Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Press Releases From a Journalist's POV
Daryl James, a former newspaper professional, lays out some very simple tips on what should go into a news release to get an editor's or reporter's attention. Some of them are beyond common sense, but always worth repeating. Setting aside the fact that the ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Just heard that Matt Damon has signed on to play Jason Bourne in a 4th film in the action-packed "Bourne" series. As many of you know, the first three movies were "The Bourne Identity," "Bourne Supremacy," and "the Bourne Ultimatum."
What to name the 4th film? I think we have an ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
We all love blog tag! Ok, maybe we pretend we don't sometimes, but we love being linked to, and we love sharing info about ourselves.
So, I would like to start a blog tag experiment inspired by a client, Brijit, which provides 100-word abstracts of long-form content, or as they put ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
Random Friday fun... one of my favorite members of the Legion of Creepy Actors is Crispin Glover. He had long secured his spot when he made this video of the old Michael Jackson hit "Ben" to go along with his remake of "Willard" a few years back
I thought of it ...
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
As a lifelong movie fan, part-time art-film snob, and dad, I had a great time reading Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr's new book"The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together."
First, I should disclose that I know Ty-- we live in the same school district, and my ...
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Joe, CC, and Doug
Originally uploaded by stevegarfield
As much as I love conversing on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the like, it is equally important to meet people in person-- the same people, I mean. These kind of meetups make the online conversations more meaningful, and tightens the connections between ...
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Some time ago, I decided that certain actors represented a certain level of, well, creepiness, and were worthy of their own legion (think "Legion of Doom," Superfriends fans). Two years ago, I posted my original Legion of Creepy Actors in a blog read by approximately zero people, the Pop Culture ...
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