Seems that the talking Gollum action figure from Toy Biz will be released on September 29th according to kbtoys.com. Take a look. [More] [Shop]
Day: March 14, 2003
Fooph sends in this report from the ‘Six Scottish Shorts’ screening in Medicine Hat, Alberta last night. Billy was in attendance to promote the Scottish film industry, and to garner some attention for some local Scottish talent to brought with him. Take a look! [More]
Larissa also brings news about Billy giving a lecture at Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario) next Tuesday (March 18) at 7:30 pm. It’s free, and open to the public. [More]
More than 30,000 Yahooligans voted for their favorite movies of 2002, and according to the results Sauron was the baddest bad guy of 2002. Check out all the categories here. Also on the subject of polls, CNN is running a best film poll for the Academy Awards. Wander on over and vote for your choice. [More]
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Sacha Molitorisz writes that the film 24 Hour Party People “charts the crazy days of Manchester’s Factory Records”, following bands such as Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and the birth of the rave scene. What might surprise though, is that Andy Serkis has a role in this intriguing film. [More]
Yesterday, we reported on a lecture WETA’s Digital Operations Manager Milton Ngan recently gave at Victoria University. If this interests you, it may be worth revisiting a similar keynote he gave at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention in mid 2002. The presentation runs for roughly 40 mins and the 127MB file is downloadable in either a Quicktime or mpg format. [More]