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Let our erstwhile enemies tell their own war-hero stories, and the result isn't necessarily any better than the standard how-America-won-the-war template.

Let our erstwhile enemies tell their own war-hero stories, and the result isn't necessarily any better than the standard how-America-won-the-war template. Especially not when the filmmakers are trying so hard to reach an international audience.[...]

The idea of making Manfred von Richthofen the hero of his own movie biopic may not fly so well with viewers more loyal to his fellow flying ace Billy Bishop (or maybe canine opponent Snoopy).

Cinequest Film Festival 20 (CQFF20) has experienced record numbers and exceptional growth once again in spite of a challenging economy. As CQFF20 wrapped, its new divisions-Cinequest Mavericks Studio (CMS) and Picture the Possibilities (PTP)- gear up for a big debut year. CQFF20 celebrated the true revolutionaries? Mavericks ? and their ability to create rippling effects throughout the world.

TV pilot season is a result of what happened on television the previous fall, and considering that the only sci-fi or fantasy "hit" of the season was The CW's The Vampire Diaries , with other new shows performing marginally and returning shows like Heroes fading, the broadcast networks aren't feeling a lot of love for the fantastic. In fact, CBS doesn't have anything in the pipe at all.

Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau flopped in his first flirt with American TV stardom ? his ?New Amsterdam? series getting cancelled after eight episodes in 2008.

While I was in New Orleans, visiting the set of Treme and seeing the premiere screening of The Pacific, HBO was keeping busy on its next generation of series.

US broadcaster HBO is to begin filming its epic fantasy adventure series Game of Thrones in Belfast in June.