Reel Babies

Reel Babies
Perhaps in the place you call home there is something similar. Here in our little piece of Canada, Empire Theatres, offers a program driven to new moms called Reel Babies. A fabulous concept really; a first run movie shown to an audience of new moms and teary-eyed babies, during daylight hours. It comes complete with changing tables, bottle warmers, and floor toys. What a bang up idea for moms who love movies, don’t you think?

Reel Babies has been offered here in Halifax for a couple of years now, and is becoming rather popular. Perspective movie-going moms subscribe their email address to Empire and a week before the bi-monthly movie date, they are offered three titles to vote for as the upcoming film choice.

The one negative… even after the couple of years that this program has been in existance, is that every time the wee one and I have gone to see a movie, the volume is never adjusted and every baby in the place bawls until one of the moms goes out and asks the tools running the movie to turn the freakin’ volume down! Holy frustrating Batman. Seriously, how many times does this have to happen before you catch on and turn the volume down BEFORE you flick the switch and roll the tape?!

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June 27, 2008 | Filed Under Events, General | 5 Comments 
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Blindness at Cannes

BlindnessOpening at the 61st annual Cannes Film Festival tonight will be a film by Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles. Blindess, is an apocalyptic thriller about a plague of blindness that sweeps the world, save a doctor’s wife in a small town. Doesn’t that sound terribly fascinating?? I am chomping at the bit after reading that little tidbit of information… I can’t wait to get an opportunity to see this little beauty.

Blindness stars, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo. Meirelles is known for his direction of The Constant Gardener in 2005.

May 14, 2008 | Filed Under Events, General | 2 Comments 
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The Ninjas have Spoken

Oceans 11Ocean’s 11 has beaten the A-Team (7-3) to become the best con team ever! The Italian Job guys were third with 2 votes and no one voted for the Heartbreakers.

Look out for the new poll on your right and choose your favorite Star Wars movie of all time.

April 16, 2008 | Filed Under Events | 4 Comments 
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The Dates for the 81st Academy Awards (Oscars) have been announced

81st Academy AwardsThe 81st Annual Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009. The ceremony will take place at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood this year as well. The event will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.

Key dates currently scheduled are:

Thursday, January 22, 2009: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Saturday, February 7, 2009: Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
Tuesday, February 17, 2009: Final polls close 5 p.m. PT
Sunday, February 22, 2009: 81st Annual Academy Awards presentation

To avoid a conflict with the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, the Nominations Announcement event is moved from the traditional Tuesday to Thursday.

Click here to visit the official Oscars site.

April 14, 2008 | Filed Under Events | Leave a Comment 
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Six Weeks to Cannes Film Festival 2008

Cannes Film Festival 2008

The 61st Cannes Film Festival will run May 15-26th.

One of the highlights of this years festival include a lecture by world renowned director, Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino will give the Cinema Masterclass lecture discussing his legendary experiences as a screenwriter and a helmer.

Tarantino has been involved with Cannes in the past heading up the 2004 jury, along with his numerous competitive entries including; Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Death Proof.

Notably, those who have previously delivered the Masterclass lecture include Martin Scorsese, Wong Kar-Wai, Stephen Frears, Nanni Moretti and Sydney Pollack.

April 10, 2008 | Filed Under Events, General, Movie News | Leave a Comment 
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1.45 million viewers watch Juno Awards on CTV

Russell Peters JunosSunday night’s broadcast of The 2008 JUNO Awards on CTV was the most-watched program of the night on Canadian television with 1.45 million viewers.*

Up 56% compared to last year’s broadcast (925,000), it was the second most-watched JUNO Awards ever on CTV, according to BBM Nielsen Media Research, since Shania Twain hosted from Ottawa in 2003**. A detailed audience analysis based on preliminary overnight research indicates that:

  • the two-hour awards special was watched in all or in part by 4.3 million Canadians in total.
  • the audience peaked at 1.7 million viewers when the legendary Anne Murray took to the stage with Sarah Brightman and Jann Arden.
  • it was the most-watched program in primetime in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary.
  • it delivered more than double the viewers than The Trojan Horse: Part 2 on CBC (579,000).
  • from 8-9 p.m., it delivered 73% more viewers than Big Brother on Global/NBC (836,000) and from 9-10 p.m. delivered 86% more viewers than Family Guy on Global (778,000).

“An incredible host, a terrific line-up, a fantastic production and enthusiastic host city all aligned to deliver one of the most memorable JUNO Awards broadcasts in years,” said Susanne Boyce, President, Creative, Content and Channels, CTV Inc.

Hosted by comic sensation Russell Peters from Calgary’s Pengrowth Saddledome, The 2008 JUNO Awards saw indie darling Leslie Feist take home a total of five JUNO awards, three of which - Single of the Year, Pop Album of the Year and Album of the Year - were delivered to her during the CTV broadcast.

Peters proved to be an edgy and hilarious host, sharing laughs - and wardrobe tips - with Calgary’s own Jann Arden, dancing with Jully Black during Black’s closing number, “Seven Day Fool” and making four wardrobe changes.

*Total audience comprised of 1.381 million viewers for national broadcast (including 6 p.m. Calgary broadcast) and 64,000 additional viewers for Calgary encore broadcast at 8 p.m.

**The 2003 JUNO Awards attracted an audience of 2.18 million viewers.

Source: CTV.ca

April 8, 2008 | Filed Under Events, General | 1 Comment 
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Sci-Fi London 2008

The Sci-Fi London Film Festival is returning to town at the end of the month with a fantastic line-up of fantasy films.

The event opens with a screening of Dante 01, the eagerly anticipated debut solo feature from Marc Caro, co-director of Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children. Set on a hellish prison spaceship, this tale of aliens, demons and deadly prisoners features the kind or arresting images one would expect from this visionary filmmaker.

Closing night film is also well worth a look, being the world premiere of Aleister Crowly’s flick Chemical Wedding. Written by Bruce Dickinson, directed by Julian Doyle and featuring a powerhouse performance from Simon Callow, the film is a gripping mystery thriller that deals with action, time travel and the occult.

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Source: IGN

April 3, 2008 | Filed Under Events | Leave a Comment 
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