Amanda Tapping - Random Acts of Romance - The Province: Vancouver International Film Festival

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RANDOM ACTS OF ROMANCE - THE PROVINCE: Vancouver International Film Festival feeds on '50-kilometre' diet

By Glen Schaefer
September 6, 2012

Midnight's Children, Canadian director Deepa Mehta's movie adaptation of the Salman Rushdie novel, will open this year's Vancouver International Film Festival.

The festival finalized its lineup Wednesday, with Mehta's Canadian-Indian co-production get-ting the gala opening spot Sept. 27. Rushdie wrote the screenplay and supplied the narration for the film, which tells the story of Hindu and Muslim babies switched after their birth in 1947, at midnight of the day India gained independence.

The 16-day festival screens more than 380 features, documentaries and short films from 75 countries, but Wednesday's announcement highlighted the 100-odd Canadian films on the bill...




... The B.C.-made films this year include feature films directed by Mark Sawers (the political stalker comedy Camera Shy), co-directors Terry Miles and Kristine Cofsky (the arrested-development tale In No Particular Order), Jesse James Miller (the 1970s coming-of-age fable Becoming Redwood), Katrin Bowen (Amanda Tapping heads the cast of the multi-couple story Random Acts of Romance) and Bruce Sweeney (the thriller The Crimes of Mike Recket)...

The Vancouver International Film Festival runs September 27 to October 12, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

TAKE YOUR MARK! VIFF's on-line film guide launches noon on Monday Sept. 10. Check back then for full details.

One of the largest film festivals in North America, VIFF brings Vancouver audiences some of the best films from around the globe. This year's Festival is sure to showcase cinematic gems that you won't want to miss.

RANDOM ACTS OF ROMANCE Katrin Bowen, BC

Katrin Bowen (Amazon Falls, VIFF 2010) returns with a feature comedy about the crazy and obsessive behaviours that spring from that thing called love. The story is punctuated by moments of uncomfortably illuminating hilarity, as characters confront the brittleness of relationships.


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Masterpiece Mystery - AV Club: What's On Tonight? Top Pick - Sep 9 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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AV CLUB: WHAT'S ON TONIGHT? TOP PICK - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Kenneth Branagh stars as Wallander, the most popular Swedish investigator without a dragon tattoo

by Erik Adams
September 9, 2012

TOP PICK

Wallander

(PBS, 9 p.m.)

Before there was Lisbeth Salander, there was Kurt Wallander, the brooding Swedish police detective who first appeared in print in 1997 and whom Kenneth Branagh has brought to sulky, searching, occasionally televised life since 2008. Tonight marks the Stateside debut of Wallander’s third series of feature-length, shrouded-in-Scandinavian-duskiness mysteries, and Dennis Perkins is on the case—provided he can break through Branagh’s perpetual “I’ve seen too much” scowl.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW EPISODE TRAILER OF WALLANDER: 'AN EVENT IN AUTUMN'

Anson Mount - Hell On Wheels - AV Club: What's On Tonight? Sep 9 '12 - AMC 9/8C

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AV CLUB: WHAT'S ON TONIGHT? SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

by Erik Adams
September 9, 2012


... Hell On Wheels

(AMC, 9 p.m.)

Hard to believe it, but Hell On Wheels just might deliver two consecutive episodes about building a railroad. The news makes Alasdair Wilkins so happy, he couldn’t give a hoot who’s in the kitchen with Dinah, and whether or not they’re strumming on a banjo of any vintage!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO VIDEO SNEAK PEEK OF HELL ON WHEELS' 'THE RAILROAD JOB'

Masterpiece Mystery - TV Worth Watching: Best Bets Sep 9 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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TV WORTH WATCHING: BEST BETS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012


... MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: “WALLANDER III”

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET


Kenneth Branagh returns in a third series of mysteries based on the moody Swedish detective. (Or is that redundant?) First up: An Event in Autumn.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW EPISODE TRAILER OF WALLANDER: 'AN EVENT IN AUTUMN'

Doctor Who - Video Featurette: Behind The Scenes - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

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DOCTOR WHO - VIDEO FEATURETTE: BEHIND THE SCENES - DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP

Doctor Who season seven airs Saturday at 9/8C on BBC America.

