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"Hop on board the 'Backbone of the Sahara' with filmmaker Macgregor for an incredible journey through the stunning Western Saharan landscape." Wow. Every shot in this is absolutely jaw-dropping. This short film originally debuted back in 2017, but was recently reposted by National Geographic on their channel and it's a breathtaking must watch. Directed and shot by cinematographer Macgregor, the 13-min film is titled The Mauritania Railway - Backbone of the Sahara. "One of the longest and heaviest trains in the world, the 1.8-mile beast runs from the mining center of Zouerat to port city of Nouadhibou on Africa’s Atlantic coast. The train is the bedrock of the Mauritanian economy and a lifeline to the outside world for the people who live along its route." The best "holy shit" shot is at 6:08. This video also adds an especially fascinating context to the outstanding film Sirat, which premiered to rave...

Fox is officially scheduled to air another new episode of Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service tonight, June 11, 2025, and it will feature a restaurant with moldy leftovers, a lot of debt and more. This episode is the 4th one for this current, premiere season 1. According to Fox's official episode 4 press release information, this episode is officially labeled/titled, "MacGregor's." The preview information from Fox's press release is telling us that Gordon will do a thorough investigation of a restaurant named, "Chesapeake Bay's Haunted MacGregor's." During his investigation , he will find moldy leftovers, and a storage room full of discarded items. The owner will be up to her neck in debt, and she will allow her boyfriend/head chef to cut corners with the food.

Gordon Ramsay’s back undercover, and this time, he’s trading his chef’s whites for…dog grooming gear? That’s right, in this week’s Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service, airing Wednesday, June 11 at 9:02 Pm Et on Fox, Ramsay adopts the unlikely alias of “Donut’s Dog Grooming” to investigate MacGregor’s, a struggling Chesapeake Bay restaurant haunted by its past—and […]

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On Thursday December 19 2024, ABC broadcasts The Great Christmas Light Fight!

Season 12 Episode 5 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Great Christmas Light Fight” promises to bring excitement and festive spirit as several families compete for the coveted ,000 grand prize. This episode features the Wright, Mach, Artz, MacGregor, Blasko, Slankard, Buchanan, and Clinkscales families, each showcasing their unique holiday decorations and creativity.

Each family will present their dazzling light displays, hoping to impress the judges with their festive flair and innovative ideas. The competition is fierce, and the stakes are high, as these families go all out to create the most magical and enchanting displays. Viewers can expect to see a variety of themes and styles, reflecting the personal touches and traditions of each family.

As the episode unfolds, the judges will evaluate the displays based on creativity, overall design, and holiday spirit. The excitement builds as the families await the final decision,...

The Great Christmas Light Fight fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 12 Episode 5 episode titled !

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The Great Christmas Light Fight Season 12 Episode 5 Preview

The upcoming episode of “The Great Christmas Light Fight” promises to be a festive spectacle as it airs on ABC at 8:00 Pm on December 19, 2024. This episode features a thrilling competition among eight families, each showcasing their dazzling holiday displays in hopes of winning the coveted ,000 grand prize.

Viewers can look forward to the Wright, Mach, Artz, MacGregor, Blasko, Slankard, Buchanan, and Clinkscales families as they pull out all the stops to impress the judges. Each family brings their unique flair and creativity to the table, transforming their homes into winter wonderlands filled with lights,...

In Season 12, Episode 5 of The Great Christmas Light Fight, airing Thursday, December 19, 2024, at 8:00 Pm on ABC, eight families come together to compete for the $50,000 grand prize. This holiday-themed competition brings out the best in festive displays as the Wright, Mach, Artz, MacGregor, Blasko, Slankard, Buchanan, and Clinkscales families show off their incredible light displays.

Each family has transformed their homes into magical winter wonderlands, showcasing a wide range of creative ideas and holiday spirit. The stakes are high, as only one family will take home the grand prize. The judges will be looking for originality, creativity, and the sheer wow factor of these dazzling light displays.

