This article is a retrospective, summing up in brief the history of modern cinema, from 1950 to 2012. From the advent of television to the record-breaking Avengers movie, this piece examines why Hollywood is in the blockbuster era, and why we might be in the midst of another shift in the industry.
Read my review of The Avengers on the Atlas & Axis Unbound blog. Or just see The Avengers.
A few weeks ago I attended the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo at the McCormick Center in Chicago, IL. I was attending as a writer with Imaginos Workshop, and we had a booth in Artist Alley. While there I saw a lot of art and met a few celebs. My thoughts and reactions to the event can be found here, on the Imaginos Workshop production blog.
Read my review of the horror film ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ on the Atlas & Axis Unbound blog. It may look like your standard slasher flick but it is much more than that. Fans of the genre owe it to themselves to check this movie out.
South Korean soldiers stand at the 38th parellel, the line separating North Korea from South. It is a place of perpetual and creepy tenseness, where a war has literally been put on pause for over 50 years.
Matt and Hannah Abbotts and Anya Gleizer are going to kayak around Siberia’s Lake Baikal, the deepest and highest volume lake in the world. Their transcontinental trip will also take them to Vietnam. This is a remarkable and ambitious endeavor, but they need your help to turn it into a film. Your donations will allow them to turn this amazing experience into a documentary.
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