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SteelSeries launched a pair of new computer mice specifically with gamers in mind, the Rival 310 and Sensei 310. After some hands on time with both of them, Matt and Jordan are here to talk about whether or not these are worth adding to your PC gaming setup at home! Come inside for our reviews!

If you’re in the market for a new gaming mouse, SteelSeries has a few options for you to look at. Their latest releases are a pair of similar mice, which our gamers Matt and Jordan decided to tackle:

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The average consumer may view the humble computer mouse merely as a tool to access the files and applications on their computer. The mice they use are so generic you could put them in a lineup with others and not know which one is yours. That isn’t the case with the SteelSeries Rival 310.

The Rival...

When did Taylor Swift become controversial? At a glance, could there be anyone more suited to appeal to pretty much everyone, ever? Aspiring singer-songwriter with big dreams moves to Nashville to make a country album and, through her melodic candor about love won and lost and her warm embrace of her steadily growing fan base, transcends genres and continues to put out wildly infectious hit songs. She's got style, she's got grace... wait, those are the lyrics to "Vogue." Regardless, what's not to like? Perhaps nothing. But that didn't prevent something strange from happening while Swift was becoming one of the defining pop superstars of a generation. Maybe...

Exclusive: Darker Than Midnight producer to shoot feature in October.

Rising Italian actress Angela Fontana, co-star of Venice 2016 hit Indivisible (Indivisibili), is to play the lead role in Italian featureLucania, a magical realist drama about a young mute girl caught in the middle of a clash between her farmer father and those who want to poison his fields.

Fontana will star alongside Maia Morgenstern (The Passion Of The Christ), Pippo Delbono (I Am Love), Christo Jivkov (The Passion Of The Christ) and actor-producer Joe Capalbo (At A Glance), who will play the role of the father.

Babylon Sisters filmmaker Gigi Roccati will direct the €1m-budgeted feature, which is due to shoot in southern Italy from October.

The Italian and Romanian-language project is produced by Federico Saraceni and Pilar Saavedra’s Moliwood Films together with Capalbo’s Fabrique Entertainment (Nightlife) in collaboration with Rai Cinema, which has taken TV rights.

The film has production support from Italy’s culture...

A group of students crash through a monster-ridden facility. But they’re too late. The giant cannons are about to be deployed, and completely level an entire city. A desperate cry rings out for them to stop. The screen goes black. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel certainly knows how to get your attention. But you’ll have to survive for 50-odd hours of set-up if you want to know what happens next.

Cold Steel is the most recent trilogy to come from the long running series The Legend of Heroes. Originally releasing in the west on PlayStation 3 and Vita two years ago, it’s taken until 2017 for the first game to hit PC. Similarities can be found from previous titles, due to being set in the same world and era, but a new location and a fresh set of characters make it easy for newcomers to get settled in.

At a glance, Dean sounds like a parody of what many people imagine modern indie cinema to be: a comedian making his directorial debut casts himself in a more-dramatic-than-usual role to tell the story of a morose guy struggling with grief who has to balance family obligations with a new woman in his life. However, Dean has something […]

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Guillermo Del Toro's computer-animated fantasy series Trollhunters only appeared on Netflix beginning on December 23rd of 2016, but has already received a kickass mash-up trailer treatment by being paired with the streaming services other science fiction smash-hit, Stranger Things. At a glance, one might wonder what each of the properties have in common, though if you consider that both series draw... Read More...

At a glance, it would be easy to mistake The Ardennes for a documentary about the Dardennes, Belgium’s most celebrated filmmakers. The enormous Ardennes forest is mostly located in Belgium (and Luxembourg), and is very likely the origin of brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s surname—indeed, this film’s original title is D’Ardennen. What’s more, The Ardennes features two brothers as its protagonists. There, however, all similarities end. Rather than a moral and spiritual inquiry, this routine crime drama merely offers yet another riff on the Mean Streets dynamic, as a thoughtful crook’s efforts to reform are forever undermined by his attachment—fraternal, in this case—to an emotionally volatile loser. First-time director Robin Pront serves up plenty of brooding atmosphere, but the screenplay, adapted from a stage play by Pront and Jeroen Perceval (who also plays the sensible Harvey Keitel role), never succeeds in...

