HBO is airing the movie “Share”, fresh from Cannes Film Festival’s “Special Screening: First Film” section, on July 28 at 9am and 9pm, the same times it’s being seen in the United States. Based on Pippa Bianco’s Cannes-winning short of the same title, the feature stars Rhianne Barreto as 16-year-old Mandy, who discovers a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember. She struggles to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout. “Share” also stars Charlie Plummer, Poorna Jagannathan, JC MacKenzie, Nicholas Galitzine, Lovie Simone and Danny Mastrogiorgio. Bianco received the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and Rhianne Barreto a Special Jury Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The picture also closed the New Directors/New Films Festival in New York City. … [Read more...] about HBO has a treat to ‘Share’
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HBO’s Chernobyl success drives tourism boom
CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE : The success of a US TV miniseries that examines the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl has driven up the number of tourists wanting to see for themselves the plant and the ghostly abandoned town nearby. One Chernobyl tour agency reported a 40 per cent rise in trip bookings since the series, made by HBO, began in May and has attracted outstanding reviews. English-language tours usually cost around US$100 (S$136) a person. April marked the 33rd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in then Soviet Ukraine, caused by a botched safety test in the fourth reactor of the plant that sent clouds of nuclear material across much of Europe. The HBO miniseries, which stars Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, Jessie Buckley and Emily Watson, depicts the explosion's aftermath, the vast cleanup operation and the subsequent inquiry. The area around the plant retains the feel of a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where stray dogs roam and vegetation encroaches into windowless, … [Read more...] about HBO’s Chernobyl success drives tourism boom
HBO show success drives Chernobyl tourism boom
The success of a U.S. television miniseries examining the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl has driven up the number of tourists wanting to see the plant and the ghostly abandoned town that neighbors it for themselves. One Chernobyl tour agency reported a 40% rise in trip bookings since the series, made by HBO, began in May and which has attracted outstanding reviews. English-language tours usually cost around $100 per person. Last April marked the 33rd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in then-Soviet Ukraine, caused by a botched safety test in the fourth reactor of the atomic plant that sent clouds of nuclear material across much of Europe. The HBO miniseries depicts the explosion's aftermath, the vast clean-up operation and the subsequent inquiry. The area around the plant retains the feel of a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where stray dogs roam and vegetation encroaches into windowless, abandoned buildings strewn with rubble. In Pripyat, the ghost town once home to … [Read more...] about HBO show success drives Chernobyl tourism boom
‘Game of Thrones’ fans petition HBO to remake final season
The final episode of Game of Thrones will air on May 20, marking an end to HBO’s wildly popular fantasy saga. Some fans, however, are not happy with how the series’ final season has played out since the first episode aired on April 15. A petition started by Dylan D. on change.org calls on HBO to remake the entire final season. It has 262,000 signatures so far. The petition reads: “David Benioff and D. B Weiss have proven themselves to be woefully incompetent writers when they have no source material [i.e. the books] to fall back on. This series deserves a final season that makes sense. Subvert my expectations and make it happen, HBO!” The series has been making news in its final season, which comprises six episodes. The first episode was watched by 17.4 million people in the United States alone, and it became the most-tweeted-about episode of the show with more than 5 million tweets. Read also: 'Game of Thrones' gaming chairs available for die-hard fans Episode … [Read more...] about ‘Game of Thrones’ fans petition HBO to remake final season
French actor Vincent Cassel joins cast of HBO’s ‘Westworld’
The Tinseltown press first reported the casting news this week, with The Hollywood Reporter saying the 52-year-old Frenchman would be playing a villain. "Westworld" unfolds in a near-future amusement park of sorts, where guests interact with androids in various settings and anything goes. But gradually, some of the androids start fighting back. The series stars Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright and Ed Harris. Also joining the cast for the new season are "Breaking Bad" alum Aaron Paul and actress-writer Lena Waithe. "We're incredibly excited to work with Vincent Cassel," show creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy said in a statement released by HBO. "We've been longtime fans of his and are thrilled for him to join the Westworld team." Cassel's breakthrough role came in 1995 with "La Haine," a searing portrayal of life in Paris's racially polarized suburbs. A series of big-screen roles followed in France, and then Cassel crossed over to Hollywood with featured parts … [Read more...] about French actor Vincent Cassel joins cast of HBO’s ‘Westworld’