As the competition heats up, viewers can expect a fun-filled, heartwarming episode full of holiday cheer, family traditions, and a lot of festive spirit. Don’t miss the excitement and see which family will light up the night in this special holiday episode...

Eille Norwood as Sherlock Holmes Photo: Courtesy BFI National Archive The 68th BFI London Film Festival has announced its archive special presentation this year will be the world premiere of the restored version of Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases. It will screen on October 16 in the heart of the festival, which runs from October 9 to 20.

The Lff presentation is the inaugural programme from the BFI National Archive’s major new project, funded by Iron Mountain's Living Legacy Initiative, to fully restore Stoll’s epic Sherlock Holmes film series, starring Eille Norwood, Conan-Doyle’s favourite screen Sherlock.

A Scandal In Bohemia Photo: Courtesy BFI National Archive The films will be shown at Alexandra Palace Theatre with a live score that celebrates a new partnership between the BFI and the Royal Academy of Music, with Joanna MacGregor conducting an ensemble of ten young Academy players performing three newly commissioned scores composed by MacGregor,...

Nothing but praise for Cillian Murphy 's new movie, Kensuke's Kingdom, resulting in the feature opening with a 100% fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating. The film, based on Michael Morpurgo's best-selling children's book and directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry, tells an inspiring and contemporary tale of building strong relationships, working together, and saving nature. Alongside Murphy, we also hear the voices of Aaron MacGregor, Ken Watanabe, Raffey Cassidy, and Sally Hawkins.

Kensuke's Kingdom focuses on a young boy, Michael (Aaron MacGregor) a fictionalized version of Morpurgo himself who, together with his sister Becky (Cassidy) and his parents (Murphy and Hawkins), boards the Peggy Sue for an unforgettable family trip. Unbeknownst to his parents, Michael brought his precious sheepdog, Stella, on board. However, their heartwarming family trip soon becomes heartbreaking when the ship gets caught up in a terrible storm, resulting in Michael and Stella being thrown overboard.

After reaching...

Jungle Cruise captured the Disney adventure spirit while paying homage to the beloved theme park ride with passionate and magical performances. Despite a dedicated crew and star cast, Jungle Cruise disappointed with bland characters and a predictable plot, falling short of blockbuster expectations. Global theater closures and Covid-19 impact contributed to Jungle Cruise's underwhelming box office performance, mirroring other delayed Disney films.

The 2021 release of Jungle Cruise, although highly anticipated, was not the blockbuster it promised to be. Based on the original Disneyland ride of the same name, the film follows Dr. Lily Houghton and her brother MacGregor as they enlist the aid of pun-loving skipper Frank Wolff and his steamboat to venture down the Amazon River in search of an all-healing ancient tree. The ride has long been a classic staple of Disney parks, originally designed and first operated by Walt Disney himself.

Jungle Cruise does a great job...

Exclusive: MindRiot Entertainment, the transatlantic indie behind Danielle Deadwyler’s Parallel, and the upcoming OceanGate pic Salvaged has acquired the rights to adapt the life stories of former US soldiers Bryan Seely and Robert Hudock for a feature project.

The project is currently titled Father Figure and will feature two intertwined stories inspired by the former soldiers.

Seely is known internationally as the notorious “ethical hacker.” He first gained notoriety after simultaneously hacking into the FBI and Secret Service to expose a glitch in their system. The hacks should have landed him in prison but after intense interrogation, he was celebrated by government officials and has become a popular cyber security public speaker. Hudock served in the Air Force in Guam and the Philippines. After leaving the army he has also had an extensive career in hi-tech. We understand the story will focus specifically on Seely and Hudock’s experiences...

