http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/-t1.htm Reality shows go in another place Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:53:31 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/xand/logo.gif http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/-t1.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/tv-shows-t4.htm frazzle I am very interested in both getting acting jobs and in writing some spec scripts. Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:45:52 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/tv-shows-t4.htm#4 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/tv-shows-t4.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/movies-t42.htm Green Eyez OK, it's no secret. I LOVE movies. Yes, I will even shell out the HORRENDOUS amount they're now charging just to sit in a darkened theatre and stare up at the screen for a couple of hours. On that note, my friend Rich, who is the most talented person I know, has started a website www.randommovieclub.com He does reviews, etc. on movies. As youll see, he's also the most hysterically funny person I know. He's sold a couple of scripts, but they went into turnaround hell. Anyway, ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:56:15 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/movies-t42.htm#691 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/movies-t42.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/olympics-t100.htm frazzle Putting this under TV shows, since that is how we will all be experiencing it. The politics of this, with China such a mystery in many ways, and so different culturally from us, and so well known for human rights abuses for decades....I really am excited about what will be the cultural and political fallout for years to come. I also love it that one of the media stars of this one is the woman in her 40s who is a star swimmer. I always love gymnastics, so for sure I will be tuning ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:53:31 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/olympics-t100.htm#14037 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/olympics-t100.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/writing-for-tv-and-movies-t23.htm frazzle
I just got (software) Final Draft. I haven't used ti enough to make great use of any hidden features, but it sure does make formatting easier.]]> Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:23:00 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/writing-for-tv-and-movies-t23.htm#80 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/writing-for-tv-and-movies-t23.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/music-new-folder-t75.htm frazzle
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In my car I listen to the classical radio station if I listen to anything.]]> Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:07:54 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/music-new-folder-t75.htm#7926 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/music-new-folder-t75.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/calling-all-tudorphiles-t85.htm Luca I got Showtime last night and caught the third episode of season 2 of The Tudor's last night. I had seen an episode of the first part of the series last season and got intruigued. Here is the show website which is quite cool btw: http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/home.do I saw the episode where King Henry (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) marries Anne Boelyn and I must say I was not disappointed. Jonathan is by far the sexiest King Henry the eighth I have ever seen cast...I am talking molten sexualty ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:03:47 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/calling-all-tudorphiles-t85.htm#10313 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/calling-all-tudorphiles-t85.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/dexter-pilot-recapped-t88.htm Green Eyez Dexter. Season one. Episode one. I love this show so much! I’m glad I got to go back and watch the pilot, which was just so completely awesome. RECAP: We begin with a shot of a full moon reflected in a puddle on the ground. Then it moves up to the view through the side-view mirror of a car. Silhouette of the super-hot Michael C. Hall as Dexter, driving his car. He voiceovers: Tonight’s the night. And it’s going to happen again and again. It has to happen. He ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 07 May 2008 23:47:34 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/dexter-pilot-recapped-t88.htm#11015 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/dexter-pilot-recapped-t88.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/grey-s-anatomy-t16.htm Admin Love it. Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:18:27 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/grey-s-anatomy-t16.htm#57 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/grey-s-anatomy-t16.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/ugly-betty-t17.htm Admin Da bomb! Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:18:51 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/ugly-betty-t17.htm#58 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/ugly-betty-t17.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/awards-oscars-grammys-sag-etc-etc-etc-etc-etc-etc-t76.htm frazzle
Tomorrow, Oscar Night, I will be here commenting, and hope you are too.

Luca asked for such a thread, and I am delighted she did.

