Year: 2016

September 2016 – Read the best of NEW TV PILOT Loglines:

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SUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.

Read the best of NEW TV PILOT Loglines: 

LAWS OF PROTECTION, by Caretta Neal
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/laws_of_protection_by_caretta_neal.html

PLAY OF LIFE, by Lana Sokolaj
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/play_of_life_by_lana_sokolaj.html

LIFE GETS BETTER TODAY, by Russ Comber
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/life_gets_better_today_by_russ_comber.html

SIN EATER, by Nader Hobballah
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/sin_eater_by_nader_hobballah.html

FORBIDDEN SECRETS, by Salena O’Neal
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/forbidden_secrets_by_salena_oneal.html

SUPERHEROIN, by Brian Du
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/superheroin_by_brian_du.html

BILLOW 1, by Vashaun Baker
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/billow_1_by_vashaun_baker.html

ODD JOBS, by Brie Eley
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/odd_jobs_by_brie_eley.html

SHAMAM OF THE NORTH, by Tamuna Tsertsvadze
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/shaman_of_the_north_by_tamuna_tsertsvadze.html

THIS AIN’T THE DMV, by Karla Ilic
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/this_aint_the_dmv_by_karla_ilic.html

SON OF A PREACHER MAN, by Brandon Edwards
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/son_of_a_preacher_man_by_brandon_edwards.html

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September 2016 – Read the best of NEW FEATURE Loglines:

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Read the best of NEW FEATURE Loglines:

SUPERHEROINE AND HER FATHER, Terezia Derbala
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/superheroine_and_her_father_by_terezia_derbala.html

THE AGE OF RESURRECTION, by TR Dass
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_age_of_resurrection_by_tr_dass.html

THE ORDER, by Ben Jacob
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_order_by_ben_jacob.html

SOMEBODY’S KNOCKING, by Sherril M. Kinney
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/somebodys_knocking_by_sherril_m_kinney.html

PRINCESS SHEBA AND THE EVIL SUITOR, by Ebrahim Mahomed
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/princess_sheba_and_the_evil_suitor_by_ebrahim_mahomed.html

FOX HUNT, by Robert McEllheron
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/fox_hunt_by_robert_mcelheron.html

KILLER, by Joanna Middleton
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/killer_by_joanna_middleton.html

QUEEN OF THE HIMALAYAS, by Purna Bahadur Rai Nachhring
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/queen_of_the_himalayas_by_purna_bahadur_rai_nachhring.html

ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES, by Jerry Kokich
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/ali_baba_and_the_forty_thieves_by_jerry_kokich.html

I’M HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH MY WIFE, Jen Finelli
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/im_having_an_affair_with_my_wife_by_jen_finelli.html

PORT SUDAN, by Jack Sherry
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/port_sudan_by_jack_sherry.html

THE GOLDEN NIGHTINGALE, by Hammoudi Abdelouahab
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_golden_nightingale_by_hammoudi_abdelouahab.html

ONLY HUMAN, by Wes Gray
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/only_human_by_wes_gray.html

FALLLING THROUGH CRACKS, by Cindy Yee Kong
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/falling_through_cracks_by_cindy_yee_kong.html

MIRABELLA, by Jason Melby
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/mirabella_by_jason_melby.html

EGOCENTRICITY, by Glorianna Restrepo
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/egocentricity_by_glorianna_restrepo.html

PAEDOCRACY, by Keith Piner
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/paedocracy_by_keith_piner.html

THE FULL MOON, by Lee Aurora
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_full_moon_by_lee_aurora.html

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Read Best of TIFF Movie Reviews: September 15th

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Best of Toronto International Film Festival Reviews: https://festivalreviews.org/category/tiff-2016-movie-reviews/

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: WULU (France/Senegal 2016) ***

Malian director Daouda Coulibaly’s debut is a no-nonsense tense crime drama/political thriller that traces the rise and fall of a low-level transit worker turned drug trafficker.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: LA LA LAND (USA 2016) ****

LA LA LAND marks the return of the Hollywood musical but done here with a fresh take. The film tells of the conflict between following ones dreams against sacrificing them up for love.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: DEEPWATER HORIZON (USA 2016)

Based on the true-life worst U.S. oil disaster in history, DEEPWATER HORIZON is nothing more than a super expensive a re-enactment of the disaster using special effects with a cliched story line framed by testimonies of the survivors at a hearing.

