It's been a while...

I've always been a dreamer and I loved the original Danny Kaye version of the story. This the trailer for Ben Stiller's take on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (he both directs and stars) along with Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, and a great little tune from Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men.

 

 I'm quite smitten with this trailer and I can wait until Christmas.

One Day On Earth - April 22nd

On October 10, 2010 (10.10.10), across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and inspired citizens recorded the human experience over a 24-hour period and contributed their voice to the largest participatory media event in history.

I was one of those filmmakers and I've been lucky enough to have some of my footage included in the final film.
The Light House in Wolverhampton will be screening the film as part of the global event on Sunday 22nd April at 3pm and admission is free. You can check out more details about their screening and all the great things happening over at the Light House by visiting their website - Light House.



It will be interesting to see what footage they included in the film but you can what my full edit of the day here -



I hope that you can make it to one of the screenings across the globe and support this incredible piece of documentary filmmaking. Check the One Day on Earth website for more screening announcements - One Day On Earth.

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It's Trailer Time...

Two trailers hit this week for films I'm very excited about. First up is the trailer for the stop motion version of Tim Burton's Frankenweenie. I'm a huge fan of the original version (which was shot as live action) but this stop motion animated version just looks perfect.

If you like the look of that then you must watch Tim's Vincent short which just for you I'm going to post right here..

Brilliant isn't it!
Then we come to The Avengers. The comic geek in me exploded upon watching this trailer. Cannot wait until the end of April now.

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One Day On Earth Global Screening Event

On April 22nd 2012 the One Day On Earth film will be screened for the first time globally. The film, created from over 3000 hours of footage filmed during the 24 hours of 10.10.2010, is a snapshot of what was happening around the world on that very unique day. I was involved in this event and hopefully some of my footage will have made it to the final cut.

I hope that The Electric Cinema in Birmingham or The Light House in Wolverhampton will be able to screen the film, so please get in touch with them via Twitter or directly and encourage them to become part of this global event. You can show your support for the project by visiting the One Day On Earth Global Screening page - http://www.onedayonearth.org/screening

 

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Muppets, Avengers and Spiders

The Muppets is released in cinemas across the UK today - you owe it to yourself to go and see it as soon as possible. It's been 12 long years since the Muppets last graced our screens and this new film from the brains behind The Flight of the Choncords looks to put the merry puppets back in their rightfull place as the kings and queens of family entertainment.

Welcome back Kermit and Co - you've been sorely missed.

Elsewhere this week we've seen the latest trailer for Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man. I was sceptical of Marvel properties still being produced outside the Marvel Studios umbrella but minor problems aside (no lab coat and snout on The Lizard) it looks like Marc Webb's take on Spidey might turn out to be okay.

The Avengers also got an extended Superbowl spot online this week and we finally get to see a little more of The Hulk. I'm hoping the combination of Joss Whedon and Marvel's mightiest heroes really delivers the goods this April.

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Happy 80th Birthday John Williams

Music is an incredibly important part of my film going experience and many of my favourite movies have had scores composed by John Williams.

From Empire to Raiders his musical cues are incredible and have brought to life many characters and worlds. My record collection is littered with his music and each record will always bring back treasured memories of sitting in a darkened theatre and being taken on a journey with heroes and villains, peril and delight and a tune that will remain timeless.

Happy Birthday Mr Williams - and thank you.

Here is John Williams conducting just a few of my personal favourites:

and of course...

 

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Film and Digital: Side By Side

This documentary produced by Keanu Reeves looks incredibly interesting - Side By SIde: The Science, Art andImpact of Digital Cinema.

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Moonrise Kingdom and more...

I've been a fan of Wes Anderson's work since Bottle Rocket and I loved Fantastic Mr. Fox so it's great see the trailer for his latest film Moonrise Kingdom. It looks beautiful and fits in perfectly with the alternative world Wes has greated and its a world that I want to live in.

Many of you will have already seen Lee Hardcastle's claymation wonder that is Pingu's The Thing but it is such a fanastic piece of work that it's worth posting again here.

Retelling John Carpenter's masterpiece The Thing in 2 minutes with Pingu replacing Kury Russell, it is an absolute gem.

And finally, I stumbled across this little gem on Vimeo. Directed by Adrien Merigeau and Alan Holly and produced by Cartoon Studio in 2009, Old Fangs is a wonderfully animated short film what should appeal to Studi Ghibli and Wes Anderson fans alike.

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Am I A Man, Or Am I A Muppet?

I know which I am - what are you?

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Being Elmo

Thanks to kfrilly for putting me on to Being Elmo. Quite how this has managed to pass me by I don't know, especially considering my love for Jim Henson and all things Muppet related. This documentary looks at Kevin Clash the puppeteer who brings Elmo to life. I'm already sold on this based on the trailer alone.

I'm hoping that this will be available on DVD or screening at one of my local cinemas in the long gap before we get the new Muppet movie. 

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Invasion Of The Not Quite Dead Teaser

Last year I discovered filmmaker AD Lane's totally fan funded film project 'Invasion Of The Not Quite Dead'. I was very impressed with what I saw at the time and signed up as initially as a Pre-Order Producer and later upgraded to an Associate Producer. AD is using Twitter as a way of raising awareness of the project and regularly embarks on tweetathons where he stays awake for upwards of 50 hours. During the last tweetathon I donated a further few pounds and was lucky enough to win a prize draw where my producer credit was upgraded to Ultimate Producer and I bagged one ofthe costumes you can see in the newly released teaser trailer.

At the beginning of April AD and his crew went to Bulgaria to shoot the 1970's based intro to the film - and this is the resulting teaser trailer.

AD is currently engaged in a 55 hour tweetathon which ends tonight so if you can spare £10 or more then please sign up to become a producer on the film - the perks are amazing and if you donate before the end of the tweetathon you'll be entered into a prize draw for an Ultimate Producer upgrade and a costume. I won last time so you really are in with a chance of winning. Head to the official 'Invasion Of The Not Quite Dead' website to see what's on offer and make your donation.

 

 

 

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