Movie and DVD Reviews

The Warner Brothers Make Noise

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:02:02 +0000

Hollywood was an attractive place for the early filmmakers to settle, full of good weather, orange and lemon trees. For producers who owed money on borrowed camera equipment if a creditor came after them, they could hide among the trees. It was a hard business full of causalities and took a pirat...

Is Film Better than Digital for Weddings

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:17:01 +0000

As a professional wedding photographer I get this question asked more than anything else. Rarely will somebody ask me about my wedding photography education, awards, or professional memberships. I believe the root to this question lies on misinformation about the different qualities of film and d...

Tales Of Hollywood And Politics

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:38:01 +0000

Arnold Schwarzenegger's surprise announcement that he was seeking the California Governorship brought to mind the many times Hollywood figures have been involved in politics. Here are some related anecdotes:

When actors first came to Hollywood there were signs put up in front of hotels and...

Corporate Reality TV Shows

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:17:05 +0000

Within six years or so silver screen is bombarded with the reality shows and it is like that every other show that was coming up was a reality show. Now when these reality shows are finally dying: one much awaited show would have been Corporate Reality TV. Am I the only one that would have been...

Films - March Of The Wooden Soldiers

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:31:01 +0000

People could have said that casting Laurel and Hardy in the 1934 classic "March Of The Wooden Soldiers", based on the Victor Herbert operetta "Babes In Toyland", was simply a PR stunt to get them involved in the movie only to show off their comic talents and nothing more. Certainly how could ...

Oliver Stone’s 911 Film Bombs Completely

admin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:52:03 +0000

Oliver Stones Film; World Trade Center, bombed at the box office and came in a very weak third to two other movies, which were not even notable. Yet Oliver Stone supporters say that the movie did the best of any Oliver Stone film ever? But if it bombed both in Europe and the US in its first week ...

“Stay Alive” Review

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:22:02 +0000

Plot:After the brutal death of a friend, a group of friends find themselves in possession of a video-game called 'Stay-Alive', a blood-curdling true story of a 17th century noblewoman known as 'The Blood Countess'. However, after playing the game when they know they shouldn't, the friends re...

The Unsinkable Tim Knox

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:53:03 +0000

Anyone out there old enough to remember 'The Omega Man,' the 1971 film starring Charlton Heston as Colonel Robert Neville, the last "normal" man on earth? You remember, everyone else on the planet had been turned into deranged albino-mutants by some kind of deadly moon radiation. It was based...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Intriguing Dream Images

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:44:01 +0000

The first three installments of the Harry Potter series have shown us flashbacks, hallucinations, magic mirrors, time travel, and other altered states of consciousness as Harry drifts in and out of reality. Haunted by ghosts of his past, a demonic wizard hell-bent on destroying him, and soul-suck...

Contest Advice for Screenplay Writers

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:39:02 +0000

Introduction

There are many screenplay contests available to the aspiring screenwriter. These contests can be a good avenue to getting one's work noticed and/or make a sale. So, it's important to make certain that you have written your screenplay to the best of your ability and...

Website Idea for Actors and Actresses

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:19:01 +0000

Thanks to technological advances and recent internet popularity it is now possible for anyone who has enough talent to produce a movie. The barriers that have long made movie production only available to the rich are now no longer. For less than a few thousand dollars you can get all the equipmen...

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny - A Review

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:45:01 +0000

It's tempting to just say this film is a great pick for Jack Black and Tenacious D fans and leave it at that. But "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny" is so much more. It's an hour and a half of creative special effects, outrageous fantasy and dream sequences, hard-rocking music, pop culture ...

Stanley - King

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:38:00 +0000

The Shining, brought to screen by the genius of Stanley Kubrick, is this adaptation of the Stephen King book by the same name. The movie has been called the most thrilling of all time and one of the most carefully thought out film ever. Many critics will agree that there is something special abou...

Amazon Kicks It Off with Movie Downloads

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:17:01 +0000

Amazon announced the launch of their new video download service - Amazon Unbox. This new service will allow users to download video from thousands of TV show, movies and more using Amazon's online store.

Everyone expected Apple to launch a video download service first. After the launch of ...

Meet Bryan Singer Superman Returns

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:10:00 +0000

It must have been fate that Bryan Singer would direct the new film Superman Returns, the fifth in the series of Superman films. Singer loved the George Reeves Superman TV series when he was young, and was a huge fan of the Dick Donner-directed films from the 70s and 80s that starred Christopher R...