SPOLIER ALERT! For those that have yet to see this, or Star Trek II (1982), then read no farther! I would also strongly suggest a viewing of that original sequel (aka The Wrath of Khan) beforehand, although the films are mutually rewarding when seen independently of each other, in whichever order. Okay, now that I’m no [...]
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Had I known I would eventually move to Northern Mexico, there’s a pretty good chance I would have opted to study Spanish instead of German during high school. Not that I don’t like spechen’ die ol’ Deutsch every once in a while, but it hasn’t exactly been the most practical language out here… until last week. I [...]
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After the Grand-daddy of all Murphy’s Law weeks (wherein if something can go wrong it most certainly will) The Essentials came home to screen it’s newly completed distribution cut at our Sort-Of-East-Coast Premiere in the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival! This was no repeat of the same flick we test-screened back in Rochester, Syracuse and Little Falls [...]
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If this town has one thing more than actors, it’s cops. Not the best scenario when you’re hoping to casually stroll into entertainment’s biggest night of the year with nothing more than a handshake and a smile. Nevertheless I gave it my best. However, phrases like “getting blacklisted” and “never working in this town again” made [...]
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Coming off big award wins at the Hollywood & Vine Film Festival hardly more than month prior, The Essentials was back on the big screen this week to reel in some new fans at the New York International Film Festival: LA Edition. Held back and forth between our coastal metropolises, this fest began in the [...]
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A few years back we all had our storytelling senses struck by Inception. Not necessarily a revolution in the structure of the medium, but simply the most clever narrative hook you could think of: Using science to take us through parallel stories of the same characters simultaneously. Clever as it was though, the story itself [...]
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Thursday night, 7:30pm January 31st at the Chapman Theater of Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, CA! That’s right, we’ve been accepted into our second film festival, the New York International Film Festival: LA Edition. The Red Carpet Opening Night Event is being held 8pm Wednesday January 30th at Club Confidential in Beverly Hills. I’m allowed 20 complimentary guests, so if you’re [...]
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My latest visit to the hospital resulted in successful surgery on the back of my head. Ye privileged few to have caressed my dome may recall a small bump near the neckline which, for the longest time, I assumed to be nothing more than a mole. However, in the past month or so, it had basically grown [...]
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I begin writing this while flying First Class on US Airways from Charlotte, NC back to Los Angeles, CA. My earlier flight out of Syracuse was late, making me miss the connection to this one a few hours later, so they gave me the bump. There were a number of different ways I envisioned this [...]
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