I figure acting ability, directing, writing, clothes, hair, makeup, who brought what date, and plastic surgery all deserve attention. Plus anything else anybody thinks of. Feel free to comment before the show, as well. Predictions and wishes are welcome.]]> Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:50:31 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/awards-oscars-grammys-sag-etc-etc-etc-etc-etc-etc-t76.htm#8196 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/awards-oscars-grammys-sag-etc-etc-etc-etc-etc-etc-t76.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/sweeney-todd-t71.htm Luca I just saw it and I was so impacted by this film I think it deserves it's own thread. Maybe I am just experiencing that good movie afterglow, but something about it touched me deeply. To quote a review by Robert W. Butler of The Kansas City Star: it is "Grotesque and Gorgeous". And that describes it perfectly for me. I think it is one of Tim Burton's best films to date. Ok, before I start raving, I will share that the final scene bothered me. A bit too literal and melodramatic ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:58:00 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/sweeney-todd-t71.htm#7169 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/sweeney-todd-t71.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/donald-sutherland-dirty-sexy-money-and-donald-sutherland-t67.htm frazzle My GAWD the man is so brilliant, so sexy, so funny, so heartbreaking. Since he is my only celebrity crush in decades, I though I better at least start a thread for him. I know I have mentioned this before, but I first found him inexplicably hot in Klute, in the 70s, playing a somehwat nerdy cop to Jane Fonda's callgirl. Then he did Don't Look Back with Julie Cristie, and they had a gorgeous and amazing sex scene. In Dirty Sexy Money he has found a role (and a writer/director, Craig ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:34:42 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/donald-sutherland-dirty-sexy-money-and-donald-sutherland-t67.htm#5777 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/donald-sutherland-dirty-sexy-money-and-donald-sutherland-t67.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/actors-who-are-believeable-as-men-who-love-women-t68.htm frazzle OK, I will bring the Donald Sutherland stuff into this thread tomorrow. The real deal is that the only hot actors to me are those who can do love/sex scenes as though they can believably be in love and sexual at the same time I am sure there are more (please post!) but the only ones I can recall off the top of my head are Al Pacino (fabulously in Sea of Love, but in lesser movies, too), Dennis Quaid in The Big Easy (have noticed it so much in anything else), and Donald Sutherland (in ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:34:13 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/actors-who-are-believeable-as-men-who-love-women-t68.htm#5798 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/actors-who-are-believeable-as-men-who-love-women-t68.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/great-actresses-t21.htm frazzle
Vanessa Redgrave in Julia
Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice

more to come...]]> Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:30:33 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/great-actresses-t21.htm#62 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/great-actresses-t21.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/acting-t6.htm Admin Who is good and why? Or who interests you, whether they are good or not. Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:13:22 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/acting-t6.htm#6 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/acting-t6.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-the-judge-the-headless-wife-t52.htm Green Eyez Crime scene. Raines VO. Talking about the nice house they’re in. Slo-mo of police putting on gloves, placing down plastic numbers (like they put on your table at restaurants), flash of a camera going off, police officers doing the procedural thing. Raines says that when you feel vulnerable in your nice house, sometimes you buy a gun for protection so that if someone breaks in you’ll “bust a cap in their asses or something”, but then you’re faced with the interloper and the gun is shaking ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 23 May 2007 20:57:37 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-the-judge-the-headless-wife-t52.htm#2104 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-the-judge-the-headless-wife-t52.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-7-t41.htm Green Eyez He’s at the home of a guy who can authenticate the comics. A “Forensic Artist” who I think had to draw a picture of a Hispanic suspect in the first episode, and drew Erik Estrada. Funny, because this guy was also on Numbers this past week. Raines immediately starts making fun of this guy, who has a bald head and a gray ring of hair around the outside. In other words, he’s no kid. “So, this is the Forensic Artist’s Secret Lair”. Mr. FA says “one”. Raines snickers and sees some comic drawings ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:48:59 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-7-t41.htm#635 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-7-t41.