Everybody occasionally says something that proves to be really stupid. It is simply part of the natural cycle of life. The real question is: Did we just blurt out a big stupid or a small stupid? Small is OK and quickly forgotten, but the big...
Have you recently been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which Mel Gibson chases after you with a beaver attached to his hand? I know, it's really scary. The whole idea sends a cold chill down Sigmund Freud's spine. But the upcoming release of The Beaver...
The fastest way to get the old guard in Hollywood steamed is to utter the phrase: "predictive model." It works like magic as a room full of suits turns into a pack of Popeyes shooting steam out of their ears. Then for real fireworks, just...
Hollywood loves the digital revolution. They love it so much that they can't wait to give it a big old bear hug and squeeze the life out of it. This is pretty much the focus of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA for...
That dang glass always seems to be either half-empty or half-full. According to last Monday's edition of The New York Times, now is a marvelous moment for investing into the movie industry. Well, sort of. Actually, the news article is invoking a very precise type...
Oh my, it was busy last week. Just glancing at the news reports it would seem that within a mere seven days we witnessed the end of civility in politics, the death of the star system, and the impending collapse of Hollywood. And that was...
We were so happy in the womb. Maybe that's why so many people are happy to live in a bubble. That certainly appears to be the existential state of Hollywood as the system seems determined to maintain a steady march toward the abyss. In the...
These days, we all have plenty of things out there to scare us (which may explain why election day comes right after Halloween). It may also explain the mysterious vanishing act that the horror genre has seemingly performed at the box office through most of...
As I remember it, film school was a unique experience. I got to meet and work with people based upon a shared interest. Got to see lots of movies. Received hands-on experience with an extensive range of extremely expensive equipment. If it hadn't been for...
In discussing recent political polls, a person at Elway Research summed up the current contradictory state of surveys by quoting the well-regarded think tank known as Buffalo Springfield. Yep, there sure is something strange happening here, and what it is ain't exactly clear. This is pretty...