How To Do It: A Beetlejuice Sequel
Coming off the news that Beetlejuice would receive a reboot/sequel, I decided to write up a few guidelines for a Beetlejuice sequel to ...
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Flixist 2011 Summer Movie Recap Extravaganza
Flixist brought you the Summer Movie Guide way back in April, and now that the season and box office titles are about to ...
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Flixist Film School: Animation 101
So far on Flixist Film School, we’ve learned about editing basics, how to write an ending, DIY filmmaking, and art direction. That’s a ...
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Movie Chowdown: The Godfather
It’s been quite some time since our last Movie Chowdown, and I thought something special might be in order for all of you ...
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Some Like It Hot: Zoe Saldana
Filling the shoes of a twelve-year old wouldn’t normally be seen as a difficult task, but in the case of Colombiana, the Luc ...
Flixist Discusses: The Secret Friend
The Secret Friend is a short film by independent writer-director Flavio Alves. Because it is fifteen minutes (or one-eighth the run time of your ...
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Whiskey Business Part II
As it turns out, there is much more to whiskey advertising than the pieces I covered in Whiskey Business. Those wonderful people over ...
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Talking Clerks and comics w/ actor Brian O’Halloran
Few have said the words “I’m not even supposed to be here today,” with as much gravitas and humor as actor Brian O’Halloran ...
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Vampires are the new Vampires
It’s nice to dream, but Fairies are the new Vampires? Not a chance. If anyone’s thinking Spies are the new Vampires instead, that ...
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New Releases, week of 8/9/2011: “Shut up, crime!” edition
Today marks the beginning of a brave, new direction for New Releases! I’ve dropped the “Tuesdays” so I’d feel less guilty posting after ...
Spies are the new Vampires
Whoever said Fairies are the new Vampires obviously missed the bigger picture. Yes, there’s four Snow White projects on deck, but will they ...
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The necessity of visual consistency (and why CGI sucks)
Imagine you were born in the final decade of the 1800s. You are alive just at the birth of cinema. You see moving ...