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Some very cool casting news regarding who is to play Walter Bishops ex lab partner, now billionaire founder of Massive Dynamics: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/04/exclusive-fring.html

Note that this is NOT an April Fools Day joke: In what may be the biggest pre-release movie leak of all time, a high quality work print rip of Fox Studios' X-Men Origins: Wolverine has hit the internet a month before the movie is scheduled for cinema release. While the Work Print contains some unfinished effects work (Some wire work is yet to be removed, some special effects need polishing), and is rumoured to not contain 10 minutes of footage that was shot during recent re-shoots, it still represents a huge slap in the face to Fox, and could cost them 10's of millions of dollars. The movie release date may be pushed forward to minimise the damage - especially if the fan boy reaction of those that have seen it is negative. Check out the coverage: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40609 http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-moti...nt-leaks-online http://chud.com/articles/articles/18792/1/...RNET/Page1.html http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/03/31/x-men-...-leaked-online/

It's official, Friday Night Lights got a renewal for 2 seasons of 13 episodes. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111800187...yid=14&cs=1 From what Jason Katims is quoted as saying it sounds like season 5 will be the last, but at least that gives the writers 2 years you bring the series home. I can't wait to see what season 4 brings. The closing moments of season 3 really opens the series up to go in many interesting directions. I also like that they introduced new characters to pick up the slack for those departing as regulars.

One very cool Easter-egg in the Christian / Sun scene was the blond haired women ((ghost?) Claire?) hidden in the corner of the room. Other cool stuff: - The landing strip being on the secondary island, partly thanks to Sawyer and Kate breaking some rocks early in season 3 - I wonder if Ben knew his life would depend on it at the time? - The kid's name is Ethan. - When the pilot attempts to make a mayday call, the transmission of "the numbers" can be heard. - We get to meet Radzinsky (The guy building the model of "The Swan"). In the flashback of the season 2 episode Live Together, Die Alone, Kelvin tells Desmond that his original hatch partner Radzinsky committed suicide by a shotgun blast to the head, hence the blood stain on the ceiling. - Sawyer's smackdown of Jack was on the money, in re-guard to thinking instead of just reacting.

I really liked that episode, especially all the parallels between the original Oceanic 6 flight and the Ajira flight 316. - Jack on both occasions escorting a dead(?) body. - Jack was offered condolences by an unknown man (played by Saïd Taghmaoui) waiting in line to board the same flight, Sayid offered his condolences in the same way before boarding Oceanic 815. - Jack reading a letter on the flight, like Sawyer was on Oceanic 815. - Frank Lupidas takes his place as the pilot after missing out on piloting the original Oceanic flight. - Ben arriving late and only just making the flight, like Hurley did on the Oceanic flight. - Ben is injured, as was Locke when travelling on the original flight. - Ben gets up to use the bathroom, like Charlie on the original flight. - Hurley reading a foreign comic book like Walt was on the original flight. - Hurley has brought a Guitar, like Charlie did. - Sayid is handcuffed and being escorted by a Marshall, like Kate was on the original flight. - Sun is holding Jin's wedding ring - Rose was holding Bernard's ring on flight 815. I also think we can expect some new Castaways, perhaps even "Tailies": - The unknown man who offers his condolences to Jack and who Hurley tells to 'Buckle up" is played by Saïd Taghmaoui who has starred in many movies (Three Kings, Spartan, Traitor, Vantage Point, G.I. Joe) - The Marshall played by Zuleikha Robinson (A series regular on New Amsterdam) - The flight attendant played by Kavita Patil (she is seen often in "The Unit" as the chief comms officer) could be the new Cindy. - The women who is lingering in the background while Jack is drinking at the bar is played by Patti Hastie, who played a nurse in the Shannon flashback episode 'Abandoned". She could be the new Anna Lucia, who also met Jack at a bar. Lastly, when the original Oceanic Flight 815 crashed Jack saved Hurley and a pregnant Claire. After returning to the island Jack saves Hurley and Kate - could Kate be pregnant? (this would also make her mirror Claire from the original flight).

Goodfellas

Ghost Busters Goodfellas

The Shawshank Redemption Ghost Busters The Dark Knight Goodfellas

Action & Adventure: T-2: Judgment Day Comedy: The Big Lebowski Crime & Gangster: Goodfellas Drama: The Shawshank Redemption Epics & Historical: Forrest Gump Horror: Silence of the Lambs Sci-Fi: Aliens War & Westerns: Apocalypse Now

Action & Adventure: T-2: Judgment Day The Dark Knight Comedy: The Big Lebowski Ghost Busters Crime & Gangster: The Godfather II Goodfellas Drama: Fight Club Silence of the Lambs Epics & Historical: Braveheart Jurassic Park Horror: Silence of the Lambs A Nightmare on Elm Street Sci-Fi: Aliens Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back War & Westerns: Saving Private Ryan Apocalypse Now

No, I only cast the winning vote on the four as highlighted above. On the other occasions I voted for the loser and simply made the result closer then it would have been.