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/tv-shows-recapped-t31.htm Green Eyez OK, so for those of you who have been to televisionwithoutpity.com, you know they do recaps of shows and insert their little funny editorial comments in there. Well, I thought it might be fun to do that here if you'd like that! Here's the poll with a list of shows I watch regularly, so I know the characters, etc. If you guys want this, please vote on which show you'd like me to recap (or if you want a different show every week, let me know that too) and please know that they give ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:13:44 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/tv-shows-recapped-t31.htm#279 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/tv-shows-recapped-t31.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/boston-legal-recapped-t44.htm Green Eyez We start off with Frank Whaley (if you haven’t seen “Swimming With Sharks, PLEASE make it happen-you’ll get amazing insight into the entertainment biz) coming off the elevator of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, tie slightly askew. He walks over-confidently to the receptionist, gives an obnoxious knock on her desk and does the “how ya doin’? I’m Frankie Cox” and you immediately hate him. He asks for Alan Shore. A pretty woman walks by him and he gives the “hey, how ya doin’”. He’s apparently ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:54:17 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/boston-legal-recapped-t44.htm#879 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/boston-legal-recapped-t44.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-6-t40.htm Green Eyez Raines is talking to two African-American guys. He says he guesses he can tell which one of them is Tre. He proceeds to tell the joke “what do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef.” They both look stonily at him. He resorts to…wiggling those enormous ears of his. Of course they laugh and Tre is sporting some serious bling on his upper row of teeth, which leaves his speech pattern really f-d up. The other guy leaves. Tre tells Raines he’s kinda “out there” for a cop. Raines: you have ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:48:15 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-6-t40.htm#634 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-6-t40.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-5-t39.htm Green Eyez Raines, back at the office, tries to pass the shoes on to said boss (Matt Craven, who’s actually really cool and has a good relationship with Raines-a nice change of pace from all those shows where the captain is constantly screaming at the lead guy) that he got from a “doper old lady”. Matt asks how it went with “Samantha” today. Yay! A name! Raines: Uh, we had a breakthrough as a matter of fact. My problem is you. Captain: I ask because I care and I want a heads-up when you snap ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:46:30 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-5-t39.htm#633 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-5-t39.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-4-t38.htm Green Eyez Raines is with Jack, his ex-partner’s son, and gives him the Betty & Veronica comic book. The kid is less than enthused, and accepts it graciously, but would prefer Ghost Rider. They spot an ice cream truck and Raines offers to buy the kid some ice cream. Raines proceeds to describe them getting the ice cream like a comic book adventure but “of course that’s only after paying and getting our napkins”. The kid says his dad told him Raines was funny. Raines says he’s a “physical comedian” ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:44:45 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-4-t38.htm#632 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-4-t38.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-3-t37.htm Green Eyez Raines goes to Jimmy’s home, which is very small, but lots of light. He made himself a studio in the dining room. Jimmy is already there, welcoming Raines to his home and offering him a cheese puff, and then excitedly brings Raines over to show his latest art work. You can see from Raines’ smile that he really likes this kid and is interested in seeing what he’s done. The comic is Payback. It’s about a guy who commits suicide after his family is killed by the mob. After he’s buried, ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:43:21 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-3-t37.htm#631 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-3-t37.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-2-t36.htm Green Eyez Raines gets back into his car and here ensues one of the funniest scenes EVER. I may have to marry JG just for this scene. Jimmy is sitting and drawing. He reveals his latest superhero who is “Captain Raines”. It shows Raines with a laser gun, cape, boots, speedo - the whole superhero garb. It’s Raines, but his guy is BUFF with a very well-defined 6-pack. Raines: “I like what you’ve done here. You’ve captured my enormous-enormous quads”. “The bulge is a little modest, but you don’t want ... Acting/Writing/Movies/TV shows Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:41:48 GMT http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-2-t36.htm#630 http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-2-t36.htm http://wizened.editboard.com/acting-writing-movies-tv-shows-f7/raines-recapped-pt-1-t35.htm Green Eyez We begin by seeing the front of a school. Carefree children playing… VO (by JG): Human beings have the longest period of helplessness of any animal. Fish and reptiles are born ready to survive on their own. The children part and a lone African-american boy sporting corn rows and a blue jacket comes walking up the path… VO: Mice are ready in days. Granted, mice only live for a few months, so for mouse parents, a day probably seems like an eternity… The boy continues to ... 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