Masterpiece Mystery - Entertainment Weekly: Tonight's Best TV Sep 9 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: TONIGHT'S BEST TV SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows


... Masterpiece Mystery!: Wallander III

9-10:30 PM PBS, MINISERIES PREMIERE


What an odd career Kenneth Branagh has carved out for himself in middle age. By bright Hollywood day he directs blockbuster action movies (Thor, the forthcoming reboot of the Jack Ryan franchise), while by icy Scandinavian night he portrays haunted Swedish cop Kurt Wallander. In this latest grimly lit adventure — the first of three — our hero investigates the death of a woman whose severed arm is found on a beach. Alas, Wallander's attempts to avoid bringing his work home with him are kiboshed by the discovery of another dead woman in the garden of his newly bought house. The result is satisfyingly twist-filled and chilling in every sense. Or, as they say in Swedish kitchens, "Da Wallander is okee-dokee bork-bork- bork!"

RATED: B+

— Clark Collis

CLICK HERE TO VIEW EPISODE TRAILER OF WALLANDER: 'AN EVENT IN AUTUMN'

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NBC UNIVERSAL STORE - NBCU DIRECT VIDEO: SIGNATURE SWEEPSTAKES!

NBC Universal Store announces its first ever Signature Sweepstakes, where you can win all sorts of cool NBC signed merchandise .

Log onto NBCU Universal Store Facebook and "like" the site in order to access the Sweepstakes Tab in order to enter the sweepstakes. Contest begins September 9, 2012 and ends September 28, 2012. There will be 65 lucky winners.



OFFICIAL NBC STORE SIGNATURE STORE SWEEPSTAKES RULES



PRIZE: There will be one (1) prize ("Prize") awarded to each Winner. Each winner will receive one (1) Prize that will consist of one (1) of the following:

Masterpiece Mystery - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Sep 9 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012


... Masterpiece Mystery!

9:00 PM, PBS

Kenneth Branagh returns to his Emmy-nominated role as the soul-searching Swedish detective Wallander in three new mysteries. In the first, "An Event in Autumn," a pregnant woman leaps to her death from the side of a ferry. Or was she pushed? The routine case barely disturbs Wallander's newly blissful life with Vanja (Saskia Reeves). But the happy couple discover the decade-old corpse of a murdered woman on their property.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW EPISODE TRAILER OF WALLANDER: 'AN EVENT IN AUTUMN'

Doctor Who - BBC America Video Featurette: Inside Look: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

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DOCTOR WHO - BBC AMERICA VIDEO FEATURETTE: INSIDE LOOK: DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP

"I really love the fact that we get to meet Rory's Dad." - KAREN GILLAN (Amy Pond)

"You've got this flummoxed, flabbergasted man - who's suddenly got dinosaurs on a spaceship in front of him." - MATT SMITH (The Doctor)

Get the exclusive scoop on the All New Episode of DOCTOR WHO, "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship," featuring new interviews with stars MATT, KAREN & ARTHUR DARVILL (Rory Williams). Then, don't miss All New Episodes of DOCTOR WHO *** Saturdays at 9/8c only on BBC America ***

Here, get some real insight into the character of Mr. Pond, Rory Williams, through the introduction of his Dad (Mark Williams, the Harry Potter movies).

Star Trek: The Next Generation - BBC America: Season 6 Minithon Schedule Sep 15 '12

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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - BBC AMERICA: SEASON SIX MINITHON SCHEDULE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2012


Star Trek: The Next Generation season six cast includes Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner.


[NOTE: Season six of Star Trek: The Next Generation is NEW to BBC America!]


4:00PM Schisms

When an experiment of La Forge's (LeVar Burton) goes awry, the crew is subjected to an alien presence that causes people to suffer mysterious ailments---and to vanish from the ship.