At a glance, Gianfranco Rosi’s Fire At Sea looks like a fairly basic current-events documentary. Rosi shot the film entirely on (and off the coast of) Lampedusa, a small Italian island located 127 miles southwest of Sicily. It’s the closest European landmass to Libya and Tunisia, and boats loaded with African migrants regularly cross the Mediterranean attempting to reach its shore, often with tragic results. Thousands have lost their lives over just the past few years, in highly publicized tragedies; hundreds more have died since Fire At Sea premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival (where it won the Golden Bear, Berlin’s top prize). Rosi captures the crisis in close-up, providing details that are too grim for the news. Sensitive viewers should know that the film includes some truly harrowing footage of rescue efforts, with medical personnel doing their best to save people so horrifically dehydrated ...

David Crow Oct 17, 2016

Westworld has its best episode yet in The Stray, which confirms its status as the most accomplished new Us show of 2016...

This review contains spoilers.

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1.3 The Stray

“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”

These are famous words about the stories we tell ourselves, explaining how a culture can rewrite its history, its reality, and presumably its destiny. They were first uttered in John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and at the time directly reflected the romanticisation of the Old West, with a newspaperman refusing to print the truth about Jimmy Stewart’s decades-old lie about being the hero that plugged the titular bad man. And now in Westworld, Anthony Hopkins’ Dr...

At a glance, you’d be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed by the lore surrounding Captain Marvel. First created by comic book dream team Stan Lee and Gene Colan in 1967, it wasn’t until Carol Danvers – formerly known as Ms. Marvel – took point in 2012 that Marvel Studios hatched the live-action feature that’s currently in the works today, one that will herald the advent of Brie Larson as the title heroine.

Pitched as an origin story first and foremost, one thing that continues to elude Captain Marvel is a director to whip the project into shape. That’s something that Kevin Feige touched upon while chatting with IGN, where the studio’s bigwig stressed the importance of appointing a female filmmaker at the helm.

“I do think it will be not a requirement to make a great version of Captain Marvel, but it’s something we think is important. With all of our movies,...

After decades of serving as a provocateur and ostentatious cinematic stylist, one could forgive Brian De Palma for deciding to settle down and just make some movies. Not films, not experiments, not stylistic exercises — just movies. Every great artist is entitled to a fallow period, and who could blame De Palma for indulging in that after everything he’s contributed to cinema’s landscape? As it turns out, we may never have to learn; by all evidence, he will never, ever allow himself this fallow period.

The most eminent proof of that fact comes in the form of De Palma’s 2012 psychodrama Passion. At a glance, the film appears as though it will be a simple story, a basic rundown of familiar thriller tropes with a dash of lesbian erotica thrown in for kicks. A throwback to a time when all you needed to have a hit movie was a...

Last week, we reported that there were three directors that were potentially up for the directing gig for the upcoming Marvel Studios film, Captain Marvel. The names on that list were Lesli Link Glatter (Homeland, The Newsroom), Niki Caro (Whale Rider), Lorene Scafaria (Seeking a Friend For the End of the World), all of whom were more than qualified to take on the task.

However, a new rumor from Jeff Sneider, senior film reporter at Mashable, states that there may be another name in contention for the position: Rebecca Thomas.

Also, the mystery contender to direct Captain Marvel is Rebecca Thomas, who I was hinting at months ago on the show. https://t.co/YDF2TMBkUm

— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) August 26, 2016

At a glance, this is a name that doesn't quite ring any bells, and even after looking into her name, there wasn't a whole lot to look at. So far,...

The Ncaa Men’s Basketball Tournament enters the Sweet 16 Regional Semifinals on Thursday and Friday, with games in Chicago (Midwest), Anaheim (West), Louisville (South) and Philadelphia (East). Winners advance to the Elite Eight Regional Finals on Saturday and Sunday. CBS and TBS share coverage. All games available online on Ncaa March Madness Live. Ncaa Tournament Schedule At A Glance Selection Sunday March 13 (CBS) First Four March 15-16 (truTV) First Round March 17-18 (CBS, TBS, TNT & truTV) Second Round March 19-20 (CBS, TBS, TNT & truTV) Regionals March 24-27 (CBS & TBS) Final Four April 2 (TBS, TNT & … Continue reading →