We Were Liars, Prime Video’s series adaptation of E. Lockhart’s YA novel, has found its infamous Liars. Emily Alyn Lind (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), newcomer Shubham Maheshwari, Esther MacGregor (Baby Girl), and Joseph Zada (Total Control) are set as series regulars, joining Mamie Gummer, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Candice King and David Morse. The series hails from Julie Plec, Carina Adly MacKenzie, Universal Television and Amazon MGM Studios.

We Were Liars is a tragic love story and an amnesia thriller set on a privately owned island off the coast of Massachusetts. It centers on the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family, who spend every summer on their private island. Gummer, FitzGerald and King play the three Sinclair sisters.

Lind plays Cadence. The revered eldest granddaughter of a Kennedy-esque American dynasty is effortlessly clever and adventurous and has a knack for dramatic storytelling. She falls in love for the first time during an idyllic,...

"Don't be afraid. I'm not here to take you... You can help me. And I can help you." It's time to discover new worlds. Time to explore unique galaxies and strange planets. A Thousand Suns is the latest creation from a filmmaker known as "Macgregor", produced by a company called Blackmilk Studio. The sci-fi anthology series set in the distant future has launched online - all six episodes (to start) are available on YouTube for free. Macgregor says his team of filmmakers, including Ruairi Robinson & Tyson Wade Johnston, worked to craft "films that serve as a gateway to our hopes, dreams... and nightmares." We posted a trailer last week, and now the first round of films are out. This is similar to Neill Blomkamp's Oats Studios or the Love Death + Robots series on Netflix, featuring fresh ideas brought vividly to life in films that are under 10 minutes. So...

"In the vastness of space and time, many tales weave into one, under the light of a thousand suns." There's an exciting original sci-fi series about to launch next week. A Thousand Suns is the latest creation from a filmmaker known as "Macgregor", produced by a company called Blackmilk Studio. There's not much out yet about the plot or the different stories. There will be a total of six anthology episodes to watch: Episode 1 - Ice; Episode 2 - Red; Episode 3 - Exodus; Episode 4 - Deal; Episode 5 - Bug; & Episode 6 - Tomorrow Land. Macgregor says his team of filmmakers, including Ruairi Robinson & Tyson Wade Johnston, worked to craft "films that serve as a gateway to our hopes, dreams... and nightmares." This seems like a sleek live-action anthology series akin to Love Death + Robots that will tell various sci-fi stories. I'm really digging the footage in this teaser, and will be...

Legendary Mma fighter Conor McGregor was recently called out by his arch-nemesis and fellow Mma fighter Michael Chandler on WWE Raw. The latter showed up at the WWE show on Monday to call out the Irishman for postponing their fight, which has been brewing for the past year. The Bellator lightweight champion sent fans into a frenzy after promoting the eventual fight on Raw.

Michael Chandler and Conor McGregor have been feuding for a while now. The two coached their teams against each other in 2023’s The Ultimate Fighter series, and a match between the two has been brewing ever since. McGregor even set a date announcing his comeback earlier this year, though there have been no confirmed bookings for the match from the UFC.

Michael Chandler Calls Out Conor McGregor On WWE Raw Michael Chandler | Credits: WWE

The UFC and the WWE promotions have been operating under the same company,...

Exclusive: MindRiot Entertainment, the transatlantic indie behind Danielle Deadwyler’s Parallel, and the upcoming OceanGate pic Salvaged, is heading to the 2024 Summer Olympics with their next feature, Four The Yard.

As we reported last month, Four The Yard is a feature based on the memoir of former pro skater Josh Swindell. At the Olympic games, the MindRiot team, including Justin MacGregor, Head of European Content, and company founder Jonathan Keasey, will capture footage of competing street skaters for the pic. One Paris-bound skater signed up for the shoot is Canadian Olympic skater and X-Games gold medalist Ryan DeCenzo. DeCenzo has also signed on to be a consultant on the feature.

