February 2012
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WatchIt’s GROUNDHOG DAY!
January 2012
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My Fourth Short Film "The Landlord"
Today I’ve released the fourth short film I directed “The Landlord.”
“The Landlord” is a film noir style film about a broken radiator. Jimmy (Derek Minter) and Christine (Joy Tweedie) are living a great life in their new apartment, except their radiator keeps breaking. Tony (Loren Bryant), the landlord must keep coming over to fix that darn contraption. Jimmy begins...
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WatchStumbled across this and now I want to watch Cinema Paradiso again!
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December 2011
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What do they teach you in school these days?
Lilly: Where are we?
The Doctor: In a forest. In a box. In a sitting room. Pay attention! He's about 20 minutes ahead of us
Lilly: But we just saw him!
The Doctor: Time moves differently across the dimensional planes. What do they teach you in school these days?
Lilly: But I don't understand where we are!
The Doctor: We went through a dimensional portal… thingy.
Lilly: Well what's that supposed to be? Where did it come from?
The Doctor: It was a present and it wasn't supposed to be opened until Christmas Day. Honestly, who opens their Christmas Presents early? OK…shut up…everyone.
“All you can take with you is that which you’ve given away.”
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November 2011
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Let's fall in love with the movies…again.
Today marks the unofficial begin to the holiday movie season. And the release of several high profile films that are looking to make a splash both at the box office and with the academy voters. I’ve seen quite a few of these films and I have to recommend two of them in particular. They have a common theme. They are both in love with the movies and are dying to make their audiences fall in...
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My Third Short Film "Laid Off"
Today I’m releasing to the public for free viewing my third short film “Laid Off.” One thing about this short film ended up being it’s timeliness. We broke the story in early September 2008. I handed in my first draft of the story literally the morning the sub-prime mortgage crash started started kicking up. I don’t think we were trying to predict anything about the financial...
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“I’ve got an alpaca on set. I’m ready to roll… and transpo has a...”
– Lisa (our AD)
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WatchThis made my day.
October 2011
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dancer68844 asked: Do you have some clever halloween costume planned out?
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“She’s expensive but she’s does a good job and good looking too.”
– Grandpa on his dentist.
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The 32 Wittiest Comebacks Of All Time →
“Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line,” or these historical figures when dignity is on the line
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WatchThis is sneaky funny.
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September 2011
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Tessa: OK remember that time you got me that goldfish and you said I had to take care it all by myself and I was so excited to show you that I could that I rushed home from school and I cleaned the bowl and changed the water and threw the fish in there but the water was too cold and the fish went into shock and got these little tiny bubbles all over his body and… died?
Dad: Yeah?
Tessa: I feel like the fish.
Dad: You remember that time I tried to show you that Fellini movie and you refused to watch it because it was in black and white and it had subtitles and you said it looked dumb and boring but then they made you watch it at school and it turned out you actually loved it?
Tessa: Yeah?
Dad: I feel like this is a Fellini movie.
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“Just so you know, there’s a fan in my room that sounds like someone...”
– Dylan
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“I don’t care that you got old. I care that we didn’t grow old together.”
– Rory (Williams) Pond
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It's Labor Day… yay?
My Dad doesn’t like labor day.
I have to admit I understand where he’s coming from. Mostly, I’m not sure how we are supposed to celebrate. Fourth of July we have fireworks. Thanksgiving means a great dinner. Arbor day plant a tree. Memorial Day Weekend (at least growing up in Indianapolis) means the Indy 500 and a cook out. But even firing up the ol’ BBQ doesn’t...
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“Today we’re answering a cry for help from the scariest place in the...”
– The Doctor
August 2011
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“Let’s see, you’ve got a time machine. I’ve got a gun. What the...”
– Mels
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WatchWednesday is always a little tough to get through. A visit to Ray’s Music Exchange always makes it a little better.
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“This party is made with the night air and the chance that a smile
Will wind its...”
– Josh Ritter “Kathleen”
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“There’s standing out and then there’s sticking out.”
– The immortal fashion advice of Charlie Trainer
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Saturday Poll
What is your favorite episode of television of all time?
When Film Critics and Movie Fans Disagree →
Metacritic.com (my review aggregator of choice) recently looked at films in which viewer ratings and critic ratings varied the most. I haven’t seen many of the films on the list but I noticed a few trends. Critics like their films more complex and challenging (at least intellectually and aesthetically) than audiences. Audiences like farces and romantic comedies more than critics.
The...
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July 2011
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Punchdrunk wows the US Oscars crowd →
Someone please pay for my plane ticket to NYC!
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“Now I’m staring into those vacant eyes trying to figure out
If you’ve...”
– Drop Dead Gorgeous April Smith
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Just found out they’re making a movie out of...
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The story of my second short film "Art Sale"
“Art Sale” was the film that I made with my family. My dad was my Director of Photography. My brother, aunt and uncle served as our production assistant and extras. It was shot in my Aunt’s art gallery. It remains one of my personal favorites. It’s short, to the point and lots of fun.
I remember the day I wrote the script. I was riding high on life. I had just endured 3...
“Above all, pitty those who live without love.”
– A.P.W.B.D.
WatchThumbs Up
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The Crash of Elysium →
Dear Punchdrunk,
Please bring your next show to Los Angeles.
-Me
“Let us be lovers we’ll marry our fortunes together”
I’ve got some real estate...”
– Paul Simon
June 2011
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