I know I'm not one to review movie's on my blog, but this is a special occasion. We're talking about Indiana Jones who is back from the 80's almost twenty years later. I have to admit, I'm actually a pretty big Indy fan. I even like to watch Temple of Doom now and then.
WARNING: Spoilers Below
Before I bash it, I must say it was good to see Indiana on the big screen. There were a lot of things I did like about this movie. I loved how they played into Harrison Ford's age. I think they nailed the 50's quite well. Story wise they worked in the warehouse scene that has the ark in it, and over all there was a lot of classic Indy action. For Indy fans, they'll love the references to the first and third movie.
I have a couple of minor complaints. I was under the impression we'd get to see Sallah again. Granted the movie never went to his part of the world, but he is a great character. I also think, but didn't expect it, this movie would have been a great for an adult Short Round appearance. Indy always has friends he runs into along the way anyway, why not have one we already know a little bit of his background?
Of course, my major complaint is the plot device. Lucas, Spielberg, and Ford have been reviewing scripts surrounding the crystal skull for almost 20 years and when it's all said and done aliens is the best they could come up with? Really? I'm sorry Inter-dimensional being that go to "the space between." Yeah yeah I get it, Ford didn't want to be in another Lucas movie with aliens so they played with names, but they look like aliens and act like aliens so they are freakin' aliens as far as I'm concerned.
The first three movies stuck to major world religions. Raiders was all about Judaism, Temple of Doom was about Hinduism (granted in kind of a dark degrading way), and Crusade was obviously Christianity. In all of those movies Indy doesn't believe the mythology behind the artifact, but through the course of the movie he learns there is something more to it and the audience comes to understand things on a greater scale (like maybe no single religion is right but there is something mystic about them all).
Last I checked we still have four major world religions the Indy series hasn't touched. How about we use those before we jump to aliens? Regardless of my complaints I would still recommend seeing this movie in the theater. Most likely this will be the last Indy movie, so if you want to see Jones on the big screen again (or for some of us the first time) this could be your only chance.


If you love movies, if you love foreign films and festivals, but the inherent crowds irk you, then how about MyFrenchFilmFestival.com? Another way to watch foreign movies online. This inaugural film festival began on January 14 and finishes on the 30th.
I tried to watch two titles, “All that Glitters” [Tout Ce Qui Brille in French], about two 20-something suburban women who yearn for Paris’ bright lights, and “Spies” [Espions in French] a story that asks “what if James Bond were brilliant and French, but also a misfit, slacker without patriotism?” Several of the 10 titles looked worthwhile. I say tried, even strove, because after 10- or 20-minutes even with a strong, reliable Wifi connections, the movies played as though they were under strobes lights –stuttering, clunky.
While this web-based film festival isn’t the first, or necessarily unique, it is different and special, but also damned irksome. Its predecessors are Babelgum Online Film Festival, which began in 2007, offering movies that mostly avoid or ignore conventional or feature films, and the New York Film Academy and PutItOn.com, which held their second online festival in 2010. Neither of these seem to offer the opportunity to watch foreign movies online. So maybe try MyFrenchFilmFestival.com?
Well, while MyFrenchFilmFestival boasts 10 films from emerging French feature filmmakers and many shorts, brace yourself for the internet headaches… People talk about payback. The problem is playback, even with a strong Wifi connection. With this inaugural online film festival, you waste more energy coaxing the movie to play than enjoying it. It’s a trial for a movie critic to review something that literally almost not watchable. You try to steady the clunky play back somehow, by making circles in the corner of your screen with the mouse, but…that’s tiresome, and futile. If you want to pause or come back to watching the film, too bad, so sad. – You’re screwed.
“All that Glitters” would’ve been a romp, watching these young women find their ways and a little bit more about themselves, and reconciling their suburban doldrums and fantasies about Parisian night life. It’s probably a good romp if the web system cooperates with movie viewers.
Then a few days after struggling to enjoy the story of this female duo, a surge of optimism came. How about another go of it, with “Spies?” It’s a strong, smart film that has a French version of James Bond, if he lacked the glamour or sense of service. The first half played well enough, making you want to stick with it, even if your attention was split between fiddling with a mouse and actually watching it. But when the movie starts playing more like a skipping slideshow, and the subtitles seem to fall out-of-sync or drop off entirely, you’re lost – Patience drained. Enthusiasm spent.
Nice try, maybe. This film festival, or this method makes it hard to watch foreign movies online. In how many ways can we compare this clunkiness to European politics?


Summary: Tony Stark is Iron Man and has solved all of the world’s problems (somehow). The Government doesn’t like that he’s not sharing his technology, other weapons manufacturers are trying to copy him, and a man from his hidden past wants him dead. Tony has problems of his own, but he finds he can depend on his friends and future allies…
Thoughts: I loved the first Iron Man. It was so much fun and totally unexpected. I went into this movie with high expectations and had been pumping myself up for a while now. However, it did not live up to my own hype. It’s not bad by any means, its just not as awesome as I would have hoped.
The plot is a bit slow at times. Things will happen, then everything will slow down for a while, then speed up. Some things that happen are a bit too unbelievable for me, but I suppose if you put a super-genius in a room for long enough, he’ll come up with something. The main villain’s motivation for revenge is explained, but not why he feels he needs lightsaber-whips instead of just using his knowledge to blow Tony up.
There didn’t really seem to be much character development. In the first movie, we watch Tony go from being an arrogant loaner who realizes that he needs to try to redeem himself for some of the things he may or may not have done. In this movie, Tony is an arrogant loaner (again) who I guess realizes that he needs his friends, but I’m inferring that on the movie. Really, he treats everyone like dirt, and if they’re his friend, they’ll get mad but forgive him. If they’re villains, they’ll get mad and try to kill him.
The effects were great, as expected. All of the new armor looked awesome. The battle scenes were great, but a bit short. I suppose real battles don’t take 10 minutes like is some movies, but it just seemed that after a few punches the fights were over. There were a few surprises that even the trailers didn’t ruin, but they look great.
I may be being too hard on this movie. I was fun, it just wasn’t as much fun at the first one. It had humor, it had action. It just kind of slowed down at points where I feel like it may not have needed too. What I really liked was the parts that are leading into the other Marvel movies. For those who don’t know, Marvel Studios is making several movies of their superheroes and then in 2012 there will be an “Avengers” movie with them all coming together. So each movie is leading into the next, almost like we’re getting all of the backstory for “Avengers” in each of these other movies. So far we have Iron Man 1 & 2 and The Incredible Hulk (the one with Ed Norton). Next comes Thor, then Captain America, then Avengers which will bring them all together.. They’re planning even more movies as well. I like that they’re planning ahead with these, instead of just trying to capitalize on the comic book movie wave.
Another things I appreciate is that while there are inside jokes and references, I like they they don’t try to force this kind of stuff directly into the plot. Sure Whiplash and Black Widow are in this movie, but they aren’t called by name. The Hulk wasn’t called “Hulk” in his movie either [EDIT: watched it again, and they do call him that in a throwaway line, and he does say “Hulk Smash!” I still feel they handled it better than the following]. I didn’t like how Fantastic Four (a Marvel movie, but the rights belong to another company) had Johnny Storm come up with their code names from the comics (“Mr Fantastic” doesn’t make any sense, seriously) and everyone used their catchphrases like they knew they were supposed to say them. Anyway, I’m glad the Marvel Studios-owned properties aren’t doing that.
On a side note: I was excited about the music in the movie since I bought the “soundtrack” which was basically an AC/DC greatest hits album. However, the movie had two AC/DC songs, which is only one more than in the last movie. There were a lot of good songs, but for AC/DC to be the entire “soundtrack”, they weren’t in it except in the beginning and the end.
Overall: Not as much fun as the first, but not bad at all.


We decided to do another movie night last week which turned out SO FUN! Originally we wanted to blatantly copy Amy's Nancy Drew movie night, but as we were looking through movies at the video store we came across this recently released flick "Nim's Island". Immediately the idea started flowing. We bought the girls each a grass skirt and a lei, which they loved! I mean, who doesn't love wearing grass?
For treats we decided to go tropical - crab, fruit juice, mango, bananas, some indian bread (yeah, it's hot in India, could be tropical!) and don't forget the gummy sharks!
I loved the movie - it was sweet, touching, funny, and entertaining. I reccommend it to everyone (and it has nothing whatever to do with the fact that my guy Gerry Butler has a role in it ;) Yes, there were grass skirts, leis, and even some sharks - though not of the sugary sweet gummy variety. It was such a success! I can't wait for our next movie night! Any suggestions for G rated movies with a theme??


