to see commonalities and differences. It can also provide mutual inspiration not only for the films’ creators, but also for producers and other film professionals.
5. Non-competition Sections
Exprmntl.Cz
Experimental films from the Czech lands
This section is a non-competition survey of contemporary trends in Czech experimental film. Screenings will include films by renowned artists as well as filmmakers who just starting out.The unsettling video art of Zbyňek Baladrán, who focuses primarily on “archaeological” work with found material, can be seen in Dead Reckoning, showing the sterility of modern man’s life in four sequences featuring statistics, psychoanalysis, income and paranoia in the leading roles. Alice Růžičková’s film Autonomous Calábek takes a look into the plant kingdom. Made from a montage of scientific and film experiments, her portrait of a pioneer in plant physiology takes on surrealistic qualities.
Special Event
New world and Czech films, pre-premieres and festival hits
Alice Nellis presents Adoption: A Piece of Fortune, a kaleidoscope of stories with the same ending – a longed-for child. This opening film of the Jihlava Idff is a documentary exploration of a complex topic. In contrast, American master Errol Morris’ film The Unknown Known is a chilling look at former Us Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld. The Last of the Unjust by Claude Lanzmann captures the testimony of Benjamin Murmelstein, the “puppet king” appointed at the end of the Nazi era to the position of the last “Ältester” of the Judenrat at a model Jewish ghetto. Also worth mentioning is Regarding Susan Sontag, director Nancy Kates’s portrait of one the most important intellectuals of the 20th century.
Doc-fi
Documentary and fiction are not opposites
Doc-fi expresses the conviction that the boundary between documentary and fiction is permeable. This year, three unusual films will be screened. Requiem for Beauty by Chinese author and Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian examines the space between film, poetry and painting. His multi-language monologues touch on themes that people do not speak about much anymore. In Beyond Icebergland, a man, a woman and a child occupy an invisible common film space, but not the same reality. It’s an ephemeral chronicle of a frozen time and a collage of images from a disappearing world, a film on the frontier of documentary, mystification and delightful genre games. Czech filmmaker Ondřej Vavrečka’s Among Us is an experimentally tinged love story that takes place during the time when the country was coming to grips with the death of Václav Havel.
6. Doc Alliance
Doc Alliance is the result of a creative partnership of seven key European documentary film festivals: Cph:dox Copenhagen, Doclisboa, Dok Leipzig, Fid Marseille, Jihlava Idff, Planete Doc Film Festival and Visions du Réel Nyon.
The aim of Doc Alliance is to help documentary films reach as many viewers as possible, and to systematically support their distribution through their festival markets and through the alliance’s online platform www.DAFilms.com.
- 10/28/2014
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
“What would we do baby without us?”
On this Wednesday’s The Goldbergs (ABC, 8:30/7:30c), Beverly — inspired by Prince Charles and Princess Di’s nuptials — ropes Murray into renewing their wedding vows. But as TVLine’s exclusive preview video shows, when her hubby can’t speak from the heart, he draws inspiration from a classic TV show theme song to express his feelings.
Related The Goldbergs Prepping ‘Very Expensive’ John Hughes Homage
Will Bev recognize the Family Ties tune doubling as Murray’s vows? (He even includes the final “Sha la la la” line!)
Press Play to find out,...
On this Wednesday’s The Goldbergs (ABC, 8:30/7:30c), Beverly — inspired by Prince Charles and Princess Di’s nuptials — ropes Murray into renewing their wedding vows. But as TVLine’s exclusive preview video shows, when her hubby can’t speak from the heart, he draws inspiration from a classic TV show theme song to express his feelings.
Related The Goldbergs Prepping ‘Very Expensive’ John Hughes Homage
Will Bev recognize the Family Ties tune doubling as Murray’s vows? (He even includes the final “Sha la la la” line!)
Press Play to find out,...
- 10/7/2014
- TVLine.com
As far as adversaries go, Mindy, you sure found a worthy one in Annette Castellano.
Danny’s mom makes her debut in this week’s Mindy Project, an episode that explores the Castellanos’ family dynamic by thrusting Dr. L into its midst.
