Is It Crazy to a Film During a Pandemic? Not For These Two Mad Hatters

It's Never Too Crazy To Create Art. Even During a Pandemic. It's official, my friends Michael Fitzpatrick and his husband Greg Ivan Smith have completely lost their minds. They've decided to shoot a feature film. Now. During a pandemic. God love them. Not willing to just hide under their bed covers, Michael and Greg are using this extended period of "postponed employment" to finally shoot the feature version of their award-winning horror short, Remission. So they are driving across the country - [...]

Is It Crazy to a Film During a Pandemic? Not For These Two Mad Hatters2022-01-18T05:53:49+00:00

Fantastic Beasts

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Oh my lord I'm excited about the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. In case you've been living under a rock or you're not a Harry Potter nerd like I am, Fantastic Beasts is the prequel to J.K. Rowling's series Harry Potter. It opens November 18, 2016. I'm all a twitter. And what should come out today but a teaser video entitled Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The video shows [...]

Fantastic Beasts2017-02-11T05:49:03+00:00

Ghostbusters Trailer

Ghostbusters Trailer a Bust The new Ghostbusters Trailer has reached an epic milestone. As of this writing it is #18 in the Most Disliked Videos on Youtube. Wow. (FYI - Justin Bieber's "Baby" featuring Ludacris is #1). I'm thinking that making the most disliked list is not something the producers of the new Ghostbusters were aiming for. They keep saying it's not a remake of that awesome original but a wholly new film that can stand on its own but it [...]

Ghostbusters Trailer2017-02-11T05:49:04+00:00

Cinderella 2015 Live-Action Trailer

Cinderella 2015 Live-Action Looks Fantastic Being a dad of a little girl, I have watched the animated Cinderella film more times than I can tell you. And frankly I've had my fill of the film. But in 2015 Disney will release a new live-action version and it looks magical. Instead of calling it Cinderella Live-Action and to not confuse it with the animated version, I'm simply going to call it Cinderella 2015. And what a cast.Cinderella 2015 had me at Helena Bonham Carter [...]

Cinderella 2015 Live-Action Trailer2022-12-13T04:12:32+00:00

Julie and Julia, Without the Julie

Julie and Julia now just And Julia This is so terrific I can't stand it. It's a cut of the film Julie and Julia without the annoying Julie scenes. As you may recall, Nora Ephron's  2009 film Julie and Julia is a delightfully light and fluffy souffle starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. Streep plays Julia Childs at the beginning of the master chef's cooking career. Adams plays blogger Julie Powell, who challenges herself to cook all the recipes in Child's first book. Meryl [...]

Julie and Julia, Without the Julie2017-02-11T05:49:20+00:00

Robin Williams’ Depression

Robin Williams' Depression Like a lot of people, I was both shocked and saddened by the death of Robin Williams. His death is a great tragedy but there may be some good to come from it. Robin Williams' depression may finally help bring depressive illness out of the shadows. There's a stigma about depression. From both sides. I know a lot of people, including myself, who suffer from depression and are afraid to say anything because we're afraid people will [...]

Robin Williams’ Depression2017-02-11T05:49:23+00:00

Annie Trailer

When I first heard Will Smith was producing an update version of Annie I moaned and smacked my head. That was back when it was going to be a vanity project for his daughter and the Will Smith family was everywhere. Every. Where. Now I like Will Smith as much as the next guy but I was on Will Smith family overload. I was wondering how he was going to fit Whip My Hair into the script. But [...]

Annie Trailer2017-02-11T05:49:25+00:00

There Are Hitler Films on His Own IMDB Page?

I was researching actors for my upcoming production of Tom Jones at the Florida Studio Theatre and quite by accident discovered that Adolph Hitler films are listed on his own  IMDB page. This, of course, made me ponder out loud: "Hitler Has His Own IMDB Page?" He certainly does. He has four "Writer" credits, 29 "Self" credits, and my favorite: 1 "Miscellaneous Crew" credit. Miscellaneous Crew? Was he the caterer? He wasn't even in SAG. But there are 683 Hitler films [...]

There Are Hitler Films on His Own IMDB Page?2022-12-13T04:12:16+00:00

Sing Along With Frozen

Frozen, Disney's animated-musical phenomenon, is about to kick it up a notch. Disney announced that it will be releasing a sing-along version of the film starting Jan 31. This new version of the film will include the lyrics of each musical number on the screen, with a bouncing snowflake to help audiences follow along as they sing out loud together. With the Frozen soundtrack topping the charts, we’re willing to bet that a lot of you already know all the [...]

Sing Along With Frozen2023-04-05T00:18:55+00:00

Annie Lennox, Al Green – Put A Little Love In Your Heart

It's request Sunday for the 25 Days of Christmas Songs and first up is Put A Little Love In Your Heart from my friend Ray Wagner. Originally recorded by Jackie DeShannon in 1968, Put A Little Love In Your Heart was covered by Annie Lennox and Al Green (a couple of hack singers) for the 1988 holiday film SCROOGED. It's a pretty great cover. Buy the song on iTunes here. Buy it at Amazon here. And if you're [...]

Annie Lennox, Al Green – Put A Little Love In Your Heart2022-01-18T05:51:11+00:00
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