• KING OF THE TEDS Drama by Jim Cartwright. Tina works part time as a cleaner. Ron’s been made redundant by the bottle factory. The lives of this long-term married couple are turned upside-down with the surprise visit of their best friend from the fifties and deep feelings are rekindled. With Tom Jones, Alison Steadman and Brenda Blethyn.

• NIXON’S THE ONE Comedy-drama starring Harry Shearer (This is Spinal Tap, The Simpsons) as Nixon. This is a verbatim account of Nixon’s time in the Oval office, based on more than 198 hours of recordings made between February 1971 and 1973. This brilliant film is a fascinating account of his controversial and often farcical time in office. Also stars Henry Goodman as Henry Kissinger.

• THE MINOR CHARACTER Drama written by Will Self and starring David Tennant as Will, the artist, who observes life in minute detail, providing a witty and acerbic critique of his life. When a tragedy occurs, Will is forced to reconsider the trust he has in the urban-suburban, middle-class landscape of his middle-aged friends.

• CITY HALL Riding a wave of popular opinion after footage of her defiant stance against London rioters becomes an internet hit, an ordinary woman finds herself as the capital’s first female Mayor. With Olivia Williams, Rhashan Stone, Lucy Punch and Martin Shaw.

• CARE Stars Gina McKee as Natalie, a nurse whose relationship with an elderly patient and other residents on the notorious Byker Estate forces her to confront her own fears and isolation.

• NELLIE AND MELBA Melba teaches ballroom dancing and likes to play whist. Her 51 year-old son still lives at home working at the dreaded social security office. His dream is to go onto the stage which, despite a catalogue of disasters, he triumphantly does – with a little help from his mother. Co-written by Paul O’Grady and Sandi Toksvig. Starring Paul O’Grady, Sheila Hancock, Rosie Cavaliero and Jonathan D. Ellis

• THE SNIPIST Drama by Matthew Holness and starring Douglas Henshall and the voice of John Hurt. Set in a post-apocalyptic Britain, a lone sniper (Henshall) must fend off plague carriers and rescue stranded communities in order to survive. But is this landscape of a destroyed civilisation all that it seems?

• WALKING THE DOGS An intruder breaks into the Queen’s bedroom at dawn. They discuss love, family and personal freedom before the police arrive to take him away. With Emma Thompson, Eddie Marsan and Russell Tovey.

• THE MAN Hidden in an exclusive hotel, a cabal of powerful individuals debates international politics, economics and war. A chilling look at how an unelected few control the fate of the masses. Written by Sandi Toksvig. With Stephen Fry, Hayley Atwell, Zoe Wanamaker and Stellan Skarsgård.

• THE OTHER WOMAN Life imitates art as a successful TV writer and his actress wife’s failing marriage is mirrored in the show he writes and she stars in. But can they work out their problems on screen or is their relationship doomed to fail? With Geraldine James, Richard E Grant, Trevor Eve and Tom Ellis.

• PSYCHOBITCHES Psychobitches takes famous females from history and puts them in the psychiatrist’s chair. Our therapist is tasked with trying to help these celebrated women through various issues they may have from Lady Godiva with her obsessive compulsive stripping disorder to Beatrix Potter who believes the animals really do talk to her to Eva Braun who has trouble finding Mr Right. Psychobitches is about celebrating outstanding women from history and all their gloriously bonkers issues.

“VICTORY IS OURS! Today the Mighty Nation of Wadiya triumphed over the Zionist snakes of Hollywood. Evil and all those who made Satan their protector were vanquished and driven into the Pacific Sea. What I am trying to say here is that  the Academy have surrendered and sent over two tickets and a parking pass! TODAY OSCAR, TOMORROW OBAMA!”

• Happy by Grant Morrison and Darrick Robinson

• Mara by Brian Wood and Ming Doyle

• Chin Music by Steve Niles and Tony Harris 

• The Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra

• Secret by Jonathan Hickman and Ryan Bodenheim

• Crime & Terror by Steve Niles and Scott Morse

• America’s Got Powers by Jonathan Ross and Bryan Hitch 

• Jupiter’s Children by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely 

• Black Kiss II by Howard Chaykin

• Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl by Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen

• Planetoid by Ken Garing

• Bedlam by Nick Spencer and Riley Rossmo

After threatening to mutate into something even more wonderful with its last handful of issues, Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar has retooled CLiNT, the 100-page comics magazine, into a whole new volume, with a new #1!

With four brand-new stories beginning between its covers, a brand new look, new logo and new attitude, the little comic that could is now the comic you can’t ignore!