Keasey is currently adapting Swindell’s memoir, which has yet to be published. The former pro skater had previously been widely regarded as the future of the sport by grandees such as Christian Hosoi, Tony Hawk, and Steve Caballero. He...

Exclusive: Transatlantic production outfit MindRiot Entertainment has teamed with Trinity College, Dublin, to host a conference on the future of cinema and artificial intelligence led by veteran Microsoft exec Jonathan Foster.

The session, The Future of Film: Cinematic Arts in the Age of AI, will take place at Trinity College, Dublin, on November 10 and will be moderated by Justin MacGregor, Head of Film Studies at Trinity College and Head of European Content at MindRiot.

Other panelists set for the symposium include Emmy-nominated Black-Ish producer E. Brian Dobbin and Irish Times film critic and writer Tara Brady alongside academics, including Nicky Ali Jackson, Executive Director of Purdue’s Center for Justice and Post-Exoneration Assistance, where MindRiot founder Jonathan Keasey was recently appointed as an ambassador.

Headliner Foster is best known in the industry as a longtime advocate for “ethical artificial intelligence.” During his time at Microsoft, Foster was the lead on the creation of Cortana,...

The film Robots doesn't necessarily have a star-studded cast, but it does feature a roster of performers with recognizable resumes. Distributed by indie powerhouse Neon and directed by the team of Casper Christensen and Anthony Hines, Robots tells the story of two con artists who use robot doubles of themselves to do menial tasks and must team up when their robot duplicates fall in love. Like a mix between Black Mirror and a classic romantic comedy, Robots uses irreverent and often political humor to get its point across.

After receiving a limited theatrical release, Robots arrived on streaming where it was subsequently lambasted by critics (via Rotten Tomatoes). The most prevalent criticism was leveled at its uneven script and generally poor storytelling which couldn't really find a synthesis between its disparate ideas. While there have been quite a few great sci-fi comedies that blend the genres perfectly, Robots struggled to...

The announcement of a movie based on the Titan submersible tragedy, which resulted in the death of all five passengers, has sparked controversy due to the viral sensation surrounding the rescue mission. The movie will likely face challenges in portraying the tragic nature of the event, as the passengers died instantly upon implosion. The film may also delve into the online virality of the tragedy, including the use of social media and the discussion surrounding the decision to embark on such a dangerous trip.

A movie based on the Titan submersible implosion is reportedly in development. This news comes just months after June’s international headlining event wherein five billionaires went to explore the Titanic’s shipwreck via an unregulated, poorly-tested submersible, the Titan, manned by deep-sea exploration group OceanGate. When the crew lost contact with their surface support vehicle, a days-long rescue mission was launched, which ended in tragedy...

Exclusive: After locking a docuseries based on Oceangate and the submersible tragedy, MindRiot Entertainment has now set a fiction project, also based on the tragedy, with E. Brian Dobbins signed on to co-produce.

The fiction project currently shares the title Salvaged with MindRiot’s docuseries.

MindRiot’s Justin MacGregor and Jonathan Keasey will co-write the pic. We understand the feature’s scope will cover periods before, during, and after the five-day tragedy, which claimed five lives. Oceangate’s Titan submersible vanished on June 18, setting off a massive search led by the U.S. and Canada. The passengers included OceanGate CEO, Stockton Rush. Wreckage from the Titan was found on June 22 near the Titanic.

“The Titan Tragedy is yet another example of a misinformed and quick-to-pounce system, in this case, our nonstop, 24-7 media cycle that convicts and ruins the lives of so many people without any due process,...

Exclusive: MindRiot Entertainment (Gamergate) has set a new docu-series titled Salvaged, based on the life of former Oceangate mission director Kyle Bingham.

Bingham served as OceanGate’s mission director from 2018 to 2023. During that time, he directed two successful expeditions to the Titanic. The first dive was in 2021, followed by a second in 2022. The docuseries will chronicle Bingham’s submersible dives around the globe from the depths of North America’s Puget Sound and the Hudson Canyon to the Bahama’s Abaco Coast.

