In my travels to Georgia, I was able to visit with some of the Roots of the GND Family Tree. WHICH WAS AMAZING. While in Athens, I was treated to a video, which…has brought me joy, I would like to share that Joy…with you. Watch. Enjoy.  

THE OSCARS ARE COMING!! Get yourself Prepped. Here are the expert opinions of Raymond Lisi for your enjoyment! BEST PICTURE Nominees: The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball Tree of Life War Horse Let’s admit it, this has been a sub-par year for film, and there’s [...]

Which Film was Cut Best!?   Oh Editing! One of my favorite pastimes. Much of a film can be sculpted in the editing room. You get to take the raw material put forth by the director and crew, to stitch together the story. It’s such a thrill, as the story starts to become clear, and [...]

  Belgium, “Bullhead” For Jacky, a young man working on his family’s cattle farm in eastern Belgium, the crime ring surrounding the use of banned growth hormones represents both a financial opportunity and the possible exposure of his own troubled past.  With an old friend urging him to agree to an illegal deal, Jacky finds [...]

Albert Nobbs In nineteenth-century Ireland, a shy hotel waiter named Albert Nobbs has spent years concealing a secret.  After meeting an outgoing painter who has chosen a different approach to an identical dilemma, Albert begins to consider abandoning a decades-long strategy of solitude and self-denial. Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston – First Academy Award nomination for [...]

The Adventures of Tintin When Tintin buys a model of a ship called the Unicorn, his curiosity is piqued by two men who both try to convince him to sell it.  Learning that the ship holds an important clue to the location of a hidden treasure, the boy reporter soon finds himself swept up in [...]

“Man or Muppet” from THE MUPPETS When a puppet named Walter visits Hollywood and learns that an oil baron plans to seize the legendary Muppet Studios and destroy it drilling for oil, he and his brother, Gary, along with Gary’s fiancée, set out to find the original members of the long-disbanded Muppets. Music and Lyric [...]

Pentecost A young Irish boy faces a difficult choice that may leave him at odds with his small community. Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane – First Academy Award nomination for both. Raju A German couple adopts an Indian orphan in Calcutta. Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren The Shore Two boyhood best friends from Northern Ireland [...]

Dimanche/Sunday A small boy’s Sunday is filled with both ordinary and extraordinary events. Patrick Doyon – First Academy Award nomination. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore A storm transports a young man to a place where books are living entities. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg – First Academy Award nomination for both. La [...]