Well, tonight’s the night for the second leg in the triple crown of the movie awards’ season: the Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG) Awards. These awards are given to – and voted on by – those actors who are members of SAG-AFTRA acting union. Awards are issued in both movie and television categories, with Best Ensemble Cast prizes given in films as well as Television-Drama and Television-Comedy.
The SAG Best Ensemble in a Film prize has dovetailed with the film that ultimately won the Best Picture Oscar several times. There are three notable instances when the SAG Ensemble prize predicted a Best Picture winner that had not previously been front-and-center on the Oscar radar that season: “Shakespeare in Love,” “The King’s Speech,” and “Crash.” The SAG ensemble prize tends to be given to the film that is the most “acty.” Rarely does the prize go to an action or effects-heavy pic, although “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” did pick up the prize for 2003 and would go on to nail the Best Picture Oscar. To be fair, though, LOTR did have a cast of roughly 12 million (so if everybody voted for themselves…), so it was not entirely outside the bounds of logic to think it might win. When “Shakespeare” won for 1998, though, it was a true surprise. The Monday morning quarterbacking at the time proffered that, since it had a large cast - including lots of Brits - and a female-centric story, it stood a better chance with SAG than “Saving Private Ryan,” the Spielberg testosterone-fest that was the Best Pic shoo-in. But “Shakespeare” carried its momentum all the way home. In one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history, “Shakespeare in Love” stole the Best Picture prize from “Ryan.” People then started paying attention to the SAG Awards not merely as additional trophy candy but as true harbingers of the Oscar results to come.
When the Best Ensemble SAG went to “Gosford Park” for 2000 and to “Traffic” the following year, but the Best Picture Oscars went to favorites “Gladiator” and “A Beautiful Mind,” the talk of SAG as prognosticator extraordinaire died down a bit. Such chatter was resuscitated exponentially, though, when “Crash” won the Best Ensemble at the SAGs and went on, in another of Oscar’s great upsets, to snag the Best Picture Oscar away from the heavily favored “Brokeback Mountain.” This “Crash Factor” still shadows the SAG Awards; four years ago, “The Social Network” was at least modestly favored to win both the Best Ensemble and the Best Picture Oscar, but it garnered neither. “The King’s Speech” picked up both prizes. Crash Factor, some speculated.
In recent years, the SAG Award for Best Ensemble has gone to films such as “Little Miss Sunshine,” “The Help,” “Inglourious Basterds,” and last year’s “American Hustle.” In the case of both ‘Sunshine’ and ‘Hustle,’ the wins sparked buzz that those films were gaining significant ground in Oscar’s Best Pic race. However close they may – or may not – have come, neither nailed down that elusive top Oscar. Such will be the case this year, as well.
My pick for Best Ensemble Cast in a Film goes to the 9-time Oscar nominated “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” First, it’s a quirky, Wes Anderson-directed confection containing winning work from a last cast of well-knowns, including Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Adrian Brody, Willem Dafoe, F. Murray Abraham, Harvey Keitel, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson, and Jude Law. Second, it’s the kind of strange, well-received, come-from-behind boutique project that everyone wishes they’d have been a part of. Third, it’s a truly great ensemble and, although Fiennes is the decided “lead,” there is plenty for everybody to chew on. Finally, it is a worthy recipient.
It’s not an easy call; the other four nominees in the Ensemble category this year are valid contenders (“Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “The Imitation Game,” “The Theory of Everything”). Further, each of them has two or more individuals nominated in the acting categories, while “Budapest” has no one singled out. Still, while “Boyhood” or “Birdman” or “The Imitation Game” is the likely Oscar victor (with the non-SAG-nominated “American Sniper” replacing “Budapest” in the role of current spoiler), look for the cast of “The Grand Budapest Hotel” to be the last ones to leave the stage tonight at the Shrine Exposition Center.
In the Best Acting film prizes, I see no surprises this year. I think Michael Keaton, Julianne Moore, J.K. Simmons, and Patricia Arquette will bring down the trophies one-two-three-four just like they did at The Golden Globes, just like they did at most critics’ groups soirees this year, and just like they will do at the Oscars next month.
As for television, the SAG folks - just like their counterparts at the Emmys – often are stuck in a year-after-year rut when it comes to the TV awards. In the Best TV Ensemble – Drama category, “House of Cards” is the only new member to the crew, replacing last year’s winner, “Breaking Bad.” “Game of Thrones,” “Homeland,” and “Downton Abbey” are each on Nomination #3, with the PBS drama the only past winner; it took the prize two years ago. HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” is enjoying nomination #5; the two-time winner of the prize has wrapped up its run, so a goodbye prize is possible. Still, I’m torn between “Homeland” and “Downton.” I think they’ll give it to “Homeland,” which is why I’m guessing a win for “Downton.” So I’m pretty sure it will wind up with “Boardwalk.”
On the comedy side, “Modern Family” has taken home the prize four years in a row. The last sitcom to win an Ensemble SAG Award was “Glee.” This year marks the sixth nomination for “Family” and it is up against returning noms “The Big Bang Theory” (Nomination #4) and “Veep” (Nomination #2) alongside newcomers “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Orange is the New Black.” As much buzz as “Orange” has, I’m going with the theory that there is nothing more consistent than consistency; “Modern Family” picks up #5.
For the individual television performers, I’m liking a Kevin Spacey/Maggie Smith pairing on the Drama Side, with William H. Macy and Uzo Aduba shaking up Comedy World. And, in the TV movie or miniseries categories, I’m saying ‘yes’ to Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand. As for the Stunt Ensembles, I’m picking “Fury” on the film side and “Sons of Anarchy” on the TV side; they both sound very angry and in need of a lot of stunts.
So there they are…the SAG picks. Tune in to TBS and TNT at 8:00pm Eastern tonight (January 25) to check the winners and watch Debbie Reynolds pick up her Life Achievement Award.Share on Twitter Share on Facebook


Sarkar Day Wise Box Office Collection Worldwide Business Analysis – Vijay starrer film “Sarkar” movie Box Office Collection Worldwide Total income, budget, starcast newly releasing Tamil Language Action Drama film “Sarkar”. The eagerly awaited Tamil language movie will release worldwide on 06 November 2018. The Trailer of the celluloid was released on 22th September 2018.
Directed By A. R. Murugadoss, Action Drama celluloid is in Tamil language. Produced by Kalanithi Maran.
Featuring Vijay, Keerthy Suresh, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Yogi Babu, Radha Ravi in main roles. In music Department flick also getting a best feedbacks. Because of the tracks was generated by star Music Composers & fantastic Singers. By an huge support from the admirers is showing that the movie would obtain a top rank in Blockbuster films of the year.
Aamir Khan’s movie ‘Thugs Of Hindostan’ is scheduled to release on big screen with ‘Sarkar’ film. “Sarkar” is going to face tough competition at box office in this week. For more info about bout tuned with us to know “Sarkar” Day Wise Box Office Collection Today Worldwide Business Analysis”.
Trade analyst have predicted that the “Sarkar” celluloid offering can pass Rs 10 crore on first day. The Tamil Action cinema Rs 25 crore+ amount in first weekend. In first seven days after releasing movie will garner 40 crore+ collections at box office. It won’t be tough for the movie to mint such box office collection in initial seven days of its release. Below is Sarkar Day Wise Box Office Collection Today Worldwide Business Analysis.
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Joining me today for Episode #329 of the podcast is Mike Eisenberg, the director, editor, and producer of the film “To Err is Human,” a documentary about the incredibly important issue of patient safety. The film shares a title with the groundbreaking 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine.
The film is available on as a digital download (through iTunes and other platforms) and a Blu-ray or DVD (through Amazon) and there also screenings taking place around the country (and you can arrange one at your organization).
In our conversation, Mike and I talk about the scale and breadth of patient safety problems, some of the systemic causes, and some of the solutions that are being tried and used in healthcare. The term “Lean” is not a part of the film, but Mike said he’s become aware of the alignment between Lean and systemic patient safety improvement, but there are limitations to what could be put into a 77-minute film. But, there are common themes including not blaming “bad apples” and improving the way care is delivered in a systematic way.
I had the opportunity to watch the film before the interview — it’s very powerful and well produced. I hope you’ll check out the film, whether you are a patient or a healthcare professional (or leader). It’s important that we help the public understand that patient safety can’t be taken for granted… and it’s important that hospitals step up their efforts on this front.


I've shot several plays in the same auditorium so I know what settings to start out with. The only variables being what lighting is used in the various scenes. An aperture of f/2.8 and ISO 3200 seems to work well for all but the darkest scenes. Here are a couple of shots followed by an embedded slide show.
Something different this time was that instead of using off camera flash and a reflector for head shots we simply used a single spotlight against the closed stage curtain. Much quicker and easier and I like the results.


