Shooting is underway on "Iron Man 3" in North Carolina this week with a few hours of filming having taken place at the Cape Fear Club in Wilmington where extras were dressed in military uniforms and suits. Comic Book.com talked with locals and their source involved with the production claims that "the Mandarin was definitely the villain. He said … [Read more...]
Watts says she needs more details before judging disgraced Mountie
May 26, 2012 by
The premier isn't happy, the justice minister isn't happy, but the mayor of Canada's largest RCMP detachment says she needs more information, before passing judgment on Sgt. Don Ray. Widespread outrage has surfaced with the news that Ray is coming to B.C. after being found guilty of disgraceful conduct for sexual encounters with subordinates in … [Read more...]
“Skyfall” Wraps & New Blu-ray Details
May 23, 2012 by
Filming on "Skyfall", the much anticipated 23rd James Bond feature, wrapped this week in Turkey reports MI6. Daniel Craig reportedly finished his scenes this past Saturday and was spotted flying out to New York City on Sunday. Second unit photography is still taking place this week in Adana in southern Turkey where scenes for the pre-titles … [Read more...]
District wants more details on RCMP deal
May 17, 2012 by
The District of North Vancouver won't be ratifying the new RCMP deal until it gets answers from the Justice Ministry, despite a looming deadline. Mayor Richard Walton says a special council committee waded through the RCMP deal and came up with questions about potential costs. "Exactly what the cost and the allocations are going to be for the … [Read more...]
H-S-T out, P-S-T in: details this afternoon
May 14, 2012 by
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon will introduce legislation today that will outline the transition from the Harmonized Sales Tax to the old P-S-T system. NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston says the new bill must include all the exemptions that were phased out with the H-S-T. "Minister has said yes he will do that, but on the other hand he has said that … [Read more...]
Max Landis Talks “Chronicle 2” Details
April 30, 2012 by
"Chronicle" scribe Max Landis recently visited Dubai and gave a lengthy interview to TBreak about the film in which talk of the sequel came up. Landis is currently writing the script which will apparently focus on the fallout of events in the first film - in fact it sounds like the film itself is figured into the plot. "The movie you saw … [Read more...]
Details On The “Halo” Film Collapse
April 20, 2012 by
High profile projects fall apart all the time. Most are due to money, others to studio politics, and others to creative differences with the principals involved. In the case of the now defunct film adaptation of best-selling video game series "Halo", the real story was a mix of all of these things. Excerpts from Jamie Russell's new book … [Read more...]
Microsoft details memory reclaiming process within Metro-style apps
April 17, 2012 by
Microsoft has made clear that Metro-style apps will be "suspended" when they aren't the foremost app that's running, enabling the associated CPU to divert its power to more... shall we say, pressing matters. But for those wondering about memory in the aforesaid scenario, there's an entire post now dedicated to explaining precisely that. Microsoft's … [Read more...]
Lekstrom reveals details of Translink audit
April 10, 2012 by
Details into the upcoming audit of Translink are finally being released. Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom has written a letter to the Mayors' Council, saying the process will be conducted by the Ministry of Finance, and will be similar to audits of BC Hydro and ICBC. As for future sources, Lekstrom says the public needs to be part of … [Read more...]
Apple patent app details ‘active packaging,’ a new level of window shopping
April 5, 2012 by
Apple's generally not one to go overboard with packaging; a simple white box with a few unmistakable logos is just about all it takes to get the point across. But in a future world -- one where people have digitized skin and NFC readers in their fingernails -- we'll obviously need something with a bit more... flamboyance. A patent application … [Read more...]
