April 25, 2024

“Game of Thrones” Returns March 31st

HBO has released the first teaser poster for the upcoming third season of its epic fantasy drama "Game of Thrones". The emphasis is entirely on the season's premiere date - March 31st 2013. We saw the first teaser trailer for the second season in mid-December last year, hopefully that will hold true again this year. This season will be based on … [Read more...]

Neil Gaiman Returns To “Doctor Who”

The first time he wrote a script for "Doctor Who," acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman picked up a Hugo award for his work on the episode which was entitled 'The Doctor's Wife'. Widely considered the best episode of the sixth season, Gaiman will now attempt to top himself with his next adventure following the man from Gallifrey. Though his … [Read more...]

Arnie Returns For “Legend of Conan”

Poor Khal Drogo. It would appear Jason Momoa is out and Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in as Universal Pictures has done a deal with Paradox Entertainment to bring the original Conan actor back to the character in "The Legend Of Conan" reports Deadline. Universal has worldwide rights and released the first film, the movie that launched … [Read more...]

Agent Coulson Returns In “S.H.I.E.L.D.”

You can't keep a good S.H.I.E.L.D. agent down it seems. Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson, the key bridging character in the various Marvel Phase One films, is coming to television. Gregg himself made an appearance at the Marvel TV panel at New York Comic Con over the weekend where a video conference call with Joss Whedon confirmed that Coulson will … [Read more...]

Spielberg’s “E.T.” Returns To Cinemas

With all the hype surrounding "Jaws" last month and the "Indiana Jones" trilogy this month, it's easy to forget one of Steven Spielberg's other early classics is also making the jump to Blu-ray shortly - "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial". To celebrate the film's 30th anniversary, and the upcoming digitally remastered Blu-ray release on October 9th, … [Read more...]

Burnaby woman returns from vacation, discovers she’s $25 million richer

The mystery of the lottery ticket is solved. A Burnaby woman is $ 25 million richer thanks to a winning Lotto Max ticket. Lesley Vickars says she bought her tickets before leaving on vacation -- and didn't think about them again until after she got back. The draw happened on August 24th -- but Vickars says she didn't even realize a winning ticket … [Read more...]

US “Killing” Lives? Danish “Killing” Returns

One month after AMC swung the axe that chopped the head off its mystery drama remake "The Killing", both Netflix and DirecTV are reportedly in early talks with Fox TV Studios to pick up a third season of the show reports TV Line. Actor Joel Kinnaman says there's plenty of life left in the show beyond the Rosie Larsen mystery - "We’ve invested a … [Read more...]

“Doctor Who” Returns Next Saturday

The BBC and BBC America have announced a simultaneous launch date of Saturday September 1st for the upcoming seventh season of "Doctor Who" in both the United States and the United Kingdom. BBC1 and BBC1 HD will air it from 7:20pm GMT in the UK, while BBC America will screen it from 9pm US-ET in the US. A five-part web prequel mini-Adventure … [Read more...]

“Lawrence of Arabia” Returns To Cinemas

It has been a long wait for film lovers but, many years after it was revealed to be in the works, David Lean's classic "Lawrence of Arabia" is finally coming to Blu-ray. Ahead of the disc release, this multi-million dollar restoration of the film's 216-minute director’s cut will score both a limited U.S. theatrical re-release and a one time only … [Read more...]

Paul Taylor returns to ICBC

Paul Taylor has been named chair of the board of directors at ICBC. Taylor has served as deputy minister of finance, president and C-E-O of ICBC, and chief of staff to the premier. He resigned from the ICBC job in 2008, following a chop shop scandal at the corporation involving the sale of rebuilt cars. ICBC said at the time the resignation had … [Read more...]