A documentary film festival about the world's most famous demilitarized zone has opened in South Korea. We’ll bring you scenes from the 8th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in our next report.
This old man was a POW captured by the North Korean army during the Korean War. His 30-year-old granddaughter sheds light on his death through camera. The opening film for the DMZ Docs shows its director, who had personally experienced the pains of the country's division, reviewing history.
[Soundbite] Jeong Su-eun(Director, "One Warm Spring Day") : "It's a movie that remembers my grandfather's life and it also talks about the history of the Korean Peninsula through the history of my grandfather."
This satirical film about a propaganda-filled North Korea features a strange water park where visitors crowd the pools, but not a single customer is found in a restaurant. Another film focuses on the harsh reality of a female North Korean refugee now living in South Korea.
[Soundbite] North Korean Refugee : "I don't want to live here. I'm sick of South Korea."
The opening ceremony for the 8th DMZ Docs was held at Camp Greaves, an old U.S. army base located inside the Civilian Control Zone. The festival has been enriched by the newly established DMZ Vision category, which looks at the reality and future of the two Koreas.
[Soundbite] Cho Jae-hyun(Director, DMZ Int'l Documentary Film Festival) : "I expect various perspectives will give audiences at DMZ Docs something to think about."
About one hundred different films, including an overseas documentary about comfort women, will be presented at the festival.


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Powell is the daughter of Belgian pharmacologist Rudi Pauwels and clinical researcher Carine Claeys, who in were two of the co-founders of the biotech company Tibotec. Powell started her career in a short student film For Elsie , where she played the role of Mila, a mobster's daughter who wants to learn the piano in one day. In , Powell played the title role in the Italian drama film Anita B. In , she appeared in two episodes  of Game of Thrones as Bianca, a young actress plotting to murder her rival.
While the mysteries and mythologies in and around Bristol Cove may continue on, Ryn Eline Powell and company will have to swim their way to a new television home to do it. On Wednesday, Freeform announced that the network will not be renewing the series for a fourth season- with the news coming two months after the show's third-season finale. While the series made a strong debut back in , the series' ratings would come back down to earth quite a bit over the following two seasons with Deadline Hollywood reporting that the third season suffered a "double-digit ratings drop. Freeform's Siren is based on a story by Eric Wald and Dean White , the series stars Alex Roe The 5th Wave as Ben, a bright marine biologist who finds himself drawn to Ryn, a mysterious new girl in town played by Eline Powell Game of Thrones , who is a strange young woman with a deep dark secret.


A kid from Jersey makes good. Twice. That's Joe Sernio's story. He's a successful entrepreneur with a digital marketing company going strong after fourteen years. But he's always dabbled in the acting trade starting after high school and all during his tenure as a CEO. Now, after 20 years of passing out headshots and resumes, 2023 is Joe's breakthrough year. He's received rave reviews for his tour de force role in the short film Loved. He's got a feature film coming out in the summer of 2023 and a TV pilot in the works. Listen in on this conversation with one of the hardest working people in New Jersey, Joe Sernio, coming soon to a screen near you!
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After her big win at the Oscars in February, Bill Simmons asked Chris Connelly on his podcast (11 minute mark) if Jennifer Lawrence,22, was at the beginning of a career we hoped Scarlett Johansson,28, should have had. On paper, the similarities are clear: both have unimaginative nicknames (ScarJo & JLaw), broke out at a young age with award-nominated roles (Lost in Translation, Winter’s Bone), and look fantastic in red. But do the parallels end there? Here’s a look at the movie careers and trajectory of both of these talented young actresses. These 2 graphs show their movie resumes paired with Rotten Tomatoes scores, from earliest to most recent.
To the surprise of no one, Jennifer Lawrence’s chart affirms she’s had a fantastic start to her career, complete with two Oscar nominations and one win. Both of these young actresses tried to cash in on their breakout roles with big-budget blockbusters. Unfortunately for Johansson, her money grab was The Island by Michael Bay, an infamous bust that grossed only $36M domestically despite a hefty $126M budget. Her resume from age 19-22 below (parallel to Jennifer Lawrence after her breakout role) indicates she went for quantity over quality, averaging only 53% on RT after Translation (11 films) compared to 68% (6 films) for J-Law after Winter’s Bone.
Lawrence, on the other hand, blue herself (sic) into a $146M domestic blockbuster, X-Men: First Class and then Orlando Bloom-ed into a bona fide leading lady with Hunger Games. Scarlett seemed to stray from blockbuster films after the Michael Bay affair, going for smaller dramas like Woody Allen’s Match Point & Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Black Dahlia, The Other Boleyn Girl and even The Prestige (Only a $40M budget, for comparison sake, Little Man somehow had a $54M budget that same year). She then dipped her toe back in the big-budget waters with… The Spirit. Ouch.
Similarly to Scarlett with The Perfect Score, Jennifer Lawrence’s only stinker, House at the End of the Street, was filmed before Hunger Games – classic scenario of a studio buying low on a potential star. The same thing happened when Sony released PREMIUM RUSH two years after it was filmed, cashing in on Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Inception/ 50/50 / Dark Knight Rises momentum. That kind of manipulation sounds fishy, but it’s a move Billy Beane would be proud of – snatching up an undervalued player and cashing in at the right time. Maybe if there was some sort of metric to measure an actor’s “Star Power”, a studio could target undervalued actors in order to execute a similar strategy? Nah, that sounds ridiculous.
Here are their movies by adjusted gross domestic box office receipts:
The slope of the 2 predictive trend lines tells an interesting story: Jennifer Lawrence’s experience at the box office, small sample size and all, average nearly 5x as much success as Scarlett’s. So far, as far as their film careers go, Jennifer Lawrence has eclipsed where Scarlett Johansson was at this point in her still-budding career. Let’s not discount Scarlett at all- she started her career at a much earlier age, released an album in 2008, and won a Tony in 2010 for Best Actress in Arthur Miller’s A View From a Bridge. Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence did the Bill Engvall Show. Perhaps Jennifer Lawrence has chosen her film projects more shrewdly than Scarlett did in her younger years, but these two American actresses should be vying for similar roles for years to come in an interesting battle for our hearts and wallets.