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The 2016 Nit Tournament TV schedule on Espn networks begins March 15-16 across Espn, ESPN2, Espnu, ESPN3 and WatchESPN. Top seeds in the 32-team Nit field are Colorado State, Old Dominion, Richmond and Temple. The March 31 semifinals and April 2 championship games take place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden and air on Espn and ESPN3. 2016 Nit Tournament Schedule At A Glance March 15-16: First Round March 17-21: Second Round March 22-23: Quarterfinals March 29: Semifinals March 31: Championship 2016 Nit Tournament TV schedule on Espn Networks First Round, March 15-16 Date Time Game and Commentators Network … Continue reading →

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While Far Cry 4 was fantastic, it didn’t build much upon its predecessor. Similar gunplay, similar skills and an aesthetic similar to the previous instalment ensured people still loved it, but that might not have been terribly exciting to come back for a fifth instalment if it was to be essentially the same thing yet again.

So, understandably, Ubisoft has gone for an audacious change with the next Far Cry, cosmetically at least, taking things all the way back to the mesolithic period of the stone age. At a glance, this sounds fascinating, and is the first time a Aaa title is tackling the era with relative realism (in so far as we won’t see humans pitted against dinosaurs – a Dlc opportunity, perhaps).

When Far Cry Primal was announced a couple of months ago, Ubisoft pushed the focus of the game as being about survival, tribal warfare, and crafting.

NBC, Nbcsn and NBC Sports Live Extra combine to present comprehensive coverage of the Formula One United States Grand Prix Grand Prix from Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, from Oct. 23-25. Lewis Hamilton has a chance to clinch the 2015 Drivers Championship at the U.S. Grand Prix, which hasn’t been done since 1982. NBC’s F1 broadcast team includes play-by-play announcer Leigh Diffey, analysts David Hobbs and Steve Matchett, and F1 insider Will Buxton. 2015 F1 U.S. Grand Prix TV Schedule At A Glance Friday, Oct. 23 F1 U.S. Grand Prix: Practice 1, 11am Et, Nbcsn F1 U.S. Grand … Continue reading →

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Fox Sports 1 and Mlb Network combine to televise the American League Championship Series beginning Thursday, Oct. 8. TBS has exclusive coverage of both best-of-five-game National League Division Series beginning Friday, Oct. 9. Mlb Baseball Playoffs 2015 TV Schedule At A Glance Wild-Card Games, Espn & TBS (Oct. 6-7) Al Division Series, Fox, Fox Sports 1 & Mlb Network (Beginning Oct. 8) Nl Division Series, TBS (Beginning Oct. 9) Al Championship Series, Fox & Fox Sports 1 (Beginning Oct. 16) Nl Championship Series, TBS (Beginning Oct. 17) World Series, Fox (Beginning Oct. 27) Mlb Baseball Playoffs 2015 TV Schedule All … Continue reading →

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Played every other year, the Presidents Cup match-play tournament pits the U.S. Team against an International Team of non-European players. This year’s Presidents Cup is held in South Korea, with Golf Channel and NBC combining to televise live and encore coverage through Oct. 12. 2015 Presidents Cup Live Match Schedule At A Glance Wednesday, Oct. 7: Day 1 – Foursome (Alternate Shot) Matches, 10pm-3am Et, Golf Channel (Live) Thursday, Oct. 8: Day 2 – Four-Ball (Best Ball) Matches, 8:30pm-3am Et, Golf Channel (Live) Friday, Oct. 9: Day 3 – Foursome Matches (First Session)/Four-Ball Matches (Second Session), 6pm-4am Et, Golf Channel … Continue reading →

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“From the moment you enter the venue, you will see and feel the difference,” says Paul Glantz, Co-Founder and Chairman of Emagine Entertainment, Inc., the Michigan owned and operated company that will open the new Emagine Palladium theatre to the public on Friday, October 2. The remodeled theater promises patrons a unique, upscale, and luxurious movie going experience. The theater, along with accompanying restaurant, the Ironwood Grill, occupies the top floor of the former Palladium Theatre. The new theater is located at 250 North Old Woodward in Birmingham, and will be the premiere movie and dining theater in southeastern Michigan.

“Emagine Palladium has been meticulously designed,” according to Glantz, “to provide features and amenities that will raise the bar for out-of-home entertainment in Michigan. This theatre is going to reinvent the movie-going experience for guests by offering platinum memberships with priority seating and numerous amenities, a full service bar, and in-theatre dining...

Johnny Depp has become known over the past decade more for affectations than performances, with his larger-than-life strutting for Tim Burton and the interminable Pirates franchise overshadowing his earthier talents as a dramatic actor.

At a glance, you'd be forgiven for assuming Black Mass is more of the same – sporting a silver slick-back and pale prosthetics, Depp looks not at all far from one of Burton's gothic creations in the role of vicious gangster James "Whitey" Bulger.

But this is the kind of full-bodied, substantial performance that Depp hasn't given in perhaps a decade, teased out by director Scott Cooper in a film that would benefit from capitalising more on its characters. Loosely framed by the testimony of three former Bulger henchmen (Jesse Plemmons, Rory Cochrane and W Earl Brown), Black Mass charts Bulger's reign over South Boston's criminal world throughout the 1970s and 80s, and the FBI's checkered past as his enforcer and enabler.

The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada is down to the final four, with the U.S. Women’s National Team taking on Germany in Montreal on Tuesday, June 30, at 7pm Et on Fox. The second semifinal match is Wednesday, July 1, at 7pm Et, with England vs. Japan in Edmonton on Fox Sports 1. The winners advance to the final match on Sunday, July 5. The losing teams play in the third-place match Saturday, July 4. 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Schedule At A Glance Group Matches June 6-17 (Fox, Fox Sports 1 & Fox Sports 2) Round of 16 … Continue reading →

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The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada enters the Round of 16 knockout stage on Saturday, June 20, with matches at Lansdowne Stadium in Ottawa and Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Fox Sports 1 airs the Round of 16 through June 23. Spanish-language coverage will be on Telemundo and NBC Universo. 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Schedule At A Glance Group Matches June 6-17 (Fox, Fox Sports 1 & Fox Sports 2) Round of 16 June 20-23 (Fox Sports 1) Quarterfinals June 26-27 (Fox & Fox Sports 1) Semifinals June 30-July 1 (Fox & Fox Sports 1) Third Place Match July 4 (Fox) … Continue reading →

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The Ncaa Men’s Basketball Tournament enters the Elite 8 Regional Semifinals on Saturday and Sunday, March 28-29, with games in Cleveland (Midwest), Los Angeles (West), Houston (South) and Syracuse (East). Winners advance to the Final Four in Indianapolis on April 4. TBS and CBS share coverage. All games are available live on computers and mobile devices through Ncaa March Madness Live. 2015 Ncaa Tournament Schedule At A Glance Selection Sunday 2015 March 15 (CBS) First Four March 17-18 (truTV) Second Round March 19-20 (CBS, TBS, TNT & truTV) Third Round March 21-22 (CBS, TBS, TNT & truTV) Regionals March 26-29 … Continue reading →

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The Ncaa Men’s Basketball Tournament enters the Sweet 16 Regional Semifinals on Thursday and Friday, March 26-27, with games in Cleveland (Midwest), Los Angeles (West), Houston (South) and Syracuse (East). Winners advance to the Elite Eight Regional Finals on Saturday and Sunday. CBS and TBS share coverage. All games are available live on computers and mobile devices through Ncaa March Madness Live. 2015 Ncaa Tournament Schedule At A Glance Selection Sunday 2015 March 15 (CBS) First Four March 17-18 (truTV) Second Round March 19-20 (CBS, TBS, TNT & truTV) Third Round March 21-22 (CBS, TBS, TNT & truTV) Regionals March … Continue reading →

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The Ncaa Men’s Basketball Tournament is down to 32 teams entering this weekend’s Third Round action on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV, with the winners advancing to the Sweet 16 Regional Semifinals March 26-27 (CBS & TBS). CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV combine forces to provide full, live national TV coverage of every tournament game. All games are available live on computers and mobile devices through Ncaa March Madness Live. 2015 Ncaa Tournament Schedule At A Glance Selection Sunday 2015 March 15 (CBS) First Four March 17-18 (truTV) Second Round March 19-20 (CBS, TBS, TNT & truTV) Third Round March 21-22 … Continue reading →

