Film School Files: Distractions on the Way to a Workout

Ladies and gentlemen, here it is, the culmination of a semester worth of work I am finally ready to unveil. Today’s Film School Files is dedicated to the debut of my Prod 500 short film Distractions on the Way to a Workout. A lot of time and effort went into this film and I’m both excited and scared to show the final* product to you guys. Jeremy, a young man in his 20s, has let himself go a bit. A month out of his high school reunion, he wants to tone up a bit to make a good impression and decides that he will work out every morning at 8 am. His house, however, is not really a fan of that and begins subtly trying to sabotage him. Will he accomplish his goal or will he continue to be stuck in his malaise? Check out the finished product and let me know what you think!

Oscar Predictions Update: Before the Critics Weigh In…

It’s December and things are really starting to roll now. In just a matter of days the big critics groups will begin weighing in on the best of the year and the final Oscar contenders will be screened. Before all of this calamity renders even these predictions null and void, lets take a gander.

10 Things I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is finally upon us and I hope you all are enjoying the day and the wonderful food. In the grand tradition of this day, and to tide you over with some kind of a post while I’m enjoying good food and the Raiders-Cowboys game, here are 10 things I’m thankful for this year, in no particular order.

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Indie Spirit Awards Nominations

The Independent Spirit awards unveiled their nominees earlier today and like always they were an interesting bunch. After the usual chatter online, I decided to take another gander at the the noms and come up with some more concrete thoughts. Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Spirit Awards nominations.

Film Review: Frozen

Originally published at Awards Circuit When one hears about a new Disney princess film, many happy memories come to mind as well as many questions. Will it be too heavy on the love story? Will the songs be any good? What more can be gleaned from a princess tale? Luckily for audiences Disney’s newest film Frozen manages

Film Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Well they’ve climbed perhaps the biggest mountain and are now hurtling towards the finish line. Catching Fire is the lynchpin in the books written by Suzanne Collins where the subject matter gets even more mature and luckily for audiences the film version, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, is a solid enough flick to get us to the real craziness. I was on record as not really digging the first Hunger Games film so I’m happy to report those who might have been scared away should give this film a chance.

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