First off, hope everyone had a nice New Year. Now let’s get back to business… As I watched Midnight in Paris, I appreciated the irony of this particular story. A writer who spends quite a bit of time daydreaming about his idols finds a time warp that allows him to hang out with Hemingway, […]
How about something fun for my last post of 2011? So 99 times out of 100 when I’m sent sides (an audition script), I can look at the product as a whole, look at where the character fits into the story, and build something from the ground up. But there was one screen test […]
The Christmas weekend is upon us, and African-American Short Films (featuring Lady In My Life) will be showing this weekend in some of my favorite cities to visit: Louisville Station: WKYI / IND Date: 12/23 Time: 11:00PM Alexandria, LA Station: KALB / NBC Date: 12/24 Time: 12:00PM Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL) Station: WLTZ NBC Date: 12/24 Time: […]
As far as book to film translations go, Moneyball is an entertaining movie that keeps the spirit of the book. ‘How does a small market team compete/win in the imbalanced world of modern baseball?’ Brad Pitt produces and stars as Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s GM who ‘revolutionized’ the game by incorporating new math formulas […]
I’ll say this upfront; I won’t be remotely surprised if this wins Best Picture next year. It’s not exactly a genre, but Hollywood loves a well done film about ‘the making of Hollywood’. Sunset Boulevard, Singin in the Rain, and the list goes on. “The Artist” makes fairly direct references to these and other films. […]
In various interviews, I’ve heard George Clooney say that his attraction to this project was in playing a character who didn’t have all the answers. The main character of ‘The Descendants’ is the anti-Danny Ocean so to speak. It’s a fine line for Clooney to walk on professionally; most actors will get jaded or resentful […]
I was tempted to let this go since the news cycle is winding down, but I do want my feelings on the record on this… Not all that long ago, I was having a conversation with some friends about the pros and cons of having beef with a laid back person. The pro obviously […]
Lot of cities I’m familiar with or have friends in this weekend. Here are the dates for ‘African-American Short Films’ this weekend: Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL) Station: WLTZ / NBC* Date: 12/16 Time: 3:00AM Tallahassee-Thomasville Station: WTLH FOX Date: 12/16 Time: 3:00AM Cincinnati Station: EKRC / CW Date: 12/17 Time: 1:00PM Davenport-R.Island-Moline Station: WQAD / ABC Date: 12/17 […]
Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network. When you think of good, intellectual filmmaking, David Fincher may (or may not) have peers, but there isn’t anyone better. Now let’s add The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to that already extremely impressive directing career. Before I go on, let me […]
The Malik Aziz Foundation was created last night with the mission statement of promoting the unifying ideals of the human race through arts and entertainment. For the first time, the Board of Directors have decided to present awards (‘the Zeezys’) to those who have best embodied the Foundations ideals for the past calendar year. […]
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