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With the First Four games out of the way, the Ncaa Tournament begins in earnest with the Second Round on Thursday and Friday, March 19-20. CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV combine forces to provide full, live national TV coverage of every tournament game. All games are available live on computers and mobile devices through Ncaa March Madness Live. 2015 Ncaa Tournament Schedule At A Glance Selection Sunday 2015 March 15 (CBS) First Four March 17-18 (truTV) Second Round March 19-20 (CBS, TBS, TNT & truTV) Third Round March 21-22 (CBS, TBS, TNT & truTV) Regionals March 26-29 (CBS & TBS) … Continue reading →

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The 68-team Ncaa Tournament field gets pared down to 64 in the “First Four,” played Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17-18, in Dayton, Ohio, and airing on truTV. The Ncaa Tournament begins in earnest with the Second Round on Thursday and Friday, March 19-20. CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV combine forces to provide full, live national TV coverage of every tournament game. All games are available live on computers and mobile devices through Ncaa March Madness Live. 2015 Ncaa Tournament Schedule At A Glance Selection Sunday 2015 March 15 (CBS) First Four March 17-18 (truTV) Second Round March 19-20 (CBS, TBS, … Continue reading →

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The 2015 Nit Tournament TV schedule on Espn networks begins March 17-18 across Espn, ESPN2, Espnu, ESPN3 and WatchESPN. Top seeds in the 32-team Nit field are Colorado State, Old Dominion, Richmond and Temple. The March 31 semifinals and April 2 championship games take place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden and air on Espn and ESPN3. 2015 Nit Tournament TV Schedule At A Glance March 17-18: First Round March 20-23: Second Round March 24-25: Quarterfinals March 31: Semifinals April 2: Championship 2015 Nit Tournament TV schedule on Espn networks Date Time (Et) Game Network Tue, March 17 7 … Continue reading →

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If niche movies are your forte, then you’re in for a treat with Alan Rickman’s second directorial effort, A Little Chaos. At a glance it’s a period piece about gardening. Delve a little deeper and it possesses all of the pre-requisites for a successful time-gone-by movie: a corseted Kate Winslet.

As feisty landscape designer, Sabine, Winslet is enlisted to craft a new garden for King Louis Xiv.s new palace at Versailles. At first she ruffles the feathers of the court’s pre-existing landscaper, André Le Notre (Matthias Schoenaerts), who demands she conjure up stuffy, pedestrian designs. Naturally their initial locked horns turn to locked lips as their workplace relationship evolves into a romantic entanglement.

In addition to sharing a co-writer credit with Alison Deegan and Jeremy Brock, Rickman co-stars in the flick as King Louis. You can spot him in the latest trailer, which, for the...

The creators of The Voices, a sad comedy about a man and his talking cat, are aware that star Ryan Reynolds is an unusual leading man. At a glance, he looks as everyday normal as a sweatshirt. But zoom in and he's much more complex: His button eyes are dark with yearning, his thin-lipped smile too nervous; even his pinup muscles — the result of an industry trying to turn him into something they know how to market — wear him, instead of the other way around. He's Anthony Perkins with a personal trainer, and Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis), the director of Voices, has cast him perfectly in the most complex role of his career.

Reynolds plays Jerry Hickfang, a small-town sweetheart who's quivering with the need for friends. Along with his crush, snotty ...

At a glance, the title – The Revised Fundamentals Of Caregiving - reads like an instructional manual. However, it’s actually a keenly observed dramedy novel in the vein of Matthew Quick’s fictional offerings. So, bearing that comparison in mind, it’s no wonder that the film rights were snapped up and development is now on track with the addition of its first cast member, Paul Rudd. Yep, Ant-Man’s taking the fantasy down a notch for this quirky indie.

Based on the book by Jonathan Evison, the film follows Ben Benjamin (Rudd). Aimless after losing his wife and family, he slinks from job to job with no ambition for a prosperous future, until one day he takes a night class in… you got it, caregiving. He winds up landing a job overseeing a teenager with muscular dystrophy, Trev, and the pair strike up an unorthodox friendship. As someone who...

