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- Mastering The Beat
Acting is a profession of timing. More specifically it is a profession of beats. The beat is the pregnant pause...and knowing how long to hold it. Knowing...
- The Sublime And The Heroic
The promise of film is the promise of something more. It is the promise of something sublime and heroic. It is the promise of transcending everyday morality...
- The Great Entertaining Leap Forward
Speculating on the future of entertainment has always made for good copy. Trying to divine the extent of technological possibilities has kept a number...
- Playing A New Kind Of Part
One can say what one will about Elvis Aaron Presley, but the truth is the man single-handedly unleashed the thwarted passions of a generation and brought...
- The Future Is The Green Screen
Sorry, all you Luddites out there, but the future is a completely interactive hologram you can plug into whenever you need a lift. You'll be able to find...
- Plug In, Tune In, Drop Out
When a product is featured on a major broadcast network morning show, it tends to stir up a fair share of interest from the perennially hungry and spend-centric...
- Virtual Insanity
Perhaps understanding that tomorrow is never guaranteed to us, can help us understand why we crave such a vast array of distractions. We are treated to...
- In Praise Of Play
You never know the meaning of frustration until you endeavor to involve a crowd of friends and family -- or complete strangers for that matter -- in a...
- Fad Gadgets
While I have no talent for painting a picture with words or enticing a reader to a flight of unbridled fancy, I can say with some confidence, I know what...
- Faulty Feedback
It is true that in the business world there is a real need to quantify and juxtapose aggregate factors. What demographic is most interested in your product?...
- The Paranoia Of Bad Press
When products begin to host their own social media networks, you know two major market forces have merged to find an ever-wider circle of possible consumers...
- The Unbearable Lightness Of Front Projection
A truly magnificent gift is a rare thing indeed. Of course, its rarity is magnified if you happen to be shopping for the technologically advanced species...
- An Ode To The Unreal
Film seeks one satisfaction: to entertain. In short, film is meant to enchant. Is it a keen and desperate tool to beguile and communicate. Of course, that...
- Picture This
Have you been thinking about acting? There was a time when being an actor was tantamount to being a rat-catcher -- or a lawyer -- in terms of prestige....
- Overplayed, But On Screen
Life, for lack of a better simile, is like a movie. It is inevitable, perhaps, given the pervasive nature of cinema and cinematic language, but are compelled...
- The Alternate Karaoke
The popularity of karaoke is predicated on the promise of public humiliation. Belting out your rendition of Sinatra's My Way -- not recommended in the...
- The New Dream: A Cinematic Life
There is no way around the fact that as human beings we are obsessed with movies. Classic movies, scary movies, funny movies, movies about movies, movies...
- Life In The Limelight
Why do we care about movies? Eddie Heyman and Dana Suesse hit the nail on the proverbial head when they penned the lyrics: "You oughta be in pictures,...
- The Honing Of Acting Chops
The next great star will surely come from the humblest of origins. This is a truism that is particularly apt in the entertainment industry. The actor that...
- Watching The Watchers
What do we watch? Why do we watch films? What is our relationship with this enigmatic film? What is it that we cherish about sitting amongst one hundred...
