388 Arletta Avenue

A Copperheart Entertainment presentation. (Worldwide sales: TF1 Intl., Boulogne-Billancourt, France.) Produced by Steve Hoban, Mark Cruz. Executive producer, Vincenzo Natali. Directed, put together by Randall Cole.With Nick Stahl, Mia Kirshner, Devon Sawa, Krista Bridges.Giving the venerable "Gaslight" concept a greater-tech spin, Randall Cole's "388 Arletta Avenue" can be a taut, frequently ingenious thriller that fails to get results only when it may be false to itself which is central conceit: the 24-7 surveillance from the not-quite-happily couple having a virtual thief, whose manipulations and mischief drive the husband for the edge. Thesps Nick Stahl, Devon Sawa and Mia Kirshner bring authenticity with a fairly audacious plotline, and helmer Cole adds a specific flair to what's as being a familiar device. Play will probably be limited, but genre fans will most likely lap up. James and Amy (Stahl, Kirshner) live easily in trendy Toronto she's a Ph.D. candidate, he's an up-and-comer within an advertising firm. That which you first see could well be through the lens from the camera, trained about the house, which watches simply because they go out, hide a kind inside a planter and drive away. The cameraman sees everything, too, and uses the key factor to plant no less than six cameras in your house. The film-within-the-movie is next seen chiefly about the bank of monitors within an mysterious location, the visible action shifting from place to place, and screen to screen, with the unseen hands in the puppet master/fiend. What begins in confusion -- by getting a mystery Compact disk established to see their vehicle stereo system system -- leads to frazzled nerves between James and Amy, neither knowing where it came from from nor, clearly, jumping for the conclusion that someone's trying to create them crazy. But matters escalate, to the level that whenever James finds a goodbye note concerning the bed mattress, and Amy gone, it's entirely plausible that she's simply hightail it. James, ultimately, remains cheating on her behalf account: Inside the film's subtler moments, a girl at work gives him a begrudging smile his sister-in law Katherine (Krista Bridges) greets his mobile call with venom -- her violent dislike of James eventually leading her to leap for the conclusion he's destroyed Amy. Meanwhile, James attempts to determine who be kidnapping his wife, killing his cat and otherwise monkeying along with his existence. A movie getting useless almost dares the viewer to find defects on the way, there appear to become handful of in "388 Arletta Avenue," even if nearly all that which you see remains faithful for the initial setup: When James seeks out a vintage classmate, Bill (Sawa), whom he suspects to become his tormentor, all the action happens before a camera the viewer knows remains grown inside the vehicle. When the police showed up at call, your home cams obtain the conversation. How you see James at his workplace isn't as apparent, unless of course obviously the devilish mastermind has treated his office computer (quite possible, given anything else that happens). However, if James chases an authentic, physical thief from his house one evening and takes for the streets within the vehicle, it is a little harder to reconcile the way you are seeing everything, unless of course obviously Mr. Evil has set up cameras like Christmas fires up minimizing Arletta Avenue. It's a curious mental game "388 Arletta" plays: Despite the fact that POV might be the criminal's, you ought to be sympathizing with James, yet we don't really he's a not particularly charming philanderer. In addition, when he seeks out Bill, it's about the face to apologize -- he while others cajolled Bill in class, as well as the shattered-searching guy seems to own experienced extended-term effects. Whilst he asks Bill's forgiveness, he suspects him to become behind his wife's abduction. It is therefore with mixed feelings that particular watches James burglary the seams, and many more as well as him. The film-through-viewfinder, probably done finest in the The the spanish language language horror film "Rec" (also to headache-inducing effect elsewhere, like "Cloverfield") can be a novelty that seems both a distraction together with a decoy from what could be just moderately interesting horror structures, "388 Arletta Avenue" incorporated. Production values are wonderful, taking into consideration the overall esthetic is positively raggedy.Camera, Gavin Cruz editor, Kathy Weinkauf production designer, Peter Cosco art director, Ian Hall set decorator, David Edgar costume designer, Patrick Antosh appear, Zenon Waschuk supervisory appear editor, David McCallum visual effects supervisor, Ryan V. Hays assistant director, Bruce Speyer line producer, Derek Rappaport casting, John Buchan, Jason Dark evening. Examined at Toronto Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) Sept. 10, 2011. Running time: 86 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Millenium Media Services Bringing PBS Fare to Target Shoppers (Exclusive)