Guest stars include Lanei Chapman, Ken Thorley, Angelina Fiordellisi, Scott Trost and Angelo McCabe.

5:00PM True Q

While on a mission to save a polluted planet, an intern aboard the Enterprise displays unusual powers---and is visited by Picard's (Patrick Stewart) old foe Q (John de Lancie).

Guest stars include Olivia d'Abo, John P. Connolly and John de Lancie.

6:00PM Rascals

Picard (Patrick Stewart), Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg), Ens. Ro (Michelle Forbes) and Keiko (Rosalind Chao) are transformed into children during an unfortunate accident---which may prove fortunate to the Enterprise when it's seized by Ferengis.

Guest stars include Colm Meaney, Rosalind Chao, Michelle Forbes, Mike Gomez, Brian Bonsall and Whoopi Goldberg.

7:00PM A Fistful of Datas

A holodeck adventure turns deadly for Worf (Michael Dorn) and Alexander (Brian Bonsall), who find themselves pitted against two Wild West outlaws---both with Data's face and android abilities.

Guest stars include Brian Bonsall, John Pyper-Ferguson, Joy Garrett and Jorge Cervera Jr.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - BBC America: Season 3 Marathon Schedule Sep 14 '12

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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - BBC AMERICA: SEASON THREE MARATHON SCHEDULE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012


Star Trek: The Next Generation season three cast includes Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner and Wil Wheaton.



3:00PM Evolution

En route to the site of a stellar phenomenon, the computers malfunction, and the ship is drawn toward the fiery remains of an exploding star.

Guest stars include Ken Jenkins, Whoopi Goldberg and Mary McCusker

4:00PM The Ensigns of Command

The Enterprise races against time when aliens demand that all humans living on their planet be evacuated within four days, or the entire population will be annihilated.

Guest stars include Eileen Seeley, Mark L. Taylor, Richard Allen, Colm Meaney and Mart McChesney.

5:00PM The Survivors * Excellent Episode! *

Responding to a distress call from a planet, the Away Team finds that the inhabitants have been killed except for an elderly couple.

Guest stars include John Anderson and Anne Haney.

6:00PM Who Watches the Watchers

Anthropologists who are studying the primitive inhabitants of Mintaka Three are injured in an explosion.

Guest stars include Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ray Wise, James Greene, Pamela Adlon, John McLiam, James McIntire and Lois Hall.

7:00PM The Bonding

During a survey of a deserted planet, an archaeologist is killed in an explosion, and the crew tries to comfort her 12-year-old son (Gabriel Damon).

Guest stars include Susan Powell, Gabriel Damon and Colm Meaney.

8:00PM Booby Trap

While the Away Team investigates an ancient warship, the Enterprise is bombarded by deadly waves of radiation and is crippled by a sudden power loss.

Guest stars include Susan Gibney, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Albert Hall and Julie Warner.

Doctor Who - BBC America: Season 3 Encore Schedule Week Sep 10 '12

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DOCTOR WHO - BBC AMERICA: SEASON THREE ENCORE SCHEDULE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2012


Doctor Who season three cast includes David Tennant and Freema Agyeman.


Sep 10 10:00AM Daleks In Manhattan

The TARDIS lands in 1930s New York. In the midst of the Depression, people are disappearing off the streets. Meanwhile, at the very top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor's oldest enemies are at work, plotting their largest scheme yet.

Guest cast includes Miranda Raison, Ryan Carnes, Hugh Quarshie, Andrew Garfield and Eric Loren.

Sep 10 11:00AM Evolution Of The Daleks

Dalek Sec is reborn in human form and plans to build a Dalek empire in 1930s New York. While Martha (Freema Agyeman) fights for her life at the top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor (David Tennant) must enter into an unholy alliance in order to change Dalek history forever.

Guest cast includes Miranda Raison, Ryan Carnes, Hugh Quarshie, Andrew Garfield and Eric Loren.