Or, more accurately, Mindy thrusts herself into the guilt-trips, hurt feelings and favorites-playing that Danny and Richie have endured for years — and watching Mindy Kaling and Cheers queen Rhea Perlman throw down is going to be one of my recurring joys this TV season, I can already tell.
While the episode is still hot like Annette’s piping pot of gravy,...
Danny’s mom makes her debut in this week’s Mindy Project, an episode that explores the Castellanos’ family dynamic by thrusting Dr. L into its midst.
Or, more accurately, Mindy thrusts herself into the guilt-trips, hurt feelings and favorites-playing that Danny and Richie have endured for years — and watching Mindy Kaling and Cheers queen Rhea Perlman throw down is going to be one of my recurring joys this TV season, I can already tell.
While the episode is still hot like Annette’s piping pot of gravy,...
- 9/24/2014
- TVLine.com
She gained fame as goofy-glam decorator Grace Adler on NBC’s long-running Will & Grace, then turned earnest as lyricist Julia Houston in the network’s ill-fated Smash. Now, flame-haired funny woman Debra Messing is smashing in a role that hits closer to home. The divorced mother of preteen son Roman stars as frazzled soon-to-be-a-single-mom Detective Laura Diamond in the Peacock’s new dramedy The Mysteries of Laura, which premieres Wednesday, Sept. 17 after the America’s Got Talent finale. The series, created by Jeff Rake (Private Practice, Boston Legal), boasts a Castle-meets-Moonlighting feel, blending soapy murder mysteries with comical — and sometimes poignant … Continue reading →
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- 9/10/2014
- by Lori Acken
- ChannelGuideMag
Review Laura Akers 24 Mar 2014 - 06:42
One or two frustrations stop this week's Ninja-themed Castle from being the entertaining romp it should have been...
This review contains spoilers.
6.18 The Way Of The Ninja
Normally, I think I would have enjoyed The Way of the Ninja. It is, after all, one of the most entertaining kinds of Castle stories: a case where many of the facts seem to actively support Castle’s weekly far-fetched theory to an uncomfortable degree and thus provides the writer with unnecessary encouragement for his wild imagination. Castle and ninjas should be an irresistible combo.
However, there are two recently recurring tropes that are wearing a bit thin and this episode used both of them, neither to good effect.
When Perlmutter first appeared on Castle, back in the second season, he was a universally prickly personality—content to pass on what he knew in a way that tended toward the dismissive.
One or two frustrations stop this week's Ninja-themed Castle from being the entertaining romp it should have been...
This review contains spoilers.
6.18 The Way Of The Ninja
Normally, I think I would have enjoyed The Way of the Ninja. It is, after all, one of the most entertaining kinds of Castle stories: a case where many of the facts seem to actively support Castle’s weekly far-fetched theory to an uncomfortable degree and thus provides the writer with unnecessary encouragement for his wild imagination. Castle and ninjas should be an irresistible combo.
However, there are two recently recurring tropes that are wearing a bit thin and this episode used both of them, neither to good effect.
When Perlmutter first appeared on Castle, back in the second season, he was a universally prickly personality—content to pass on what he knew in a way that tended toward the dismissive.
- 3/24/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Entertainment Geekly is a weekly column that examines contemporary pop culture through a geek lens and simultaneously examines contemporary geek culture through a pop lens. So many lenses! Click here for past columns.
Last week I wrote a long and rant-y column about the Disney Myth, as constructed in Saving Mr. Banks and deconstructed in Escape From Tomorrow. In an effort to prove I’m not the world’s biggest grouch — and because I spent the past week in the metaphorical Disneyland known as “being back home with my family for the holidays” — I decided to try an experiment that...
Last week I wrote a long and rant-y column about the Disney Myth, as constructed in Saving Mr. Banks and deconstructed in Escape From Tomorrow. In an effort to prove I’m not the world’s biggest grouch — and because I spent the past week in the metaphorical Disneyland known as “being back home with my family for the holidays” — I decided to try an experiment that...
- 12/26/2013
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
2013 was a great year for TV love. While people are always falling in and out of the romantic state on television, true love doesn't often triumph. However, thanks to big love moments on shows like "Castle," "Bones," "Parks and Recreation" and "New Girl," the fictional world was a more heart-filled place.
