Archive for December, 2010

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    2010: A Year in Transition

    December 28th, 2010 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    2010: A Year in Transition By : Thomas K. Arnold | Posted: 27 Dec 2010 tarnold@questex.com After a calamitous 2009, which saw the nation’s recession deepen and home entertainment spending drop 5% from the previous year, 2010 wasn’t all that bad. Sure, total consumer spending is likely to be down again, as Blu-ray Disc and [...]

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  • Spotlight: The Cartel

    Spotlight: The Cartel

    December 26th, 2010 | Spotlight | jwilka

    NJ Governor Comments on The Cartel Q&A with Bob Bowdon 1. Introduce yourself and your film. My name is Bob Bowdon, and I’ve been a TV reporter for most of my career, most recently six years as an anchor/reporter for Bloomberg Television in New York City.  My film, The Cartel, is a feature documentary about [...]

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    Comcast Doubles the Amount of Same-Day-As-DVD Movies On Demand

    December 21st, 2010 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Comcast Doubles the Amount of Same-Day-As-DVD Movies On Demand With More Than 200 in 2010 Comcast’s On Demand Service Reaches 18 Billion Views; Nine of Top Ten Performing Movies On Demand in 2010 Are Same-Day-As-DVD Releases PHILADELPHIA, Dec 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Comcast announced today that it doubled the amount of movies available On [...]

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  • Spotlight: Peepli [Live]

    Spotlight: Peepli [Live]

    December 19th, 2010 | Spotlight | jwilka

    ANUSHA RIZVI I am an accidental filmmaker. I neither trained nor ever wished to make films before the story of Peepli Live came to me in a flash. Some stories have a tendency to appear in the most unlikely places, this one appeared when I was watching a TV news report on farmers in India, [...]

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  • Spotlight: MacBeth

    Spotlight: MacBeth

    December 6th, 2010 | Spotlight | jwilka

    A Conversation with Sir Patrick Stewart David Horn (Series Producer) Series producer for Thirteen/WNET New York’s GREAT PERFORMANCES, as well as director, music programming, culture & arts programs, David Horn is responsible for the development, production, and programming of Thirteen’s national music presentations on PBS. His diverse skills at a music producer, director, and documentary [...]

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    ED BURNS TO PEN MONTHLY INDIE FILM COLUMN FOR ON DEMAND WEEKLY

    December 3rd, 2010 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    ED BURNS TO PEN MONTHLY INDIE FILM COLUMN FOR ON DEMAND WEEKLY Writer/Director/Actor also joins VOD publication’s Advisory Board On Demand Weekly is pleased to welcome writer, director and actor Ed Burns to its Advisory Board. In addition to serving in an advisory capacity, Mr. Burns will pen a column titled Ed Burns Indie Movies [...]

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  • Spotlight: Standing Ovation

    Spotlight: Standing Ovation

    December 3rd, 2010 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Behind-the-Scenes Look Premiere! Q&A 1. Introduce yourself and your film. I am Stewart Raffill the writer and director of Standing Ovation. Since I came to the U.S. from Britain in 1961 I have been writing and directing feature films. My writing and directing credits include The New Swiss Family Robinson, Passenger 57, Ice Pirates, The Philadelphia Experiment, [...]

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  • Spotlight: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

    Spotlight: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

    December 1st, 2010 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Outtakes Cast Interviews Q&A 1. Introduce yourself and your film. Hey there. My name’s Daryn, and I make movies. I’ve been working in film for about a decade, writing directing, acting and producing. I first wrote “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” as an attempt to do something I’ve never seen in a love story before – something [...]

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  • My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

    My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

    December 1st, 2010 | Comedy, Films | jwilka

    Jesse (Alyssa Milano, Charmed) is a sassy, intelligent woman who has yet to find “Mr. Right”—until she bumps into Ethan (Christopher Gorham, Ugly Betty, Harper’s Island), a writer pushed to the edge of despair after having another novel rejected by publishers. For Jesse, the encounter offers more than a chance to inspire the artist in [...]

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  • MacBeth

    MacBeth

    December 1st, 2010 | Drama, Films | jwilka

    Following a London West End run in December 2007, a sold-out limited engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in March 2008, and a subsequent eight-week run on Broadway, director Rupert Goold’s gripping stage production of Macbeth was filmed for television at the end of 2009. Patrick Stewart in his triumphant, Tony-nominated performance as the [...]

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