The Film at Mason Advisory Board includes members of the Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland filmmaking community. Through their professional connections, experience, and enthusiasm for film and passion for student learning, they provide support through:
- Serving as jurors for Pitch Awards
- Conducting training seminars with students
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Members attend three board meetings a year, jury the Film at Mason Senior Films and Pitch Awards (twice a year), and attend/support Film at Mason fundraising efforts (through contributions, in-kind contributions, and attendance at events). If you're interested in joining the Film at Mason Advisory Board or learning more about the program and ways to contribute or donate, please contact Professor Cynthia Fuchs, Film at Mason Program Director.
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Mr. Theodore A. Adams III is an Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. He is President of Unified Industries Incorporated, an engineering services company that was founded in 1970. He is also Founder and President of Red Zeppelin Productions LLC, a film and entertainment company based in Fairfax, Virginia.
Mr. Adams has a legacy of community service. He is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Stan Lee Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting literacy, arts, and education. He also founded and runs Unified Empowerment Inc., and non-profit organization dedicated to education and to finding employment opportunities for persons with severe disabilities.
Mr. Adams is a two-time Ironman Finisher and received certification as a USAT Certified Triathlon Coach. When swimming, biking and running aren’t enough Mr. Adams enjoys martial arts as a Black Belt in Taekwondo, dancing through the clouds as a licensed pilot, or picking up the Didgeridoo to drone the night away. He has studied multiple languages including: German, Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog, and Japanese. Mr. Adams embodies the Renaissance Man.
Mr. Adams has had an interest in making movies since he was a child. Literally a rocket scientist, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University and his Masters of Business Administration from UCLA. Mr. Adams also completed post graduate studies at the Yale-China Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School.
At no point during his academic career did Mr. Adams consider a career in film, but rather focused on engineering and business. It was his business acumen that made his dream of movie making a reality. Othello-san was his Directorial debut. He won Artist of the Year and Best Director for his work on that film.
Mr. Adams put pen to paper and jotted down a few notes, and started to mold the story that was the genius of the award-winning and best-selling feature film, TRI, and numerous award-winning short films including Othello-san, Sweet Distraction and The Charles Effect. Mr. Adams is a registered member of the Writers Guild of America East and SAG-AFTRA.
It takes more than creativity to make movies; it takes a strong sense of business and connections that come with it. Mr. Adams’s engineering company, Unified Industries Inc. (UII), has an outstanding reputation of providing high-quality engineering consultation services and products to government agencies and commercial customers. Dedicated to excellence, UII’s expertise of logistics, engineering, training, information technology, metrology, calibration, and quality assurance has allotted us the opportunity to fulfill over 650 contractual obligations. UII supports some of the most sophisticated weapons platforms for the US and UK Navies.
For his latest venture, Mr Adams is launching his own streaming network called The Laurel Channel. The Laurel Channel will provide a platform dedicated to presenting films that have won awards at vetted film festivals from around the world. Film Festivals, Filmmakers, and Actors will be able to showcase their events and work on a unique channel that allows the viewers to discover more information about the productions and artists with access to behind the scenes footage, interviews, reviews and links to filmmaker and actor show reels.
Leola Calzolai-Stewart is a co-founder of Flowstate Films and a director, editor, and producer, with over 15 years' experience in documentary film and video. The American Diplomat, her directorial debut, was awarded two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a development grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. The project was selected as part of Black Public Media’s 2019 360 Incubator+ program and Leola is one of Firelight Media’s Documentary Lab Fellows for 2019-21. She co-produced and edited the feature documentary, The Last Song Before the War and edited the feature documentary, Dear Walmart. Calzolai-Stewart has an MA in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University’s Fletcher School and a BA in international affairs from the University of California, Davis. Calzolai-Stewart studied film at the Tshwane Institute of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa and has lived in Mali, South Africa, Belgium, Brazil, and Canada.
Folliard is the founder and head cinematographer of Gearshift TV. Folliard has been honing his photography and videography skills for more than 20 years. Jim is a Virginia native who has spent his entire life in the area. Jim is very well known in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for his work with local restaurants, athletes, car dealerships, night clubs, and other business owners. It is not uncommon to catch one of Jim's commercials on TV as well as large venues such as the Jumbotron at Fed Ex Field. Jim is married to Shuggie Folliard and they live in Herndon, Virginia, with their three kids Gigi, Jimmy and Fiona.
Houghton joined Women in Film & Video (WIFV) as executive director in August 2005. Since then, membership has grown to more than 1,000 media professionals and averages 70 professional development offerings per year along with the Image Makers program for high school students and the Kids World Film Festival for 5th graders. WIFV has added fiscal sponsorship of independent media projects, a web pilot mentoring initiative, management of Women in Film & Television International, and the Carolyn’s First Decade Fund to its portfolio of programs that benefit members. In 2015, WIFV launched a fundraising campaign to establish a Seed Fund for Documentary Filmmakers. She excels at putting WIFV resources, connections and advocates at the service of WIFV members.
Houghton joined WIFV after a short stint as a non-profit administration consultant with clients in the mid-Atlantic and a 14 year association with the American Architectural Foundation (AAF) where she started as an unpaid intern and left after an 18-month position as interim President. At the AAF, Houghton also managed the national Accent on Architecture initiative, including producing four one-hour PBS format television programs, a chapter grants program promoting public outreach, and coordinating the national awards program. She served in several curatorial and administrative capacities at The Octagon Museum during her time at the AAF. Houghton graduated from Beloit College with a BA in History and from the University of Virginia with a MA in Urban Planning and Certificate in Historic Preservation. Prior to graduate school, Houghton taught high school and served several years as the executive assistant for a prominent tax/estate attorney in Boston. She has served on the boards of the DC Architectural Foundation, DC Film Alliance, and Wide Angle Youth Media. She is currently a member of the WETA Community Council.
Kelly has been a member of the Film and Video Studies Advisory Board since December 2012. She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Film Studies and Video Production, Minor in Business in May 2012. Kelly worked as chief staff liaison to a board director and regional manager of U.S. operations for a multinational insurance brokerage firm and department manager of its Washington, D.C. branch. She is a frequent juror for student film pitches and senior capstone films and an annual contributor to the Film at Mason scholarship fund and various projects.
Kiley Kraskouskas is a co-founder of Flowstate Films and a producer and writer. Her documentary films include The Last Song Before the War (2013), Dear Walmart (2019), and The American Diplomat (2022), a co-production with PBS’ American Experience. Recent projects include The Free State of George Floyd, produced in collaboration with the Community at 38th and Chicago and the Arizona State University Center for Work and Democracy, and a nine-part documentary film series celebrating George Washington University’s Bicentennial.
Mahrya MacIntire is an Emmy® Award-nominated documentary producer, and multimedia artist. She is particularly invested in exploring topics related to community (re)building and trauma healing. MacIntire most recently produced HBO's The Slow Hustle, directed by Sonja Sohn. In 2022, MacIntire was awarded entrance into The Producer’s Guild of America. Her work has aired on HBO and PBS, and screened at AFI DOCS, IDFA, DOC NYC, Urbanworld, the National Building Museum, Georgetown Law School, and the University of Virginia. She has contributed to projects for Netflix, Glamour magazine, FKA Twigs, and VICE. MacIntire is a graduate of the Production program at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. She is currently based in Washington, DC.
Peña has more 30 years of experience in the broadcast and cable television industries. He is currently the executive director of Fairfax Public Access (FPA), a nonprofit media center with a $3 million budget that provides training in television and radio production and operates a network of four cable television channels. This FPA cable network is carried over Verizon FiOS TV throughout northern Virginia; over Cox Communications in Fairfax County and the cities of Fairfax and Falls Church, Virginia; and over Comcast Cable in Reston, Virginia. The FPA production studios include three television studios, two radio studios and advanced post-production editing facilities.
Peña’s experience includes television industry work for International Media Service News, C-SPAN, Montgomery Community Television, the American Red Cross National Television Center and the Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic) Corporate Video Center. He served as Executive Consultant for the Whitehouse Chronicle public television series, produced in cooperation with WHUT, Howard University Television. Additionally, Mr. Peña has served as consultant for the National Division of Time Warner Cable. Further, he has considerable teaching experience, having taught numerous classes in studio television production and producers’ workshops.
Peña has been a session speaker at conferences of television media professional associations, such as the National Academy of Cable Programming and the Alliance for Community Media Mid-Atalantic Region. He has served on numerous boards and committees, including the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fairfax County, Virginia; the Board of Directors of Montgomery Community Media; and the Alliance for Community Media’s Mid-Atlantic Region Board of Directors.
He has served in a political leadership role in supporting public access media on both the federal and State levels. Peña’s activities in this area include giving testimony before the Virginia General Assembly and meeting with the staffs of U.S. Senators and Representatives from across the nation to lobby in the best interests of community television. Further, he has written a number of FCC filings, to protect and advance the best needs and interests of FPA and public access media in general, and has written a number of articles, regarding community media, and been quoted in print media, including the national cable industry magazine, Multichannel News.
A co-founder of Flowstate Films, Rachell Shapiro is also an award-winning producer, director, and writer. With over 17 years in the industry, she has produced independent films, films for educational institutions and non-profits, and two CINE-award-winning films for Habitat for Humanity of DC and the non-profit, Comfort Cases. Prior to co-founding Flowstate Films, Shapiro spent 10 years producing numerous marketing and training videos for various large corporate and federal government clients. She directed the short film, From Hell to Here (2012).
Samirah Alkassim – Assistant Professor, Film and Video Studies
Tommy Britt – Full Professor, Film and Video Studies
Hans Charles – Associate Professor, Film and Video Studies
Giovanna Chesler – Full Professor, Film and Video Studies
Cynthia Fuchs – Interim Director/Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies
Susan Graziano – Director of Development, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Nikyatu Jusu – Assistant Professor, Film and Video Studies
Amanda Kraus – Associate Professor, Film and Video Studies
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Samantha Sinagra – Academic and Program Manager, Film and Video Studies
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Ben Steger – Associate Professor, Film and Video Studies
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Peter Straker first shot to fame as the character HUD in 1968, in the original production of the notorious, era-defining musical HAIR – the first to portray nudity on the London stage. Today He has theatre credits as diverse as The Rocky Horror Show, Ken Hill’s The Original Phantom Of The Opera, The Wiz, Piaf, The Rat Pack and Cinderella.
Variously known as the “Black Bowie”, Freddie Mercury’s close friend or, on TV, as Devlin in the hit series Connie with Stephanie Beacham and as Commander Sharrel in Doctor Who’s “Destiny of the Daleks”, Peter Straker has enjoyed a four-decade career across theatre, film, TV and music.
He has, in his music career, been a cast member in Pete Townshend’s stage musical Tommy and he has collaborated with the Alan Parsons Project on their album I Robot and, most memorably, with Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé, on their now legendary Barcelona. Recorded and Produced by Freddie Mercury on several of his albums, Peter Straker returns to his rock roots in his new show, BLACK MAGIC.
The master of ceremonies conjures up an eclectic selection of music, including songs by: The Rolling Stones; Queen; Randy Newman; and from Straker’s own albums. This will be performed alongside a sensational Rock Band.
Audiences should expect Fire, Ice, Darkness and Light and pure unadulterated pleasure. BLACK MAGIC is fast, furious, funny, indefinable entertainment.
There’s a classically trained piano player, a mean guitar, and a cool double bass. At the front of the stage, a dressing room area, with a table bearing an assorted collection of alcohol. Jaques Brel liked to drink!
And then Peter Straker takes the stage: dressed in a trench coat and trilby, this green eyed Jamaican occupies the stage as if he were born to it – and when he starts to sing you know he was!
Straker is in full blown theatrical mode in “Amsterdam”, embodying the darkness and menace in Brel’d lyrics, yet soft and tender in “If you go away”. The way he interprets the words of Brel’s songs, bringing them to life with a vividness, makes you hear them as if for the first time…
Presented by MPG Productions
For more info please visit: http://www.peterstraker.com
“Do yourself a BIG favour and just GO” What’s On Stage.
“Peter Straker is a unique Artist, blessed with an extraordinary and beautiful singing voice” Michael Coveney
“Catch STRAKER whilst he’s still on this earth” BBC


