Category: cinema

  • Amazing Things From This Year’s NAB Show

    Topics at NAB 2009 ranged from when the Web Will Kill TV to How To Blog In 140 Characters to Alternative Reality Gaming, Second Chances in Second Life and the nature of Web 3.0. Oh and YouTube 3D.

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  • My Best and Worst Movie Experiences of 2008

    In honor of tonight’s Oscars ceremony, and Daniel Water’s annual mega movie list, I wanted to share what I will be posting on “the Wall” at Mr. Water’s Oscar party this evening – my own best and worst list for 2008. Of course, I saw many other films, but I am only including those released…

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  • Very Scary Business Going on at Screen Actors Guild as Chief Negotiator Doug Allen is Ousted

    Because the vast majority of my audience is likely not a member of the Screen Actors Guild, I am going to repost a letter from twice-elected Nation President of the guild Allen Rosenberg expressing his outright disdain for the events of the past week that have led to the National Executive Director Doug Allen being…

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  • 2009 Oscar Nominees – Complete List + SAG drops Strike Vote?

    After all the haranguing and rhetoric, the ad campaigns and endless comment threads, stories surfaced that SAG has decided to forget the whole vote to authorize a strike thing altogether, citing they didn’t feel they could get the 75% majority they would need to move forward. *Eyebrow raised up into the hairline* WTF? Meanwhile, the…

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  • Many Well Known Actors Speak Out In Favor of SAG Strike

    Presently, the broadcasters are already streaming their programs, even the newest episodes in high-resolution, full screen, online and forcing the viewer to watch 15 second ads at regular commercial breaks, and yet they do not feel that actors should receive the same royalties (or in some cases, any at all) for these presentations.

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  • Ten Documentaries About Men That Will Change Your Life

    Crumb – Dir: Terry Zwigoff This is the film that first made me hyper-conscious of self-imposed, voluntary corporate branding as […]

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