TIFF 2016 Movie Review: (re) ASSIGNMENT (USA/Canada/France 2016) ***

From Walter Hill, the director of classics like 48 HOURS, THE LONG…

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September 2016 – Best of Instagram Film Festival PICS

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Deadline September 15th

TV CONTESTSUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.		FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!		SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed

Deadline September 20th

short script CONTESTSHORT SCRIPT CONTEST
Submit your short film screenplay!		ACTORFREE TWITTER SHORT STORY CONTESTSubmit 140 character story. Get made into movie.

Deadline September 25th

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Get full feedback! Winners get their short story made into a video!		ACTORVIDEO PITCH FESTIVALSubmit your own video pitch today.

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: WULU (France/Senegal 2016) ***

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Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.

wulu_poster.jpg WULU (France/Senegal 2016) ***
Directed by Daouda Coulibaly

Starring: Quim Gutiérrez, Dembele Habib, Ndiaye Ismaël

Review by Gilbert Seah

Malian director Daouda Coulibaly’s debut is a no-nonsense tense crime drama/political thriller that traces the rise and fall of a low-level transit worker turned drug trafficker.

When the film opens, the audience sees Ladji (Ibrahim Koma) advising his apprentice on how to load a bus with customers – to maximize fare. The ambitious Ladji forces himse on his boss who smuggles drugs. Ladji succeeds but more money means more responsibilities and more debt.

Director Coulibaly ties in the political unrest ion the story as well as Ladji’s rites-of-passage. The trial of the film WULU is the dog’s rite, one part of 5 rites, that the audience is to figure out what it is about.

Coulibaly’s film is absorbing but it occasionally attempts to achieve much more than it can chew. Coulibaly always has the audience rooting for handsome Ladji, whether he is doing right or wrong.

The audience will be able to experience drug trafficking in the environment of West African poverty.

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: MASCOTS (USA 2016)

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mascots_posterMASCOTS (USA 2016) **
Directed by Christopher Guest

Starring: Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest

Review by Gilbert Seah

MASCOTS is an original Netflix movie, which is a warning. For those who have seen Guest’s previous ensemble comedies like WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and BEST IN SHOW, MASCOTS provides much more of the same but not really dished out any better.

With this latest film, the director and his extended family of gifted collaborators usher us into the milieu of professional mascots, those energetic individuals who bravely don ridiculous oversized costumes to excite sports fans and cheer on their team with slapstick antics.

Chronicling the competition for the World Mascot Association’s Gold Fluffy Award, MASCOTS is an inspired showcase for the comic antics of Guest and company.

Not much effort is put into assembling a strong narrative. The performances appear just lumped together, some funny (Sid the Hedgehog) and some not so funny (Alvin the Armadillo).

The film looks like an extended version of a MASCOTS variation of the TV show “America’s got Talent”, only funnier and with a little less talent. But there should be enough laugh-out loud moments for Christopher Guest fans.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swTWozTxQ-E

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: LA LA LAND (USA 2016) ****

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la_la_land_poster.jpgLA LA LAND (USA 2016) ****
Directed by Damien Chazelle

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiée Conn, J.K. Simmons

Review by Gilbert Seah

LA LA LAND marks the return of the Hollywood musical but done here with a fresh take. The film tells of the conflict between following ones dreams against sacrificing them up for love.

This is what a couple Ryan Gosling, a budding jazz musician and rising play actress Emma Stone face. The film begins with an impressive set up of an extended song and dance number that takes place on a busy highway in Hollywood where the drivers exit their cars to do their thing.

