Category: Movies
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My first completed short film: After Party
Last Sunday myself and a small group of actors and crew wrote, planned and shot a short film all in the course of a single 24 hour period. The film is called “After Party” and it’s a action/horror short. I won’t give away anything about the film, you’ll just have to watch it! It’s not…
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Running For Something – The Run
A video I put together of the 3-day Running For Something event. Hope you enjoy! If you would be willing to donate to help the youth of New Castle IN visit http://www.runningforsomething.com
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Watch Netflix movies on Apple TV
My wife recently purchased an Apple TV for me as a birthday present. I was very excited as I’ve wanted one since they released the 2.0 update which no longer required that you have a computer connected to it in order to watch/buy/rent movies from iTunes. Since then I’ve converted my entire DVD collection to…
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“Juno” garners several Oscar nominations
I can say without a doubt that Juno is the best movie I’ve seen in at least a year, probably a couple of years. The characters are wonderful and Juno, with her wonderful wit and charm, is one of the most lovable characters I’ve seen in a film. So you can imagine how excited I…
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A great talk given by J.J. Abrams
I’m a HUGE fan of J.J. Abrams. Two of the television shows he created have become my all-time favorites, Lost and Alias. He recently gave a talk at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design.) that I found to be a very interesting look into his mind. Not only do we get his explanation of why he enjoys…
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Some interesting LOST & Peter Jackson tidbits
A couple of interesting news stories in one day! First of all fans of the hit TV show LOST will want to take a look at a word of warning from Lost writer/co-creator Damon Lindelof about the upcoming (and much anticipated) 4th season of Lost. And for some much more exciting news (for fans of…
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Handbrake doesn't find main movie / feature?
I’ve been in the process of ripping my DVDs onto my computer for quick access. In the process I found that for some DVDs Handbrake didn’t find or detect the disk’s main feature so I was unable to rip the DVD. Initially I thought this was just because of the way the DVDs were encoded…
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Sting: Broken Music
I’ve always felt that there’s something extremely rare and delightful about Sting’s abilities as a songwriter and performer. I recently purchased his memoirs, Sting: Broken Music and added it to the short list of books I’ve read. These are my thoughts. My love of his music is very hard to understand, let alone articulate. Let…
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fade-IN Film Screening Series!
For those of you in the Richmond/Wayne County that happen to enjoy films I wanted to bring Richmond Art Museums new film series “fade-IN Film Screening Series” to your attention. From their website: “RAM’s new film screening series, fade-IN (Focusing on Art, Diversity, and Education – Indiana) will showcase a variety of films that fall…
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And the reviews are in…
I’ve been looking forward to Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong since I first heard about the project shortly after the last Lord of the Rings film was complete. I’m a big fan of Peter’s and I have a great amount of respect for him as a director. Not long after production started on the…