Archive for August, 2011

  • Spotlight: The Elephant in the Living Room

    Spotlight: The Elephant in the Living Room

    August 24th, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Animal Planet Genesis Awards Audience Reactions Howard Stern talks Elephant in the Living Room Q&A with Director Mike Webber 1. How did you become interested in filmmaking? Like most filmmakers, the desire to make movies is deeply rooted in my childhood. It’s simply something that was always inside me and what I aspired to make [...]

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    iTunes Ups Online Movie Market Share After Two-year Decline

    August 23rd, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Home Media Magazine: iTunes Ups Online Movie Market Share After Two-year Decline 22 Aug, 2011By: Erik Gruenwedel Walmart’s Vudu and Amazon also increase market penetration in iVOD and electronic sellthrough, while Sony and Microsoft lose Apple iTunes increased its market penetration in online transactional video-on-demand, or iVOD, and electronic sellthrough of movies during the first half [...]

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  • The Elephant in the Living Room

    The Elephant in the Living Room

    August 23rd, 2011 | Documentary, Films | jwilka

    Praised by critics as one of the best films of the year, The Elephant in the Living Room takes viewers deep inside the controversial subculture of raising the most dangerous animals in the world, as common household pets.  Set against the backdrop of a heated national debate, director Michael Webber chronicles the extraordinary journey of [...]

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  • Spotlight: The Striking Truth

    Spotlight: The Striking Truth

    August 23rd, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Exclusive Video Q&A with Director Steven J. Wong

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  • Spotlight: The Lamp

    Spotlight: The Lamp

    August 19th, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Behind the Story Filming in Oklahoma Q&A with writer/director Tracy Trost 1. How did you become interested in filmmaking? Filmmaking or story telling has been something that I have been interested in since I was very young. I was involved in theater as a kid and I made short films with my friends with a [...]

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  • Meet Bill

    Meet Bill

    August 17th, 2011 | Comedy, Films | jwilka

    Beleaguered bank employee Bill (Aaron Eckhart) has his hands full with his two-timing wife (Elizabeth Banks), his oblivious father-in-law (Holmes Osborne) who runs the bank and frustrated efforts to change careers. But Bill’s life just may turn around when he’s coaxed to mentor a wisecracking teen (Logan Lerman). Timothy Olyphant, Jessica Alba and Kristen Wiig [...]

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  • Spotlight: The Harimaya Bridge

    Spotlight: The Harimaya Bridge

    August 14th, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Q&A with writer/director Aaron Woolfolk 1. How did you become interested in filmmaking? I’ve loved telling stories for as far back as I can remember. In elementary school creative writing was my favorite thing. Even then I was known for loving to create worlds and characters in my head. I also loved movies, and I [...]

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  • Spotlight: Carbon Nation

    Spotlight: Carbon Nation

    August 6th, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Exclusive Clip from Carbon Nation Q&A with Director Peter Byck 1. Your film, Carbon Nation, features so many interesting and innovative personalities from around the country. How did you find all these people and get them to appear in your film? The first call we made was to Richard Branson, who I’d met at a [...]

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    Home Media: Warner to Bow UltraViolet Digital Locker

    August 3rd, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Warner to Bow UltraViolet Digital Locker With ‘Green Lantern’ and ‘Horrible Bosses’ Disc Releases 3 Aug, 2011By: Erik Gruenwedel Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes appears to be warming to Netflix but declined to comment on if a content deal is forthcoming. Warner Bros. will launch its first home entertainment discs to include cloud-based digital locker UltraViolet [...]

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    Paid Content: Apple TV Users Can Now Watch Purchased iTunes Shows

    August 2nd, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Apple TV Users Can Now Watch Purchased iTunes Shows, Not Just Rentals Tom Krazit Aug 1, 2011 5:04 PM Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has linked its Apple TV device to television shows purchased from a user’s iTunes account, meaning that those in the Apple Garden can now buy a show on an iOS device and watch [...]

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  • Spotlight: When Harry Tries to Marry

    Spotlight: When Harry Tries to Marry

    August 1st, 2011 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Making of When Harry Tries to Marry On the Set: The Holi Scene Filming at PACE University Q&A with Director Nayan Padrai 1. How did you become interested in filmmaking? I always wanted to be associated with filmmaking from ever since I can remember. When I was 4 years old I played Joseph in the [...]

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  • When Harry Tries to Marry

    When Harry Tries to Marry

    August 1st, 2011 | Bollywood, Comedy, Films | jwilka

    Harry is a New York bachelor cynical about “true love” ever since his parents divorce. Determined to live happily-ever-after, and not end up as another divorce statistic, he asks for help from his match-making uncle. As he embarks on a long-distance courtship with Nita in India, he begins to wonder if his friendship with Theresa, [...]

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  • Carbon Nation

    Carbon Nation

    August 1st, 2011 | Documentary, Films | jwilka

    Carbon Nation is an optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan, big tent film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national & energy security and promotes health & a clean environment. A documentary movie about climate change SOLUTIONS. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don’t buy it [...]

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  • The Harimaya Bridge

    The Harimaya Bridge

    August 1st, 2011 | Drama, Films | jwilka

    Daniel Holder’s father was killed fighting the Japanese during the Second World War…something he thought he had made peace with long ago, until a recent discovery opened up old emotional wounds. So when Daniel’s beloved artist son Mickey takes a job in Japan teaching English, it creates a rift between them. Mickey dies in a traffic [...]

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  • The Striking Truth

    The Striking Truth

    August 1st, 2011 | Documentary, Films | jwilka

    Exclusive look behind-the-scenes with charismatic UFC Champion Georges St-Pierre and dynamic MMA fighter David “The Crow” Loiseau. Over the past four years, their two careers have taken different paths with St-Pierre’s meteoric rise to UFC champion and Loiseau facing personal challenges. Featuring intimate interviews and training footage.

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