FORST is a wealthy, well-organized man. When we first meet him, he seems to be the king of the world . One day, he leaves the corporation, where he is as a vice-president. The damage he leaves behind makes his return very unlikely. Forest, 4 am, several years later. A half-savage, unkempt and dirty hobo is setting up snares. You can just barely recognize Forst in him. He lives in the woods in peace with nature, in a shelter he built himself. His only companion is a three-legged dog. His food is mostly animals he hunts for. One day, a 13 year old girl named JADZIA appears at his doorstep. Forst has to make changes in his life once again...
|Directed by||:||Jan Jakub Kolski|
|Script based on a novel „Forest, 4am”||:||Jan Jakub Kolski, Krzysztof Majchrzak|
|DoP||:||Jan Jakub Kolski|
|Produced by||:||Jan Jakub Kolski|
|Co-producers||:||Agnieszka Janowska, Paweł Kosuń, Jacek Nagłowski, Robert Banasiak, Paweł Matysiak, Błażej Modras, Monika Głowacka|
|Co-production||:||Centrala, K2, Centre for Audiovisual Technologies, EC1 – Łodź, City of Culture, City of Łódź|
|Production manager||:||Agnieszka Janowska, Paweł Kosuń|
|Sound by||:||Katarzyna Szczerba|
|Editing by||:||Konrad Śniady|
|Make-up by||:||Elżbieta Pyka|
|Costume designer||:||Monika Onoszko|
|Production designer||:||Paulina Korwin-Kochanowska|
|Cast||:||Krzysztof Majchrzak, Olga Bołądź, Marysia Blandzi and a Michał Kowalski, Aleksandra Michael, Grzegorz Stelmaszewski|
|Genre||:||feature film, drama|
|International Premiere||:||15.06.2016 Shanghai International Film Festival|
|Distribution||:||Wrocławska Fundacja Filmowa|
Jan Jakub Kolski, born 29th of Janurary 1956 – director, scriptwriter, director of photography, writer, academic teacher, member of Polish and European Film Academy. In his professional career he made over twenty documentary films, sixteen feature films and wrote eight novels. Numerous of times his films have been awarded at festivals in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Tokio, Moscow and Montreal.
He comes from a family with strong connections to the film industry. His great grandparents owned one of the first cinemas in Łódź, his grandfather was a film producer, his father and sister were editors, his two nephews are a director and a director of photography. Film and photography were also two passions of his late daughter – Zuzia.
Kultura Warszawa Luna Warszawa CKS Zamość Bodo Łódź Sokół Nowy Sącz Bułgarska 19 Poznań AMOK Gliwice Nowe Horyzonty Wrocław Kinokawiarnia Spirala Oleśnica Fenomen Kielce Mikro Kraków
DCF Wrocław GCF Gdynia Światowid Katowice ARS Kraków Kika Kraków Kultura Bełchatów Centrum Wadowice Charlie Łódź Forum Białystok Sfinks Kraków Nasze Kino Oświęcim Zamek Szczecin 60 krzeseł Gorzów WLKP.
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The other night, while The Eponymous Neaner and I were watching an episode of The Event– Okay, okay. To be honest, I was settling in to watch an episode of The Event. She was bundled into a sea of blankets and pillows on the futon next to me, preparing to drift off into Super Happy Slumber Land. After the opening teaser and credits rolled by, though, she glanced at the screen and noticed something. Well, two things, actually.
First, was Željko Ivanek, the go-to actor of late for TV shows that want a vaguely evil, yet bureaucratically so, governmental figure. She remembered seeing him on the first season of 24. We’ve seen him in a number of other shows of late (Heroes, Lost, House, etc.), but his work in 24 left an impression. I was very impressed.
And then she pointed at the credits going by. “Hey, aren’t those in the same font as 24?”
I love this woman so much.


The team here at World Airport Codes are obviously well into our travel, especially planes and airports, but we also enjoy good flying films too.
So I thought it would be fun to see what we, as a company, thought were the best aviation films ever. The only condition is that the film has to revolve around a plane, airport or flight. Also mentioned are one or two films that we didn’t think much of.
This film about racing planes, a spin-off from the Cars franchise, is probably mostly favoured amongst our younger enthusiasts out there. Although Planes was not officially published by Pixar studio it was co-written and directed by the some of the same team who were involved. The story revolves around the tale of Dusty Crophopper, a cropduster plane who really dreams of becoming a race plane.
Although Planes was quite harshly reviewed on various review sites, I don’t feel it was that bad. The animations were nice and the children are sure to enjoy it.
They’ve also recently been working on a sequel ‘Planes: Fire & Rescue’ which is due for launch later this year, July 2014. Here’s a trailer for the upcoming release:
— Walt Disney Pictures (@DisneyPictures) February 6, 2014
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
I’m always faced with strong opposition whenever I try and ‘claim’ that Die Hard is a Christmas film, despite the unavoidable festive references such as ‘Ho Ho Ho I have a Machine Gun’! However with this list of the best aviation films, the Die Hard series can finally receive recognition it deserves. The second film in the series, Die Hard 2: Die Harder. is set and partly filmed at a major US airport, Washington Dulles International Airport.
The plot of the film is based entirely at the airport, Washington Dulles International Airport in the US, John McCann (played by Bruce Willis) must once again save the world from evil terrorist’s plans which are operating from and involving the Airport.
Con Air is just an awesome film. Being set on a plane allows it to be included in this list, but it would still be a great film regardless of that.
Written and Directed by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film is about a group of dangerous, odd and even heroic criminals who are being transported together, for various reasons, in an escorted prisoner plane. The main protagonist is Cameron Poe, played by Nicholas Cage, a war veteran and ex-Army Ranger who had been sentenced for protecting his pregnant wife from a drunk attacker. The majority of the film is set 8 years later once Poe had been granted parole and on route for his release, other passengers of the plane have other ideas it eventually get’s taken over by a criminal leader who was on route to a new Supermax Prison.
— Jeff Cadiente (@airjef) March 6, 2014
This image was recently posted on Twitter by Jeff Cadiente, a Stunt Director, who had been working on the Con Air during the filming. In the background of the image you can see the ‘Con Air’ plane which had slammed into the Vegas Casino.
There are many other popular aviation films which myself or others will feature on the the blog at a later date. Comments are also welcome (below) for you to add your own favourite or worse aviation and flying movies for us!


We’re less than a week away from the 86th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony, which shall (finally) bring the 2014 Oscar race to a conclusion and reveal which directors, actors, and technical artists are recognized by their Hollywood peers for having done great work in 2013. Whereas in recent years there’s generally been a Best Picture front-runner headed into the ceremony (see: Argo last year, The Artist in 2012), this year there isn’t a single film that’s swept the awards shows preceding the Oscars – and thus, gained enough momentum to really suggest that the Academy’s top prize is its to lose, at this stage.
Still, like we’ve done in previous years, we shall analyze and examine the 2014 Best Picture Oscar contenders in terms of their strengths and weaknesses as works of art, before looking at their Oscar prospects. Our breakdown of each film (listed in alphabetical order) will be as follows: Why It Should Win (i.e. What’s good about the film?) Why It Shouldn’t Win (i.e. What’s not-so-good about the film?) The Bottom Line (i.e. What are its chances?)


