Category: Movies

Supermarket To Offer Original Films

It’s not too unusual these days to find DVDs for sale in supermarket chains. But how about a supermarket chain that actually creates and produces its own movies that are available only at its respective stores?

Avatar – Controversy Rages

As Avatar moves closer to breaking Titantic’s number one place in box office history, controversy has raged in the press and elsewhere about the film, about what James Cameron was trying to say, about the supposed underlying political, social or moral agendas at work in the film and generally about what the film means and why it is so popular. Here are some interesting links.

Trapped as an Enduring Film Theme

Dr. Howard Suber, author of The Power of Film, says that the majority of all great films could be titled “Trapped.” Here he talks on a panel at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum about the enduring interest in Holocaust films, illustrating that theme

The Limits of Imagination

Their challenge as leaders is to step forward decisively and make the hard potentially divisive decision on their own.

Biggest Sleeper Hits of the Decade

Here’s a list of the biggest sleeper hits of the last ten years. What patterns do we see? Only two could be classified as drama, and both feature foreign locales and are about foreign nationals. Two are documentaries (one is a comedic practical joke video). Four are comedies. And two are horror films.

Invictus – Power of Conscience

The excellent film, Invictus, starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela is a great study in Power of Conscience leadership.

2009 Spec Script Figures

For those of you figuring the odds of making a spec script sale (or trying to allocate your time toward what would be most productive in your career)— here is an unscientific wrap-up of the market from Jason Scoggins, a partner at the literary management and production company Protocol.