Some GIFs may just explain things best.
'Bones'
More than eight years.
That's how long "Bones" fans have been waiting for the wedding that occurred in the Season 9 episode, "The Woman in White." In the meantime, there were love-hate relationships, dating other people, misunderstandings, disappearances to foreign nations, comas, unrequited feelings, near-engagements, false engagements, framings for murder, serial killers, catastrophic fires and more.
When looked at this way, it's a miracle that "Bones" ever made it to the altar at all.
'Castle'
A full season of Castle and Beckett dating didn't make moving forward a given. After all,...
Some GIFs may just explain things best.
'Bones'
More than eight years.
That's how long "Bones" fans have been waiting for the wedding that occurred in the Season 9 episode, "The Woman in White." In the meantime, there were love-hate relationships, dating other people, misunderstandings, disappearances to foreign nations, comas, unrequited feelings, near-engagements, false engagements, framings for murder, serial killers, catastrophic fires and more.
When looked at this way, it's a miracle that "Bones" ever made it to the altar at all.
'Castle'
A full season of Castle and Beckett dating didn't make moving forward a given. After all,...
- 12/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Cast your vote for the year’s hottest TV pair: Is it Vincent and Catherine, or Klaus and Caroline?
And then there were two! After more than 925,000 votes, HollywoodLife.com readers have narrowed down their two favorite TV couples of 2013 — and, of course, they’re both from The CW. But only one can win, so what are you waiting for? Cast. Your. Vote.
2013′s Hottest TV Couples: ‘VinCat’ Vs. ‘Klaroline’
Let’s start with Beauty & The Beast‘s Vincent (Jay Ryan) and Catherine (Kristin Kreuk), who have been charming the pants off of viewers ever since the show premiered in Oct. 2012.
And they may be far apart right now — they’re literally on two different shows — but Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Caroline (Candice Accola) are also in the running.
Take Our Poll
To their credit, Arrow‘s Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) put up a pretty good fight.
And then there were two! After more than 925,000 votes, HollywoodLife.com readers have narrowed down their two favorite TV couples of 2013 — and, of course, they’re both from The CW. But only one can win, so what are you waiting for? Cast. Your. Vote.
2013′s Hottest TV Couples: ‘VinCat’ Vs. ‘Klaroline’
Let’s start with Beauty & The Beast‘s Vincent (Jay Ryan) and Catherine (Kristin Kreuk), who have been charming the pants off of viewers ever since the show premiered in Oct. 2012.
And they may be far apart right now — they’re literally on two different shows — but Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Caroline (Candice Accola) are also in the running.
Take Our Poll
To their credit, Arrow‘s Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) put up a pretty good fight.
- 12/20/2013
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
2013 has been a great year for TV. We saw the introduction of a ton of amazing new series, said goodbye to some of the greatest shows that will ever air, and watched as streaming sites became legitimate networks. But what we really loved (and our rewind buttons hated most)? Watching all of our favorite couples finally give us 'shippers the payoffs we've been waiting for.
It may have taken upwards of eight years for some moments to finally happen, but from kisses, to people sleeping together, to proposals, to weddings, so many of our favorite couples sealed the deal in some way. Here are the 21 best 'shipper payoffs of 2013 ... with video of all the hot, sweet, sexy, romantic, and beautiful moments:
'The Vampire Diaries' - 'My Brother's Keeper'
Although the big moment was tinged with the poison of Caroline and Stefan realizing Elena was sired to Damon,...
It may have taken upwards of eight years for some moments to finally happen, but from kisses, to people sleeping together, to proposals, to weddings, so many of our favorite couples sealed the deal in some way. Here are the 21 best 'shipper payoffs of 2013 ... with video of all the hot, sweet, sexy, romantic, and beautiful moments:
'The Vampire Diaries' - 'My Brother's Keeper'
Although the big moment was tinged with the poison of Caroline and Stefan realizing Elena was sired to Damon,...