One of the biggest complaints with Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit has been the unnecessary stretching of a simple, rather brief book into a bloated, three-movie series. I totally agree with that sentiment, making for a punishing 474 minutes of film to watch. But is the book actually stretched or do we just feel like it isc Well, Walt Hickey from the "Data Lab" over at FiveThirtyEight.com has taken a look at the numbers of running times and page counts of a wide swath of films adapted from popular novels to answer the question. Their conclusionc The Hobbit series is the most stretched film adaptation of a novel. With a total 474 minute running time (approximately 542 minutes for the extended editions) to its measly 293 page count, The Hobbit is unprecedented in how stretched the film is. The most recent film, The Battle of the Five Armies, which covers approximately 72 pages of the novel,...

Imagineer Systems has created special effects software that has won Academy Awards in their uses in films, and now they're set to roll out two new Mocha platforms for filmmakers to utilize. Come inside to learn more about each one, what's new, and how they can assist your post-production process.

There's a lot of more technical information in these press releases, and I think they speak better than my summations would in regards to these. Suffice it to say, having worked with many VFX programs over the years, I'm pretty excited about these upcoming programs:

Imagineer Systems, creators of the Academy Award-winning mocha® Planar Tracking technology, announced today the release of its flagship visual effects solution, mocha Pro 4.0. Packed with new innovative features that facilities with complex VFX production pipelines will love, mocha Pro 4 offers groundbreaking native Stereo 3D (S3D) workflow capabilities and advanced support for Python scripting.

Al Pacino is an acting legend who has starred in some truly great movies... but he's also been in some less-than-spectacular flicks. So how can you know ahead of time whether an Al Pacino movie will be Classic Cinema or just a Pacino Paycheck? We’re working on a formula that will allow us to plug in some numbers and arrive at a conclusion, and here’s what we have so far.

Heat

Looking at the variables in this equation, it seems like Heat could have been a miss. It might not have been a sure thing, but it's definitely one of the best cat-and-mouse cop movies to hit theaters. It's Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes and is a classic '90s crime drama.

Jack and Jill

At a glance, we'd assume an Al Pacino working with a comedian and a director who together regularly spin box office gold would result in something pretty terrific.

In a period of perpetual celebration of the 75th anniversary of MGM's The Wizard of Oz -- including a glossy theatrical re-release, Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful, and a tribute at the Academy Awards -- an independently produced animated sequel that's not even based on any of the many canonical Oz books seems suspect at best. Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, featuring the voice talent of Martin Short, Lea Michelle, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, and Bernadette Peters, might be a few decades off for the term "all-star" cast. At a glance, it would appear the odds of such an endeavor actually being worthwhile would be as great as the odds of an unassuming young girl from Kansas defeating a tyrannical witch and liberating an enchanted kingdom....

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The global arm of AMC Networks is readying plans to launch the Sundance Channel in the UK.

Screen’s sister publication Broadcast understands that AMC/Sundance Channel Global is in carriage negotiations with pay-tv platforms including Sky, with a view to launching in 2015.

The plans follow parent firm AMC Networks’ $1bn (£600m) acquisition of Chellomedia, which operates around 40 channels around the world, last year.

The company is home to major global programme brands such as Mad Men and The Walking Dead.

Its channels include AMC, which aired Breaking Bad in the Us, female-skewing WEtv and comedy network IFC. It has been keen to establish a presence in the UK for some time and a number of sources have told Broadcast that it has now selected the Sundance Channel as its first launch.

The drive is being led by Harold Gronenthal, executive vice-president of programming and operations at AMC/Sundance Channel Global, who has been...

The 57th San Francisco International Film Festival has revealed its lineup for the 2014 fest, set to kick off April 24 and run through May 8. Along with unveiling its various premieres, the festival will be handing out a few key awards. The 2014 George Gund Craft of Cinema Award will go to Pixar chief John Lasseter on May 1; the Mel Novikoff Award will go to film historian David Thomson on May 4; and the Founders Directing Award will go to Richard Linklater ("Boyhood"). Gia Coppola's "Palo Alto," which arrives in theaters May 9, is the fest's centerpiece gala. At a glance, this year's edition of the fest will host 168 films (74 of which are narrative features, 29 documentaries and 65 shorts), with 56 countries represented and 40 different languages; 3 World Premieres, 5 North American Premieres and 5 U.S. Premieres; with 200 filmmakers and industry guests expected to attend. The full schedule is available on Sfiff's website. List of...

