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Last month I was one of those in attendance at “Cinemartini“, the brainchild of Nick Monteleone, a producer-in-process who used to work as my assistant and who is off on his own now making things happen. The idea for Cinemartini is pretty cool — once a month, an evening of short films presented […]
Andrew Stanton’s John Carter, the most poorly marketed film in the history of movies, begins its run on Starz Network tonight at 9 ET/PT and tomorrow at 8:20AM and 4:50PM. If you’re like most people, you were unimpressed by Disney’s trailers, posters, and campaign in general. PLEASE take a look at our docu clip and […]
I just saw this commercial for the first time five minutes ago …I can’t describe it except to say that as I was watching it, my jaw dropped and by the time it was 2/3 over I was sitting in astonished appreciation.
Each image in this is exquisite — but more than that — laden […]
Here’s a wonderful 3 minutes from Carl Sagan on how as a young boy he was mesmerized by the Mars of John Carter, Tars Tarkas, and Dejah Thoris. The reverence with which he speaks of the imaginative transport that the stories achieved for him, and how they inspired him to consider the possibility of the […]
The Golden Globe nominations are out, and along with a spate of other nominations announced this week, the 2011 Oscar field is taking shape with three films leading the way and a few others close behind. The Artist, a unique silent comedy in black and white that has the critics extremely excited, led the way […]
Philippine director Marlon Rivera exploits cliches to lambast of the pretensions of independent cinema in his country and his fellow filmmakers’ inflated egos.
BUSAN, South Korea — A mockumentary about filmmaking and a gritty-realist tragedy of child prostitution in a Manila slum are arguably two of the most je jeune offerings in a festival lineup. Philippine director Marlon […]
Good ol’ michaeldsellers.com has evolved a site where I spend a lot of my time writing about an object of great passion in my life — the Philppines. I have some other sites “on the side” as well — and last Saturday I came to realize that was time to make another one because it’s […]
A friend sent me this link and I’m sharing it. Very compelling short film (very short) called “Last Day Dream” by acclaimed director Chris Milk. Most likely after you watch it once you’ll “get it” and want to watch it again. Enjoy.
Behind the scenes with an American film crew in the Philippines shooting Goodbye America
In the aftermath of the release of the new trailer of John Carter, set for release on March 9th, it’s been interesting to watch all the flame-throwiing on YouTube and elsewhere by those who say “It’s a ripoff of Avatar”, and those who say “Dude, Avatar was based on this.” The truth is, Edgar Rice […]
WELL, I DECIDED TO RETIRE THIS PAGE BECAUSE, THANK GOD, THEY CAME OUT WITH THE REAL TRAILER AND IT LOOKS GOOD.
VISIT THE JOHN CARTER FILES FOR MORE ON THIS.
Since 1985 Denise Herzing and the Wild Dolphin Project have been breaking new ground by studying a group of approximately 100 dolphins in the Bahamas in their natural habitat — tracking their lives, relationships, offspring, and studying their communication and socialization. Think of her as the Jane Goodall of dolphins and you’ll have a […]
It’s probably been at least 20 years since I looked at, or even thought about, the Muppet Movies, and today I stumbled across The Great Muppet Caper on cable and decided to watch for five minutes. I was hooked, laughing more than I do at most comedies, and found myself blown away by the creativity, […]
Love this clip. 25 great famous scenes that were unscripted. You could work your whole lifetime as a film-maker and never get one of these to happen.
The returns are in — Rise of the Planet of the Apes brought in $54m its first weekend and far exceeded expectations which were in the mid 30m range. Word of mouth is clearly helping the pic tremendously — and a lot of that word of mouth is all about Andy Serkis (“Gollum” from LOTL) […]
A dispatch from the “Trenches of Indie Film Warfare”…….
Despite the naysayers who find deficiencies in the story, clearly Avatar, it seems, is resonating emotionally with audiences who find the immersive “journey to Pandora” an experience worthy of experiencing multiple times. In fact CNN reports on “Avatar Blues”, noting: “James Cameron’s completely immersive spectacle “Avatar” may have been a little too real for […]
The 1972 attack on the Israeli Olympic team in 1972 was vivid and painful — and the fact that it was the the sports team headed by Jim McKay covering the tragedy created a juxtaposition that made it seem all the more surreal. Jim McKay was not the actual anchor for the games–Chris Schenkel was — but in a shrew decision it was McKay who took over the anchor chair and held our collective hands through the entire episode.
AMC is threatening to join a boycott started by theaters in the Netherlands and Great Britain over Disney’s plans to shorten the window between its theatrical and DVD release of the 3D pic Alice In Wonderland from 17 weeks to 12 weeks. The theater owners fear this move will cut into their theatrical earnings. Interestingly, […]
he last two weekends saw the Avatar vs Titanic box office derby reach a point where Titanic finally began to beat Avatar on a “same day of run” basis, and so now that this “crossover” point has been achieved, it’s as good a time as any to take a look at where the two are now, and where Avatar is likely to end up. As of President’s Day Monday, Avatar had reached a total Domestic Gross of $666,388,502, while through the same number of days in release Titanic had reached 376,270,721. This means that Titanic still had $225M of business to go.
