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Weekly Mini Review: Toy Story 3 (2010)
Story: When he goes away to college, a boy packs some of his toys in the attic – causing them to think about running away. When they all accidentally end up at a daycare center, they meet yet another … Continue reading
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Tagged Action movie, CGI, Critical Analysis, Disney, movie, movie review, Movies, Pixar, Screenwriting, Thriller
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Weekly Mini Review: The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Story: A young martial arts movie geek finds that he’s destined to save ancient China as its savior. Basically, The Last Starfighter with Kung Fu. Review: Those who watch this just to see Jackie Chan perform his usual stunning choreography … Continue reading
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Tagged Action movie, Critical Analysis, Martial Arts, movie, movie review, Movies, Mythology, Superheroes
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Weekly Mini Review: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-1960)
Story: A TV show about Robin Hood and his men of Sherwood. Review: This is a great show for a number of reasons. Firstly, it has a lot of obscure, yet interesting, historical information in it like archaic laws and … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, Classic TV, Critical Analysis, Pilot episode, Robin Hood, television, TV
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Weekly Mini Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)
Story: Merlin’s apprentices battle for supremacy, until the young and bumbling “chosen one” of the modern age saves the day. . . with science! Review: As much as I dislike Nicholas Cage, this movie was good enough where I could … Continue reading
The 100 Movies Every Film Student Should See
All of the film production students in my program were emailed a list of 100 films recommended by the faculty. I thought this was such a fun idea that I decided to make my own – using my own criteria. … Continue reading
Where’s All the Good TV Gone?
The Situation With the preponderance of “reality” shows, game shows, and just poorly written primetime soap operas masquerading as sit-coms and ‘dramas,’ it’s getting increasingly difficult to find more than a couple of shows worth watching. Even I (who used … Continue reading
Posted in Comparative Analysis, Trend-Spotting
Tagged Film Theory, Screenwriting, television, TV, Web Video
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Weekly Mini-Review: Avalon High (2010)
I’m going to break with precedent here and forgo the screen grab because the phrase “Da Mouse is litigious” has been ground into my subconscious. Story: A girl with King Arthur scholars for parents finds herself attending a conveniently named … Continue reading
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Tagged Disney, feminism, girl power, movie, movie review, Movies, Mythology, television, TV
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Weekly Mini-Review: Death Wish (1974)
Story: After hoodlums attack his wife and daughter, a man goes on a vigilante killing spree to reduce the number of violent criminals on the streets of New York. Review: The first, and possibly the least gratuitously (and graphically) violent, … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, Action movie, antihero, Charles Bronson, Critical Analysis, movie, movie review, Movies
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I’ve been accepted to USC film school!!
I’ve been admitted to the Fall 2013 Film and Television Production MFA Program in the USC School of Cinematic Arts! Got the email at 5:05pm pst Woohoo!!!