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Sarab Singh Neelam’s Ocean Of Pearls Release

7 December 2009 10:03 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Omid Abtahi in Ocean of Pearls Sarab Singh Neelam’s Ocean of Pearls, a drama about traditional (Sikh) values coming into conflict with life in 21st-century North America, opens exclusively in the Los Angeles area on Friday, December 18, at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood. Director Neelam will take part in a q&a following the 7pm shows on Friday, December 18, and Saturday, December 19. According to the Ocean of Pearls press release, Neelam is the first Sikh director in American Cinema to make a film with Sikh lead actors. Written by Neelam and V. Prasad, Ocean of Pearls follows a young Toronto-based Sikh doctor — turban and long hair and all — whose life is upended following [...] »

- Anna Robinson

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Sneak Peeks & Synopsis – FlashForward 1.05 "Gimmie Some Truth"

20 October 2009 6:08 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

This Thursday's episode of FlashForward is new and we have three sneak peeks to share with you (courtesy of ABC).  Mark and his team have to answer to the Senate and I think Olivia's getting suspicious of the truth of Mark's flash forward.

Mark Is Questioned About The Details Of His Flashforward In A Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing To Determine Whether Wedeck's Team Should Continue To Be Funded, And Janis Ponders How Her Flashforward Will Affect Her Current Romantic Relationship, On ABC's "Flashforward"

"Gimme Some Truth" – Mark finds himself on the defense while being questioned about the details of his flashforward during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, which will decide whether to continue funding Wedeck's team.  Meanwhile, Janis wonders how her flashforward will affect her current romantic relationship, and Olivia receives an anonymous message relating to Mark's flashforward, on "FlashForward," Thursday, October 22 (8:00-9:00 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network. »

- clarissa

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'NCIS' season 7 premiere: Gibbs is still the man

23 September 2009 7:36 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Spoiler Alert! If you haven't seen last night's season premiere of NCIS, and you intend to, stop reading now. Do not click through to watch the clip of Gibbs (Mark Harmon) stealing the episode from Tony (Michael Weatherly), who risked his— and McGee's — life to rescue Ziva (while working in a nice True Liesreference, as naturally Tony would). Do not get excited when Tony tells the bad guy Saleem (Omid Abtahi, who I do not find all that scary since I've seen him on episodes of Bones and Ghost Whisperer), "Remember when I told you my boss was a sniper?" (Clearly, Tony was describing the team for the benefit of new viewers, which was a little frustrating for fans, but that ending almostmade up for it.) Do not chuckle inappropriately when you see Gibbs emerge in his desert camouflage like some kind of burlap monster with curlie-q fur to shoot another guy dead and say, »

- Mandi Bierly

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"The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" - Trailer added.

26 March 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

We have the trailer in from Peace Arch Entertainment's "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" starring Jon Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller, Mena Suvari and Nick Nolte. "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" director Rawson Marshall Thurber helms and adapts the screenplay based on the novel written by Michael Chabon ("Wonder Boys" novel as well as the screen story for "Spider-Man 2").   The film was a nominee of at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival for the Grand Jury Prize.   See the trailer here.   The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a coming-of-age story set in the faded glory of early 1980’s era Pittsburgh, based on the novel of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon. The story opens with Art Bechstein (Jon Foster) floundering in his new-found post-college freedom, opting to take the job with the least amount of responsibility he can find (at the appropriately titled Book Barn), while sleep walking through »

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2009 | 2008

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