Happy to see Once Cipotes is getting noticed.

In this article, Indiewire lists Once Cipotes as eligible for the 2015 Oscars.

I'm proud to say I wrote the screenplay for that movie, so I'm happy it is getting some traction.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylev...ypes=og.shares

About Tom Cruise's Oblivion

By some weird quirk of life, Tom Cruise’s new movie Oblivion opened up in my neck of the woods a couple days sooner than in the U.S.

Not the first time, won’t be the last time either.

Last night, my wife and I went to see it with the hopes that the title didn’t refer to the actor’s career. The first thing that caught my attention, before even the movie started, was the trailer for the After Earth. I mean, come on, this means movies with settings in post-apocalyptic Earth is the new “black” in the Hollywood fashion world.

But let’s go back to Oblivion.

After a disturbing introduction narrated by the Jack Harper (Tom Cruise), we are shown a world destroyed, abandoned, and most of it poisoned with radiation. However, Harper and his Supervisor are stationed to maintain and safeguard some equipment necessary for the Earth survivor’s colony in the moon Titan (Yes, the same one used by the Enterprise to hide from the Narada in the 2009’s reboot of Star Trek). Trouble soon arrives Jack discovers who the real enemies are.

Action packed, filled with non-obtrusive visual effects. Even if the story is not entirely original, the thrills are enough to sit through your urge to buy a popcorn refill.

All in all, the movie is not half bad, actually. And for a 50 year old, Tom can still pull it off as a mid-thirties guy.

My List... but the not the one you think.

It is that time of the year again when you make resolutions.

This is not my resolution list. I’m still working on mine. Although it would be pretty simple: write more, lose weight, love more…you know, the same old, same old.

Be warned: the actual content of this post will border more in the realm of “ranting,” but not quite there.

If you have read my previous posts you’d know by now I am a huge fan of movies. Now that we are past the purported end of the world, I am grateful Hollywood producers did not fall for such idiotic “predictions” and continued with business as usual. I’m looking forward to several movies in 2013; my top five are Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, and Star Trek into Darkness, A Good Day to Die Hard and The Great Gatsby.

From 2012, my favorite has been Skyfall. Yep, I’m a diehard James Bond fan. The Avengers was awesome, too.  I didn’t enjoy The Dark Knight Rises, so sue me. At least, I managed to escape watching any of the Twilight flicks.

And now, for the “ranting” part of this post: What the heck is wrong with Hollywood producers? Is there no end to their greed? I know a man won an Oscar for claiming greed is good, but come on!

It all began with the 7^th Harry Potter book that they thought it would be great to split tale into two admission tickets, two DVD’s (or Blue Rays), two batches of games or action figures, etc. They succeeded because we ate it up. Little did we know that a “Part 2” would soon become the new trend! New Dawn soon followed suit, so did the people behind The Hobbit who boldly stretched the 300+ book into three movies! Today I learned they did the same trick to the third book of the Hunger Games.

I say “trend” because I harbor a small hope that the procedure would die down soon enough. Hopefully.

End of Rant! 

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject.