I was as prepared as I’ve ever been, and this Ramadan was as physically and mentally smooth as any I’ve experienced. In this life, I still have work to do it seems. I’m excited to start working out again and putting meat on my bones. I’m excited to finish the last script I was working […]
Returned to the director’s chair. Made a quality short that will find a new audience every holiday season (like the film its based on, ironically). Wrote my first original pilot. Wrote my first spec based on a TV show I love. Producer on another ‘legacy’ project that’s one of those ‘once in a lifetime’ things […]
The numbers tell me this is post 1,000 on this site. ONE THOUSAND! So now is as good of a time as any to say thank you. Whether you come here daily, weekly, or whenever the mood strikes. Whether you come for the music or the politics. Whether you come to hear my opinions on […]
‘Identify what it is you want, and go after it without hurting anybody else. And I’m talking about life as well as the film business.’ – Larry Turman, ‘So You Want to Be a Producer’ I’ve been around too long to believe it will always be like this, but to climb the next rung, to achieve […]
So… My original intention was to re-release ‘Santa’s Third Wheel’ on Funny or Die for the next holiday season. But… They’re running a competition with the LA Film Festival, Make Em Laff. The short story is the winner of the contest will meet with FOD to pitch and produce their next comedy short for their […]
I don’t assume anymore when I fall asleep that God is going to wake me up. That single train of thought is why I’ve shifted to making a more conscious effort into leaving all of my interactions with positive karma (or at worst, if I’m indifferent about you, I’ll just leave you to live your […]
For me personally, the greatest benefit to being old (so far) is the end of overthinking. There’s a big difference between a) analyzing all the options and taking action and b) being paralyzed by all the possibilities and letting ‘the Moment’ pass you by. So, for whatever name you give to it, the process of […]
Bradley Cooper gets his third nomination in a row as the title character in this Oscar nominee. To address the personal elephant in the room, ‘Can I separate our obviously different ideologies from Clint Eastwood’s craft?’ The answer: I (try to) do it all the time when it comes to art. Saying this film is […]
Harmony. That’s how I’ll remember 2014. Maybe I was just due for a good year, but truth be told, 90 percent of my stress over the past 12 months could really be called sympathy/empathy at things going on in the world around me. On a personal level, it feels like I’ve taken a huge […]
I Am Ali is the newest documentary on one of the Great American lives. The early great ones (When We Were Kings) gives you an insight into his athletic greatness, last year’s fantastic The Trials of Muhammad Ali finally broke new ground on analyzing his role in the politics of his time. But just, as a man, […]
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