CHICAGO - With echoes of “Twin Peaks” and the film “Insomnia,” AMC’s “The Killing” joins the lineup of one of the more respected networks on cable. It’s not quite as instantly captivating as “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” or “The Walking Dead” but that’s a tough standard to live up to and if the show continues to develop and expand upon what works on ( Read more... )

Here’s one to watch:  Syfy Channel is prepping its new original drama Alphas for a premiere this July.  The announcement headlined the cable channel’s 2011 development slate, which was unveiled to the media at an upfront presentation this week in New York.

The new series stars David Strathairn as Dr. Leigh Rosen, who leads a team of people with ( Read more... )

Syfy has given a green light to action series Alphas (working title) from writers Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk) and Michael Karnow.

Alphas follows a team of seemingly ordinary citizens with extraordinary mental and physical abilities who become an unofficial crime solvers, uncovering what the CIA, FBI and ( Read more... )

Martha MacIsaac is glad that Faith, Fraud and Minimum Wage is being released at Christmastime.

"It’s such a great movie for this time of year," the P.E.I. native says on the phone from Los Angeles, where she lives.

"It’s about recognizing what’s important. There’s a lot of hype with the season, but at the core, the focus of Christmas should be on ( Read more... )

Shattered - a stonking showcase for its mesmerising hero
It's all about a homicide detective with multiple personality disorder - and Callum Keith Rennie is just the man for the role
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, Oct 19, 2010

I love Callum Keith Rennie. I loved him in Don McKellar's film Last Night, I loved him as Lew Ashby in Californication, I loved ( Read more... )

I've starred in 24 and Battlestar Galactica but I'd love to use my Scottish accent once, says Callum Keith Rennie
Brian Mciver, Daily Record, Oct 15, 2010

IN his career so far, he has taken on Jack Bauer, Agent Mulder and the last interstellar colony of humans.

As one of the busiest character actors and support stars in Hollywood, Callum Keith ( Read more... )

What might have been Hard Core Logo sequel got fruitful sex changeOne of the most interesting things about Trigger, the story of two female rockers reuniting after a decade of estrangement, is that it started as a story about two men - men Canadian filmgoers have seen before. Director Bruce McDonald and screenplay writer Daniel MacIvor say the film ( Read more... )

The Energy City Film Circuit - an Estevan Arts Council committee that brings independent movies to Estevan - will bring the Canadian action comedy “Gunless” to the Orpheum Theatre on Sunday, September 26, beginning at 2 p.m ( Read more... )

How the film Trigger underwent a sex change
James Bradshaw, Toronto Globe & Mail, Sept 11, 2010

Bruce McDonald’s new movie Trigger will go down in TIFF history as the first film to screen at the new TIFF Bell Lightbox Sunday night, but without destiny’s intervention, it might have been a very different film indeed.

Years before Tracy Wright and ( Read more... )

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