Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
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Amazon Instant Now Available on iPad
Amazon has announced that it's instant streaming service is now available on the iPad. The new app came out today for tablet and provides access to Amazon Instant Video where a huge library of movies and TV shows are available for purchase while Prime members also have access to some content for free. The iPad becomes the first mobile device other than Amazon's own Kindle Fire to allow access to the service. Amazon Instant recently came to the Xbox 360 after having been on the PS3 for a n...
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30 for 30 Films All Now Available Through Netflix Streaming
ESPN and Netflix today announced that the award-winning 30 for 30 series of documentaries are now available to watch through Netflix streaming service. ESPN Films presents an unprecedented documentary series in celebration of ESPN's 30th anniversary, by engaging some of today's finest storytellers to create films centered on the last 30 years in sports. Some of Hollywood’s finest directors and producers such as Peter Berg, Barry Levinson, John Singleton, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze and Fra...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of July 31
•Hatfields and McCoys The Hatfield-McCoy saga centers on "Devil" Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy. Close friends and comrades during the Civil War, they returned to their neighboring homes - Hatfield in West Virginia, McCoy just across the Tug River border in Kentucky - to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments that soon exploded into all-out warfare between the families. As hostilities grew, friends, neighbors and outside forces joined the fight, bringing the two state...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of July 24
•Game of Thrones: Season 1 *Earlier releases were discontinued* Based on the bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, this sprawling new HBO drama is set in a world where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms are locked in a battle for the Iron Thr...
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2012 Emmy Nominations Announced
The nominees for the 2012 Emmy Awards were announced this morning with the show scheduled to take place on Sunday September 23 on ABC. Leading the way with 17 nominations are the FX show American Horror Story (which is controversially classified as a mini-series for awards purposes) and the AMC series Mad Men. That is followed right behind with 16 by the History Channel mini-series Hatfields and McCoys and the PBS series Downton Abbey. Showtime's Homeland also makes a well-deserved ...
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Comic-Con Trailer: Season Three of The Walking Dead
At Comic-Con AMC revealed a trailer for the third season of The Walking Dead which will premiere on October 14. Obviously it contains some spoilers for the upcoming season which will be split into two runs of eight episodes. The second half of the season will start back up in February. ...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of July 17
•Lockout Starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace and set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent (Pearce), whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter (Grace) from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum-security prison. Lockout was directed by Stephen St. Leger and James Mather from their script co-written with Luc Besson, who is also a producer. Peter Stormare co-stars. •The ...
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Comic-Con Trailer for Spartacus: War of the Damned
Starz revealed the first trailer for Spartacus: War of the Damned at the show's Comic-Con panel today. The series is entering its fourth (counting the prequel) and final season. The 10 episode run will premiere in January. “Spartacus: War of the Damned” takes place following the defeat of Roman commander Gaius Claudius Glaber. Spartacus and his men have amassed major victories against the Romans after the Battle of Vesuvius. These victories have not only forged the legend...
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