(GoT – Spoilers)
Arya was introduced as the plucky tomboy. The little girl that adores her brothers, doesn’t get along very well with her sister, and wants to live her life the way the boys live theirs, with action, adventure and fighting. It’s not a particularly original character archetype but Maisie Williams made the character very likeable and I viewed Arya favorably.
Arya’s life takes a very dark turn and she sees her father executed in front of her, has to flee King’s Landing, then ends up having her oldest brother and her mother murdered as well. This is understandably a traumatic situation for her, but Arya is a fighter and she responds with a raging desire for vengeance. She turns her list of names – those that have wronged her family – into a mantra.
This is Game of Thrones, so we have no idea at the beginning if Arya will be successful in her quest. She manages to make it out of Westeros alive, though, and trains to become an assassin, where we see her confronted with a choice: to leave her past and her humanity behind in order to truly master the assassin’s craft, or return to Westeros.
Arya chooses her humanity, her family and her homeland. She’s still driven by a desire for revenge, though, and she’s quite successful at it – avenging her brother Robb and her mother, Catelyn in a manner reminiscent of the plays of ancient Greece. It’s quite satisfying and we look forward to seeing her go after her other targets, whether or not she is ultimately successful.
Arya’s quest for vengeance has to be set aside to join Jon, Dany, Tyrion, Sansa and the rest of those that have chosen to defend Westeros from the Night King and his vast undead army. We see her training as an assassin culminate in dispatching the Night King, saving her brother and all of those left in Westeros in the process, and then…
…and then the show moves on. The Night King was never Arya’s personal target. She didn’t even know he existed when she went to train as an assassin. He wasn’t on her list. She didn’t realize she’d be in a position to kill him until Milesandre reminds her of a prophecy that Arya will close many eyes, brown, green and blue. Still, this is an INCREDIBLE feat of heroism for a little girl in a world where Arya had to struggle just to be allowed to learn to use a sword in the first place.
Everyone, including Arya, just moves on. She shifts back to her original goal: vengeance against the remaining person on her list, Cersei. In episode 5, she and the Hound travel to King’s Landing, where at the last minute the Hound convinces Arya to just… give up what’s been motivating her for years, lest she end up old and scarred and still seeking vengeance, like him. This one speech from the Hound is enough to convince Arya to set aside half a life spent in pursuit of vengeance for her family, and she leaves.
Outside in King’s Landing, Arya has to run around a lot, in danger of being killed by Dany’s rampage through the skies. She survives, though, and inexplicably finds a white, blood-spattered horse calmly waiting in the street, which she approaches and then uses to leave the city. Viewers were left speculating that it was a reference to the pale horse that Death rides, and think perhaps Arya will be the one to assassinate Dany, now that she’s witnessed Dany’s abuse of power first hand.
However, when episode 6 opens, the horse is nowhere to be seen. Arya is wandering around on foot again. She doesn’t do anything but have some lines of dialogue with Jon Snow. This master assassin that killed the Night King does… nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. When the episode closes, Arya has declared her intention to leave her family forever and explore west of Westeros, where the maps stop.
Where are we ever introduced to Arya the wannabe explorer? When has she ever talked about her dream of leaving Westeros for lands unknown? How has she transitioned from Arya, intently training to be an assassin so she can get the vengeance that consumes her existence, vengeance for her beloved family, to Arya, the explorer, happily leaving what remains of that same family behind, during a transitional period sure to be fraught with all sorts of power plays and lethal intrigues?
Arya’s story line just fizzles out. She was in the right place at the right time to kill the Night King, and now that it’s done – this goal she didn’t even have – she’s going to reinvent herself far from home and hearth as if none of it ever happened.
WHAT WAS THE POINT? Was Arya just a McGuffin all along?


The first question is why should anyone even care about this? The answer is relatively simple, John Wick is a major success and a perfect example of how a high action violence and guns fueled revenge flick should be done, and the Punisher struggles from reboot to reboot, bad B movie to bad B movie. The ironic thing is that the two have more in common than they have different.
So what’s the deal?
The protagonist is a highly competent, highly capable, and supremely dangerous man who is well versed in hand to hand fighting, using guns, looking badass in all black, and killed the Hell out of the people who wronged him. The movie largely consists of the protagonist walking through hordes of bad guys, gunning them down, a few side encounters with allies and contacts, followed by a big throw down where the protagonist basically kills everyone else in the movie.
Which movie did I describe?
Technically both of them. But as I mentioned, one is amazing, the other is a series of ultimately failed ventures. It’s not star power, Keanu Reeves plays Keanu Reeves (Neo, John Wick, Constantine, etc) while the Punisher has seen the likes of John Berenthal (The Walking Dead) Dolph Lundgren (roughly 33% of all 80s action movies) and Thomas Jane.
Ultimately it is because the viewer cares about and connects with the character of John Wick, and not with the Punisher.
John Wick’s wife dies, and the casual murder of a puppy she gave him spurs an hour and a half murder spree. Frank Castle’s entire family is killed by the Mafia, sending him into a costume and donning as much firepower as a Marine platoon. We care about Wick, but not Castle, despite the latter’s loss technically being the greater of the two.
John’s wife is a transformational figure. Before meeting her, we learn that Wick was Babayega, the Boogeyman, a man who was sent on impossible jobs and came back unscathed. We see that for a time, she redeemed him, he gave up the career of mafia murder to become a normal man. She dies from natural causes, and Wick is left in a fragile state of grief, the only consolation he has is a puppy she arranged for him to get after her death. The puppy becomes a symbol of his old life, and then it’s killed. Good job, Theon Greyjoy, you killed the puppy. John returns to his old life, being a man of focus. He digs up his weapons, calls in his favors, and unleashes biblical wrath on his foes. It is ultimately a form of grief and catharsis. Wick is by no means a good man, but we see him change, we see him in pain, we see him in grief. We empathize, and we care.
Frank Castle’s family, his wife and daughter are murdered. We see them in flashbacks, but there are no lines of dialog, just hazy out of focus scenes, ghostly laughter, and a grim faced Punisher ‘angsting’ maybe? Castle’s family are non-players in his story, and he goes from a grim cop to a grim vigilante. None of them are transformational, and aside from changing outfits, we don’t see a change from Castle to the Punisher. He’s a comic book character telling a comic book story, a quasi-juvenile shoot em up, complete with skulls made of fire, black jackets, and the rest of brooding loner motif. We don’t empathize with Castle, he is a force of destruction, nothing more.
Thus, John Wick prevails where Frank Castle fails. It doesn’t matter what the protagonist of the story does if we do not care, if we do not empathize. Wick is a bad guy who goes off on an insane murder spree, slaughtering a crime family because one member of this family had the misfortune of deciding to steal his car and kill his puppy. John Wick is at best a chaotic neutral to lawful evil character. Castle is a cop who goes off on a rampage against a crime family that not only evades justice, but does so after murdering his entire family. While Castle kills a lot of people, they are all almost without exception, culpable for the murder of his family, and greater acts of violence across the city. Castle is a chaotic good vigilante.
If you make the viewers or readers care, they will root for the protagonist, no matter what horrible things they do through the course of the story (sans rape, puppy killing, and torture)


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It’s not without irony that I find myself, in the midst of making a film about existential crisis, in an “edit-stential crisis.” I’ve got about 5 or 6 versions edited, all of which I like, but I can’t decide which route I want to go. It’s a real Kierkegaardian Either/Or dilemma. Predestination explores the concepts […]
Just got back from Porto Alegre, Brazil, and shot a short film while I was down there, with Antônio Nunes as D.P. (“Tonhow” was also D.P. on Brains Vs. Brawn). This time Idecided to storyboard the short film, which turned out to be a smart move. I was running here and there and everywhere in […]
Here is one page of the storyboard:
1,000 true Fans I’ve recently been doing some studying on fans. Here’s what it boils down to: for you to make a living as an artist, you really only need 1,000 true fans. What is a true fan, you ask? Someone who, every time you come out with a new work of art, purchases it. […]
(I made this video to make you jealous because you are not here)
The campaign to fund the film Chariot Men is now live on Catarse, Brazil’s premiere crowdfunding site! More info later, for now, check it out here!
A few weeks ago I was visiting my brother Miles, who lives in Teresópolis, about an hour north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Back in January, Teresópolis was hit by the one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit Brazil. Floods and mudslides left over 1,000 people dead or missing. Homes were completely destroyed and people […]


Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Despite what the box might make you think, this movie is not about Marilyn Monroe's character at all. This is a movie about Barnaby (Cary Grant), who thinks he has created some magical formula that makes you act and feel much younger than you are, and his wife Edwina (Ginger Rogers). Marilyn Monroe plays a secretary at the chemical lab where Barnaby works, and she goes along with him on his day of feeling 20. They roller skate, go to the pool, crash a car... But Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers are the fun parts of this not-so-wonderful movie.If I could ignore the fact that the plot is touched off by a chimpanzee getting loose, accidentally creating a brilliant chemical formula, and then dumping the formula in the water cooler so it can begin to confuse and alter everyone, I could concentrate on the fact that I would like to see more of Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers. "Tell me, is anyone giving a party tonight we can stay home from?" Grant and Rogers have some good lines together. And she dances, and he even does a cartwheel. And he sings. Just leave out the chimps, and put them in a different movie together. Two stars, because this movie was so much better than Thank Your Lucky Stars, which I also just wrote about, but I am ready to search out other Grant/Rogers films.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Browsing in the library and picking up an un-heard of movie... is it a good idea? Not really.
This movie has a lot of big names... most of them play themselves. Despite the fact that the synopsis on the box claimed there was a plot, it took a good 20 minutes before I believed there was one, because I just kept hearing the stars' names in the movie. And nothing was happening. Eddie Cantor (himself) hosts a radio variety show. Edward Everett Horton (not himself) and friend hear Dinah Shore (herself) sing on the show and decide that they must have her for their upcoming star-studded production. Sadly for them, Dinah comes along with allowing Cantor to be on the board, and Cantor has really annoying ideas.
Most of the plot comes from a wanna-be singer who ends up with a contract to sing on Cantor's show, without Cantor's permission. Excited wanna-be singer meets an annoying wanna-be songwriter woman, and the two of them, along with a "homes of the stars" tour guide, stalk Cantor as he throws them out of his sets multiple times. The tour guide, by the way, is played by Eddie Cantor. Much of this might have been at least a little funnier had the name Eddie Cantor meant anything to me before this movie. There is some hilarity (insane asylum, elephant...), but mostly there is just a really boring movie with some awful dialogue and musical acts.
Low points: Bette Davis's (as herself) number in the musical production and Olivia deHavilland's (as herself) number
High point: Errol Flynn's (as himself) musical number... "Oh that voice is so divine... I'm sorry it isn't mine"
Was this movie fun for the people in it? Was it entertaining when it came out? One star, and I really don't want to see this again.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Ahhhh. This is a four star movie and near perfect Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Zany and fun plot, great lines, lovely (and insane) dresses, and fancy footwork. The only reason I call it "near perfect" and not "perfect" is that Astaire and Rogers kept their feet mostly on the ground in this movie. No unusual dancing up and over furniture or on walls to make it extra exciting. But I can't always expect dancing on walls.
The movie opens beautifully with Jerry Travers (Astaire) trying to silently fold his paper in a "silent" club while waiting for Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton), the producer of a show in which he's about to star. Horace sets Jerry up staying with him in his hotel and then tells Jerry that he wants Jerry to fly to Italy with him after the show to meet up with his wife Madge (Helen Broderick) and some girl Madge wants to fix Jerry up with. Jerry doesn't really want to go.
Jerry: "Is she expecting me for a weekend or a wedding?"
Horace: "You know how wives are..."
Jerry: "No I don't. How are they?"
Horace: "...always have a scheme... It's time you found out for yourself."
Jerry especially doesn't want to go anywhere after he meets the beautiful Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers), another hotel guest. Jerry meets Dale when he tap dances in the room above her while she's trying to sleep, and she has to come upstairs and give him a piece of her mind. Jerry tells Dale that she can help cure him of the dancing with a good hug, to which she replies, "Well I'll call the house detective and tell him to put his arms around you." I'm choosing to think of the whole thing as a meet cute... Jerry woos Dale with flowers and then by paying off a hansom cab driver to give him the cab so that Jerry can drive Dale to the stables the next day. Dale discovers Jerry is her driver only when he starts to tap dance above her.
Dale starts to fall for Jerry at the stables when he dances with her in the rain.
Jerry: "May I rescue you?"
Dale: "...I prefer being in distress."
The thunder drives Dale to seek out Jerry for comfort in the gazebo in which they are both waiting out the storm, and pretty soon they are dancing and in love.
Happiness leads to mistaken identity and anger, though, when it turns out that Dale is Madge's friend. And Dale, never having met Madge's husband, thinks that Jerry is really Horace. She is suddenly horrified by his advances, slaps him, and gives him the motivation he needs to fly off to Italy to continue to woo her. He has no idea what he did to make her so mad.
The rest of the movie is all about mistaken identity and is, in my opinion, hilarious. It also seems to have pretty much the same cast as my other favorite mistaken identity movie, The Gay Divorcee, also a must-see.
Dale tells Madge that Madge's husband is chasing her:
"Really, I didn't know he was capable of that much activity... Did he catch you?"
Jerry wants to propose to the still confused Dale:
"Alright, you go find all about her past, and I'll go find out about her future."
Jerry and Dale dance with a crazy dress Dale is being payed to model:
And Dale receives nutty advice from Madge about how to protect herself from further advances:
"Here or there, as long as you remain a spinster you're fair game for any philandering male... You know um, what you really should have is a husband you can call your own."
Ahhh, what a movie. I will definitely see this again someday.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
What an annoying movie. My quest to find an old an un-insane Bette David movie led me to this accidental find while browsing in the library. Sometimes there is a reason for not having heard of a movie.
Joan Winfield (Bette Davis) is an heiress about to elope with a band leader she has only known for a few weeks. Her oil rich father does not approve. When Joan and her fiance hire a pilot to fly them to Vegas for a quick wedding, hilarity ensues. Pilot Steve Collins (James Cagney) has just lost his plane to creditors. What to do? Call up Joan's dad of course and offer to fly her to her dad rather than to Vegas. Collins charges $10 per pound, just the right amount to pay his creditors. Joan's father thinks this sounds good because, "She won't weigh so much after an all night trip."
Joan doesn't much appreciate having her fiance tricked out of the plane and then being kidnapped. Her early attempt to jump out of the plane backfires, though, when Steve loses control of the plane trying to stop her and they crash land in the desert. There is a running gag in which Joan and Steve take turns falling on cacti throughout the movie. The cacti get their own dopey music, and Joan, while she still hates Steve, gets to lie across his lap while he picks prickers out of her butt. All while going through his picnic basket of fattening food... Steve is still hoping to get more money upon delivering her.
The dopey cacti music was just one sign that this was a dopey movie. Joan and Steve spend some time with an old hermit living in a ghost town, they cave in an old mine, there is a joke about marriage: "One of you's gettin' married, the other's going to jail. So you really got a lot in common," and eventually the characters don't couple up as originally planned. A slapstick comedy that caused more groaning and cringing than laughing. One star, and I don't really want to see this again. Still in search of entertaining early Bette Davis movies...