Sep 11 10:00AM The Lazarus Experiment

Martha (Freema Agyeman) returns home and discovers her family is caught up in the scheming of Professor Lazarus (Mark Gatiss) and his Genetic Manipulation Device. It becomes a fight for survival, as human DNA twists into monstrous form.

Guest cast includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Reggie Yates, Adjoa Andoh and Mark Gatiss.

Sep 11 11:00AM 42

A spaceship hurtles out of control towards a boiling sun with the Doctor (David Tennant) and Martha (Freema Agyeman) trapped on board. They have only 42 minutes to uncover the saboteurs, but, with a mysterious force starting to possess the crew, they had better work quickly.

Guest cast includes Michelle Collins, Adjoa Andoh, William Ash, Anthony Flanagan, Matthew Chambers, Gary Powell, Vinette Robinson, Rebecca Oldfield and Elize du Toit.

John Barrowman - Torchwood: BBC America: Season 1 Marathon Schedule Sep 15 '12

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TORCHWOOD - BBC AMERICA: SEASON ONE MARATHON SCHEDULE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2012


Torchwood season one cast includes John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori, Gareth David-Lloyd and Kai Owen.


1:00AM Everything Changes

When Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) witnesses the resurrection of a murder victim, it begins her journey into a dangerous underworld of savage monsters and alien hunters. Her chance encounter with Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and the Torchwood team will change her life forever.

Guest stars include Indira Varma, Guy Lewis, Tom Price, Jason May, Rhys Swinburn, Olwen Medi and Gwyn Vaughan Jones.

2:00AM Day One

An alien addicted to sex is let loose on Cardiff’s nightlife, leaving a trail of gruesome deaths in its wake. Captain Jack (John Barrowman) and Torchwood must track down the creature’s new host and in doing so, confront a violent new form of love in the 21st Century.

Guest stars include Adrian Christopher, Ross O'Hennessey, Sara Lloyd-Gregory, Ceri Mears, Justin McDonald, Tom Price, Brendan Charleson, Robert Störr and Lloyd Everitt.

3:00AM Ghost Machine

When Gwen (Eve Myles) retrieves an alien object from a fleeing hoodie, she's haunted by a vision of a lonely young boy. As the team tracks down the object's owner -- the elusive Bernie Harris (Ben McKay) -- Owen (Burn Gorman) experiences an even more terrifying vision.

Guest stars include Ben McKay, Llinos Daniel, John Normington, Emily Evans, Christopher Elson and Christopher Greene.

4:00AM Cyberwoman

In the basement of the Torchwood building, Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) hides a terrible secret. As a Japanese doctor attempts to rescue the soul of a half-Cybernised woman, a quiet day in Torchwood quickly becomes a living nightmare.

Guest stars include Caroline Chikezie, Togo Igawa and Bethan Walker.

5:00AM Small Worlds

Supernatural forces stalk a seemingly normal family in Cardiff's suburbs; Jack's (John Barrowman) haunted by nightmares from his past and an old friend of his (Eve Pearce) shows up.

Guest stars include Eve Pearce, Lara Phillipart, Adrienne O'Sullivan, William Travis, Roger Barclay, Heledd Baskerville and Ffion Wilkins.

Doctor Who - SFX Magazine: Ben Browder Interview

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SFX MAGAZINE: Doctor Who “A Town Called Mercy”: Ben Browder Interview

by Dave Golder
September 9 2012


Farscape and Stargate SG-1 star Ben Browder turns up as the Sheriff of a town called Mercy in next Saturday’s Doctor Who. And he’s pretty excited to have another sci-fi notch to add to the bedpost...

... SFX: How aware were you of Doctor Who before you were offered the part in “A Town Called Mercy”?

Ben Browder: “I’d seen most of it. The new show, I mean. My kids have seen all of the new series since Russell T Davies started writing it, back with Chris in the lead, so, yeah. We have probably half the DVDs in the house and yeah, I knew exactly what it was...”



(Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams and Ben Browder as Isaac [the Sheriff])

... SFX: Did you enjoy the Spanish location?