Are Target shoppers ready for proper British TV series like the upstairs/downstairs drama Downton Abbey?our editor recommendsBurns exclusive to PBS until '22Justin Bieber's 'Never Say Never Director's Cut' To Be Sold at Target Convinced there is an eager market for PBS programming at the big-box retailer, Millennium Media Services, a new content aggregation and distribution venture, is partnering with PBS to distribute some of the network's signatures series at Target. MMS has put together a slate that includes both Downton Abbey and Northanger Abbey from PBS' Masterpiece Collection, the Arthur children's series, NOVA, Frontline and American Experience. Led by CEO Bill Lee, MMS was created to streamline the physical and digital distribution of independent content to major retailers such as Target and Best Buy. Its clients includeGaiam, A&E Home Entertainment, WE TV, MPI, Bandai, Acorn Media, Carsey-Werner and NBC/ Universal, among others. Related Topics PBS

DIGGING FOR TREASURE: Third Treasure Search Project Offered In The Nets This Year

EXCLUSIVE: Using the systems’ purchasing season half-way done, trends are beginning to emerge. Together with the strong showing through the comedy genre to date and also the ongoing strength of book adaptations, taking pleasure in recognition are shows about treasure tracks. The most recent entry is definitely an untitled adventure drama from Bald eagle Eye author John Glenn, that has been bought by NBC. Referred to as “Da Vinci Code meets National Treasure,” it focuses on a youthful NYPD beat cop who, along together with his family and buddies, embarks upon the finest treasure search in history. Glenn is executive creating with Maria Grasso and Deborah Spera for The new sony Pictures TV in which the two lately inked a pod deal. NBC is also developing an up-to-date version from the 1984 action-adventure romantic comedy film Romancing the Stone, whose plot began having a romance author performed by Kathleen Turner getting a treasure map. Mark Friedman is writing the variation. As well as in another book adaptation, ABC lately bought The Seven Miracles, a treasure search show within the spirit of Raiders from the Lost Arc and National Treasure in line with the Jack West Junior. number of adventure books by Australian author Matthew Reilly. Michael Seitzman is writing and Mark Gordon creating.

You're Gonna Make It: Mary Tyler Moore to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award