“Our series is about a hero and a vision for exploration that is beyond courageous,” said MindRiot founder Jonathan Keasey.

We understand that the multi-episode docuseries will also touch on the Oceangate Titan tragedy, which claimed five lives. The company’s Titan submersible vanished on June 18, setting off a massive search led by the US and Canada. The passengers included OceanGate CEO, Stockton Rush. Wreckage from the Titan...

Exclusive: US-based MindRiot Entertainment, co-producer of the forthcoming Parallel starring Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Aldis Hodge (Black Adam), and Edwin Hodge (The Tomorrow War), is crossing the pond to open an office branch in Ireland.

The outpost will be headed by screenwriter, director, and playwright Justin MacGregor, who will work alongside company founder Jonathan Keasey. The company already has a series of projects on its slate, including Parallel, penned by Keasey, and the feature film Down Wind, which Keasey is writing with Jayro Bustamente (La Llornoa) attached to direct. MindRiot is also prepping the pic Tow, a film based on the true story of a mother and daughter combatting Seattle’s housing crisis. The pic is financed and packaged, but production is on hold due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

Raised in the U.K. and Vancouver, MacGregor is a filmmaker, playwright, and theatre director. His first feature,...

The House of Mouse has decided to take a stand against Florida and its officials. It is against “Don’t Say Gay,” happily employs members of the LGBTQ+ community, and makes it very clear in its literature that everyone is accepted in their parks.

But what about in their movies? For Disney, it seems tokenism is the name of the game. Yet there is hope for the much-beloved juggernaut.

Acceptance First

The fact that Disney is prepared to stand up against very real governmental threats in support of their LGBTQ+ employees and patrons is admirable. They have stepped their foot in a culture war where one side is for unity and a live-and-let-live mentality while the other is shutting libraries and seemingly banning actual people.

One thing to remember is that Walt Disney himself was not the most progressive individual. He was on the record as associating with known antisemitic...

Director Ric Roman Waugh (National Champions) is no stranger to action movies starring Gerard Butler (Law Abiding Citizen). Kandahar is the duo’s third film together, and they have continued making serviceable action flicks for a little over half a decade now. Butler seems to have settled into his role as an action movie star, whether it's in theaters or on demand. The result is a career that has perhaps not lived up to the promise of 300 but has certainly stayed relevant longer than the average career that took off in 2007. Kandahar's script lives in a morally gray area, but the filmmaking is proficient enough to keep audiences engaged.

Undercover CIA agent Tom Harris (Butler) is tasked with infiltrating and killing targets in the Middle East. His current assignment finds him posing as a telecommunications engineer tasked with upgrading the internet capabilities in Afghanistan. The first part of his mission...

It's become popular to make fun of Disney for having lots of "first" gay characters. From LeFou in the live-action Beauty and the Beast (2017) to Ethan Clade in Strange World (2022), Disney has a short and troubled history of Lgbtqia+ representation. LeFou and most of Disney's early queer characters were heavily criticized, but later characters have been better received.

Still, five years after LeFou, The Walt Disney Company announces each new Lgbtqia+ character in a Disney film or TV show as some sort of first for them. Even Ethan Clade was a "first." This has led to plenty of memes, which is fair considering the quality of much of the representation. However, despite the mockery, there is a good reason each gay Disney character is considered "first."

Each Gay Disney Character is First in Its Category

Each gay Disney character is first in their category. LeFou in Beauty and the Beast had Disney's "first gay moment,...

The Batman universes of Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher have a couple of similarities but also a lot of differences, but there’s one Arnold Schwarzenegger Easter egg in Batman Returns that could link both universes. After a film adaptation of the 1960s TV series Batman, the Caped Crusader returned to the big screen in Tim Burton’s Batman, in 1989, with Michael Keaton playing the title character. The success of Batman made way for a sequel titled Batman Returns, and while it’s now regarded as one of the best superhero movies ever made, its tone was too dark and the studio decided to go in a different direction for its third Batman movie.