Every issue now features epic news and interview exclusives you won’t read anywhere else – from set reports, casting announcements and extensive actor grillings to behind-the-scenes commentaries and new art from top comics talent!

Hitting comic stores May 9th, CLiNT #2.1 showcases a double kidney punch of new Mark Millar strips: SUPERCROOKS with artist Leinil Yu, the story of a group of failed supercriminals who head to Spain for one last heist. Already in production at Universal, the movie is co-written, produced and directed by cult-favourite Spanish director, Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes, Extraterrestrial).

Next up, THE SECRET SERVICE, Millar’s hotly anticipated collaboration with Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons and Kick-Ass / X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn – the fast-tracked movie is being plotted by Vaughn at the same time as the comic!

“It’s really exciting to have as many movie adaptations on their way as Marvel Studios or DC/Time Warner,” says Millar, reflecting on his good fortune. “If you want to know the latest on anything from Kick-Ass 2 to Supercrooks to The Secret Service, Superior, Nemesis, American Jesus and beyond, then CLiNT is the place to be in 2012.”

CLiNT isn’t just a monotone Millar-fest, either. Says Millar, “It’s always been important to me that there’s a reason to pick up the mag even if you’ve got no interest in my stuff. Aside from the great comics we’ve run like Turf, Rex Roydand Who Is Jake Ellis?, our features and interviews have gone from zero to hero and we’re firing on all cylinders. If you were turned off by the sub-lads mag stuff we dabbled with at the beginning, then you’ll be exhilarated to hear that that’s all been broomed. We’ve found our voice and we’re happy to shout it from the rooftops.

“In the last few issues of volume one, we ran massive interviews with Robert Kirkman on The Walking Dead, grilled the top flight at Marvel Comics, and showcased industry favourite Garth Ennis. That’s not to mention the exclusive look at artwork from this year’s indie smash in the making, America’s Got Powers, with Bryan Hitch and UK chat show behemoth Jonathan Ross – or the backroom revelations of colourists, letterers and editors, who revealed the mysteries behind how they get the comics you love into your hands -- and no doubt inspired a flotilla of young creators in the process.”

The CLiNT reboot also boasts the EXCLUSIVE, Hollywood-baiting DEATH SENTENCE strip – the story Millar calls, “The best idea I’ve seen for a comic in years. Genuinely original.” From writer Monty Nero and Mike Dowling, Death Sentence is the story of three Londoners dealt superpowers and six months to live by the sexually-transmitted G-Plus virus. Dramatic, thought-provoking and hilarious, Death Sentence is a take-down of celebrity culture that also thumbs its nose at invasive modes of government – and you’ll only find it in CLiNT!

Speaking of EXCLUSIVES – don’t miss a bold new chapter of REX ROYD by outspoken satirist Frankie Boyle, taking the planet’s most immoral super-genius into uncharted, big-budget brain-buster territory!

With brand new strips and a great new look, this fresh new look at the CLiNT format is perfect for new, old and lapsed readers alike. “If you gave it a miss first time around, you’ve been missing out. It’s a fab, meaty package and one of the most thrilling, high-value concentrations of comics around. The exclusive news and interviews are just the icing on a particularly delectable, beefy cake. And yes, I’m mixing my mains with my dessert, but I don’t care. It’s that bloody good.”

As a sneak preview of what else is coming up – don’t miss the launch of Kick-Ass spin-off HIT-GIRL, from Millar and John Romita, Jr, which starts in CLiNT #2.2!

Available to order now through the March issue of PREVIEWS, Titan (co-publisher of CLiNT) is planning a massive marketing campaign to support with print, online, social networking and press activity, including an exclusive ‘CLiNT Week’ on ComicBookResources.com starting Feb 27 – and a ‘Vote CLiNT’ video viral.



Comic fans are urged to download and fill out this pull list form and give it to their local comic store to guarantee their copy: http://titanmagazines.com/orderclint

CLiNT #2.1 will be available from all good magazine retailers and comic stores on May 9 2012 US, May 10 2012 UK, priced $6.99/£4.25.

For more information and to subscribe to CLiNT, visit http://clintmag.com

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TICKETS FOR THE LOS ANGELES ANIMATION FESTIVAL

MARCH 7th - March 11th ARE NOW ON SALE

Director Brad Bird to participate in Iron Giant Q&A

Tickets for the highly anticipated 3rd annual Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) are currently on sale and may be purchased online at http://blog.laafest.com/tickets/.  The Festival will run from Wednesday, March 7th through Sunday, March 11th at the historic Regent Showcase in Hollywood.  Festival passes and tickets to all individual events can also be purchased in person at the Regent Showcase beginning on March 7th.