- 12/20/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
On TV this Monday: The Blacklist keeps us guessing, Noah Wyle visits the Lab Rats, Hostages are on lockdown and Rick and Morty premieres. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
7 pm Lab Rats (Disney Xd) | The Lab Rats go on a rescue mission to save Dr. Evans (ER alum/Falling Skies star Noah Wyle) and travel to Davenport’s secret facility in the frozen tundra.
Related | Did Hart of Dixie‘s Fall Finale Unleash a Hanukkah Miracle? And More TV Qs
8 pm Almost Human (Fox) | An old cop...
7 pm Lab Rats (Disney Xd) | The Lab Rats go on a rescue mission to save Dr. Evans (ER alum/Falling Skies star Noah Wyle) and travel to Davenport’s secret facility in the frozen tundra.
Related | Did Hart of Dixie‘s Fall Finale Unleash a Hanukkah Miracle? And More TV Qs
8 pm Almost Human (Fox) | An old cop...
- 12/2/2013
- by riannucci
- TVLine.com
Is getting trampled to death over a $25 Blu-ray player really worth the risk? This TV Addict certainly doesn’t think so! Which is why, over the course of the next 24 hours, we’ll be scouring the web for the latest and greatest Black Friday TV on DVD Deal!. See for yourself after the jump and be sure to check back regularly as we’ll be updating this post throughout the day.
Amazon’s Deal Calendar
Plan ahead by checking out this handy-dandy link to Amazon.com’s Black Friday deal calendar.
Complete Collections
3rd Rock From The Sun: The Complete Series
$17.97 $44.98 (Save 61%)
The 4400: The Complete Series
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Arrested Development: The Complete Series
$55.44 $89.98 (Save 39%)
HBO’s Band Of Brothers: The Complete Series
$19.99 $79.98 (Save 67%)
Boy Meets World: The Complete Series
$52.99 $169.98 (Save 69%)
Breaking Bad: The Complete Series
$199.99 $199.98 (Save 33%)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Complete Collection
$104.99 $258.99 (Save 52%)
Charmed: The...
Amazon’s Deal Calendar
Plan ahead by checking out this handy-dandy link to Amazon.com’s Black Friday deal calendar.
Complete Collections
3rd Rock From The Sun: The Complete Series
$17.97 $44.98 (Save 61%)
The 4400: The Complete Series
$34.97 $69.98 (Save 50%)
Arrested Development: The Complete Series
$55.44 $89.98 (Save 39%)
HBO’s Band Of Brothers: The Complete Series
$19.99 $79.98 (Save 67%)
Boy Meets World: The Complete Series
$52.99 $169.98 (Save 69%)
Breaking Bad: The Complete Series
$199.99 $199.98 (Save 33%)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Complete Collection
$104.99 $258.99 (Save 52%)
Charmed: The...
- 11/28/2013
- by theTVaddict
- The TV Addict
Review Laura Akers 21 Nov 2013 - 06:48
Castle's sixth season is really heating up. Here's Laura's impressed review of Disciple...
This review contains spoilers.
6.9 Disciple
(Rubs hands together in glee) Now this is the stuff!
Much like The X-Files, Castle’s equivalent of the freak-of-the-week episodes may be amusing, but the show’s at its very best when dealing with its larger myth arcs. This show has two: the one that focuses on the death of Beckett’s mother and the one about the 3Xk serial murderer. Episodes addressing either arc tend to be more serious than the rest and generally allow the main characters to evolve in interesting ways. They are also the best plotted and written (and thus, a relief).
So I feel a little silly to have failed to suspect what was really going on until about halfway through the episode. For those of us watching, like the detectives we were following,...
Castle's sixth season is really heating up. Here's Laura's impressed review of Disciple...
This review contains spoilers.
6.9 Disciple
(Rubs hands together in glee) Now this is the stuff!
Much like The X-Files, Castle’s equivalent of the freak-of-the-week episodes may be amusing, but the show’s at its very best when dealing with its larger myth arcs. This show has two: the one that focuses on the death of Beckett’s mother and the one about the 3Xk serial murderer. Episodes addressing either arc tend to be more serious than the rest and generally allow the main characters to evolve in interesting ways. They are also the best plotted and written (and thus, a relief).