Action & Adventure: Die Hard T-2: Judgement Day The Dark Knight Predator Comedy: National Lampoons Vacation The 40 Year Old Virgin The Big Lebowski Ghost Busters Crime & Gangster: LA Confidential Goodfellas The Godfather II Carlito's Way Drama: Silence of the Lambs American History X Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Fight Club Epics & Historical: Braveheart Forrest Gump Jurassic Park All the President's Men Horror: A Nightmare on Elm Street Silence of the Lambs Child's Play Candyman Sci-Fi: Children of Men Star Wars Aliens Alien War & Westerns: Full Metal Jacket Black Hawk Down Apocalypse Now Saving Private Ryan A much easier round, Reservoir Dogs V LA Confidential being the hardest choice. Also a good opportunity to eliminate the Westerns from the War & Westerns category

By my count I only cast the deciding vote in 4 of the 64 match-ups, the best being All The President's Men over Lawrence of Arabia. As for The Godfather over Reservoir Dogs, it was probably one of the toughest choices on the list, but I had watched The Godfather Trilogy only a month ago, which put it over the edge.

Anna Torv probably didn't have to sleep with anyone to get the role, family connections is a more likely scenario - she is Rupert Murdoch's niece.

Action & Adventure: The Terminator Die Hard Hard-Boiled Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark T-2: Judgment Day T-3: Rise of the Machines The Dark Knight Predator Comedy: Ghostbusters What About Bob? Kingpin Mallrats Chasing Amy The Big Lebowski Office Space The 40 Year Old Virgin Crime & Gangster: Casino Eastern Promises The Godfather II Reservior Dogs LA Confidential Dirty Harry The Godfather The Godfather III Drama: The Shawshank Redemption Taxi Driver Fight Club American History X Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Memento Silence of the Lambs The Dark Knight Epics & Historical: Ben-Hur Casablanca Schindler's List Gladiator Gangs of New York Forrest Gump All the President's Men Braveheart Horror Silence of the Lambs Candy Man The Wickerman Child's Play Dawn of the Dead 28 Days Later M Night of the Living Dead Sci-Fi: 2001 a Space Odyssey Children of Men Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Blade Runner Independence Day Aliens Close Encounters Starship Troopers War & Westerns: Saving Private Ryan Lawrence of Arabia Black Hawk Down Apocalypse Now Good, Bad, and the Ugly Full Metal Jacket Hotel Rwanda Shane

Action & Adventure: Terminator II Comedy: The Big Lebowski Crime & Gangster: LA Confidential Drama: Memento Epics & Historical: All the President's Men Horror: 28 Days Later Sci-Fi: Children of Men War & Westerns: Black Hawk Down

I've gotten my hands on a review copy of The Dark Knight Blu-ray, and the picture quality is stunning. The I-MAX sequence fill out a widescreen with an aspect ratio of 1.78 (slightly cropped from the I-MAX 1.44), then it shrinks back to the an aspect ratio of 2.35 for the 30mm filmed sections. The Hong Kong sequence in particular is amazing, the images are sharper, the colours are more vivid, the blacks are deep, and background details are amazing (such as the cars driving at ground level). The transitioning between aspect ratio's is very easy on the eyes, you wouldn't notice it if the picture wasn't so amazing that it makes you gasp. Easily the best image ever produced on my HD set.

That take of $1,381,000 for Milk is damn impressive. According to The Hollywood Reporter it was only playing at 36 venues, giving it a take of $38,375 per location. That is the highest amount ever earned by a picture opening at 30-40 venues (previous record holder was Atonement with $784,145). Given Milk's kickass RottenTomatoes score (93%), the hype building for Sean Penn as front runner for the Best Actor Oscar, and the way the movie ties into current events, it's possible the film could build some huge momentum (Milk is expanding to 60 venues this week). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...131ba4048?imw=Y

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...721bc47b071e145

Gary Cole has joined the cast for next season, and will be a series regular.

I think it will end with a callback to the first episode. Ronnie will find out somehow (Dutch or Claudette?) that Vic has sold him out to the feds. Vic and Ronnie will find out where Shane is hiding and go there to take him out. They bust in and Vic shoots Shane dead. Ronnie walks over to Shane's body to check his pulse, picks up Shane's weapon and shoots Vic dead. Without Vic's testimony the feds have no way of prosecuting Ronnie for his past mis-deads, so he gets to keep his freedom and career and finally turn over a new leaf of playing things by the book.

http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/11/hbo-orders-fant.html Even if ASoIaF isn't picked up for a full season, I can't wait to view the pilot to see how Westeros is brought to life. And at a season per book it will give George RR Martin further incentive to keep to his release dates. Assuming this starts filming next year, the sixth book would be filmed in 2014 and the final book would have to be released by 2015. Anyone want to suggest a spoiler policy for this thread - what should be considered a spoiler? Casting suggestions? I'll kick things off by suggesting Peter Dinklage (Elf, Threshold, Nip/Tuck) to play Tyrion. How would you cast The Mountain and The Hound? Cast actual actors and use special effect wizardry or go the pro-wrestler/body-builder route? And how the hell are they going to approach Daenery's storyline in the first book? Make her character a few years older? As risqué as HBO is I don't know if they would have the balls to film it as written.

The HuffingtonPost has a page with 5 vote counting widgets (CNN, MSNBC, DailyKOS, Google and CBS) Check it out at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/e...a_n_139361.html

Virginia now down to a 1 point gap, McCain holds the lead at 50-49. Stick a fork in him, he's done. The TV networks here in Australia have called it for Obama.

Virginia has closed in to a 3 point gap - McCain's lead has shrunk to 51-48.