Longtime LAAF supporter, Sean Lennon, is serving as this year’s Artistic Director and has hand selected four feature films which he will personally introduce.  In addition, Lennon has also selected some animated shorts from famed Japanese pop artist Keiichi Tanaami which will screen before each of his feature selections. Events honoring celebrated animator and Academy Award® nominee, Bill Plympton, will include the world theatrical premiere of Adventures in Plymptoons, a documentary on Plympton’s career by Alexia Anastasio, and a special screening of Plympton’s first animated feature film, The Tune, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Additional events include a cast and crew screening of The Iron Giant with a post-screening Q&A with director Brad Bird; a revival of Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Team America: World Police with Phil Hendrie & Puppeteers LIVE on-stage; a screening of Shrek honoring its 10th Anniversary and it’s win of the first Oscar® for Animated Feature; and a screening of this year’s current Oscar® Nominee for Best Animated Feature Film, A Cat in Paris.

For more details or to see the entire schedule, visit the LAAF Website HERE!

               

Who says Christmas only comes but once a year? BBC Home Entertainment brings you the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special, “The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe,” available on DVD and Blu-ray February 14, 2012. Matt Smith (The Doctor) is joined by Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Bill Bailey (Black Books), Arabella Weir (Skins, The Fast Show) and Alexander Armstrong (Armstrong & Miller) in the new festive special packed full of Christmas thrills and chills from lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat (The Adventures of Tintin).  The special, which the Los Angeles Times called “a particularly funny episode of an often funny series,” made its debut Christmas night on BBC AMERICA in the US and SPACE in Canada.

It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness – all she has to do is make a wish.

Three years later, a devastated Madge escapes war-torn London with her two children for a dilapidated house in Dorset. She is crippled with grief at the news her husband has been lost overseas, but determined to give Lily and Cyril the best Christmas ever.

The Arwells are surprised to be greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world. Here, Madge will learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible. And that wishes can come true...

KEN BURNS AND LYNN NOVICK’S AWARD-WINNING,^*
MONUMENTAL DOCUMENTARY DEBUTS ON BLU-RAY™

THE WAR

Just in Time for Father’s Day, Critically-Acclaimed Epic Arrives in High Definition on May 15, 2012 Loaded with Bonus Material Including Commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Deleted Scenes, Additional Interviews and More

Release Timed with Repeat Airings on PBS May 20^th and May 27^th

HOLLYWOOD, CA – Called “A new masterpiece…” (TV Guide) Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s powerful and acclaimed documentary THE WAR arrives for the first time ever on Blu-ray May 15, 2012 from PBS Distribution and Paramount Home Media Distribution.  Six years in the making, the epic, seven-part film directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explores the history and horror of the Second World War from an American perspective through the personal accounts of men and women from four quintessentially American towns.  Revealing the most intimate human dimensions of a worldwide catastrophe, the 15-hour documentary paints a vivid portrait of how the war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America. 

THE WAR is narrated by Emmy Award®-winner** Keith David and includes voiceovers from acclaimed performers such as Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Lucas, Adam Arkin and Eli Wallach and features recordings by Norah Jones and Wynton Marsalis, as well as war-era favorites from Benny Goodman, Nat ‘King’ Cole and more.   Presented in pristine high-definition, the Blu-ray also boasts nearly two hours of special features including filmmaker commentary, deleted scenes, additional interviews and a making of featurette.

Blu-ray

THE WAR is a 6-disc set presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 Surround and English SDH subtitles.  Total runtime is approximately 15 hours.  The Blu-ray will be available for the suggested retail price of $129.99 U.S./$139.99 Canada.

            Episodes:

Episode One: “A Necessary War”, December 1941-December 1942
Episode Two: “When Things Get Tough”, January 1943-December 1943
Episode Three:  “A Deadly Calling”, November 1943-June 1944
Episode Four:  “Pride of Our Nation”, June 1944-August 1944
Episode Five: “FUBAR”, September 1944-December 1944
Episode Six: “The Ghost Front”, December 1944-March 1945
Episode Seven: “A World Without War”, March 1945-December 1945

Bonus Material:

o   Making THE WAR Featurette

§  A behind-the-scenes look with filmmakers Ken Burns , Lynn Novick and others at the making of the film.

o   Commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

o   Deleted Scenes

§  These deleted scenes cover a range of topics such as war correspondents, the holocaust, Japanese internment, Operation Cobra and returning home after the war.

o   Additional Interviews

§  Includes more stories from Quentin Aanenson, United States Senator Daniel Inouye, Paul Fussell, Katherine Phillips-Singer and others.