So I feel a little silly to have failed to suspect what was really going on until about halfway through the episode. For those of us watching, like the detectives we were following,...
- 11/21/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
On TV this Monday: Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston returns to How I Met Your Mother, Sleepy Hollow gets an uninvited guest and The Blacklist and Hart of Dixie deal with family matters. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
Video | Bones First Look: Witness Booth and Brennan’s First Fight as a Married Couple
8 pm How I Met Your Mother (CBS) | In a “flashback” episode, the gang ponders the Ted/Robin/Barney triangle, and Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) returns as Ted’s former boss, Hammond Druthers. (Hopefully without any,...
Video | Bones First Look: Witness Booth and Brennan’s First Fight as a Married Couple
8 pm How I Met Your Mother (CBS) | In a “flashback” episode, the gang ponders the Ted/Robin/Barney triangle, and Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) returns as Ted’s former boss, Hammond Druthers. (Hopefully without any,...
- 11/11/2013
- by riannucci
- TVLine.com
Did you ever get so excited by a primetime network broadcast that you wanted to pick up your TV set and hurl it against a wall* — the way a heavy-metal guitarist in the throes of an arena encore might destroy his instrument to the cheers and whistles of the crowd? (*If your answer is “no,” just ride this recap out till the end of the next paragraph, Ok?)
That insane urge swelled up inside me during tonight’s installment of The Voice‘s Season 5 Live Playoffs, prompted by the perfect storm of a fine but somewhat sleepy opening 100 minutes, followed...
That insane urge swelled up inside me during tonight’s installment of The Voice‘s Season 5 Live Playoffs, prompted by the perfect storm of a fine but somewhat sleepy opening 100 minutes, followed...
- 11/6/2013
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Good Wife, Revenge, Supernatural and Revolution!
1 | What’s the verdict on The Carrie Diaries‘ Lindsey Gort’s as young Samantha?
2 | For a show with ‘Live’ in the title, why is it that Saturday Night Live‘s pre-taped Wes Anderson spoof — The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders — turned out to be last episode’s only real source of laughs (Weekend Update notwithstanding)?
Video | Once Upon a Time Season 3 Spoilers — Ariel’s Introduction
3 | If...
1 | What’s the verdict on The Carrie Diaries‘ Lindsey Gort’s as young Samantha?
2 | For a show with ‘Live’ in the title, why is it that Saturday Night Live‘s pre-taped Wes Anderson spoof — The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders — turned out to be last episode’s only real source of laughs (Weekend Update notwithstanding)?
Video | Once Upon a Time Season 3 Spoilers — Ariel’s Introduction
3 | If...
- 11/1/2013
- by Team TVLine
- TVLine.com
Death is everywhere on television. It rides a pale horse on Sleepy Hollow. It keeps Castle, Bones, and so much of CBS in business. It walks, it sucks, it makes for a nice tenderloin. Occasionally, scripted series will give death the “very special episode” treatment, sometimes to write out a cast member or deal with real-life circumstances, as was the case with Glee’s Oct. 10 farewell to Finn and the actor who played him, the late Cory Monteith. When the great shows have grappled with death as a theme, they have produced some of their most memorable work. “Love’s Labor Lost” on E.
- 11/1/2013
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW - Inside TV
On TV this Monday: A Revenge beauty finds herself on The Blacklist, Hart of Dixie picks Bachelor No. 2, Hostages gets a family reunion and Castle conspires. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
Related | Is How I Met Your Mother Hurting Barney/Robin? And Many More TV Qs!
8 pm Hart of Dixie (CW) | Lemon is blacklisted from the Junior League Halloween Masquerade party, but instead lands a date with another of Alabama’s most eligible bachelors (Robert Buckley, One Tree Hill). (You know what they say: Revenge is a...
Related | Is How I Met Your Mother Hurting Barney/Robin? And Many More TV Qs!
8 pm Hart of Dixie (CW) | Lemon is blacklisted from the Junior League Halloween Masquerade party, but instead lands a date with another of Alabama’s most eligible bachelors (Robert Buckley, One Tree Hill). (You know what they say: Revenge is a...