Congratulations to Mary Tyler Moore, the TV icon, Oscar nominee, humanitarian firebrand and all-around screen legend who was announced this morning as the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild 2011 Life Achievement Award. Moore will get her hardware at the SAG Awards ceremony to be held Jan. 29, 2012; the fight to get Six Weeks quietly scrubbed from her tribute reel begins now. Kidding! Or… not. Anyway, congratulations to Ms. Moore! Read on the SAG’s full press release. =========== LOS ANGELES (September 8, 2011) - Renowned actress, producer and humanitarian Mary Tyler Moore will receive Screen Actors Guild (SAG)’s most prestigious accolade - the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Moore created a new paradigm for female leads in television, won top honors for her courageous performances in film, television and on stage, produced some of the most lauded television programs of all time, and for thirty years, has served as a tireless advocate giving hope to all those afflicted with Type 1 diabetes. Moore will be presented the Award, given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which premieres live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT and 5 p.m. PT. In making today’s announcement, Screen Actors Guild National President Ken Howard said, “Mary Tyler Moore won our hearts as Laura Petrie and Mary Richards, our respect as her production company became synonymous with quality television, our awe as she tackled difficult subject matter in film and on Broadway, and our admiration she turned her public recognition into a catalyst to draw attention to critical and deeply personal health and social issues. She truly embodies the spirit behind SAG’s Life Achievement Award, and we are honored to proclaim her as its 48th recipient.” Holder of seven Emmys, a Tony and an Academy Award nomination, among numerous industry and philanthropic accolades, Mary Tyler Moore first rose to prominence when she was cast at 23 as Dick Van Dyke’s wife in his eponymous sitcom, based loosely on the experiences of comedy writer Carl Reiner. Smart, feisty and down-to-earth in capri pants and fashionable tops, Moore’s Laura Petrie was new kind of television wife and mother. The audiences loved her and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded her two Emmys and a nomination during the show’s five-year run. Following “The Dick Van Dyke Show’s” successful run, Moore combined her acting, singing and dancing talents in 1967 as Julie Andrew’s co-star in the 1920’s film musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” She was Elvis Presley’s final leading lady in 1969’s “Change of Habit” and the same year made her television movie debut in the drama “Run A Crooked Mile.” When CBS beckoned with the offer to develop her own television series, Moore formed a production company, MTM, with her then husband Grant Tinker. Their groundbreaking comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” premiered on September 19, 1970. While other comedies had been set in the workplace, Moore’s chronicled the career, friendships and dating life of a single, thirtyish, spunky, independent, career woman, in the unseen world of local TV news. With a brilliant cast, the character-driven series redefined the meaning of ensemble comedy and of family. In its seven-year run garnered 29 Emmys, including four for its star. Nearly 25 years later Moore was present as TV Land dedicated a statue in downtown Minneapolis depicting the iconic moment in the show’s opening credit’s when a hopeful Mary Richards tosses her hat in the air. Moore and Tinker’s MTM Enterprises continued to produce an impressive list of landmark comedies and dramas including “The Bob Newhart Show”, “Newhart, “WKRP in Cincinnati,” “Hill Street Blues” “The White Shadow” (starring current SAG president Ken Howard) and “St. Elsewhere,” Characters from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” became the focus for several successful spin-offs in the 1970s: “Rhoda,” starring Valerie Harper; “Phyllis,” starring Cloris Leachman; and “Lou Grant,” starring Ed Asner (SAG’s 38th Life Achievement recipient), which significantly took Asner’s gruff but soft-hearted journalist from TV newsroom comedy into a hard-hitting newspaper-set drama. Moore showcased her dramatic talent in her Emmy-nominated depiction of TV correspondent Betty Rollin’s battle with breast cancer in the 1978 CBS telefilm “First You Cry.” In 1980 Moore was nominated for an Oscar for her riveting portrayal of Beth Jarrett, a bitter mother coping with the death of one son and the attempted suicide of another in the Robert Redford-directed drama “Ordinary People.” The same year she continued to explore painful subject matter onstage in the hit Broadway play “Whose Life Is It, Anyway?” which earned her a Tony for playing a quadriplegic sculptor fighting to determine her own destiny, a role originated by Tom Conti and rewritten for its female star in her Broadway debut. Other feature films include: “Six Weeks,” opposite Dudley Moore; David O, Russell’s “Flirting with Disaster”; and Peter Calahan’s dark comedy Against The