About PBS Distribution

PBS Distribution is the leading media distributor for the public television community, both domestically and internationally.  Jointly owned by PBS (Arlington, VA) and WGBH (Boston, MA), PBS Distribution extends the reach of public television programs beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system and our production partners.  

PBS Distribution offers a diverse range of programming to our customers, including Ken Burns’s films (Prohibition, The National Parks, The War, Baseball, Jazz), documentaries from award-winning series NOVA (The Elegant Universe, Origins), FRONTLINE (God in America, Bush’s War, Growing Up Online), and American Experience (Freedom Riders, We Shall Remain), dramas from Masterpiece (Downton Abbey, Jane Eyre, Inspector Lewis), films from independent producers (Easy Yoga for Arthritis, The Buddha, The Story of India, Carrier, Journey into Buddhism, I.O.U.S.A.), and popular children’s programming from Dinosaur Train, Super Why!, WordGirl, Cyberchase, Martha Speaks, and Arthur.  As a multi-channel distributor, PBS Distribution pursues wholesale/retail sales, consumer and educational sales through PBS- branded catalogs and online shops, and international broadcast and video sales. PBS distribution is also a leader in offering programming through digital platforms including the internet, mobile, and web-connected television.

About Paramount Home Media Distribution

Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.  PPC is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands.  The PHMD division oversees PPC’s home entertainment, digital and television distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Insurge Pictures, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, CBS and PBS and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.  PHMD additionally manages global licensing of studio content and distribution across worldwide digital and television distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.

Dominic West (The Wire, The Devil's Whore), Romola Garai (One Day, Emma, Atonement) and Ben Whishaw (Bright Star, Brideshead Revisited) lead an all-star cast on The Hour, an intriguing, sexy and original, edge-of-your-seat spy thriller set in the world of television journalism in 1956.

Set behind the scenes of the BBC newsroom, just as an investigative news program is launched, the drama plots the personal lives, professional interplay and jealous ambition between aspiring but renegade journalist Freddie Lyon (Whishaw), the beautiful ambitious young producer Bel Rowley (Garai) with whom he is in love, and his handsome rival Hector Madden (West), the face and lead anchorman of this rising television news team. The Hour plays out as a riveting thriller set against the backdrop of the Cold War.

Viewers witness the decade on the threshold of change – from the ruthless sexual politics behind the polite social façade of the ‘50s to the revelations that redefined the world for a new generation. Over the six episodes, the interplay and intense ambitions between the rising news team plays out against the backdrop of a mysterious murder and Freddie's controversial and dangerous investigation.

• Deleted Scenes
• Under The Radar – The Making of Contraband: Take a comprehensive guided tour through the making of the modern action thriller Contraband.
• Reality Factor – The Stunts and Action of Contraband: From an explosive, complicated armored car heist in Panama to brutal, realistic fistfights and gunplay in the back alleys of New Orleans, see how the stunt and SFX teams worked together to make sure Contraband delivered raw and real action to the film.
• Feature Commentary: Director/Producer Baltasar Kormákur and Producer Evan Hayes participate.

• UltraViolet™: The revolutionary new way for consumers to collect movies and TV shows, store them in the cloud, and download and stream instantly to computers, tablets and smartphones. Currently available in the United States only.
• Digital Copy: Viewers can redeem a digital version of the full-length movie from a choice of retail partners to watch on an array of electronic and portable devices.

• Picture-in-Picture – featuring pre-visualization and storyboard comparisons of some the film’s most exciting scenes.
• pocket BLU™ App: The popular free pocket BLU™ app for smartphones is now even better with newly updated versions for iPad®, Android™ tablets, PC and Macintosh computers, with features made especially to take advantage of the devices’ larger screens and high resolution displays.
• Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.
• Video Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
• Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
• Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray™. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
• Keyboard: Entering data is fast and easy with your device’s intuitive keyboard.
• BD-LIVE™ - Access the BD-Live™ Center through your Internet-connected player to access the latest trailers, exclusive content and more!

• 4 Blu-ray Discs
• All 25 Season One Episodes
• Far Out, New-To-Blu Featurettes:

• “Groovy Green Screen”- A split screen comparison showing the progression from raw green screen video to the finished popular ‘70s inspired character transitions

• “A Sneak Peek at Season 2” Behind-the-scenes from the popular episodes:

• Kelso’s Serenade, Jackie Moves On, Moon Over Point Place

• More Bonus Features

• Hello Wisconsin!

• Promo Palooza

• The 70’s Show Trivia