My screenplay, "Death And...", won 4th place in the OC Screenwriters "Make It Reel" Contest. The winning screenplay, Brandon Tyra's "Harvey the Chicken Racist", will be filmed by Lennexe Production. Very cool.

Richard Hourula writes an interesting blog about movies at http://rikuwrites.blogspot.com. His latest column is about intriguing and cool movie titles. Below are titles that I like. The movie may be good or bad but the title piques my interest before I even know what the story is about:

Angels with Dirty Faces
Arachnophobia
Con Air
Forbidden Planet
Jaws
The Rocketeer
Shakespeare in Love
Touch of Evil
True Lies
Young Frankenstein

Check out Richard’s column

Sometimes the poster art is better than the movie. And whether science fiction or horror, the marketing departments use the same basic set-up -- damsel in distress
*Forbidden Planet * Dracula Has Risen From The Grave * Creature from the Black Lagoon * I Married a Monster from Outer Space * The Hearse * Grizzly

Public Enemies Trailer (2009)

looks like my kind of movie

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TEN GOOD FILMS

SET DURING

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

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The Great Depression and Movies. The following are ten films set during that time frame that are good movies. Listed by year released.

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It Happened One Night (1934)

{A big Oscar winner with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert}

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

{Henry Fonda has never been better than as Tom Joad}

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

{not as well known as it should be -- terrific movie}

Bonnie & Clyde (1967)

{Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are sensational as the outlaw lovers ... oh, yeah, there's this new guy named Gene Hackman who plays Clyde's older brother Buck}

The Sting (1973)

{Newman and Redford and a very cool con game}

Chinatown (1974)

{the millionaire played by John Huston would feel right at home with the Wall Street and Bank execs of today}

Hard Times (1975)

{Charles Bronson could act once upon a time ... he and James Coburn play well off each other}

Victoria/Victoria (1982)

{fun movie with Robert Preston stealing the show}

The Green Mile (1999)

{Stephen King, Tom Hanks, and a Southern prison during the Depression}

Seabiscuit (2003)

{a good story about the famed racehorse}

PETA's Banned 2009 Super Bowl Ad

May not be suitable for children. It got my attention.

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