High School never ends. Stick with me, this one takes a bit of rambling to get across. I did not like High School. I was not one of the popular kids. I still am not one of the popular kids. Why? Because people like people just like them and no one is just like anyone [...]
Ars Gratia Artis. That company motto was first brought to my attention sometime in 2006 when I was a member of a pub quiz team called ‘The Oswalds, Ed, and Anne’ (I think that requires no explanation) at the pub in the basement of the Belmont cinema in Aberdeen, Scotland. If memory serves, the question [...]
Ok, with the sequel to Sherlock Holmes coming out, I am reminded of this post that I wrote for another blog in 2009. I decided to share my thoughts again. This is not a review of the film so much as an opportunity to gush about Peter Cushing. Where is Peter Cushing When You Need [...]
My reaction: At the request of @extrafriends I am reviewing the latest Twilight film. Before I start my review, I would like to make the comment that as a filmmaker myself, I have the greatest appreciation for anyone who makes films and I know how difficult it is to get right. One can work very [...]
I am in Hollywood for the 11th annual Shriekfest film festival taking place at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood California. I came to support a fellow film maker, Tomax Aponte whose short, Confined, is playing on Sunday at 2pm. Shortly after I knew I would be coming to Hollywood for the festival, I found out that [...]
No, I don’t mean the kind who gets paid to go on holiday, I mean the kind that pays good money to have an industry TELL him or her that he or she is a professional. I suppose it started with Space Tourists, or perhaps with Executive Producers (the kind with lots of private money [...]
I just recently watched the film Tron (1982) for the first time since 1982. When I watched it the first time I did so at the old SFA theater in Nacogdoches, Texas and was dropped off by my mom or perhaps she came with us. I was 10 at the time. I remember the experience. [...]
I am so excited to be on Team Snuggle Struggle as the editor for the Splatterfest competition on the 9th to the 11th of September in Houston.
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We are now trying to raise awareness of Kriss Erickson’s DID The Ultimate Energy Disorder so that we can go into production on it in the next few months. About six months ago we were about to go into production on a film based on Kriss’ film but Kriss and I had felt pressured to [...]