Ben Browder: “The location we shot at was just phenomenal. It was shot in Spain in Almeria where The Good, The Bad And The Ugly and all the spaghetti westerns by Sergio Leone were shot. I was walking in the footsteps of Clint Eastwood! But it’s an odd sort of place because you’re in the south of Spain and here is this Western town, and when it’s not being used as a set, it’s used as a tourist attraction. So they have a kind of Western show that goes on and there’s guys wandering around in Western gear, riding horses with six-shooters. Of course, they only speak Spanish, and you’ve got the tourists kind of milling around..."


Doctor Who 'A Town Called Mercy' airs Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 9/8C on BBC America.


CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR DOCTOR WHO'S 'A TOWN CALLED MERCY.'

Warehouse 13 - CableFAX: Nominated for Best SciFi Series

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WAREHOUSE 13 - CABLEFAX: NOMINATED FOR BEST SCIFI SERIES

On Tuesday, October 30, 2012, in New York City, CableFAX Program Awards [will] honor the Top Operators of the Year. This outstanding event will bring together those who create amazing content and those who excel in bringing it to the viewers. Judges select winners in more than 40 categories including Best Show or Series, Best Actor/Actress/Host, and special categories such as Best Opening Sequence. Cable's top shows, people, and entertainment icons will also be honored. We will also recognize the Top Operators of the Year designated by CableFAX as the most innovative and competitive players in the industry. New this year, we will also celebrate content that resonates across borders with the International Content Awards.

[Follow link above for event registration information.]

Nominees include:

Program Awards Platinum Categories - Finalists

Platinum: Best Actor in Cable

- Dominic West - Appropriate Adult, Sundance Channel
- Patrick J Adams - Suits, USA Network
- Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones, HBO
- Mandy Patinkin - Homeland, Showtime


Platinum: Best Cable Program

- The Walking Dead, AMC
- Breaking Bad, AMC
- White Collar, USA Network
- Game of Thrones, HBO
- Boardwalk Empire, HBO
- Shameless, Showtime

RegisterProgram Awards Categories - Finalists

Best Show or Series - Drama

- The Secret Life of the American Teenager, ABC Family
- Luther, BBC America
- Justified, FX
- Sons of Anarchy, FX

Best Show or Series - Sci Fi

- Doctor Who, BBC America
- Warehouse 13, SyFy
- Falling Skies, TNT

Doctor Who - BBC America Video: 'A Town Called Mercy' Episode Trailer Airs Sep 15 '12

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DOCTOR WHO - BBC AMERICA VIDEO: 'A TOWN CALLED MERCY' EPISODE TRAILER - AIRS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 AT 9/8C

"The gunslinger is a cyborg..."

"He's not following the plan."
"Welcome to my world."

Don't miss an all new episode of DOCTOR WHO, "A Town Called Mercy" *** Saturday Sept 15 at 9/8c *** only on BBC America.

The Doctor gets a Stetson (and a gun), and finds himself the reluctant Sheriff of a Western town under siege by a relentless cyborg, who goes by the name of 'the Gunslinger' (Andrew Brooke).

But who is he and what does he want?

The answer seems to lie with the mysterious Kahler-Jex (Adrian Scarborough), an alien doctor whose initial appearance is hiding a dark secret.

Guest stars include Andrew Brooke, Adrian Scarborough, Stargate SG-1's Ben Browder, Dominic Kemp, Byrd Wilkins, Sean Benedict, Garrick Hagon, Joanne McQuinn and Rob Cavazos.





And the BBC version:

Stargate - Video: Dragon*Con 2012 Gate Summit 3 Panel

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STARGATE - VIDEO: DRAGON*CON 2012 GATE SUMMIT 3 PANEL

From Dragon*Con 2012, the Stargate 'Gate Summit 3' panel with Stargate Atlantis' Jewel Staite, Jason Momoa, Torrin Higginson, and Joe Flanigan and Stargate Universe's Peter Kelamis and Stargate SG-1's Cliff Simon (Ba'al)