Sleeping Beauty Diamond Edition Advance Notice

The following advertisement appeared in the package of the recent Jungle Book Platinum Edition. The re-release is of course timed to tie-in with the live-action spin-off Maleficent due out this May.

Syfy August 2013

Continuing with the backlog, here are the listings from Syfy from last August:

Missed data for Sunday, 4 August.

THURS., 1 AUG

03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dark Relic


SAT., 3 AUG
09:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rise Of The Gargoyles
11:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Pilot
12:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves
01:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: House Of Games
02:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Old Man Of The Sea
03:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Hunted
04:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: The Siren
05:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Homecoming
06:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Kuji
07:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Eye Of The Tiger
08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: For Whom The Egg Shatters
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Fiend Or Friend?
10:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Land Of The Dead


TUESDAY, 6 AUG
02:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Fiend Or Friend?
03:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Land Of The Dead


SUN., 11 AUG
01:30 PM
Movie: Outlander


MON., 12 AUG
09:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Black Forest

08:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


TUES., 13 AUG
08:00 AM
Face Off: Make It Reign


WEDNES., 14 AUG
02:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor


THURS., 15 AUG
05:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian

11:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian


FRI., 16 AUG
01:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Sinbad And The Minotaur


SAT., 17 AUG
11:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster


SAT., 24 AUG
11:30 AM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale


SUN., 25 AUG
05:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
07:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


MON., 26 AUG
02:30 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
04:30 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


WEDNES., 28 AUG
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beauty And The Beasts: A Dark Tale


SAT., 31 AUG
09:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000

Syfy July 2013

Four more to go. Here are the listings from Syfy for last July:

TUES., 2 JULY
2:00 AM
Sinbad: Old Man of the Sea

09:00 AM
Face Off: Make It Reign


SAT., 6 JULY
04:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Pilot
05:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves
06:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: House Of Games
07:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Old Man Of The Sea
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Hunted


SUN., 7 JULY
01:00 AM
Movie: Dragonquest
03:00 AM
Movie: Merlin And The War Of The Dragons

09:00 AM
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

04:00 PM
Outlander


THURS., 11 JULY
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchville


SAT., 13 JULY
05:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian

08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Hunted
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: The Siren
 
11:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian


SUN., 14 JULY
02:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Sinbad And The Minotaur
04:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Jabberwock

09:30 AM
Movie: Almighty Thor (2011)


MON., 15 JULY
03:30 AM
Movie: Grendel (2005)


TUES., 16 JULY
02:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: The Siren

03:00 PM
Destination Truth: Vampire Monsters/island Of The Damned


SAT., 20 JULY
08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: The Siren
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Homecoming


SUN., 21 JULY
10:00 PM
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Buffy vs. Dracula (2000)


TUES., 23 JULY
02:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Homecoming


FRI., 26 JULY
09:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor


SUN., 28 JULY
03:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Thor: Hammer Of The Gods

07:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
09:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


MON., 29 JULY
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Thor: Hammer Of The Gods

03:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution
05:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


TUES., 30 JULY
10:00 PM
Face Off: Make It Reign
11:00 PM
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files: Glowing Gargoyle/phantom Feline

Syfy June 2013

More Syfy backlog. Here are the listings for last June:

SAT., 8 JUNE

09:00 AM
Dragon Dynasty

01:00 PM
Fire & Ice

05:00 PM
Age of Dragons

09:00 PM
Sinbad (series premiere)


SUN., 9 JUNE
01:00 AM
Riverworld

03:00 AM
Riverworld-Part 2

11:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie : Wyvern


FRI., 14 JUNE
02:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor
04:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie : Thor: Hammer Of The Gods


SAT., 15 JUNE
08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Pilot
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves


SUN., 16 JUNE
09:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves

08:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian


MON., 17 JUNE
08:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Beyond Sherwood Forest
10:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Black Forest

05:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian


TUES., 18 JUNE
02:00 AM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves


SAT., 22 JUNE
08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: House Of Games


SUN., 23 JUNE
07:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


MON., 24 JUNE
04:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans


SAT., 29 JUNE
01:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl

08:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: House Of Games
09:00 PM
Sinbad, Season 1: Old Man Of The Sea

Chiller July 2013

Here is the final listing from Chiller featuring material from last July:

MON., 1 JULY
7:00 AM
The Outer Limits: The Shroud


WEDNES., 10 JULY
03:00 AM
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
A slacker takes a job directing a weird spinoff of "Hamlet" starring a vampire. [Actually, a Grail film.]


MON., 29 JULY
07:00 AM
The Outer Limits: The Tipping Point

Syfy January 2014

Well, I still haven't finished all of 2013, but here are the relevant listings (a week early, no less) from Syfy for January 2014.


THURS., 2 JAN
11:30 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl

FRI., 3 JAN
03:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Witchville

10:00 PM
Movie: X-men 2: X-men United


SAT., 4 JAN
03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor


SUN., 5 JAN
08:30 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
11:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Dungeons & Dragons: The Book Of Vile Darkness


MON., 6 JAN
01:00 AM
Movie: Age Of The Dragons
03:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Gryphon

06:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader


WEDNES.,8 JAN
09:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade


THURS., 9 JAN
08:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Immortal Voyage Of Captain Drake, The
10:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Sinbad And The Minotaur

02:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Aladdin And The Death Lamp

06:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
09:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull


FRI., 10 JAN
04:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Aladdin And The Death Lamp

05:00 PM
Movie: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull


SUN., 19 JAN
11:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000

09:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution


MON., 20 JAN
03:00 AM
Movie: Wes Craven Presents: Dracula II: Ascension

06:00 PM
Movie: Underworld: Evolution


SAT., 25 JAN
04:00 PM
Movie: Outlander

11:00 PM
Movie: Outlander


SUN., 26 JAN
02:30 PM
Movie: League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The


MON., 27 JAN
11:00 AM
Movie: League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The
01:30 PM
Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth


TUES., 28 JAN
09:00 PM
Face Off: Dragon's Breath [premiere]

11:00 PM
Face Off: Dragon's Breath


THURS., 30 JAN
03:00 PM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
05:30 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader


FRI., 31 JAN
08:00 AM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

01:00 PM
Movie: Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

Syfy December 2013

Continuing from the previous post, here are the relevant listings from Syfy for December 2013.

Lost data 12/9.

SAT., 7 DEC

09:00 AM

Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth

03:30 PM

Movie: Outlander

SUN., 8 DEC

12:00 AM

Movie: Outlander

TUES., 10 DEC

10:00 PM

Killer Contact: Vlad The Impaler: Dracula [premiere]

WEDNES., 11 DEC

12:00 AM

Killer Contact: Vlad The Impaler: Dracula

01:00 AM

Syfy Original Movie: Gryphon

03:00 AM

Movie: Book Of Beasts, The

07:00 PM

Killer Contact: Vlad The Impaler: Dracula

10:00 PM

Killer Contact: Lucrezia Borgia [premiere] 

