A few months back I mentioned I finished a feature-length screenplay. This is not really news per se: I’m sure yours is coming along nicely. But if ya ask me it’s what you do with the finished manuscript that’s important.
Last fall John (the co-writer of the thing) and I took a free half-hour of advice [...]

Having seen “Arrangements,” I soon saw the importance of getting the film ready for it’s life on the festival circuit. The first step to this end is preparing a definitive tape master: the other is showing those who actually made the film the need to do so.
Really, nobody needed convincing: the short was shot and [...]

All this Star Trek talk has made me sort of nostalgic. When I think about it, it’s difficult to remember the details of any given show.
Something…
But there was definitely, definitely something I liked about one of the later shows. Something that sort of drew me back, again and again…
Something…
I believe it was some sort of [...]

Thank God the writer’s strike is over and the directors came to an agreement! At last we can count on an uninterrupted stream of entertainment! After all, once the writers and directors are in place, what more do you need?
That’s right my snark-concious friend, there’s a zinger coming. The actors’ contract expires June 30th, and [...]

I’ve actually seen “Arrangements.” And not just in my head this time.
On Saturday, March 22 a cast and crew screening of the very-nearly-finished short was arranged at the Mill Gallery in Santa Cruz. The screening proper took place in a spacious open mezzanine above the main gallery floor.
And when I say cast and crew screening, [...]

Quite enjoyed the first two episodes of “John Adams,” the HBO miniseries based on David McCollough’s (avuncular-voiced narrator of “The Civil War” and Seabiscuit) biography of America’s second president. It’s a quality production, beautifully depicting the look and feel of Colonial America, and the dialogue was written at an erudite, thoughtful level, one that demands [...]

Is it pile on Kate Hudson time here at Box Office Weekly? Maybe.
According to Variety, Kate Hudson, the star of The Four Feathers and You, Me and Dupree is set to star in Big Eyes, the biopic of Margaret Keane. If there is some sort of contest for least necessary movie, we’re looking at a [...]

I love movies. I love Hollywood, and Hollywood cinema. Fresh-popped popcorn gets me a little high, and I think the little changeover cues in the corners of the frame are cute. And God help me, I’m just as hooked on television as everybody. But there are quite a few things about Hollywood I hate.
Most [...]

You’re at home, trying to enjoy your new post-2009-ready digital TV. But what you’re seeing is something like slow-motion crash test footage. The major networks are slowly– excruciatingly slowly– being crunched into shapelessness by the WGA strike. Sure, “American Idol” is back on (and you’re welcome to it), and God help us the revived [...]

Unlike Daniel, I did not bother watching what was left of the Golden Globes award-announcing telecast thingy. I was instead on good ol’ Fox, watching the premiere of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” Gotta admit, it wasn’t that bad. It wasn’t exactly excellent television, but it had impressive effects, fairly lean (if lazily motivated) plot [...]