Make your mom happy by stepping away from the screen for a moment and reading a book! An actual, honest to god, words on paper book! Preferably this one! Kier-La Janisse has long been a major figure on the cult film scene between various programming gigs - she currently oversees the short film programs at Fantastic Fest - and writing books on the subject. And she's back at it on the writing front, this time taking a look at cult kids' titles.Growing up, did you ever sit in front of a TV, a 16mm school projector or a Vcr and come under the hypnotic spell of the tuff, sassy, cool and inspiring kids that you saw on the screen? Perhaps you grinned as Jacob Two-Two...
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- 4/11/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Don't let Hollywood's sugary adaptation put you off reading Mordecai Richler's acid novel, Barney's Version
From behind his Coke-bottle glasses, the bookseller on the Charing Cross Road focused his magnified eyeballs as narrowly as he was able. "Mordecai Richler?" he said, releasing a frisson of fine dust. "Now there's a name from the past."
For those of us to whom the ghost of Canada's greatest satirical writer remains a biting presence, this was not the most reassuring of statements – especially issuing from a bookseller who himself gave the appearance of having been not so much born as unearthed in some archaeological dig. But such was Mordecai Richler's currency when I checked recently in London – where he lived for two decades and about which he often wrote, largely from the expat's point of view. To wit: none of the used bookshops on the Charing Cross Road carried any of Richler's 10 novels.
From behind his Coke-bottle glasses, the bookseller on the Charing Cross Road focused his magnified eyeballs as narrowly as he was able. "Mordecai Richler?" he said, releasing a frisson of fine dust. "Now there's a name from the past."
For those of us to whom the ghost of Canada's greatest satirical writer remains a biting presence, this was not the most reassuring of statements – especially issuing from a bookseller who himself gave the appearance of having been not so much born as unearthed in some archaeological dig. But such was Mordecai Richler's currency when I checked recently in London – where he lived for two decades and about which he often wrote, largely from the expat's point of view. To wit: none of the used bookshops on the Charing Cross Road carried any of Richler's 10 novels.
- 1/27/2011
- by Chris Michael
- The Guardian - Film News
A multiplatform children's programming partnership between several networks and children's entertainment companies will debut with blocks on three networks in early September. Qubo will premiere Saturday, Sept. 9 on NBC and its sibling network Telemundo, then Friday, Sept. 15 on the i Network. The networks will each air a block of programming from Scholastic (Dragon), Classic Media/Big Idea (VeggieTales, Larry Boy: The Cartoon Adventures and VeggieTales Presents: 3-2-1 Penguins!) and Corus Entertainment's Nelvanna (Babar and Jacob Two-Two). Scholastic, Classic Media/Big Idea and Corus are all partners with NBC Universal and Ion Media Networks on the children's educational television initiative, which was announced in May.
- 8/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Opening a new retail frontier, Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment and U.S. partner Comcast Corp. on Thursday said they would shortly launch a new video-on-demand service to provide Nelvana library product to households with kids aged six to 12 years. Toronto-based Corus, which owns and operates cartoon producer Nelvana Ltd., indicated the new Vortex on Demand service would launch in mid-July at no cost to Comcast digital cable customers and would be made available as part of Comcast's On Demand kids and teens programming offerings. As part of their agreement, Comcast will tap hundreds of titles from the Nelvana library, including Jacob Two-Two, Tales From the Crypt Keeper, Pippi Longstocking, and Elliot Moose.
TORONTO -- Kids animation is making a splash on the eve of the international television market MIPTV in Cannes with a slew of deals by two major international animation houses -- Canada's Nelvana Ltd. and Germany's TV-Loonland -- unveiled Thursday. Cartoon Network Latin America has picked up a major package of cartoons from Canadian animation producer Nelvana Ltd., including Max & Ruby, The Berenstain Bears, Pecola, 6teen, Delta State, Clone High and Bob & Margaret. The agreement, unveiled by Toronto-based Nelvana on Thursday, comes on top of a deal in January 2004 that sent three other Nelvana cartoons -- My Dad the Rock Star, Jacob Two-Two and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids -- to the Latin American channel.
MEXICO CITY -- Cartoon Network Latin America and Canadian toon producer-distributor Nelvana Limited have inked a deal that gives the kids channel three new programs for next year. In a company statement released Thursday, Turner-owned Cartoon Network said it has picked up My Dad the Rock Star, Jacob Two-Two, and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids. Cartoon Network Latin America reaches 13.6 million households throughout the region.
- 12/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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