- 10/28/2013
- by riannucci
- TVLine.com
Here's a mystery that needs solving - why are the Hollywood executives of today so keen to plunder the detective shows of yesteryear?
Whether it's Oscar winner Octavia Spencer in the newly-announced Murder She Wrote remake, or NBC's ill-fated Ironside reboot, or the upcoming Remington Steele sequel... many of TV's top cops are having a revival.
But which other classic 'tecs are ripe for reinvention? Here's five cold cases we'd like to see revisited...
Moonlighting
Forget Remington Steele, the 'Will they / Won't they' crime series to beat is Moonlighting. Every procedural-with-sexual-tension from Bones to Castle has drawn inspiration from ABC's '80s hit.
The challenge here would be to find two stars who could replicate the chemistry of the original show's leads. Could any young buck hope to match the charisma and wit of Bruce Willis?
That's vintage Willis, not grumpy-old-fart-in-a-dressing-gown Willis.
The Avengers
No, not that comic book lot...
Whether it's Oscar winner Octavia Spencer in the newly-announced Murder She Wrote remake, or NBC's ill-fated Ironside reboot, or the upcoming Remington Steele sequel... many of TV's top cops are having a revival.
But which other classic 'tecs are ripe for reinvention? Here's five cold cases we'd like to see revisited...
Moonlighting
Forget Remington Steele, the 'Will they / Won't they' crime series to beat is Moonlighting. Every procedural-with-sexual-tension from Bones to Castle has drawn inspiration from ABC's '80s hit.
The challenge here would be to find two stars who could replicate the chemistry of the original show's leads. Could any young buck hope to match the charisma and wit of Bruce Willis?
That's vintage Willis, not grumpy-old-fart-in-a-dressing-gown Willis.
The Avengers
No, not that comic book lot...
- 10/25/2013
- Digital Spy
On TV this Monday: Bones takes a long overdue walk down the aisle, the doctor is back in in Hart of Dixie, and How I Met Your Mother and Mom tout big-name guest stars. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
Video | Bones‘ Wedding Guests Have Arrived (But What Are They Wearing?!)
Photos | Bones First Look: Booth and Brennan’s Long-Awaited Wedding Album
8 pm Bones (Fox) | At long, long last, Booth and Brennan finally tie the knot, alongside guest stars like songstress Cyndi Lauper and Emily Deschanel’s real-life hubby David Hornsby.
Video | Bones‘ Wedding Guests Have Arrived (But What Are They Wearing?!)
Photos | Bones First Look: Booth and Brennan’s Long-Awaited Wedding Album
8 pm Bones (Fox) | At long, long last, Booth and Brennan finally tie the knot, alongside guest stars like songstress Cyndi Lauper and Emily Deschanel’s real-life hubby David Hornsby.
- 10/21/2013
- by riannucci
- TVLine.com
This week's Castle was all about who had the biggest "Need to Know" and what they did with the information once they got it.
Below, our Round Table team of TV Fanatics Chandel Charles, Jim Garner, and Christine Orlando are joined by Jennifer from the Castle fan forum The 12th as we find out who was surprised by how Beckett and the FBI parted ways and how difficult they think it should be for her to head back to the 12th.
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What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Chandel: Probably the opening sequence with Beckett and Castle FaceTime-ing. It reminded me of my boyfriend and I Skyping when I was still in college, so I identified with the sentiment and the feeling that it just wasn't enough!
Jim: I loved Rick finally stating that he could write from anywhere and got an apartment in DC. The look on Kate's face was priceless!
Below, our Round Table team of TV Fanatics Chandel Charles, Jim Garner, and Christine Orlando are joined by Jennifer from the Castle fan forum The 12th as we find out who was surprised by how Beckett and the FBI parted ways and how difficult they think it should be for her to head back to the 12th.
-------------------------------------------
What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Chandel: Probably the opening sequence with Beckett and Castle FaceTime-ing. It reminded me of my boyfriend and I Skyping when I was still in college, so I identified with the sentiment and the feeling that it just wasn't enough!
Jim: I loved Rick finally stating that he could write from anywhere and got an apartment in DC. The look on Kate's face was priceless!
