Apocalypto

Author A. O. Scott (The New York Times) begins his review with a quote from the movie; “I’m going to peel off his skin and make him watch me wear it.” After briefly listing the most memorable action scenes from the movie, Scott begins talking about the director, Mel Gibson, and compares this film with others he produced. Scott claims this is another "conservative anti-imperialism" movie by Gibson. After Scott explains the setting, he starts describing key parts of the film's plot. Finaly, an overall opinion is stated about the film, just before a list of the crew and cast.

How To Give A Great Presentation

The site I linked to is called To-Done.com. It is a collection of people's thoughts, tips, and tricks about personal productivity. On the post on how to give a great presentation, the author gives ideas on mental and physical preparation before your presentation, preparing your support materials, and tips on giving the presentation. It's worth reading if anyone is feeling a little iffy about tomarrow.

SciScene

Above is a link to an Alien review submitted by SciScene. This review, along with another review written by James Berardinelli
(http://www.reelviews.net/movies/a/alien.html), explains reasons why this film was so succesful and more importantly puts this sci-fi film into context. This site also links to other sci-fi categories (artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, futuristic crime, space adventure, time travel) which has a list of movies in each genre, along with their reviews.

Experts: Horror Film

A student named Barry Godsbury is doing a project on the history of horror films and has asked quesetions to help him better understand the genre. Some questions include: Why do you think people watch horror movies? Do you think that it's possible to learn more about a time period by studying horror movies made at that time period? What are some qualities that make a horror film enjoyable? There are a couple of interesting and insightful answers, and remember you are allowed to give your insight on the questions. Plus if anyone is in a judging mood, you can rate the answers from 1-10. This site also has a link to purchase a DVD called 50 HORROR Classics for only 19.95 (+shipping), if anyone is interested.

So you want to sell a script?

The site I linked to gives you information on how to submit a script. It gives you writer resources, a writer's rolodex, procduction co.'s, literary agengcies, a list of literary managers, other film reviews, a Q & A forum, film news, columns, and so on... So if anyone thinks they have a well-plotted script, send it in to this site. IF you want my advise though, I think it's all just a giant scam.

The Rules of Romance

I found this website called Nassauweekly.com and read an article called "The Rules of Romance: Basically be an asshole, but not a douche bag". It was written by Maxine Maduka who came up with six rules of romance. I want to hear some girl's comments on the rules (#2) because I think some of them are pretty ridiculous. Anyway, If your a guy who's game needs a little boost this might/might not be the sight to read.

The Bourne Identity discourse

The link I added contains 38 film reviews for The Bourne Identity. USA Today, Slate, LA Times, and News Week are just a couple. Opinions vary from high acknowledgments to quotes like, "The best audiences can hope for is that they, too, get amnesia and forget they ever saw this movie." Other reviews compare this film to other secret agent films as well as comparing the film to the book. There is a lot of imformation about this movie at this link guys!

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

Writting for Mixed Reviews, Gabriel Shanks reviews THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. This 2004 modern apocalypse film was directed by Roland Emmerich.

In the first paragraph Shanks explains what genre this film is. She also compares this film with another, and explains ecological issues.

The second paragraph explains the graphics of some good scenes. Also, Shanks compares scenes with another movie Roland Emmerich Directed.

The third paragraph explains the screenplay, along with humorous quotes from the film. This paragraph also lists several more films of the same genres.

The next paragraph explains the plot, the character's names, and who played them.

In the last paragraph Shanks opininates the film, and tells what the film is going to bring you.