The night is dark and full of terrors, as is the final trailer for "Game of Thrones" season four. HBO has released one last look at their upcoming season of "Thrones," bowing on April 6. The trailer plays to the tune of "Devil Inside" by Australian punk band Inxs, and it's an appropriate theme, given the enormous sense of dread brimming throughout the footage. At a glance, nearly all of the various plot threads left ...

By Josh Wigler...

Canada vs. Sweden in Olympic women’s curling final Thursday: Canada faces Sweden in the gold medal match in women’s curling on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 5pm Et on CNBC. Earlier in the morning is the women’s curling bronze medal match between Great Britain and Switzerland airing at 3am Et on Nbcsn. Schedule below: Thursday, Feb. 20 3am Et Nbcsn Women’s Curling: Bronze Medal Match: Great Britain vs. Switzerland 5pm Et CNBC Women’s Curling: Gold Medal Final: Canada vs. Sweden Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. … Continue reading →

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Free Winter Olympics TV schedule 2014 printable version: Download a Free Sochi Winter Olympics day-by-day TV schedule for NBCUniversal networks. Like Channel Guide Magazine on Facebook to download your Free Winter Olympics TV schedule 2014 printable version! Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, … Continue reading →

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Winter Olympics preview: Top 10 Team USA athletes to watch: The USA’s biggest names and best medal hopefuls at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21 Ice Hockey … Continue reading →

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2014 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony TV Schedule: The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics conclude with the closing ceremony airing Sunday, Feb. 23 on NBC. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21 Ice Hockey Feb. … Continue reading →

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2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony TV Schedule: The Olympic cauldron burns bright in Sochi, Russia, as the opening ceremony marks the beginning of the Winter Olympic Games Jan. 7 on NBC. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, … Continue reading →

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2014 Winter Olympics Speed Skating TV Schedule All Times Eastern. Schedule Subject to Change. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21 Ice Hockey Feb. 8-23 Luge Feb. 8-13 Nordic Combined Feb. 12, 18, … Continue reading →

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2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarding TV Schedule All Times Eastern. Schedule Subject to Change. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21 Ice Hockey Feb. 8-23 Luge Feb. 8-13 Nordic Combined Feb. 12, 18, 20 … Continue reading →

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2014 Winter Olympics Ski Jumping TV Schedule All Times Eastern. Schedule Subject to Change. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21 Ice Hockey Feb. 8-23 Luge Feb. 8-13 Nordic Combined Feb. 12, 18, … Continue reading →

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2014 Winter Olympics Short Track TV Schedule All Times Eastern. Schedule Subject to Change. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21 Ice Hockey Feb. 8-23 Luge Feb. 8-13 Nordic Combined Feb. 12, 18, … Continue reading →

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2014 Winter Olympics Nordic Combined TV Schedule All Times Eastern. Schedule Subject to Change. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21 Ice Hockey Feb. 8-23 Luge Feb. 8-13 Nordic Combined Feb. 12, 18, … Continue reading →

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2014 Winter Olympics Skeleton TV Schedule All Times Eastern. Schedule Subject to Change. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21 Ice Hockey Feb. 8-23 Luge Feb. 8-13 Nordic Combined Feb. 12, 18, 20 … Continue reading →

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2014 Winter Olympics Luge TV Schedule All Times Eastern. Schedule Subject to Change. Also See: Complete 2014 Winter Olympics Day-By-Day TV Schedule Winter Games At A Glance Click on sport to view TV schedule. Opening/Closing Ceremonies Feb. 7, 23 Alpine Skiing Feb. 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 21-22 Biathlon Feb. 8-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22 Bobsled Feb. 16-19, 22-23 Cross-Country Skiing Feb. 8-9, 11, 13-16, 19, 22-23 Curling Feb. 10-21 Figure Skating Feb. 6, 8-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22 Freestyle Skiing Feb. 6, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 17-18, 20-21 Ice Hockey Feb. 8-23 Luge Feb. 8-13 Nordic Combined Feb. 12, 18, 20 … Continue reading →

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