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Joseph Fiennes and John Cho are in negotiations to join the cast of ABC's Flash Foward, a drama series based on Robert J. Sawyer's sci-fi novel about the chaos that ensues after everyone in the world passes out for 2 minutes and 17 seconds and has a mysterious vision of the future that changes lives forever. Jack Davenport and Courtney B. Vance are ( Read more... )

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Damn. Those two were ON FIRE together.

Before Rome, I saw Kevin McKidd in a great little werewolf movie called Dog Soldiers and then this. If you're a fan, and never seen Gunpowder, Treason & Plot, it's well worth hunting down.

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An above-average "America is the new Rome" piece, this time by Gary Kamiya at Salon.com:

"There is no reason to believe that "Rome's" creators were thinking about contemporary affairs when making the series. Nonetheless, it's hard not to think of the nihilistic horror show in Iraq when watching "Rome." Brutal civil wars, shifting alliances, the ( Read more... )

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Synopses for the next three episodes of Rome, via AICN.

( heavy with the spoilers! )

The nominations for the 79th Academy Awards are announced. I'm excited to see among the nominees Paul Greengrass and Clint Eastwood (Best Director), Ryan Gosling (Best Actor), Emmanuel Lubezki (Cinematographer), Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón (Editor), Alan Arkin and Mark Wahlberg (Supporting Actor), and Cate Blanchett and Rinko Kikuchi ( ( Read more... )

gacked from boz4pm:

Reply to this post, and I will tell you which of your icons is my favorite. Then post this on your own journal using your own favorite icon.

I have so many sentimental favourites, and even more which I love just design-wise, but this one of the Coupling boys, "Reservoir" style, still takes the cake.

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Todd R. Ramlow at PopMatters on the second series opener of Rome:
At the start of Season Two, the Republic looks on the brink of ruin, its democratic ideals subverted by influence-pedaling and infighting. Perhaps more to the point of recent US dilemmas, Rome demonstrates the establishment of democracy isn’t easy, especially if that democracy is ( Read more... )