Quest for a Video Blog - What would you like to see?

This website has become very popular over the last 6 months (shortly after I released Boy Who Never Slept) I get a lot of traffic and responses from my blog posts on movies and filmmaking and of course from my filmmaking endeavors which include my first movie release of BWNS.

Infact “Boy Who Never Slept” has become a keyword of sorts with lots of daily searches for it’s proper name. With the increased popularity (thank you readers) I’ve started to receive a steady stream of correspondence from filmmakers, fans, students and random surfers sending me everything from encouragement to, to story ideas, to movie clips and filmmaking advice

It’s so cool and I’m very happy that it’s generated this response. I’m going to be launching a video blog as soon as I can and I need YOUR INPUT. Read more

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The Last Man on Earth Free Old Horror Movie - Outstanding

I had some time to kill in the Los Angeles Airport before leaving for my holiday vacation. My girlfriend and I brought our laptops and were perusing online looking for some cool videos and I happened upon the full movie “The Last Man on Earth.” It’s recently been released in the public domain and it’s free.

What I remember reading about the film is that it was the precursor to the entire zombie horror genere and was the film that George Romero took a look of a lot of influences from his cult classic horror film “Night of the Living Dead.”

The Last Man on Earth has a lot of the conventions you’re used to seeing in modern horror movies, mysterious virus, people coming back to life, end of the world, last remaining survivor, but it’s executed really well. Read more

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Pan’s Labyrinth Movie Review Analysis Commentary Guillermo Del Toro

This film will probably win an Oscar and go down in history as one of the greatest movies ever made and very deservingly. When I went to see Pan’s Labyrinth at the theaters I had heard very little about it. I just happened to check rotten tomatoes and my jaw dropped with the rating of 99%. I purposely shut the window and didn’t read any of the reviews, because didn’t want to spoil it for myself. By reading in-depth reviews ahead a time you’ll ruin some of the mystery and suspense a movie can bring to you.

Wow, was I surprised. For whatever reasons I thought it may be kina like a kids movie, it’s not. It’s rated R and is an intertwine of dark fairy tale worlds with crazy monsters and stunning special effects and a dark “real” world of war and destruction. The interweaving and visual effects make this movie so effective. It’s a film that has impressed basically every film critic, and yes I mean every. Doesn’t that tell you enough right there? Read more

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Two Short Stories from Another Writer / Artist named Solomon Rothman

I recently was able to correspond with Solomon Rothman and I’m not talking about myself. It turns out that a sculptor / artist / screenwriter/ actor / all around talented individual - shares my same name and is living in New York. His history is very impressive including being the former art director for Will Eisner Productions.

Recently we exchanged a few e-mails and after visiting his website (I had been there before and had remembered some very cool sculptures) I read two of his short stories.

” A Walk in the Snow” and “A Wake Up Call In The Bronx.” After reading both those storys my my reaction was (quoted from an e-mail to Sol)

” Wow!, they were extremely vivid and intense. Your rich descriptions, mixed with the perspective of yourself as a boy made them especially effective.”

So I suggest you read them, but you should note: they contain adult subject matter and aren’t for children. Sol describes “A Walk in the Snow” on his website as “This is a Christmas story… not the usual Christmas story. It’s seen through the eyes and heart of an abused little boy.”

[tags]Solomon Rothman, short stories[/tags]

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