The film offers two alternative endings but the one to be followed is the most likely but not the most obvious one.

The songs especially “City of Stars” are catchy and this song should have one humming in the aisles. Gosling and Stone make a lovely couple.

A few cliched parts like the meeting of the couple (chance argument on the highway and in coffee shop before chance meeting again) mar an almost perfectly executed romantic musical.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je0aAf2f8XQ

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: FRANTZ (France/Germany 2916) ***1/2

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FRANTZ (France/Germany 2916) ***1/2
Directed by Francois Ozon

Starring: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner

Review by Gilbert Seah

What would be TIFF be without another film from French director Francois Ozon who has a new film very festival?

FRANTZ is Ozon’s elegiac tale of love and remembrance set in a small German town in the aftermath of World War I, where a young woman mourning the death of her fiancé forms a bond with a mysterious Frenchman who has arrived to lay flowers on her beloved’s grave. Anna was engaged to Frantz, who was killed, and the people in her German home town are just beginning to emerge from the shadow of horrendous conflict.

Frantz’s parents are shattered over their son’s death. The stranger reveals himself to be Adrien (Pierre Niney) who knew Frantz in the pre-war period, when the two of them became fast friends over their shared love of art and, in particular, music. But there is much more in the story, which is revealed a bit at a time in Ozon’s carefully calculated though slow moving tale of redemption.

This is Ozon’s most emotional film and though might be tedious to some, succeeds in the very end. Shot in both German and French, black and white and in colour.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO_z5BRsFnM

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TIFF 2016 Movie Review: DEEPWATER HORIZON (USA 2016)

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deepwater_horizon_poster.jpgDEEPWATER HORIZON (USA 2016) **
Directed by Peter Berg

Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Mark Wahlberg, Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, Ethan Suplee, John Malkovich

Review by Gilbert Seah

Based on the true-life worst U.S. oil disaster in history, DEEPWATER HORIZON is nothing more than a super expensive a re-enactment of the disaster using special effects with a cliched story line framed by testimonies of the survivors at a hearing.

Director Peter Berg who made some original films in his time like VERY BAD THNGS and KINGDOM seems to be out of touch here. The film is a complete bore from start to finish with cardboard performances from Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez and Kate Hudson.

Even John Malkovich dishing, out his usual side nastiness cannot save the day. Another disaster film that proves that disaster films (THE TOWERING INFERNO, THW SWARM, both POSEIDON ADVENTURES) are pure disastrous rubbish!

Lots and lots of pyrotechnics but repeated again and again with lots of screaming actors. See it in IMAX for a larger than human headache experience.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-UPJyEHmM0

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Happy Birthday: Jean Renoir (1894–1979)

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jeanrenoirJean Renoir (1894–1979)

Born: September 15, 1894 in Paris, France
Died: February 12, 1979 (age 84) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Dido Freire (6 February 1944 – 12 February 1979) (his death)

[on Orson Welles]: Orson Welles is an animal made for the screen and the stage. When he steps before a camera, it is as if the rest of the world ceases to exist. He is a citizen of the screen.

Jean Renoir – Born in France in 1894 to famous painter (Pierre-Auguste) ‘Renoir’, Jean was drawn to the art of film. In the early 1920s, Renoir began making his own silent films, financed by the sale of his father’s paintings he had inherited.

In the early 1930s Renoir forayed into sound films, and began achieving success in the industry.

A political artist, much Hollywood material did not appeal to Jean; however, he went on to helm many praised works, and was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for 1945’s The Southerner. Jean Renoir died in 1979.

The Rules of the Game
1939
dir. Renoir
starring
Nora Gregor
Paulette Dubost		 movie posterTHE RULES OF THE GAME
1939
dir. Jean Renoir
Starring
Nora Grégor
Paulette Dubost
Grand Illusion
1937
dir. Jean Renoir
Starring
Jean Gabin
Dita Parlo