Great Movie Monologues 5 – "Jaws"
Watching "Jaws" (1975) again, I am reminded - again - of how perfect a film it is. Performances, music & sound design, editing, and writing come together to make a…
Short Film "Unto Dust" Wraps
I'm happy as a sandboy to announce that our short film, "Unto Dust" is in the can. I wrote the movie, based on the short story by Herman Charles Bosman…
How Now Low Crow
I've finished a first draft of the script and have handed it in to The Producers. It's pretty good. But not great. It's a first draft. The fact that I…
White Hunter, Black Heart 3
Clint Eastwood's "White Hunter, Black Heart" (1990) - in which director Eastwood plays director John Huston on the shoot of Huston's "The African Queen" - is one of the great…
White Hunter, Black Heart 2
Clint Eastwood's "White Hunter, Black Heart" (1990), based on the book by Peter Viertel, is the thinly fictionalized account of the production of John Huston's "The African Queen" (1951), with…
White Hunter, Black Heart 1
Clint Eastwood's "White Hunter, Black Heart" (1990), a fictionalized account of John Huston's making of "The African Queen" (1951) - with Eastwood playing Huston - is a superb and underrated…
Gary Gygax (1938 – 2008)
We are very sorry to hear about the death of one of the most influential artists of the late 20th century, game designer, Gary Gygax.Gary Gygax created "Dungeons & Dragons"…
“Stereoscopic” is the New “3D”: Axis Films 3D Tech Showcase
"Stereoscopic" Is The New "3D": Axis Films' 3D Technology Showcase at Shepperton by Neal Romanek (as printed in March 2008 TVBEurope) Last year, Axis Films co-sponsored a set of HD camera…
Flying High with Wim Robberechts & Co.
"Flying High with Wim Robberechts & Co.: The Apex of Aerial Photography in Europe"by Neal RomanekWhen the trans-channel ferry, Herald Of Free Enterprise, capsized in March 1987, a Belgian photographer working with…
Great Movie Monologues 3 – “Network”
Paddy Chayefsky was one of the great writers of motion pictures. His masterpiece, "Network" (1976), lost the Best Picture Oscar to "Rocky". "Rocky" is an excellent movie - really great.…