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TV The Movie

Oscar (Oscar Castro) and Brett (Brett Poquette) are a pair of producers – their production being a public access cable TV show. They are also behind on their mortgage – three months behind, and facing foreclosure. Our heroes need to find funds, and quickly.

So begins an absurdist mockumentary about a group of film school graduates, a small time gangster and a Muppet as they try to find a way to keep themselves – and their programme – afloat. Their schemes range from the silly to the surreal until they finally hit upon the idea of making a film about making a cable TV show.

Overall, this is a fun film peopled with a collection of amiable characters whose circumstances do keep you genuinely interested in how things will pan out. The structure of the film also allows it to take a subtle dig at the accuracy – or otherwise – of more mainstream documentaries and, as a gentle satirist, I think that writer/director T. Anthony Moore could have a great future.

Flash of Genius

Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns’s (Greg Kinnear) long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, Flash of Genius tells the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win.

The Kearns were a typical 1960s Detroit family, trying to live their version of the American Dream. Local university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis (Lauren Graham) and, by their mid-thirties, had six kids who brought them a hectic but satisfying Midwestern existence. When Bob invents a device that would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who embraced Bob’s creation unceremoniously shunned the man who invented it.

Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his family and their future. He becomes a man obsessed with justice and the conviction that his life’s work - or for that matter, anyone’s work - be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit. And while paying the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity, this everyday David will try the unthinkable: to bring Goliath to his knees.

Christopher Mitchum and Holly Weber to star in horror comedy Have a Nice Day

Slasher-comedy Campfire Chronicles Vol 1: Have a Nice Day is being written and directed by Nicholas Bird, and produced by 626 Pictures and tells the story of seven friends who go to a remote cabin for a weekend of wild partying. Things get out hand when the eighth friend who wasn’t invited crashes the party, as well as his friends.

The writer and director Nick Bird has previously directed the short films The Soul’s Midnight, and The Bathroom. He has also produced the short horror Stalked in the Corn, and worked as a cinematographer, actor and production crew member in various other films.

The cast of Have a Nice Day features the Hollywood legend Christopher Mitchum, as well as hot young actresses Holly Weber, Brandin Rackely and Monique Dupree. More genre stars and upcoming actors are in negotiations to star in the movie.

I'm back... my email may not be

You may have noticed a bit of a hiatus on the site over the last week or so. This has been a result of me being out of the country enjoying a bit of sun, but no sea. But now I'm back and normal service will be resumed just as soon as I figure out what it means to be normal.

However, I have noticed a rather worrying gap in my inbox. So if you've sent me an email at any time in the last eleven days and I haven't replied to you yet, it may be safest if you email me again.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Dangerous music

Cuban authorities have arrested one of the island's leading punk rock musicians, Gorki Aguila of band Porno Para Ricardo. He is likely to be charged with 'dangerousness', which allow the authorities to detain people who are likely to commit crimes.