If you only learn one thing from these writing posts, or if you only decide to read one and then run away, let it be this one. This is single-handedly the most important thing you have to do as a writer: read. It seems simple, right? Most people who want to write are readers first. […]
via The Importance of Reading as a Writer — Mary and the Words
Stay At Home orders have meant the consumption of lots of books and movies; the good, the bad and the ugly. This post may surprise you as it pertains to an Errol Flynn movie which I can only describe as the Ugliest Of All Time. You never thought you’de hear that from me, did you? […]
via Captain Fabian : The Ugliest Errol Flynn Of All — Brizzy Mays Books and Bruschetta
In the often times intense thriller “Uncut Gems” Howard Ratner, portrayed by Golden Globe nominee Adam Sandler (Punch Drunk Love) is the owner of a jewelry business in the Diamond District of New York. His wife, Dinah (Idina Menzel) wants a divorce, not only because of his antics, which I’ll discuss in the following paragraph, but […]
via “Uncut Gems – A Career Best for Adam Sandler” — RobbinsRealm Blog
This weeks video store rental action movie getting the nostalgic treatment is Predator 2 from 1990
via Predator 2 (1990) The Hunter Returns And Sweaty Glover Is Ready To Rumble — Wolfmans Cult Film
Dr. No – the first James Bond film, the one Variety backhandedly referred to as an “entertaining piece of tongue-in-cheek action hokum” – was one of my biggest blindspots before starting this marathon. From afar, I knew Dr. No through documentary clips and pop culture osmosis. Sean Connery’s first utterance of “Bond. James Bond” is […]
Yesterday while driving I heard the stirring theme music of the movie The Piano (1993) played on CBC Radio 2. Memories flooded my mind. I recalled watching it in the movie theatre way back then. A deaf-mute unable to speak but can overwhelm others as she plays the piano to express herself. I thought of […]
via Recent Movies and Series Directed by Women — Ripple Effects
By now it’s pretty obvious that Tom Hanks can do just about anything on screen. Think about it. In his 40-year film career he has been a baseball coach, an astronaut, an Irish gangster, a pilot, a newspaper editor-in-chief, a wooden toy cowboy. Heck he’s even played Walt Disney and Mr. Rogers. His latest movie […]
Tommy was never taught how to wipe his butt properly, and was therefore teased for most of his childhood and beyond. After a particularly heinous prank takes his life, Tommy vows supernatural revenge against the summer camp that played host to his early demise. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf Tommy (M): Steve Rizzo Kid #1/Random […]
via COMEDY 1st Scene Screenplay: WIPE, by Edward Hicklin — Comedy FESTIVAL
via Weekly Virtual Film Festival
WATCH Tonight: Tuesday June 7th. 8pm EST (5pm on the West Coast.).
Virtual Film Festival, Sponsored by Yonge/Dundas Square.
Featuring the BEST DRAMA & EXPERIMENTAL Shorts from around the world today:
LINEUP OF FILMS:
FIRST ACT PROGRAM
PLAY, 13min., Poland, Drama
Directed by Piotr Sulkowski
A man consumed by guilt because he did not dare to defend his mother, plays the role of a murderer and forces his ten-year-old self to face his original trauma…
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OKAY, 3min., USA, Drama
Directed by Leanne Nicole
3 minute short about the struggle growing up in an abusive environment
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WEEP NOT, 13min., USA, Drama
Directed by Lenore Thomas Douglas
Journey Gordean, a successful journalist gets to cover a story of a lifetime, but her ambition is tested when that very assignment is the man who assaulted her when they were children.
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SPIRIT: A MARTIAN STORY, 10min, USA, Drama/Fantasy
Directed by Stimson Snead
NASA sought evidence of life on Mars. That search begins with water, and the search for water begins with the study of the rocks and the soil. That was the historic mission of the rovers SPIRIT and OPPORTUNITY. This is SPIRITS story.
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TERRA BEACH, 20min, Canada, Sci-Fi/Drama
Directed by Mike Gallant
A college freshman in 2069 returns home and kindles a romance with a Hispanic girl only to realize they have gained the space colony’s attention.
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SECOND ACT PROGRAM
BLACK STAINS, 14min, USA, Experimental/Dance
Directed by Tiffany Rhynardag
Black Stains addresses the systemic pattern of racial profiling by the police. Inspired by the personal experiences of choreographer Trent D. Williams, Jr., the film illustrates the reality of being black in the United States. Through interviews with men of varying ages and robust athletic dancing, the film persistently asks the question: why do we not see black men as human?
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WHEN EARTH TOOK A BREATH, 5min., USA, Music
Directed by Lambert Grand
Ora The Molecule’s “When Earth Took A Breath (Are You There?)” depicts our relationship with the natural world. Filmed with a full spectrum camera, plants and trees appear in unfamiliar colours – the sea of red pulsating like alarm bells as we’re reminded of our planet’s climate and biodiversity emergency.
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MONOH – With Attitude, 4min., Germany, Music
Directed by Jan Sommer
A visual journey through space, nature and the mind. The music video for MONOH’s new single With Attitude.
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STRUT – 1980s, 5min., Australia, Music
Directed by Tim Cash
Pierre’s prized pink flamingo has been brazenly pickpocketed! The shocking crime has led to a phone call to the FBI (Flamingo Bureau of Investigation) & the search is on. The situation grows so dire that the Pink Ninja is called to duty! ‘Strut – 1980s’, directed by Tim Cash, is the lead single off Pennan Brae’s 5th release, ‘Gravity – The Astronot’. The track is mixed by producers Kirk Kelsey & Eric Alexandrakis & mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Grammy Award-winning engineer Sean Magee. Filmed In Central Oregon with music recorded in Vancouver, BC.
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AMERICAN QUARTET, 9min., USA, Music
Directed by Jesca Prudencio
In a 2030s small town bitterly divided over who belongs, a young Muslim-American woman puts herself at risk when she shares her private, digitized memories with strangers, challenging the status quo in the hope that empathy will triumph over hate.
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Agoria – Call of the Wild, 5min., France, Music
Directed by Loïc Andrieu
Throughout a cinematic video, director Loïc ANDRIEU introduces a new female hero high-concept. It features Jane, an enigmatic L.A.P.D officer, forced to face her Orphic power to dive into death.
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SEARCHING FOR WONDER, 6min., USA, Music
Directed by Greg Osei
Searching for Wonder was inspired by conversations with fellow artists who have diverse relationships to the African Diaspora. These discussions highlighted how we all feel lost in different ways, because history, slavery, colonialism & fear have left many of us feeling disconnected, searching for something we can’t fully articulate. Searching for Wonder deals with the tremendous power we have to rediscover & reimagine ourselves through our ancestors, their gods, their cultures & our interconnectedness.
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UNDER THE WATERFALL – THE AVENER, 3min., France, Music
Directed by Sebastion Caudron
This video clip shows an explosive passion between two lovers, punctuated by an elegant and a contemporary choreography in the streets of Paris where buildings are changing into real waterfalls. It is an hymn to love that uses the metaphor of water for its fluidity
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So far the books related to Scientology I have read have been all written from the perspective of Americans as you’d expect with Scientology being what could be argued something that could only come out of America. The Church of Scientology although today deemed to be relatively small in number do have a presence in […]
via The Church of Fear: Inside The Weird World of Scientology by John Sweeney — Gareth Hughes Reviews
