Articles in the Movies Category

Sick Days, Film Watch and Web Site Woes
Posted on 27 March 2008

Man, I hate being sick.
I came home on Monday and started sneezing like crazy. That isn’t too out of the ordinary, since I have allergies, but the way I was sneezing definitely struck me as odd. It was a very deep, chest-cleansing sneeze.  Sure, it was odd, but nothing I didn’t think Claritin and a [...]

Good Advice for a Sunday Evening
Posted on 9 March 2008

Well, this is a particularly tough transition from the weekend to the work beginning since it’s Daylight Saving Time (three weeks early, no less ) and that means getting up for work an hour earlier. The morning’s going to be rough. I can already tell. I’ve been trying to get myself out of bed [...]

The Video Game and Film Crossover
Posted on 8 March 2008

The movie industry is huge business. The amount of money that producers have to shell out for actors (half the budget right there, if you’re looking for A-listers), writers, special effects, crew and marketing is astronomical. That’s why you see less and less original work coming out of Hollywood. Any film requiring a budget over [...]

A Brief Tale About a Failed Actor
Posted on 5 March 2008

In my younger days, I was a pretty shy kid. I did, however, have a wild imagination, which I allowed to consume me when no one was around. I’d run around the house fighting imaginary monsters or go adventuring off in some fantastic land. I was extremely extroverted in my introverted-ness, if there is such [...]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Teaser
Posted on 4 March 2008

Living without television has kind of put me out of touch with pop-culture. More than a year ago, I’d watch my favorite programs and catch blips of movie trailers during the commercials I’d fast forward through. If I saw some skin or someone getting punched or shot, I’d rewind to see what it was all [...]