"You know what the three
most exciting sounds
in the world are? Anchor
chains, plane motors,
and train whistles...."
— It's a Wonderful Life —
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We are currently filming scenes for an upcoming Anthony Hopkins movie at a beautiful estate in Encino, Los Angeles. The interesting thing here, though, is the huge orange grove next-door (at which we’re parking our basecamp of trucks and trailers). The San Fernando Valley used to be covered in orange groves, but, with […]
Last Saturday night, Melanie and I ate late at Fred 62 and we noticed the selection of three movies that happened to all be playing at the same time at the Los Feliz Theater at 1822 N. Vermont Avenue — Children of Men, Dreamgirls, and Little Children. I just had to return again later […]
Read this article for information on getting an extra $30 on your income tax refund. It’s a rebate on certain telephone bill taxes that you’ve paid over the years. Be sure that your tax preparer is aware of this one-time deal. I forwarded the link to my own CPA, but the smart […]
I know that you all must be sick to death of me telling you that Sadie is in the Bruce Willis movie Alpha Dog which opens in theaters on January 12th. Well, just to add to that bit of oft-repeated news, it turns out that another movie of hers will be premiering that exact […]
Melanie and I just got back from a 4,600-mile roadtrip through 15 states. It was exhausting, but definitely a lot of fun. We spent two nights at a super-suite at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and later spent another two nights in Fargo, North Dakota, where we celebrated New Year’s […]
The second trailer for Transformers was released on December 20th,
This was another movie that I had worked on last year, from June through September 2006. From having read the script and being there on set, and now seeing the trailer too, all I can say is that this movie is going to rock. […]
Back on December 18th, I started one of those 101 in 1001 lists. This is basically an itemization of big and little goals that I want to accomplish in the next two and a half years. See the actual list page for more details.
Already now, I’ve completed six items. I started this […]