Last week I wrote about the beginning of South by Southwest (SXSW) music, film, and tech festival. Well the festival is wrapping up today so I figured I would bring you an update!
While I wasn’t able to go to SXSW I followed it all week through various blogs, news reports, and even artist tweets
March 11, 2013 Last month, PJ Starks' Verite Cinema concluded its six-part film series, Unscripted: an Indie Film Xperience. Now, you'll be able to see that series' first installment as part of Family Video's national charity drive for the Lymphoma Research Foundation.
Last year I was introduced to a new festival. Well at least a new festival to me, this has been around as long as I have been alive. It is called South by Southwest. It covers technology, music and film. Since I am big into all three of these areas, I was surprised that I had never heard of this festival.
March 8, 2013 I don't know who this guy is, other than the YouTube page which is called Cinefix. But he has created a homemade version of the trailer for this summer's sure-to-be blockbuster Iron Man 3.
St. Patrick’s Day brings out the superstitious side in all of us. Lucky charms come front-and-center this week as we head into the holiday weekend. Though St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t get the same love in cinema that other high-profile holidays receive, Hollywood does have a rich tradition of crediting “Lady Luck” for certain milestones and achievements. Here are 10 “lucky” movie quotes that you can pull out on St. Pat’s Day.
March 5, 2013 I watch a lot of college basketball. And during every game, without fail, the networks air a public service announcement about the schools whose teams are playing.
February 26, 2013 If they can pull it off, I'll be a very happy camper. Because it LOOKS terrific. It SOUNDS like a brilliant idea. So I hope that isn't all an ILLUSION.
February 2, 2013 On my personal all-time greatest movies list, you will find two entries featuring Bill Murray. Groundhog Day is one of them.
January 31, 2013 Owensboro filmmaker and founder of Verite Cinema, PJ Starks, will be featured on the PBS series Main Street.
Sometimes it seems like the whole world has got Bill Murray’s back.
January 15, 2013 If you don't want to believe something happened, boycott it and it will go away. That is the aim of actors like Martin Sheen and Ed Asner who are requesting that members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences not vote for Zero Dark Thirty in any category in which it is nominated for an Academy Award.
January 10, 2013 On a busy Friday night at a fast food restaurant in a small town in Ohio, the restaurant's manager receives a phone call from someone who claims to be a police officer. The man says that one of her employees stole money from a customer and that that customer is sitting there with him along with the restaurant manager's district supervisor.