Archive for May, 2010

Review: MacGruber

Review: MacGruber

Thirty years have passed since The Blues Brothers hit theaters. In that time 10 more Saturday Night Live movies have gone from sketch to screen. It goes without saying that the critical and box office track record has been abysmal. The assumed mediocrity of SNL movies has now joined the likes of Star Trek‘s Odd [Read More]

$29.99 Movies, Day and Date, 2006 Sundance: or We’ve Been Talking About This Forever

In my day job at the Atlanta Film Festival, I was looking for some links to use for the 48 Hour Film Project, when I stumbled across the old CinemATL blog. The particular portion I hit was from my first Sundance and the first Sundance we covered in 2006. [Read More]

Screen Gems Deal Should Only Be the Beginning: Post-Production in Georgia

Earlier this week the announcement that the City of Atlanta was close to signing a deal with Screen Gems to convert a long dormant portion of Lakewood Fairgrounds into a studio, spread like viral wildfire on Facebook and Twitter. After a year and a half of explosive growth in Georgia’s film industry, it was not [Read More]