THURS., 12 DEC

12:00 AM

Killer Contact: Lucrezia Borgia

03:00 AM

Syfy Original Movie: Beyond Sherwood Forest

03:00 PM

Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster

05:00 PM

Syfy Original Movie: Dungeons & Dragons: The Book Of Vile Darkness

11:30 PM

Syfy Original Movie

Dungeons & Dragons: The Book Of Vile Darkness

FRI., 13 DEC

01:30 AM

Syfy Original Movie: Rock Monster

SAT., 14 DEC

Dec 14

07:00 PM

Movie: Underworld: Evolution

SUN., 15 DEC

05:00 PM

Movie: Underworld: Evolution

TUES., 17 DEC

01:00 AM

Movie: Dracula 2000

WEDNES., 18 DEC

01:00 PM

Killer Contact: Vlad The Impaler: Dracula

02:00 PM

Killer Contact: Lucrezia Borgia

FRI., 20 DEC

09:00 AM

Syfy Original Movie: Beauty And The Beasts: A Dark Tale

11:00 AM

Syfy Original Movie: Almighty Thor

THURS., 26 DEC

03:00 PM

Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl

FRI., 27 DEC

01:00 AM

Syfy Original Movie: Witchslayer Gretl

10:00 PM

Movie: Underworld: Evolution

SAT., 28 DEC

01:30 PM

Movie: Outlander

SUN.,29 DEC

09:00 AM

Movie: Outlander

Syfy November 2013

Catching up (again). Here are the relevant listings from Syfy for November 2013.

Lost data for 11/1-11/3, 11/10-11/11, and 11/28.

MON., 4 NOV
09:30 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dark Relic


TUES., 5 NOV
07:00 PM
Face Off: Dark Magic


THURS., 7 NOV
03:00 PM
Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth


FRI., 8 NOV
02:00 AM
Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth

03:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Reign Of The Gargoyles


THURS., 14 NOV
1:00 AM
Movie: Dracula 2000
03:00 AM
Movie: Wes Craven Presents: Dracula II: Ascension


MON., 18 NOV
08:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Grendel
10:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Dragon Dynasty
12:00 PM
Syfy Original Movie: Fire And Ice


WEDNES., 20 NOV
01:00 AM
Syfy Original Movie: Rise Of The Gargoyles


MON., 25 NOV
08:00 AM
Merlin: The Diamond Of The Day - Part One
09:00 AM
Merlin: The Diamond Of The Day - Part Two
10:00 AM
Movie: In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

New and Forthcoming in SMART

The latest number (20.2 for Fall 2013) of Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching includes the following review:

DONALD WINEKE Book Review:  Shakespeare and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Performance and Adaptation of the Plays with Medieval Sources and Settings, edited by Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray

The forthcoming number (21.1 for Spring 2014) will feature the following essay:

JULIE ELB. Knights! Camelot! Action! Using Anachronistic Movies to Successfully Teach Medieval History.

Both numbers can be ordered direct from SMART at http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=smart.

Forever Knight Marathon Tomorrow

I've given up checking the listings for Chiller but do regularly check Syfy (and really need to update their listings on the blog), and I came across the following of interest in the programming for tomorrow, Friday, 4 October.

Oct 4	08:00 AM	Forever Knight	Dark Knight - Part 1
Oct 4	09:00 AM	Forever Knight	Dark Knight - Part 2
Oct 4	10:00 AM	Forever Knight	For I Have Sinned
Oct 4	11:00 AM	Forever Knight	Last Act
Oct 4	12:00 PM	Forever Knight	Dance By The Light Of The Moon
Oct 4	01:00 PM	Forever Knight	Dying To Know You
Oct 4	02:00 PM	Forever Knight	False Witness
Oct 4	03:00 PM	Forever Knight	Cherry Blossoms
Oct 4	04:00 PM	Forever Knight	I Will Repay
Oct 4	05:00 PM	Forever Knight	Dead Air

Robin Hood on Film/TV News

The upcoming 9th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Robin Hood Studies convenes from 31 October through 3 November at St Louis University and opens with a slate of panels on Robin Hood on screen. Details as follows. The complete program and conference information can be accessed at http://robinhood.slu.edu/index.html.

