Last month we learned that Eclipse, the third book in author Stephenie Meyer’s popular vampire series Twilight, had heightened awareness of the classic Emily Brontë novel Wuthering Heights. [Read ‘Twilight’ Gives Boost To ‘Wuthering Heights’.]
In Eclipse it is revealed that Brontë's 1847 novel is a favorite of Bella’s, the main character in the Twilight series.
Now, Hulu is streaming the 1939 film adaptation of Wuthering Heights online for free to residents of the United States. (You can wa... Read Full Story
In their "Countdown to Black Friday" event, Amazon is currently giving $40 store credit when you purchase a qualifying Hero video game bundle from offered in their Hero Bundle Deal.
For a limited time, buy one of the qualifying games on their lists -- a version of Band Hero Super Bundle; DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable; or Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle Game -- and you'll get $40 Amazon store credit. Bundles are available for Xbox 360, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii.
The offer is... Read Full Story
Up until now, we had only seen a mediocre teaser trailer for Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, but now the first full trailer is online and it definitely gives you a better idea of what the movie is looking to become.
The movie is directed by Chris Columbus, who also directed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. This is fitting, as The Lightning Thief has a definite Harry Potter vibe to it, only instead of wizardry, we have Greek mythology. It's definitely aimed a... Read Full Story
ABC has officially announced that its ultimate milk and honey show, Lost, will begin its final season on February 2, 2010. The station will attempt to make an event out of the evening by airing one of their hour-long recap episodes right before the two-hour Lost premiere airs. The final season is set to air 18 episodes, with the premiere and likely two-hour finale counting as four of the total episodes. There have been talks of the show possibly taking a short break when the upcoming Winte... Read Full Story
OK, so this isn't exactly the geekiest of news, but it is potentially one of the more earth-shattering entertainment news stories to break in a long time, and so here it is. Oprah Winfrey's label Harpo put out the press release today, officially announcing that on September 09, 2011, the very last episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show would air, which will cap off the universally popular talk show's 25th season. It looks as if Oprah plans to concentrate on her network, OWN, when the show reache... Read Full Story
For as long as the Jackass crew has been doing what they do, fans have had to assume it was only a matter of time before they just couldn't handle that kind of damage anymore. Even so, after the success of Jackass: Number 2, it was all but guaranteed that if they could take the hits, there would be a third film eventually, and it appears that that time is now. Cinematical is reporting that a list of Paramount Pictures' 2010 slate of movies includes not only a third movie in the franchise, b... Read Full Story
Gentle Giant will release a fully-loaded deluxe version of R2-D2 complete with eight accessories.
The ever-popular astromech droid from the Star Wars saga will come with a periscope scanner, mechanical gripper, utility saw, Luke's Return of the Jedi lightsaber, and more, all of which can all be assembled into the statue's exposed chest or dome panels.
The 7-inch-tall, 1/6th scale Poly Stone statue is hand painted and will be a limited edition.
This deluxe R2-D2 will be available Spring 20... Read Full Story
In the same interview with the NY Post that revealed the possibility of a Call of Duty movie being made, Scottish actor Kevin McKidd also talked about HBO's Rome and the rumored feature film that its producers are hoping to make of it.
Since Rome was canceled WAY too soon, not much has been spoken of it; but within the past year or so, Ray Stevenson began speaking of a possible movie that producer Bruno Heller wanted to make that would be based on the show. The very thought of this is imm... Read Full Story
Kevin McKidd is one of those actor who is incredible in all that he does, but isn't really known among those who haven't seen his works. The Scottish actor is best known as the main character of HBO's Rome, Lucius Vorenus, but he's been making a decent mark on more mainstream television series like Grey's Anatomy and the canceled Journeyman. Next year, he will play Poseidon in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, but right now, he's appearing in a less-visual role: Capta... Read Full Story
Pre-ordering is now open at Steeles Publishing for the standard and deluxe editions of The Art of Tim Burton book.
The 430-page hardcover book contains film concepts and over 1000 illustrations, including those from Tim Burton's personal archives and some which have never before been shown to the public. The Deluxe edition contains a signed inside cover and comes with cloth slipcase, as well as a numbered and individually signed lithograph - ready for framing, not folded.
The standard edit... Read Full Story
