Film making 
Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Coming Back(19)
Natasha Harmer is making an independent short film, I think we all know that by now; especially if you’ve been reading my blog. The film is called Once Bitten, Twice Shy and I have the lead role. This event has excited me beyond all measure. The profession I had turned my back on not once,… Read More ›
Short Film (Once Bitten, Twice Shy) Progress
Short Film (Once Bitten, Twice Shy) Progress.
BAPartists Interview AKA Lydelle Jackson & Cezil Reed & The Taking
On the 9th of March I did a review on the soon-to-be-released Indie “Art-House” Horror Film The Taking (just click on the link if you missed it) and the creators of the film (BAPart Films) graciously accepted my request for an interview. BAPart Films is a partnership of Cezil Reed and Lydelle Jackson who both formed… Read More ›
The Taking (2013): Overpowering Imagery
Written and Directed by the team of Cezil Reed and Lydelle Jackson aka BAPartists, The Taking is a dark frantic journey into the depths of evil and fear. This is the team’s first foray into the feature film world and it is a great start. Shot in 2012 it will have it’s world premiere officially announced at… Read More ›
Madison County (2011): A Southern Slasher on the Cheap
Madison County is a low-budget “slasher” horror film that was filmed in and around Russellville Arkansas. Written and directed by local boy Eric England, the film looks good. The production values are incredibly good, no doubt because England shot the entire film on the Sony Red digital camera. I’ve written about the Red before in an earlier… Read More ›
Films as Entertainment: Do we Expect Too Much?
After giving my thoughts on two similar, but different, films recently I had a conversation with my daughter Meg about them. The films were both a brilliant example of the kind of mindless escapism that a lot of folks love. But while both films were the made in the same vein; one was science fiction… Read More ›
The Oscar’s: Ego’s “R” Us
With all the usual hype and build-up to the 85th Oscar Academy Awards, I suddenly realised that, unlike the ceremonies that I watched growing up, I did not care at all about the upcoming event. I used to love the Oscar ceremony. The Academy Awards with all its pomp and circumstance kept me glued to the telly… Read More ›
Sidney Sheldon: the other side of me
If you didn’t grow up through the 60′s and 70′s you can be excused for not knowing who Sidney Sheldon is. I mention those two decades because it was through that time period when he had not one, not two, but three hit television programs that he wrote and in some cases produced. In case… Read More ›
The Last Exorcism (2010): A New “Old” Trend of Film Making
1999′s The Blair Witch Project started a trend of “found footage” films. As a trend making film, Blair Witch not only opened the door for a new type of film, but it also showed how use of the internet could be used to publicize your film and how to build an audience before the film’s… Read More ›
Remembering T2 on the Big Screen: Wow
While writing the blog-post for Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “life story” I was filled with nostalgia about the time I’d gotten to see a “sneak premier” of the film, T2, weeks before its proper cinematic release. I thought, while reviewing his book that it was a shame that I’d not remembered this before as I… Read More ›
