An interesting trend has developed over the last few months where EVERY #1 film not named Avatar has been a so-called chick-flick. This is unheard of in the history of Hollywood Box-Office. You can find the full details and a very interesting read in the original article at The Wrap. I ...
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James Horner rips himself off… Again.
February 8th, 2010 by NoName
How do composers justify re-using the same music over and over again? How is the Avatar score up for an Oscar? I know each composer has their own thing and little snippets MIGHT get reused once... But this is just pathetic. James Horner has reused the same piece in Willow, Troy, Enemy ...
Sundance Experiments with the Future of Film Festivals
February 5th, 2010 by NoName
A while back, I posted some thoughts on ways to expand the reach of film festivals. One of the examples I pointed to was an announcement that Sundance would be screening films in cities across the country as their festival was happening as something they call Sundance Film Festival USA. On ...
Mandalay Creates Specialty Film Division
February 5th, 2010 by NoName
Mandalay Entertainment has announced a new specialty division, headed by Celine Rattray formerly of Plum Pictures. This news is a couple weeks old but still worth pointing out. It has been rare to find good news in the world of specialty film this last year or two. Original report in this ...
Sony laying off 450 is GOOD news for the Indie Filmmaker
February 2nd, 2010 by NoName
While the news of yet another major studio cutting hundreds of jobs is news, it is the side stories around it that make all these studio cuts, bankruptcies and failures interesting. I could probably point to any number of sources for those who need proof. Take this article at deadline.com. ...
Spider-Man going the way of Twilight?
January 27th, 2010 by NoName
I was all for the idea of re-booting Spider-Man. After the debacle of #3, it was time to switch it up. Sorry Raimi, but you screwed up. Move on. However... This latest description of where they are headed is scary to say the least. "The plan for the movie is to be ...
YouTube Enters the Video Rental World
January 26th, 2010 by NoName
I first heard about this from /Film, in this post. YouTube will be jumpimng into the online video rental world, with five Sundance films: The Cove, One Too Many Mornings, Homewrecker, Children of Invention, and Bass Ackwards. This is just the latest step towards making distribution a reality for lower budget ...
Big Box Office Eqauls Oscar for Best Picture?
January 26th, 2010 by NoName
I was disturbed to see the follwoing headline from /Film: The Hurt Locker Wins Best Picture from PGA; Is Avatar No Longer An Oscar Sure Thing? Avatar has made lots of money is breaking Box Office records left and right. But I have not read one glowing review of it anywhere. ...
Incredible peek at 3d Immersion technology
January 25th, 2010 by NoName
Not sure when movies will incorporate this but I can see video games going here in the very near future: Amazing 3D immersion technology from IDEO Labs on Vimeo.
Stanley Kubrick Filmed the Fake Moon Landing!
January 25th, 2010 by NoName
This is awesome: The Secrets of The Shining
