2012 Chicago High School Film Festival

April 27, 2012 Leave a comment

The Chicagoland High School Film Festival, gives high School students an unique opportunity to enter and show the films they have worked so hard to create. True there are Children’s film festivals, but since those events are geared toward films who’s language and content are appropriate to be viewed by young children, this event allows young film makers to exhibit works that are relevant to the issues and interests of teen filmmakers.

2012 Film Festival Finalists

Academic Integrity by Geoff Neal, Hayden McAfee, Frank Henderson, Jacob Hellinga, Patrick McGrail Lake Forest High School 13:11

Derivation by Nhan Huynh. Palatine High School 2:21

Robin and Her Wolf  by Lane Lubell. Latin School of Chicago 12:55

The Following by Jess Greenthin. Palatine High 1:02

Heart and Soul by Anna Price. Palatine High School 3:18

Bridge by Devitt Conboy. Fenwick High School 7:00

John Shepphard Skate Contest by Patrick McGrail. Lake Forest High School 3:54

HIV/AIDS Awareness 2010 by Brittany Hardaway. Dunbar High School 2:51

Letter From a Stranger by Grant Terzakis. New Trier High School 11:47

Q-Tips by Brittany Hardaway. Dunbar High School 1:00

The Dream Act by Nayelly Trujillo. Juarez High School/Street-Level Youth Media 7:00

Room For One by Andre Kaplan. Latin School of Chicago 5:40

Party at the School by Brittany Hardaway. Dunbar High School 3:43

Invite your friends, family, teachers and neighbors–this is a celebration of you and your work.
Tickets are only $3.00 for students and $5 for adults. Tickets can be reserved or purchased at the door.
We will have popcorn, water and a few concessions available to purchase.

Chicagoland High School Film Festival 2012
6:30-9 PM Friday, May 18
Wrigley Theatre,
Latin School of Chicago
59 W. North Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60610

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Hunger Games in search of a new director

April 12, 2012 1 Comment

"Hunger Games" director Gary Ross“As a Writer and director, Gary Ross said in a statement on his decision to not direct the sequel, “I simply don’t have the time I [would] need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule.”Despite the extreme financial and critical success of The Hunger Games, the director, Gary Ross has bowed out of doing the two coming sequels. This surprised many because Ross and Lionsgate, had been engaged in talks over compensation needed to get him to return. Ross was paid a $3 milion advance and a percentage of the films profits which will likely bring him an additional $15 million. At appears that money was not the major stumbling block, it was a question of timing.  Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen) is returning for “Catching Fire, but she also is contractually obligated to “20th Century Fox  to reprise her role as Mystique in the sequel of “X-Men: First Class”. The timing of that film would require that “Catching Fire” would need to be shot in a window that Ross did not feel would give him the time he needed to “Prep the movie I would have wanted to make.” It must be nice to be able to walk away from a $20 milion dollar paycheck.

Vote For your choice.

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To Rome With Love, A first look

April 3, 2012 Leave a comment

I have attached The first trailer for Woody Allen’s newest film “To Rome With Love.” This comes on the heals of Woody’s most successful film in years, Midnight in Paris, which earned $148 million worldwide at the box office, and an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. “Rome” is features Allen’s return in front of the camera and is filed with the kinds of dialog only he can deliver. Case in point:
“The kid’s a Communist, the father is a mortician; does the mother run a leper colony?” Try the veal, y’all!

The cast is an amazing blend of actors including Roberto Benigni, Alec Baldwin, Penelope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page and Greta Gerwig.

Woody does to Rome as he did to Paris and New York, make us fall in love with these cities, the people, the ambiance, the soul.
Here again, the cinematography is simply so beautiful in his films, that it would be impossible for the tourism bureau to create any work that would do a better job motivating people to plan a vacation.

To Rome With Love Trailer

 

To Rome With Love Web Site

 

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Yellow Submarine Cleaned and Restored

March 22, 2012 Leave a comment

The Beatles animated movie “Yellow Submarine” has been carefully restored frame-by-frame for DVD release this year.

the Beatles, Apple Corps Ltd. announced Tuesday. that Specialists have been working for four months individually cleaning each frame of the film by hand. The specialists chose not to use automated software because of the delicate nature of the hand-drawn artwork.

Yellow Submarine was released in 1968 and tell the surreal tale of Pepperland, a utopian world where music and beauty abound, as it’s being taken over by a group called the Blue Meanies, In a last ditch attempt to save Pepperland the admiral sends the Yellow Submarine through the sea of holes, and off to get help. That help comes in the form of 4 men- the Beatles.

 

 

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Film Review of A Thousand Words

March 12, 2012 Leave a comment

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Film review of A Thousand Words.

A Thousand Words is a charming little tale of a business high-up named Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy) who is at the top of his games in the world of publishing.  While pursuing the right to publish the first book by a world-famous  “New-Age”  religious leader, Jack McCall is struck by “Bad Karma” after touching a Magic Tree at the leader’s complex.  This encounter results in Jack being connected to the tree, in that the life of the tree foretells his own potential demise. We are told that each word he speaks results in one leaf falling and when the last of the 1,000  remaining  leaves fall, the tree will die.  As events unfold Jack is forced to choose his words carefully, and in-turn reexamine his priorities.

Read full review of A Thousand Words. 

 

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Dark Shadows

January 20, 2012 Leave a comment

Release Date: May 11, 2012
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Tim Burton
Screenwriter: Seth Grahame-Smith
Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter,
Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote,
Chloe Moretz, Gulliver McGrath
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG13
Official Website: DarkShadowsthemovie.com
Review:  Click Here
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Movie Poster: Not Available
Production Stills: View here

Johnny Depp takes of the role of Barnabas  Collins, The master of Collinwood Manor and a vampire.

This Tim Burton film is based on the old 70s TV series, which had to be the strangest Soap opera of all time, yet a natural for the dark humor of Burton.

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Camera  Arriflex Cameras
Shot on Film with a negative format  of 35 mm Kodak Vision3 500T Color Negative Film 5219

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