Current, opposite Joseph Fiennes and Justin Kirk, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Moore’s success in telefilms has continued across decades: In 1984, she delivered an Emmy-nominated performance in the ABC television movie “Heartsounds” opposite James Garner (SAG’s 41st Life Achievement recipient),; received a Cable Ace nomination for HBO’s “Finnegan Begin Again” opposite Robert Preston and Sam Waterson; delivered a stunning portrayal of disturbed first lady Mary Todd Lincoln in the 1988 NBC miniseries “Gore Vidal’s Lincoln;” and won her seventh Emmy in 1993 for her performance as a spinster trafficking in illegal adoption in Lifetime’s “Stolen Babies.” Other telefilm credits include TNT’s “Miss Lettie and Me” and the CBS television films “Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes”; “Snow Wonder”; and “Blessings” based on the Anna Quindlan novel. She and Dick Van Dyke showcased their old spark in a PBS version of D. L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning nursing home-set stage play “The Gin Game,” then reunited with a large number of their former cast mates in TV Land’s nostalgic “The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited.” Moore’s television guest roles include: a recurring run as Tea Leoni’s mother “The Naked Truth,” an appearance as Ellen DeGeneres’s Aunt Mary in a Christmas episode of “Ellen,” a recurring stint as a high-strung TV host on “That 70’s Show” and a multi-episode arc in NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle.” This year, on the season premiere of “Hot in Cleveland,” Moore reunited onscreen with Betty White for the first time since “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” sharing a jail cell with White’s character, Elka, who was arrested in the season one cliffhanger. . Moore returned to the stage in 1987 to star opposite Lynn Redgrave in A. R. Gurney Jr.’s “Sweet Sue” and has performed numerous benefit readings of Gurney’s two-person “Love Letters,” starring opposite James Earl Jones to benefit, the Poughkeepsie Day School, Patrick Stewart to benefit the Ethical Culture School and Gene Wilder for the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center Association, as well as opposite Gurney himself. Moore’s first autobiography, “After All,” published in 1995, was a frank exploration of her childhood, personal challenges and career. Her second book, “Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and Oh Yeah, Diabetes” is a candid, humorous and illuminating detailing of her battles with the disease since she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (then called “juvenile diabetes” for its prevalence among children) in 1970 at age 33. The book includes conversations with remarkable people who live with the disease and those who work on the frontiers of medical research. Moore donated all her profits from “Growing Up Again” to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the world’s leading funder and advocate for Type 1 diabetes science. Moore has been JDRF’s International Chairman since 1984. She has also chaired JDRF’s biennial Children’s Congress since its inception in 1999, leading up to 200 children with Type 1 diabetes to Washington, D.C. to meet face-to-face with congressional representatives. Moore has been at the vanguard of JDRF’s visit on Capitol Hill, testifying before the House and Senate on behalf of increased National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for Type 1 diabetes, which affects as many as 3 million children and adults. Moore and her husband, Dr. S Robert Levine, have been generous supporters of JDRF’s research programs and in 2003 established JDRF’s “Excellence in Clinical Research Award” in recognition of outstanding diabetes researchers. She herself was honored by JDRF in 2007 with its Humanitarian of the Year Award. Among many other accolades, Moore received the 1984 Women in Film Crystal Award, was immortalized in 1992 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was presented with the American Screenwriters Association first David Angell Humanitarian Award in 2002 and in 2009 was honored with the National Association of Broadcasters Distinguished Service Award. Moore co-founded Broadway Barks with Bernadette Peters in 1999. The annual event held in Broadway’s Shubert Alley promotes the adoption of shelter animals, seeks to end euthanasia of dogs and cats in New York City and fosters a spirit of community among the number shelters and rescue groups working throughout the city. New York Major Michael Bloomberg proclaimed this year’s July 9, 2011, event as “Broadway Barks Day.” The Brooklyn-born daughter of George Tyler Moore and Marjorie Hackett, Moore, Moore had moved with her family to California at 8 and aspired to be a dancer. After graduating Immaculate Heart High School, she broke into commercials, then gained acting credentials in television, first as the only partially-glimpsed switchboard operator on “Richard Diamond, Private Eye” and in guest roles in more than a dozen popular series, such as “”Hawaiian Eye,” “77 Sunset Strip,” and “Wanted: Dead or Alive.” ###

