Burn Notice airs tonight
Just a reminder that the Burn Notice season finale airs tonight at 10 on USA.
Buddy TV has several previews here.
Burn Notice season finale teaser
From USA’s site:
Here is another synopsis for the episode, from TV Guide:
In the third-season finale, Michael goes up against a terrorist who’s threatening to detonate a bomb in Miami if Michael doesn’t cooperate with his plans. To make matters worse, the FBI is closely following Michael’s every move.
Burn Notice 3×16, “Devil You Know,” airs next Thursday (March 4) at 10 on USA.
Baryo update and some older clips
Some details about Garret’s character in Baryo showed up today on yet another blog to watch, Extras in Paradise. This is from a Q & A with John Sayles:
EA – Are any of the characters based on the journal authors?
[John Sayles] – A lot of the soldiers are compilations of the soldiers I read about in many diaries. More specifically Chris Cooper’s (Colonel Hardacre) is based on an actual Colonel named Hellroarin’ Jacob Smith. Lieutenant Compton’s character is based on a volunteer officer, which would have been one of the better educated Americans who came to the Philippines for… glory or something. They eventually had to choose to go home or sign up as an officer. Compton’s plays one of those men who begins to pick his head up and see what’s going on. Rafael is based on any of the 100,000 or Filipino mayors who suffered by being caught between the American’s and the rebels.
And I’ve finally uploaded a few clips from Maximum Bob and the early movies. You can find them here: Maximum Bob, By Courier, Last Call, Remembering Sex.
Here is one from Maximum Bob, with Liz Vassey:
Winter’s Bone wins a prize at Berlinale
Two quick updates today.
Winter’s Bone has won an independent jury prize at the Berlin Film Festival, which closes on Sunday.
The independent juries judging the line-up for the 60th Berlin International Film Festival spread the joy far and wide this year, picking an eclectic mix of titles from across all the Berlinale sections.
The FIPRESCI association of international film critics honored Danish drama “A Family” from director Pernille Fischer Christensen as the best film in competition this year. FIPRESCI picked Japanese feature “Parade” from Isao Yukisada as the best Panorama title and Oscar Ruiz Navia’s “Crab Trap” as the top film running in the Forum sidebar.
The Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas went to “Shahada,” the student film from first-timer Burhan Quarbani, which was a surprise addition to the Berlinale competition while the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas honored Jan Hrebejk’s “Kawasaki’s Rose” with its Panorama prize. Debra Granik’s Sundance hit “Winter’s Bone” won the Confederation’s prize for best Forum film. [Hollywood Reporter]
And here is another blog to keep an eye on for Baryo updates: http://billytango.blogspot.com/
Last House & Terminator nominated for Saturn Awards
The nominations for the Saturn Awards were released earlier today. The Last House on the Left is up for Best Horror Film and The Sarah Connor Chronicles is nominated for Best DVD Television Release. You can find the complete list of nominees here.
BEST HORROR FILM
The Box
Drag Me to Hell
Frozen
The Last House on the Left
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Zombieland
BEST DVD TELEVISION RELEASE
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
Torchwood: Children of Earth
Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season
Primeval, Volume 2
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season
Life on Mars: The Complete Series
Updates: Burn Notice, Keep Hope Alive
Burn Notice showrunner Matt Nix did a Q & A yesterday and talked about the guest stars this season. He also dropped some vague spoilers about the general direction of the show. The interview is here.
Well certainly in the finale, we have Garret Dillahunt coming and doing a pretty amazing bad guy. Let’s see, the guy who played Tony Almeida on 24. I’m completely blanking on his name. In any case, he is in the episode after this week’s episode and he is playing a bad guy who Fiona has a real connection to. Oh sorry, Carlos Bernard, yes playing a bad guy who is really sort of only removed from the characters on the show by— under other circumstances he could have been one of the team, but he is willing to do certain things that they’re not willing to do and that’s a divide that they just can’t cross. But he’s a guy who’s really committed to what he’s doing, really cares about what he’s doing. It’s a pretty devastating performance. He’s pretty awesome. I’d say Garret and Carlos Bernard are the ones that are upcoming that really jump out at me right now.
And it seems that we won’t find out if Keep Hope Alive will be picked up for another few months. From Entertainment Weekly:
Fox has loads of multi-camera comedy pilots in the works – including new projects from Greg Garcia (My Name is Earl) and the duo of David Kohan and Max Mutchnik (Will & Grace). Here are the network’s fall pilots, many are still being cast (decisions on which projects will be ordered to series won’t be made until the weeks leading up to Fox’s presentation to advertisers, which occurs this May in New York):
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Keep Hope Alive (Greg Garcia). A single-camera comedy about a simple-minded 20-something man who is raising a daughter. Cast includes Martha Plimpton (Parenthood) and Cloris Leachman (The Women).
Burn Notice season three finale airs…
… on Thursday, March 4, at 10 ET according to USA’s schedule. That’s two weeks from tomorrow.
NBC Universal has released a few promotional stills from the episode, among them this one:
And here is the synopsis for “Devil You Know,” from TV.com:
Michael is approached by his alter ego – the man who actually committed the crimes that were used to burn him.
Winter’s Bone: Release date, soundtrack, SXSW screenings
Looks like Winter’s Bone will be released in the U.S. sooner rather than later.
Winter’s Bone, recipient of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival’s Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, will get a June 2010 release from Roadside Attractions. [Pretty-Scary.net]
This is also confirmed on the film’s official page: www.wintersbonemovie.com.
For a preview of the Winter’s Bone soundtrack, you can visit KSPR.com. They have a video of the band Dirt Road Delight performing a song from the movie. The song is also available on the band’s site: www.dirtroaddelight.com.
The screening schedule for the SXSW festival (Austin, March) is posted here.
Finally, the film also got several new distributors across Europe. From Variety:
Debra Granik’s “Winter’s Bone” has been acquired by Paradiso for Benelux, Pretty Pictures for France, Look Now for Switzerland, Lusomundo for Portugal and Vivarto for Poland, with deals currently being finalized for Scandinavian distribution. [Variety]
Good news all around.
New TV appearance: Gary Unmarried season finale
Some television news.
Garret will appear in the season 2 finale of Gary Unmarried, the CBS sitcom with Jay Mohr and Paula Marshall. He will play Goose McNair, Gary’s divorce lawyer who (I think) has been referenced throughout the series as the guy who got his degree online and went touring with David Hasselhoff during the proceedings (anyone watching?) The show airs Wednesdays at 8:30/7:30c on CBS.
In the meantime, here is another blog to watch while Baryo is in production. One fine nose portrait right here.
Also, people on Twitter will remember this picture from a few weeks back. Well, the MMA Heat episode is up (no region restrictions) and it includes an interview with the man. Link: http://www.ibnsports.com/mmaheat/
And watch out for some older clips later this week.
Oliver Sherman going to Berlinale
Looks like Oliver Sherman will be getting some promotion at the Berlin Film Festival, too. I can’t find anything about it being screened there (it’s still in post-production), but the film will be part of the Canada at Berlinale 2010 program and probably looking for a European distributor.
The film now also has a page on The Film Works’ site.
Berlinale kicks off on February 11. Winter’s Bone has its first screening on Feb. 16.
