I saw the movie "Revolutionary Road" last night. AWESOME movie. Go see it when you get a chance. I wrote a brief review (and some thoughts spurred by the movie) at my personal blog spot: "Living Truthfully". Check it out...
Almost a full two weeks off from my normal life actually got me sort of excited to get back into my normal life. I, too, was even looking forward (am still) to commercial auditions re-starting. At least it's something, right?...
I woke up today mentally still clinging to a piece of garland. The weekend after New Years... no matter how hard we try to justify it, the holidays have been officially liquidated. No pun intended.So... as I drag my This-Was-A-Mistake...
Good Morning! Good Very Early in the Freakin’ Morning, America! On Tuesday the Spring Awakening crew headed to ABC to encourage people around the nation to donate their lightly used coats to the homeless or other less fortunate who can’t...
Wow. I am so on fire right now with all the things that I want to get done and am getting done in January. And it's not a New Years resolution thing at all. It's just that the holiday slow...
It was bound to happen, I suppose. YouTube has a video up that is a Choose Your Own Adventure movie. Do you remember those fun choose your own adventure game books when you were little? Well now you can do the same except on YouTube. The video I watched this go around was The Time Machine: "Get In!". The project conceived by Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Rob Polonsky, is sort of an amateurish production. The sets are shoddy, the acting is not very good. In one of the scenes, an alpine water dispenser that a secretary dispenses water out...
There's a scene in the film Revolutionary Road where Frank Wheeler (Leonardo Di Caprio) tells his wife April (Kate Winslet) that he's had an affair. She asks him why and he starts explaining that he felt unappreciated by her and lonely, etc. April says that's not what she's asking. She wants to know why he's telling her he had the affair. He is stunned by the notion that she wouldn't want him to come clean, that maybe she prefers him to lie—in this instance, by omission. Admittedly, the movie is set in the mid-50s in an era that predated our...
Welcome back, Strike Watchers, and Happy New Year. Before we get started, I'd like to take a quick moment to thank my associates--Richard Verrier, Jonathan Handel, and Dave McNary--for thoroughly cleaning my clock taking care of all of my reporting and writing duties while I was away on vacation, so that I might rest up for another year of union coverage. For those of you who are fascinated by union-palace intrigue--and who among us isn't?--the coming week could prove to be the most exciting time. Maybe ever. The undercard: On Jan. 9-10, SAG and AFTRA will gather in New York...
The every-actresses' dream has happened. And her name is Charity Wakefield.David E. Kelley, star-maker of Calista Flockhart and creator of countless courtroom-drama shows (and potentially also separated-at-birth twin of Aerosmith) has named his lead for the new NBC show, Legally Mad. She's British, she's brunette, and she's virtually unknown. The only thing manic/curious YouTubing Americans can really find her in are clips of the BBC Jane Austen-based drama Sense and Sensibility. And a bootlegged copy of Burlesque Fairytales, if you really do your research. Wakefield will play Mad's bemused Brady Hamm, a brilliant young lawyer who turns down various prestigious...
The Doorpost Film Project is sponsoring The 2009 Short Film Contest. The event welcomes short films seven minutes or less on one of the following five topics: Forgiveness, Freedom, Humility, Joy or Redemption. Then, from the first round submissions, 10 finalists will be selected to produce a final round film on the topic of hope. Funded by the Doorpost Film Project, all entries will be include in the determination of top competition prize winners. Submissions are being accepted from Jan. 1 - Mar. 15.After you've submitted, get your friends to watch and vote! Get everyone you know to vote for...
A double dose of Brendan Fraser? Few people over the age of 12 can lay claim to the dubious honor of sitting through both "Journey to the Center of the Earth" -- in 3-D! -- and "The Mummy: Tomb of...
"Iron Man," often referred to as the thinking man's superhero, became the first blockbuster of the summer, and now it's a surprise contender for the USC Libraries Scripter Award.Why isn't "The Dark Knight" in the running? THR explains here. Vague...
Looks awfully similar to the five we've picked as the Oscar best picture contenders, with "The Dark Knight" taking another step toward The World's Most Ginormous/Prestigious Film Award.The Producers Guild of America, like a lot of other critics' and industry...
This is a serious bit of awards derbying, and we know that by facts such as these: Eve, the lucite love interest from "WALL-E," and "JCVD" star Jean-Claude Van Damme were among those in the running for best performances. With...
It's the kind of discount movie theater where $5 buys you the largest tub of 'corn -- good, too! -- and the only reason the ticket's $5 is because it's a weekend and "Synecdoche, New York" is billed as a...