Thursday, 31 October

Session 1- Screen Games 1 [1:15 – 2:45 Il Monastero]

1. What a wicked game to play: The Robin/Guy/Marian Triangle in the 2006 BBC Robin Hood
Leah Larson, Our Lady of the Lake University

2. Playing the Bold Robin Hood: The Early Ballads in Season One of the BBC’s Robin Hood
Kelhi DePace, Auburn University Montgomery)

3. Mummers and jousters: Gentrification in Robin of Sherwood
Laura Blunk, Cuyahoga Community College


Session 2 – Screen Games 2 [3:00 – 4:30 Il Monastero]
Chair: Colin Pajda

1. The Evolution of Maid Marian in Film
Haley Cole, Auburn University Montgomery

2. Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood and a game of variants
Joanna Szwed-Sliwowska, University of Warsaw

3. Through the Virtual Greenwood: A Discussion of Robin Hood Video Games
Thomas Rowland, Saint Louis University

CFPs PCA/ACA 2014 (11/1/13)

The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association has published its calls for papers for the 2014 meeting in Chicago. Relevant areas include the following. Click the link for further details:


Medievalism in Popular Culture

Shakespeare on Film and Television

Tolkien Studies - Special Topic – New for 2014!

Adaptation (Film, TV, Lit., & Electronic Gaming)

 

Open Call Quarterly Review of Film and Video

A head's up from the MLA's Announcements of General Interest list:

Quarterly Review of Film and Video (QRFV) seeks new submissions on film, video, and moving-image studies. QRFV is devoted to providing innovative perspectives from a broad range of methodologies, including writings on newly developing technologies, as well as essays and interviews in any area of film history, production, reception, and criticism. The editors invite compelling, well-crafted essays on all aspects of film and the moving image—history, theory, and criticism—and welcomes essays on video games and video installations, the moving image in popular culture, and the ways in which the digital and filmic image now intersect in production, distribution, and exhibition. Also of interest are articles that explore the recovery of neglected films and issues arising from the digitization of the moving image, as well as interviews with directors, festival reports, and theoretical essays. QRFV regularly publishes 6–10-page book reviews. Potential reviewers should query the editors before undertaking a review. The editors also assign reviews. Submissions are accepted throughout the year; there is no deadline. The journal publishes five issues a year (four regular issues and one year-end special issue). Articles range from 20 to 35 pages in length, including notes and works-cited list, and may be in MLA or Chicago format. The complete guidelines for QRFV articles and reviews can be downloaded at http://eng-wdixon.unl.edu/format.html. The Transfer of Copyright Agreement, which must be downloaded, signed by the author, and submitted with each article or review, is at http://eng-wdixon.unl.edu/qrfv.pdf. Send submissions to wheelerdixon@windstream.net. For more information, write or call the editors, Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Dept. of English, 202 Andrews Hall, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln 68588-0333 (402 472-6064; fax: 402 472-9771).

Sinbad Marathon Today on Syfy

Syfy is airing a marathon of the new series Sinbad today. I saw the first episode and thought it had some promise (see teaser below and its Wikipedia page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(TV_series) ) but have not been able to catch the later episodes. The series, produced by British network Sky1, will be out on DVD and Blu-ray in the fall and can be viewed now on Amazon Instant Video and iTunes.





Here are the times and episode listings:

11:00 AM Sinbad, Season 1 : Pilot

12:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: Queen Of The Water-thieves

01:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: House Of Games

 02:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: Old Man Of The Sea

03:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: Hunted

04:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: The Siren

05:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: Homecoming

06:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: Kuji

07:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: Eye Of The Tiger

08:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: For Whom The Egg Shatters

09:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: Fiend Or Friend?

10:00 PM Sinbad, Season 1: Land Of The Dead

Sword in Stone and Robin Hood Updates

Advance reviews of both The Sword in thse Stone and Robin Hood Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Edition combo packs reveal that both releases will include concept art for scenes deleted from the films. Further details at the following site:

The Sword in the Stone:

http://www.criterionforum.org/DVD-review/the-sword-in-the-stone-dual-format-edition/disney/1202

http://moviemansguide.com/main/2013/07/review-swordinthestone-bd/


Robin Hood:

http://www.criterionforum.org/DVD-review/robin-hood-dual-format-edition/disney/1204

http://moviemansguide.com/main/2013/07/review-robinhood-bd/