Thursday, January 8, 2009

John Cusack

Everyone has their own favorite actor. I mean I have mines.

Notice that used mines because i happen to have several favorite actors.

Besides your favorite actor there are actors who you like who fall into the good or great category. Then there are actors who may not even end up on your list but you have respect for their craft.

I have actors whom I like but feel they never really get their due in the industry.
So it is with this in mind that I penned this post. John Cusack is an actor I enjoy watching. So I complied a list of my favorite flicks with John Cusack.

16 Candles

Martian Child

The Ice Harvest

Stand By Me

Identity

The Contract

Grosse Pointe Blank

Better off Dead

City Hall

Say Anything

The Thin Red Line

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Must Love Dogs

1408

Runaway Jury

Americas Sweethearts

Monday, January 5, 2009

How to Get the Most Out of Movie Trailers?

Warning! The following information is important to anyone who doesn’t want to end up wasting your money on a movie not worth seeing.

Are you tired of going to see movies that leave you disappointed because they failed to deliver and leave you feeling cheated?

Well one of the greatest things ever invented is the movie trailer. Why?
Because the trailer helps sell the movie to the audience long before a ticket is purchased. After watching hundreds of trailers I have worked out a fool proof way that lets me really know if I want to see a movie when it hits the screen.

Step 1: When Watching a Trailer Always Read Between the Lines
How do you read between the lines of a movie trailer? Well it’s simple watch the trailer at least three times. This way you become pretty much familiar with the sequence of events and what they are trying to sell you on.

Step 2: They Say the Third Time is a Charm
After watching the trailer three times you will get a really good idea of if and why you want to see this movie. If the trailer doesn’t grab you within the 3 minute or less sequences, then chances are the movie won’t do so either.

Step 3: Don’t be Fooled by Cheap Tricks
It is possible to still get tricked into going to see a movie that you want to walk out on. The last time a trailer helped pulled me into seeing a movie I wanted to walk out of was in 2007. In fact, the trailer was flooded with the best parts of the movie and yes I got caught out there.

Everybody gets fooled once in a while.

Magicians use sleight of hand, psychologists use sleight of mouth and movie producers use sleight of sale (which consists of all of the above) to work magic upon viewers to come and see their latest and greatest.

Step 4: Go by Your Gut Instinct
Be sure to go by your gut instinct on if you should see a movie or not. In fact, this should be number one. I say this because if you ware or were not moved internally by the trailer then you may want to hold off on going to see this new picture.

Step 5: Watch Movie Trailers Before Going to See the Movie
In this day and age you can watch movie trailers for the comfort of your home on cable and satellite television. There are also various online sites such as www.youtube.com and other movie sites that are filled with movie trailers. You can even do a Google search to find other sites which may not be familiar to you.

Friday, January 2, 2009

New Years Revolution

Out with the old and in with the new.

We made it to 2009. Let us all rejoice that we have been given the opportunity to see a new year (525,600 minutes to be exact).

A new year bids farewells to yesterday and hello to new possibilities, new beginnings and new opportunities that you have never seen or heard of before. I don't know what your new years resolutions are?

I don't know what your goals may be for this year? What I can tell you is this:

I wish you all heaven. The power to endure come what may and that the peace of God envelops your whole life.

So with this charge I declare to you on this day, dream bigger, stand like the brave, and persevere in the presence of adversity keep God first and all other things shall be added unto you.

It’s time to get on my 2009 grind and shine like the star I am.

You are too.

Act like you know, do what you plan to do, walk confidently into your destiny and be happy.