October 31, 2013 Are you a screenwriter waiting to be discovered? Do you have a script that's been burning a hole in your desk drawer, or wherever you've been keeping it? Well, as long as it's set in a library, then, now's your time to shine.
October 31, 2013 This holiday season Harry Connick Jr. is hitting the big screen in Angels Sing, a modern movie take on the story of a Scrooge who refuses to celebrate Christmas. Along for the ride . . . country music stars Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett and Nashville star Connie Britton. Check out the trailer!
October 30, 2013 Local horror filmmaker Daniel Benedict has been working on the horror film "Bunni" since 2010. And now, he's hoping folks line up Thursday night at the Malco Cinema 16 for its world premiere.
October 28, 2013 When I was ten years old, I was up late one night watching a horror movie. One of the few channels we had at the time always showed them as the Saturday late show. The movie in question is called Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things. I kid you not. And it was my introduction to the world of zombies.
Will Farrell is always good for a laugh, and this time he does it band style! A clip started circulating of Will Farrell leading the USC Trojan Band while at the school for a speaking engagement for Cancer for College
Anyone can whistle or sing their favorite Disney song, but for every 'Under the Sea' and 'A Whole New World,' there are dozens of orphaned tunes that never made it into their respective film. Too bad, since many of these unfortunate victims of time constraints or script rewrites are really catchy.
October 10, 2013 Kathy Bates scares the crap out of me. There. I said it. I own it. I understand that the movie Misery, while not bad, was still a shell of its Stephen King-penned literary self. But Bates didn't care.
October 8, 2013 With the remake of Carrie about to hit movie screens, some pranksters in New York City decided to stage a teaser in a local coffee shop. What do you get when mix spilled coffee, a ruined laptop, an unstable girl with telekinetic powers and unsuspecting coffee drinkers. THIS! And the reactions are hilarious. Check it out!
October 7, 2013 It was five years ago when Chad Benefield and myself invited Owensboro filmmaker P.J. Starks to be a guest on our WOMI talk show The Screening Room. We were going to get to screen his first feature, Hallows Eve: Slaughter on Second Street.
October 7, 2013 Hmmmm . . . I am not going to lie. I saw the Terminator and Matrix movies. I have heard all the warnings about machines attacking us and taking over and ruling the world. And I am pretty sure THIS is how it all begins. Have you all seen this thing? Boston Dynamics has developed a four-legged robot that can run up to speeds of 16 miles per hour. This thing is a freak show and I feel like Keanu Reeves. You'll see what I mean when you watch the WildCat in action . . .
August 28, 2013 Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the park... Cue the music (duh-duh...duh-duh...duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh...)
They say change is good right? Not when that change comes at the cost of $80,000+! This is the cost of change for one of America’s cultural icons. With film production moving from 35mm to digital, drive-in movie theaters across the country are going to have to change their projectors, which is an estimated cost of $80,000 per projector!
And one of the theaters having to make the switch is close to home: the Holiday Drive-In in Rockport, In