This led to Tim Burton stepping down and Joel Schumacher taking over, with Val Kilmer now playing Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Forever. Although very different from Batman Returns, Batman Forever was a commercial success, granting it a sequel,...

Stars: Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mason Gooding | Written by Scott Mann, Jonathan Frank | Directed by Scott Mann

If you thought you weren’t afraid of heights, think again – this utterly terrifying don’t-look-down thriller from director Scott Mann will have you clutching the sides of your seat in sheer sweaty-palmed panic. As such, it’s about as perfect a closing night film for FrightFest as it’s possible to imagine.

Fall begins with a prologue, in which daredevil climbers Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Runaways’ Virginia Gardner) undergo a devastating tragedy while scaling a rock face. A year later, Becky is still deep in depression and trauma, so Hunter decides that the only thing that will snap her out of it is to climb to the top of the 2,000 foot B67 TV tower — an abandoned communication tower located in the middle of the California desert.

So now that October’s past the midway point many of us are getting that end-of-the-year “sense of dread” as the two major holidays loom with the pressure of reuniting with the family. Oh, I know that there are those on the “other side of the coin” who truly relish the big annual “sitdowns” (and consider yourself fortunate indeed). This film is assuredly in the former category. Oh, and it’s not set during a holiday. Rather it’s more of a family “unraveling” as the setting is the funeral of a parent. Which in turn brings together, after a long “hiatus”, two brothers from “different mothers”. And though they share a papa, they’ve got little in common despite the shared “moniker”. But to make things easier, their patriarch referred to the guys as Raymond & Ray.

The first one we meet is the “straight-laced” timid and a tad “up-tight...

Stars: Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mason Gooding | Written by Scott Mann, Jonathan Frank | Directed by Scott Mann

If you thought you weren’t afraid of heights, think again – this utterly terrifying don’t-look-down thriller from director Scott Mann will have you clutching the sides of your seat in sheer sweaty-palmed panic. As such, it’s about as perfect a closing night film for FrightFest as it’s possible to imagine.

Fall begins with a prologue, in which daredevil climbers Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Runaways’ Virginia Gardner) undergo a devastating tragedy while scaling a rock face. A year later, Becky is still deep in depression and trauma, so Hunter decides that the only thing that will snap her out of it is to climb to the top of the 2,000 foot B67 TV tower — an abandoned communication tower located in the middle of the California desert.

“Fall” is a very good “don’t look down” movie. It’s a fun, occasionally cheesy, but mostly ingeniously made thriller about two daredevil climbers, Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), who decide to scale the B67 TV tower — an abandoned 2,049-foot communication tower that juts up in the middle of the California desert, 23 miles from Sacramento. It’s an actual structure, like the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the skyscraper that became the pedestal for Tom Cruise’s you-are-there stunt sequences in “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.” And if, like me, you loved that movie in part because of how deviously it toyed with your fear of heights, “Fall” is likely to hit you as an irresistible piece of vertigo porn. It’s for anyone who ate up “Ghost Protocol,” as well as the awesome rock-climbing documentaries “Free Solo” and “The Dawn Wall,” and wants to continue that shivery vicarious high.

Like a provisions-packed knapsack, a good deal of emotional backstory gets shoved into the first half-hour of “Fall” before it traps two female climbers 2,000 feet above the ground in a remote stretch of desert for the rest of its running time.

Will that friendship be tested? Of course. But the true signal that co-writer (with Jonathan Frank) and director Scott Mann has his thrill-hungry audience’s needs in mind is that before adventuring besties Becky and Hunter can even get to the base of the TV tower they intend to scale, they lock eyes with a carcass-gnawing vulture, who gets a righteously gnarly, ominous close-up.

