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A P.A. SURVIVAL GUIDE: HOW NOT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH DANGER

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Want to be a superhero? Finally, your opportunity is here. It’s time to get an edge over other production assistants that you work with — or at least stand out. Being prepared will help you do just that…

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A P.A. SURVIVAL GUIDE: HOW NOT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH DANGER

It doesn't matter what type of movie you are making. From Hollywood, all the way up to porno, the first step towards greatness usually begins as a P.A....

A P.A. SURVIVAL GUIDE: HOW NOT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH DANGER

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ARE FILM CRITICS BRINGING DOWN THE WRONG HOUSE?

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THE FICTITIOUS TRUTHS OF MICHAEL MOORE

“Bowling” for Dollars Rather than tweaking the establishment, or giving a journalistic pantsing to blowhard executives, Moore has decided these days...

DOES “CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE” NEED A TOMBSTONE?

CRITIC DOCTOR EXAMINES: Phil Villarreal (Arizona Daily Star), Richard Roeper ("Ebert & Roeper" - Buena Vista TV), Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times), Kevin...

THE 2003 OSCARS FROM THE STANCE OF THE COUCH VIEWER

Right off the bat, I want to comment on Roman Polanski winning the Best Director Oscar. Long before it led up to this, I scoured my way through many film...

FOOTAGE FETISHES: THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART II: THE METAL YEARS

“Attention, creatures of the night.” Some of the finer movies of the last forty years have been musical documentaries. “Gimme Shelter” and...

STAR SPANGLED BANTER

No sooner had the question of whether war would be waged last week been answered than a new preoccupation seized the hearts and minds of countless...

THE OSCAR JINX STALKS HOLLYWOOD

1927/28 -- Emil Jannings. The German actor won his Best Actor Oscar for two performances, "The Last Command" and the now-lost "The Way of All Flesh."...

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