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One of three recipients of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Bursary to study for a PGdip in Printing and Publishing at the University of the Arts London; she started her professional career with Dorling Kindersley book publishers before moving on to the Readers Digest.
Between 2005 and 2007, Yemisi was the General Manager of Communicating for Change, a non profit media organisation dedicated to producing and distributing socially driven content for television, radio, print and new media. As a result of this work, Yemisi was invited to present a paper on Participatory Media Creation for Social Change, at the UN World Urban Forum III in Vancouver, Canada in 2006 and by the German government on an information tour for journalists to Cologne and Berlin.
Yemisi has produced a number of short films and documentaries including two short films to communicate healthy eating messages to children aged between six and sixteen; two short films on debt relief – Seeing is Believing and Ofada Rice – which were broadcast on Channel 4, UK during the 2005 G8 conference and Mechanical Women – a short documentary on lady mechanics in Lagos which was awarded the best film on social issues at ZUMA FILM FESTIVAL in Abuja in 2006.
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2014 Overview: An Adolescent Focus
I have a complicated relationship with the movies. In the last few years, I have come to dread the experience of going to the movies because I almost always have a bad time. Sometimes it’s because of the theater. Sometimes it’s the crowd. Typically, it’s the movie. To be clear, I am not a film critic or a film studies scholar—sometimes I really do just want to be entertained. That being said, it is interesting (to me anyway) that when I walk out of a movie I only expected to entertain me—like Terminator Salvation (2009), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)—I find myself in a state of furious anger.
I have seen plenty of terrible movies in my four plus decades. But these three films (and others) stand out in their anger-inducing capacity because they are post-adapted franchises perpetuated by irresponsible filmmakers. As a result, it feels like a significant part of my adolescence is being tarnished. I don’t think that I am simply being a grumpy middle-aged guy when I make this complaint. Nor am I unique.
I was a queer kid in the 1970s and a burgeoning gay man in the 1980s. With all the upheaval, development, advancement (and disease) amongst gay people during those years, I found almost no other person (not even people I was dating) that I could either learn from or have a meaningful conversation with. No, it was the movies where I was mentored, where I met my role models, where I gained some perspective.
I will always remember watching the shower scene from Midnight Express (1978) from the backseat at the drive-in theater. I continue to find some bent kind of inspiration by seeing a villainous biker with his blonde boy toy prize chained to his back in The Road Warrior (1981). Perhaps most importantly, I learned a great deal from a small movie that I watched on cable television late at night with the volume turned low so that it wouldn’t wake anybody else in the house. Parting Glances (1986) explained to me the importance and role of friendship among gay men in the time of HIV. And so I wonder—I really wonder—what today’s movies have to offer adolescents (queer or otherwise), who may need answers to questions they don’t know how to ask.
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Hollywood Movies 2023 Upcoming List is always releasing new movies, and if you’re looking to stay ahead of the curve, you need to be up-to-date on all of the latest Hollywood releases. Here are the 2023 Hollywood movies that you need to know about: 1. Fifty Shades Freed 2. Captain Marvel 3. Avengers: Endgame 4. Spider-Man: Far From Home 5. Crazy Rich Asians 6. The Meg 7. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 8. Mission: Impossible – Fallout 9. Black Panther 10. Aquaman 11. Untitled James Bond Film 12. Untitled Avengers Film 13. Untitled Star Wars Film 14. Fast & Furious 11 sequel 15. Toy Story 4 16. Incredibles 2 17. Jurassic World: The Lost Kingdom 18. Mulan 19. Ant-Man and The Wasp 20.*The Incredibles 21.*Avengers: Infinity War 22.*Avengers 3 23.*Walking Dead season 9 24.*Westworld season 3 25.*Stranger Things season 3 26.*Game of Thrones season 8 27.*Midnight Sun 28.*The Shazam! 29.*Venom 30.*Ready Player
Marvel’s Black Panther is set to hit theaters on February 16, and with good reason- the film is packed with action, adventure, and a host of spectacular Marvel characters. Here are five reasons you should stake your claim on tickets early!
1. The cast is absolutely stacked. Chadwick Boseman stars as T’Challa/Black Panther, alongside Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger, Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Angela Bassett as Ramonda, Forest Whitaker as Zuri, Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross and Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue. Not to mention Letitia Wright plays Shuri; Winston Duke features prominently in an undisclosed role; Florence Kasumba appears as Nakia’s mother; and Daniel Kaluuya co-stars as W’Kabi the Marauder (aka “Shuri’s Father”).
2. The plot – set during the fictional African nation of Wakanda after T’Challa returns from exile to take his place as king – is full of action and intrigue. In addition to battling villainous forces outside the country (Killmonger wants to take Wakanda’s vibranium for himself), T’Challa must contend with political rivalries within his own kingdom.
3. Set design is exceptional… every scene looks like it could jump off the screen and into your life. From the intricate detail in
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A despotic being of immense power, Thanos wants to collect all six Infinity Stones – artifacts of unimaginable might – in order to inflict his twisted will on all reality.
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the anticipated sequel to Jurassic Park and the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park franchise. The film is set 22 years after the original, and features a new cast of characters and dinosaurs. The plot borrows from the 1993 novel Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. In Fallen Kingdom, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing discover that a dinosaur island has been genetically modified by geneticists, leading to a confrontation with the scientists responsible for the island’s creation.
Fallen Kingdom is directed by J.A. Bayona and stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, BD Wong, Daniella Pineda, Toby Jones, Isabella Sermoneta, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Rafe Spall. The film is scheduled to be released on June 22nd 2019.
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Already garnering rave reviews from fans and critics alike, the upcoming film is set to hit theaters on August 15th. In anticipation of its release, here are ten must-watch Hollywood movies coming up this year:
1) “A Star Is Born” – This eagerly anticipated remake tells the story of aspiring singer/songwriter Lady Gaga and fading Hollywood star Bradley Cooper. Expect tons of A-List stars in this one!
2) “Black Panther” – After decades of being hidden away in Africa, T’Challa returns home as king to take his place as leader of Wakanda. Along with his team of allies, he fights against enemies that threaten his nation and the world. 3) “The Meg” – When a group of oceanographers find a giant prehistoric fish in the Australian ocean, they have no idea how big it actually is… until they start diving deeper and deeper underwater and realize it’s not just one fish; it’s a mega-fishery! 4) “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!” – After 10 years
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1. Incredibles 2
2. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
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4. Ant-Man and the Wasp
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The Incredibles 2 is coming to theaters soon and we have the perfect list of Hollywood movies upcoming list for you! Whether you’re looking for family-friendly fun or some big blockbuster entertainment, these movies will have something for everyone on your list.
Up first is The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, sequel to 2014’s highly successful Lego Movie. This movie follows Batman (Will Arnett) and the rest of the Justice League as they team up with Emmet (Chris Pratt) and Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) to stop Lord Business (voiced by Will Ferrell).
Next on the list is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which sees Owen Grady and his team of dinosaur hunters return to Isla Nublar after a disastrous attempt to bring back dinosaurs in 2015’s Jurassic World. This time around, they’re trying to save two genetically modified dinosaurs named Indominus rex and Blue.
Another highly anticipated movie this year is Avengers: Infinity War, which sees Earth’s Mightiest Heroes unite to fight Thanos (Josh Brolin) after he assembles all six of the Infinity Stones. With an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and Tom Hiddleston, this movie promises non-stop action from start to finish.
1. “The Meg”
2. “A Star is Born”
4. “Green Book”
5. “The Nun”
6. Black Panther
Looking for some great new Hollywood Movies 2023 Upcoming to watch? Here are five of the best upcoming films that you don’t want to miss.
1. Red Sparrow – The highly anticipated new film from director Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games, I Am Legend) tells the story of a young Russian spy sent to North America in order to track down a traitor within the government. Starring Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games, X-Men: Apocalypse) and Joel Edgerton (Warrior, Loving), this thriller is sure to be an exciting watch.
2. The Meg – If you’re looking for a movie with plenty of action and excitement, then look no further than The Meg! This upcoming thriller stars Jason Statham (The Transporter, Lethal Weapon) as an American naval engineer who is tasked with saving the world’s largest female shark from being destroyed by a group of scientists. With Oscar-nominees such as Winston Chao ( astronomer on board Hubble Space Telescope) and Wei Tang ( Mulan), this film is definitely not to be missed.
3. Bohemian Rhapsody – One of 2018’s biggest critiques was that it lacked any real surprises; however, that didn’t stop fans from buying tickets in droves for Bohemian Rhapsody, which is set to release in late November. Featuring an all star cast including Rami Malek (Mr Robot), he Queen tribute will have audiences on their feet from beginning to end.
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Marvel’s Black Panther is set to release February 16th, and follows T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) as he takes on King T’Chaka (John Kani) after he abdicates his throne in order to become involved in international politics. Along with Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger, and Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia, this movie promises to be action-packed from start to finish.
A Wrinkle In Time
Another Marvel film set for release in 2018 is A Wrinkle In Time. Based on the award-winning novel by Madeleine L’Engle, this movie follows Meg Murry (Storm Reid), her brother Charles Wallace (Dafne Keen), and friend Calvin O’Keefe (Mindy Kaling) as they travel through time searching for Mr. Murry’s father (Michael Pe
Looking for a Hollywood movie to watch this year? Here are our top 10 upcoming Hollywood movies to check out!
1. “Chappaquiddick” – This movie is based on the real-life incident where Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge and killed Mary Jo Kopechne. It will be directed by John Curran and stars Jason Clarke and Kate Mara.
2. “The Post” – This movie is about the Washington Post’s decision to publish the Pentagon Papers in 1971. It will be directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Gary Oldman.
3. “A Star Is Born” – This remake of 1937’s “A Star Is Born” features Bradley Cooper as an up-and-coming singer who falls in love with Lady Gaga’s character. It will be directed by Bradley Cooper and starring Lady Gaga, Barbra Streisand, and Sam Elliott.
4. “Black Panther” – This superhero movie follows T’Challa, who becomes King of Wakanda after his father is assassinated. He teams up with CIA agent Everett K Ross (Michael B Jordan) to stop Erik Killmonger (Michael B Jordan) from taking over Wakanda. Black Panther will be directed by Ryan Coogler and stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K Brown, Danai Gurira,