In other words, you’re in good talons with “Fall,” a better-than-average B-movie corker that’s almost like a corrective these days to the behemoths that spend hundreds of millions of dollars on mayhem only to bludgeon us with exhilaration-free, numbingly digitized peril. If you...

"On the day they were going to kill him, Jun Seo did not arrive at his liquor store until 5Pm." It's always hard to introduce short films without giving away too much about them. I prefer to say the least possible before simply encouraging watching the short in full. This one is titled Los Angeles 1991 and is set in Los Angeles in 1991 and is a real-life story about a shooting at a local liquor store. It's a very powerful drama that makes you think about how different lives intersect and interact in a tragedy like this. The short is made by "Zac&Mac", directed by a filmmaker known as "Macgregor", also known in real life as Miguel de Olaso. He's definitely proving that he can handle real-life drama and emotions with this short. Watch below in full. Description from Vimeo: Los Angeles, 1991. The streets are a hotbed of racial tension,...

"We can start from scratch." Damn, there are so many outstanding sci-fi shorts out there. Here's another one that we're anxiously awaiting as this is only a teaser trailer, but it looks stunning. The short is called Similo and is directed by Spanish filmmaking duo Zacarias & Macgregor, starring Aloma de Balma and Javier Rios. Set in 2065 on Antarctica, Similo is about a couple that gets together again. "She is looking for love. He is searching for his own identity." There's some sexuality/nudity in this which makes it a bit Nsfw, but otherwise it's a captivating trailer featuring the mesmerizing music from Take Shelter. Check this out. Here's the first Nsfw teaser trailer for Zacarias & Macgregor's short film Similo, in high def on Vimeo: Thanks to GeekTyrant for the tip on this. Synopsis from Vimeo: 2065. The entire planet is hit by the effects of climate change. One of the...

It was a few years back that Twitch wrote about a scifi project titled Kore from director Miguel de Olaso, who works under the professional name of Macgregor. Well, Macgregor is back with his directing partner Bruno Zacarias - together referred to as Zac&Mac - with a new project titled Similo.2065. The polar ice caps have melted. The entire planet is hit by the effects of climate change. One of the few places that remain habitable is Antarctica, where big corporations have built private cities. Hebe and Ciro get back together again. She is looking for love. He is searching for his own identity. A trailer for the 20 minute short has freshly arrived online and it bears all the hallmarks that got people so...

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It is apparently acceptable these days for movies to be made from just about any basic concept. Toys, comic books, preteen novels – twenty years ago this would be called lazy writing. Today, it’s big business. Here is my list of the top ten things that may be worthwhile to see transformed into movies. Feel free to add your own - or roll your eyes.

With the release of Battleship, we are reaching the zenith of a new era in movie making that began 10 years ago with the first film adaptations of Harry Potter and Lord Of the Rings. This is the era when the big studios have all but abandoned developing new, original ideas. This is an era of endless sequels, prequels, book-to-franchise adaptations, comic book superheroes, video game adaptations, remakes…the list goes on. No staple of popular culture is safe.

Personally, I’ll take something original over...

Irish director, Ruairi Robinson has a thing for disturbing (disturbed?) people--he made Dustin's belly button feel funny and with this new teaser, he'll remind you of that frantic, crazy feeling you sometimes get. You do sometimes get that frantic, crazy feeling, don't you? Its Not just me, right? Besides imparting a nice bit of that this-is-how-it-feels thing, Robinson seems to be introducing us to some relative of "Doctor Who" villains, The Silence. And cousin looks wicked creepy and wicked cool, but nobody will believe the poor, crazy guy because, well...he's a crazy guy. Check it:

Imaginary Forces is one of several shorts by the Oscar-nominated Robinson; you can see some of his other works here. Clearly this guy needs to do a feature film and though he's been attached to several projects, none have yet gotten off the ground. So, until his big directing break, we'll have to satisfy ourselves with these fantastic shorts.