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This week, trailers were released for two feature film adaptations of cherished childhood books: Where The Wild Things Are and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The former preview has all sorts of buzz (Spike Jonze is directing, the source material is arguably more famous), but I gotta admit that part of me is slightly …
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One of the many perks of my new apartment is that I’m just a few blocks away from the Kodak Theatre, the famed venue where the Oscars have been staged for the past five or six years. In honor of my easy access to the festivities, I decided to take a jaunt down to Hollywood …
When news broke this morning that three minutes of a recent Christian Bale tirade on the set of the new Terminator had been caught on tape, I tinge of excitement in my tummy. Memories of Pat O’Brien danced through my head, and I knew the Internet would soon be presenting a giant audio gift for …
Ugh. The Academy Award nominations were revealed this morning, and while I was happy with some of the nods, overall I’d say there were a heck of a lot of snubs â€â€Ã‚ so much so that I can’t help but shake my head at the travesty of it all. And then, of course, I shake my …
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Last but not least in my “Best of 2008” series is film, and for the first time in a while, I feel pretty well informed on the subject. Being that this has been my first awards season as a member of the WGA, I’ve benefited from copious numbers of screenings and screeners, thus allowing me …
One of the perks of being in the Writers Guild is that I get to go to all sorts of screenings and events free of charge. Tonight, I have the option of seeing Seven Pounds a full day before its release (!!), but is it worth the effort to trek down to Beverly Hills just …
Okay, everyone, I’m blatantly shilling The Haunting of Molly Hartley. I’m working on a script with the producers of this horror movie (out today!), and they’re really cool, nice people; so support their movie! Besides, it’s got Chace Crawford  a.k.a. Nate Archibald from Gossip Girl. Just think of the potential: Nate AND ghosts! He …
The Dark Knight may very well be the best movie of the summer, but right now, my favorite might have to be American Teen, the latest documentary from filmmaker Nanette Burstein. The film follows a handful of seniors from Warsaw, Indiana as they navigate the perils and joys of high school  all while following …
The Sunset Strip gets a lot of unique billboards, the most recent being this one advertising the upcoming Judd Apatow posse movie, Pineapple Express. As you can tell from my camera phone pic, the pineapple actually emits smoke. Kind of cool. Unfortunately, just as I snapped the photo, a gust of wind blew the smoke …
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Batman is Hey guys i’m premiering today! As everyone and their mothers knows (except for perhaps mine), The Dark Knight hit theaters at 12:01 AM today, and since then, Facebook has been under siege with Dark Knight status updates. I really thought Sex and the City and Indiana Jones brought a lot of repetitive updates, …