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Okay so there's this meme going around called the top ten movies that influenced you.  John Oak Dalton did his, so I try it.  I left a lot of movies off this.  Just way too many good films to choose from, so I tried to make list them quickly.  I'm sure you can figure the titles out.  Have fun.

Okay here's a really neat little camera for those on the go videos.  The video is brought to you by our friends at B&H camera.  The results are stunning, and the size of the camera is even more remarkable.  You can use it with you're smart phone as well, or just alone by itself.  It's a lot less encumbered when not using your smartphone, but when you use your smartphone you have a better viewer to frame your shots with.  Either is good. It also can take still pictures, so it makes for an excellent on the go camera for blog posts, and web based applications.  I am blown away with the quality too.  I'm sure sound isn't that great, but from what I saw for simple set-ups it sounds okay. It's a bit pricey but at $349 it's not a bad deal if you use it for blogging purposes or you're an aspiring you-tube star.  I'm sure we'll see more of this in the future.  The clarity and the smoothness of the shots are really good.  Take a look at th...

Ricky Jay passed away at his home in Los Angeles last Saturday.  Known for his superior card skills which lead him from the stage to screen in such films as "Heist", "State of Maine", "Boogie Nights", "the Spanish Prisoner", "House of Cards" & "Magnolia".  His talent was most of all his skills with a deck of cards. It has been reported that Jay started practicing magic tricks at age four.  Jay's interest in tricks and cons lead him to form a company with his partner Mark Weber called Deceptive Practices.  He had several Broadway shows one of them called "Ricky Jay & his 52 Assistants" directed by David Mamet. *"Jay’s film career hit its saturation point in 1997, a year in which he appeared in Mamet’s  The Spanish Prisoner,  played an adult movie cameraman in  Boogie Nights ,   and popped up as a cyberterrorist in the James Bond film  Tomorrow Never Dies . He reunited with Anderson for a double...

I started another blog, but I don't want to abandon this blog.  They say the more you write the better you get, so I've double downed.  Being relevant in the 21st century is important.  Both on a personal level as well as on a career level.  I will not abandon this blog just because I've had so much fun doing it, and it's because of this blog I've meet and talked with some pretty awesome folks.  I will try and review more films since I like doing it, and though I'm no Roger Ebert I do enjoy it.  Being a filmmaker of sorts I find it hard to hate a film or not enjoy a film.  It either works for me or it doesn't.  I was always taught constructive criticism will make you better.  In a culture of attacking ideas and thoughts I find that counter-productive. I have always loved and admired the " French New Wave " because of their collaboration with each other as well as their competitiveness towards each other.  They produced some radical...

I've been always an admirer of people who love the cinema and make their own films independently of Hollywood.  As I grow older I really would still love to do this.  You do it for yourself, and you're friends.  If something comes of it all the better, but this short film shows the passion that the Spence brothers have for filmmaking.  Reminds me of Don Dohler and American who also had a passion in filmmaking. Take a look and get inspired. Movie Mavericks - The Spence Brothers from Notasuch Films on Vimeo .

Check it out.  Always looking for an editing platform that is mobile.  I'm an Adobe fan.

It's been awhile, but I finally went to see a Steven Spielberg film in the theater which I have not done since 2008.   Don't get me wrong I did see "Lincoln" and "Bridges of Spies", but on cable and at home.  Spielberg's films are masterful, and when seen on the big screen you know why he is such a consummate director.  Spielberg's visuals are breathtaking, and he knows how to tell a good story.  He has been a favorite of mine since I was a teen and saw a picture of him filming when he was a teen.  It's taken me awhile for me to get excited about a movie, and I have to confess my boys were more excited seeing this film then I was.  After all it's about gaming, and what teen doesn't game? The movie is 40% live action, and the rest is CGI, and animation, but Spielberg blends the two so well it's hard to see where the line is drawn.  Since the movie is about a fantasy place called the Oasis, and the reality of a bleak future I think...