SAG Election Interviews with Asmar Muhammad, David Hillberg, and Sharon Rubin (Video)

Back Stage recently spoke with Screen Actors Guild presidential candidates Asmar Muhammad, David Hillberg, and Sharon Rubin about their plans for the election.Interview with Asmar Muhammad Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Muhammad talks about why he is running in this election. Interview with David Hillberg Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Hillberg talks about his plans for the union if he is elected. Interview with Sharon Rubin Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Rubin talks about why she's running for SAG president. Back Stage recently spoke with Screen Actors Guild presidential candidates Asmar Muhammad, David Hillberg, and Sharon Rubin about their plans for the election.Interview with Asmar Muhammad Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Muhammad talks about why he is running in this election. Interview with David Hillberg Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Hillberg talks about his plans for the union if he is elected. Interview with Sharon Rubin Screen Actors Guild Presidential Candidate Rubin talks about why she's running for SAG president.

Which Action Stars Aren't Yet Attached/In Talks/Rumored for Expendables 2?

Earlier today came word that Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme might be joining Sly Stallone & Co. for The Expendables 2 (although the reported cast listing at Millenium Films now reads “TBA”). Now it seems Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis are onboard to reprise their cameos from the first film, with bigger parts this time around. (Expanded Expendables!) So let’s just take a minute and regroup: Who isn’t onboard or under consideration to join the beefy action sequel? Original Expendables reportedly returning: Sylvester Stallone (Duh) Jason Statham Dolph Lundgren Mickey Rourke Terry Crews Jet Li “Stone Cold” Steve Austin Randy Couture Arnold Schwarzenegger Bruce Willis Finally, Planet Hollywood pays off… Rumored new additions: Chuck Norris Jean-Claude Van Damme (Who missed the boat the first time around, so you’ve got to think he’d jump at the chance…) Donnie Yen (This would be awesome. Just sayin’.) Scott Adkins (Undisputed II) Mr. T Hulk Hogan Carl Weathers Vin Diesel Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Charlie Sheen (Yes, really.) Lorenzo Lamas Jeff Speakman Oliver Gruner John Travolta Okay, seriously… who’s left? Jackie Chan Kurt Russell Sean Connery (and Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby and Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan) Wesley Snipes* Steven Seagal (Turned down the first film, but could use the image boost after tank-raiding some guy’s puppy) Tony Jaa Michael Biehn Michael Dudikoff Michael Jai White Those French parkour guys Any of the kick-ass female action heroines of the last few decades — Linda Hamilton, perhaps? I mean, seriously. What a sausage fest. *Currently serving time, may not be out of the clink by start of filming. Did I miss anyone? Any other potential Expendables out there? Remember, anyone who doesn’t make it into Expendables 2 has an eternity of potential sequels to get in on. This is from the guy who made six Rockys and four Rambos, with room for even more to come. Sly’s gonna be ripping throats and dodging bullets for years to come (whether you like it or not)!

Watch The Hangover 2

Labor Day Marathon Roundup: Things to Watch A Few Days Ago

Sarah Michelle Gellar Outdoors? Bah. Labor Day Weekend is perfect for TV watching, like all other weekend! Here's a listing from the marathons the systems have planned: (All occasions are ET/PT) Saturday, Sept. 3Battlestar Galactica (Night time Friday- 8 p.m. Saturday, BBC America)Little House about the Prairie (6 a.m.-6 a.m. Sunday, Hallmark)The Twilight Zone (8 a.m.-2 p.m., Chiller)Guy V. Food (9 a.m.-2 p.m., Travel Funnel)Burn Notice (1 p.m.-6 a.m. Sunday, Cloo)Extreme Couponing (3-10 p.m., TLC)Hoarders (3 p.m.-4 a.m. Sunday, A&E)Sunday, Sept. 4Law & Order: Criminal Intent (6 a.m.-6 a.m. Monday, Cloo)Top Gear (6 a.m.-8 p.m., BBC America)Real Average women of Nj (10 a.m.-Night time, Bravo)Clicked (Noon-Night time, Oxygen)Finding Bigfoot (1- 7 p.m., Animal Planet)Ghost Whisperer (1 p.m.-Night time, WE)Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Night time-8 p.m. Monday, Chiller) Monday, Sept. 5Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit (6 a.m.-2 p.m., Cloo)American Chopper: Senior versus. Junior (7 a.m.-9 p.m., Discovery)Criminal Minds (8 a.m.-10 p.m., A&E)Top Gear (8 a.m.-5 a.m. Tuesday, BBC America)American Ninja Warrior (9 a.m.-4 a.m. Tuesday, G4)BBQ Pitmasters (9 a.m.-3 a.m. Tuesday, Planet Eco-friendly)Degrassi (9 a.m.-night time, TeenNick)Jersey Shoreline (9 a.m.-10 p.m., MTV)Real Average women of Orange County (10 a.m.-9 p.m., Bravo)Bad Women Club (11 a.m.-10 p.m., Oxygen)Undercover Boss (1-9 p.m., TLC)The Closer (1-10 p.m., TNT)Anthony Bourdain: No Bookings (Noon-4 a.m. Tuesday, Travel Funnel)

X-Men: First Class Online Free