Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: August 26, 2008
The Fine Arts Theatre screened a curious documentary about a most-unusual farm boy.
The documentary was titled the – “Real Dirt on Farmer John” – so what was I to expect?
Farmer John – as I later learned at the screening – was forced to take over the family farm in Illinois after his father’s untimely death.
Yes, [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: August 26, 2008
Filmmakers take note that in an interview recently with MovieMaker Magazine, Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola allegedly said,
“The movie business is not a good business to be in. You can have the money to finance your own movie, the actors can all love you, and if you don’t control the distribution, you’re DEAD!”
In spite of [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: August 26, 2008
After a good workout at Gold’s gym the other night – stay in shape actors, unless you want to be cast in character roles for the duration of your career – I drifted up to the strip to take in the scene.
It spite of the fact the “Boulevard” has been coined Hollyweird, it all seems [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: August 26, 2008
In the opening scenes of “The Brave One”, it jars one’s sensibilities a little to gaze up at the silver screen and witness Jody Foster’s character passionately involved in ardent lovemaking with a man.
Over the years, Ms. Foster has tended to inhabit loveless characters bent on solving a crime – or in a humbler scenario [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: August 26, 2008
A homeless man looked up at the marquee of the New Beverly Cinema – noticed the caption emblazoned in bold letters across the front – and quizzically pondered, “What is the Wright stuff?”
For local film buffs, it was not a difficult question to answer.
The “Wright Stuff” was a festival of films which screened at the Art Film [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: August 26, 2008
Blogger keyboards at the ready…
Some have been grumbling at the Democratic National Convention that bloggers don’t get any respect.
But, you’ve come a long way, newbie!
At the convention in 2004, those who loved to “post-it” in the blogosphere were issued press credentials, granted.
And, allowed to mingle with the elite in the mainstream media.
But, the relations were [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: August 26, 2008
Depending on who you talk to, a melee that erupted last night in Denver which resulted in one hundred arrests, was due to either overzealous cops or unruly mobs who would not disperse.
The protesters allege that an angry battalion of police officers approached their peaceful perch at a park just a hop-and-a-skip from the Sheraton [...]
Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: August 26, 2008
Today, Jerry Brown – the Attorney General for the State of California – released guidelines that direct law enforcement on how to approach encounters with medical cannabis patients and that explicitly acknowledge that “a properly organized and operated collective or cooperative that dispenses medical marijuana through a storefront may be lawful pursuant to existing California [...]
