Rediscovering (Walt) Disney

SO?!? Did you see it?!? If you were watching LOST last night like you were supposed to be, then you saw this... That's right, IT. WILL. BE. AWESOME!

Well we are of course! With the WGA strike ending just in time, we’ll be treated to the greatest and (ridiculously) longest awards show of the season. So in honor of these honors I’m giving you my quick-picks for some winners. The envelope please… Best Picture: “No Country For Old Men” Best Directing: “No Country For Old Men” Original Screenplay: “Juno” Actor: Daniel Day Lewis Actress: Julie Christie Animated Feature: Ratatouille That’s it for the quick picks. To play our home edition, surf on over to oscar.com and print out a ballot, then tune in to the Oscar telecast on Sunday evening and try to stay awake til the end, I dare ya!

I started work yesterday at Moore Huntley Productions. My position is a cross between a Production Assistant and an Assistant Editor, it’s weird. Moore Huntley is producing a 13-episode documentary series called “Tougher in Alaska”, it will air on The History Channel in the spring (no date yet). And since I’m obviously not in Alaska I’ll be working in the Post-Production department at their offices in Sudbury, MA. My job(s) will include tape transcription, tape logging and occasionally sitting with producers to review footage and pull clips that they will use for their segments. And as a P.A. I’m sure I’ll be doing anything and everything else that needs doing! Some of you might remember that I interned with Moore Huntley a while ago. I went off and did a couple of short film projects and had just wrapped the last one this past Saturday. Well doesn’t the phone ring on Monday, it’s the show producer at Moore Huntley asking if I would be interested in coming back full time. The timing co...

So my question for Disney is what are you waiting for? “The Rocketeer” was one of the best films the early 90’s, why isn’t it getting the same care and attention of Disney’s other live-action features? I can understand that the majority of Disney’s time and effort is spent on its fabulous animated films, they’re great right? But I can’t be the only one who loved this movie; heck it grossed over 46 million didn’t it? "The Rocketeer" is torn right from the pages of great pulp adventures like The Shadow & Doc Savage, or the scripts of serials from the 1940’s that helped inspire “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. I wonder if all this charm, nostalgia and gee-whiz innocence might be lost on most of our Halo/iPod generation? Like Indiana Jones, Cliff Secord battles Nazi’s during the early 1930’s - there’s even a great zeppelin fight scene – in an average Joe, spy-smash, best-girl rescuing adventure. Complete with plenty of flag waving (literally) this movie is unapologetic about its lo...

BEWARE OF POSSIBLE SPOILERS! On May 2, 2008 Marvel will unleash its’ latest comic hero film; Iron Man! Created in 1963, making his first appearance in “Tales of Suspense” #39, and joining the growing Marvel Universe. Like many in the Marvel pantheon Tony Stark is a man with out super-powers, loads of personal demons, and extraordinary circumstances that propel him in to the role of hero. What helps make Tony Stark/Iron Man a great movie-ready character and a compelling read, is that he’s such a jerk. Unlike nerdy everyman Peter Parker (Spider-Man) or super-soldier sentry Steve Rogers (Captain America) nobody likes Tony Stark. A brilliant, millionaire-industrialist playboy, Stark is the Howard Hughes of his generation, you know the type; men want to be him, women want to be with him. But he’s arrogant, self-centered, womanizing and (soon to be) an alcoholic, and wouldn’t it be great to see this jerk fall flat on his face? But we’re a nation that cheers on those that repent and forgive t...