- 10/9/2013
- by christine@tvfanatic.com (Christine Orlando)
- TVfanatic
The 2013 fall season is here, which means we have some great lines to choose from in the past week of television. From "Breaking Bad" to "Scandal" to "Saturday Night Live," here are 24 of the best quotes from the week of Sept. 29 through Oct. 5.
Warning: There are both spoilers and many things said by Miley Cyrus in this article.
"I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it." - Walter White to Skyler, admitting why he cooked meth, on "Breaking Bad"
"Actually, I quite fancy you from time to time, when you're not yelling at me." - Captain Hook to Emma on "Once Upon a Time"
"Well, anal is what we need right now." - Peter Florrick on "The Good Wife"
"It's like trying to describe salt to someone who's never tasted salt." - Virginia, explaining a female orgasm to William, on "Masters of Sex"
"That's smart.
Warning: There are both spoilers and many things said by Miley Cyrus in this article.
"I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it." - Walter White to Skyler, admitting why he cooked meth, on "Breaking Bad"
"Actually, I quite fancy you from time to time, when you're not yelling at me." - Captain Hook to Emma on "Once Upon a Time"
"Well, anal is what we need right now." - Peter Florrick on "The Good Wife"
"It's like trying to describe salt to someone who's never tasted salt." - Virginia, explaining a female orgasm to William, on "Masters of Sex"
"That's smart.
- 10/6/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
[Editor's Note: Due to the controversial nature of the following, the TV Addict (Daniel Malen) would like to clarify that the opinion expressed in the post below are solely that of West Coast Correspondent Tiffany Vogt (@tvwatchtower)! #TeamLindelof]
The Following post contains spoilers pertaining to the end of Breaking Bad so if you haven’t watched Sunday’s spectacular series finale, stop reading in 3… 2… 1… This has been a momentous week in television as the AMC series Breaking Bad ended its five-season run with a record 10.3 million viewers watching live. It was illegally downloaded another 500,000 times and who knows how high the ratings will rise once the DVR numbers are factored in. It was not only the number of viewers that was impressive, but the critical acclaim that accompanied it as fans and critics seemed aligned in heaving a collective sigh of relief that the show ended well. Everyone had been holding their breath, worried that the show would flop in its finale; that it would try to top itself and reveal that the entire five seasons had been Walt having a bad dream during a cancer-fueled fugue. Instead...
The Following post contains spoilers pertaining to the end of Breaking Bad so if you haven’t watched Sunday’s spectacular series finale, stop reading in 3… 2… 1… This has been a momentous week in television as the AMC series Breaking Bad ended its five-season run with a record 10.3 million viewers watching live. It was illegally downloaded another 500,000 times and who knows how high the ratings will rise once the DVR numbers are factored in. It was not only the number of viewers that was impressive, but the critical acclaim that accompanied it as fans and critics seemed aligned in heaving a collective sigh of relief that the show ended well. Everyone had been holding their breath, worried that the show would flop in its finale; that it would try to top itself and reveal that the entire five seasons had been Walt having a bad dream during a cancer-fueled fugue. Instead...
- 10/2/2013
- by Tiffany Vogt
- The TV Addict
There was some discussion when the creative team on DC’s Batwoman, J.H. Williams and W. Haden Blackman, resigned after editorial decided that the title character, Kate Kane, would not be allowed to marry her fiancée, Maggie Sawyer. DC has tried to clarify that they are not anti-gay marriage but anti any marriage. Dan Didio, DC co-publisher, stated at the Baltimore Con that heroes (at least in the Batman family) shouldn’t have happy personal lives, no marriages. They sacrifice personal happiness for the greater good. That’s what makes them heroes. Or so we’re told. Didio said, “That is our mandate, that is our edict and that is our stand.”
That’s one viewpoint.
I can argue it both ways. Comics are fantasies and fairy tales tend to end with “And they lived happily ever after.” It is assumed that, after that point, the story gets mundane.
That’s one viewpoint.
I can argue it both ways. Comics are fantasies and fairy tales tend to end with “And they lived happily ever after.” It is assumed that, after that point, the story gets mundane.
- 9/29/2013
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
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