sacredhands on Apr 22nd, 2008Paul Fruchbom Sells Columbia Studios Winter’s Discontent
Hollywood studios are desperately making movies that might appeal to Baby Boomers because they have finally figured out that Baby Boomers grew up on watching movies, not the internet. Case in point: Columbia Studios just picked up writer Paul Fruchbom’s story, “Winter’s Discontent.”
The plot: “Herb Winter’s wife dies after 50 years of marriage, […]
sacredhands on Mar 23rd, 2008Mimi Weddell Stars in Hats Off
Mimi Weddell started acting at the age of 65 after her husband died so please, no more of your lame excuses about how you’re too old to do something that you’ve always dreamed about doing but never had the courage to try. In fact, why not audition for this print ad!
Synopsis: Hats Off, a feature-length […]
sacredhands on Mar 23rd, 2008Casting Call!! 60-70 Year-Old Wanted Gray Hair Wrinkly Hands!
Gyro International is an integrated agency (advertising/marketing), seeking to hire an older female individual to model for a photoshoot being held next week at Central Park for a print ad. You have to be around the 60-70 year old range for this shoot and you must have gray hair and wrinkly hands.
The shoot will not […]
sacredhands on Mar 17th, 2008Four Semi-Retired Baby Boomers Hit Vegas Sold For $1 Million
Hollywood is starting to figure out that Baby Boomers grew up going to the movies, whereas kids today grew up on the internet. So like, duh, doesn’t it make sense to make movies that appeal to Baby Boomers who love getting out of the house since nobody really cooks anymore anyway. CBS Films just bought […]
sacredhands on Feb 14th, 2008Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Trailer
Harrison Ford is back as Indiana Jones. Harrison is 65-years-old and still swinging from his lasso to save the world from Nazi enemies. I guess it sure beats dangling in a leather mask wearing a pair of high heels and turning blue like a certain professor in the news lately. Life. It’s all about choice, […]
sacredhands on Dec 23rd, 2007Something Borrowed by Hank Nelken Sounds Dumber Than a Bad Wedding Gift
A producer I used to work for just bought a screenplay by Hank Nelken called “Something Borrowed.” It’s about a couple that gets married after a handful of days of sucking face. One of their grandmothers decides to put a curse on them which causes them to swap bodies and suffer each other as the […]
sacredhands on Dec 23rd, 2007Wanted: Cantankerous Elderly Woman To Harrass Apartment Building Neighbors
Actress Catherine Keener is set to star in a movie written by Nicole Holofcener. No title yet. What’s it about? It “centers on a group of neighbors who all live in the same New York apartment building and in particular, a woman who lives next door to a cantankerous elderly woman.” No word on whether […]
sacredhands on Dec 6th, 2007Sex and the City Movie Trailer Ready For Your Sticky Eyes
The Sex and the City movie will arrive in spring. In the mean time, warm your hands and other body parts around the movie trailer.
View the Sex and the City Movie Trailer
sacredhands on Nov 26th, 2007Boo Hoo: Men Show Empathy When They Know Movies Are Fiction Instead of Fact
New research shows that men fail to show emotion unless they think that which they are expressing emotion about is pure fiction. What’s that mean? It means if a man is watching a movie, he won’t cry if he knows the story is based on reality. If you tell him it’s all a fantasy, then […]
sacredhands on Nov 12th, 2007Robin Williams Outside Ziegfeld Theater New York City For August Rush Premiere
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I snapped Robin Williams coming out of the premiere of a new movie call August Rush at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City. He’s looking pretty good for his age, but it must be a little strange to work the autograph line as an older actor. Most of the fans were desperate […]
sacredhands on Oct 21st, 2007Francis Coppola Youth Without Youth Film
Film director Francis Ford Coppola finally got off his vineyard ass and directed a new movie called Youth Without Youth. Daily Variety says the story is about “an elderly professor whose miraculous return to youth offers the chance to complete his magnum opus and rediscover lost love.” Sounds inviting. The trailer offers up some Asian […]
sacredhands on Oct 15th, 2007The Bucket List (Of Things To Do Before You Turn to Ash)
What do you get when you mix a corporate billionaire with a car mechanic? Answer: A high concept movie about two guys itching to live before they kick the bucket and discover the ashes inside belong to them. The movie is called The Bucket List. It’s directed by Rob Reiner. It opens on Christmas, December […]
sacredhands on Oct 4th, 2007Studio Heads in Hollywood Resemble Nursing Home Patients
Journalist-slash-gossip-girl Nikki Finke thinks Hollywood studios are closer to nursing homes than Animal Houses filled with buffed and toned 20-year-olds looking to hook up with anyone promising to take their virginal career to the next level. She specifically says, “More and more executive suites are filled with over-fifty and over-sixty fogies, all aging, overcompensated, entrenched […]
sacredhands on Sep 3rd, 2007Grandpa Journeys to Mars in His Tow Truck
The next time your grandson wants to travel into space, why not just hop in your tow truck and take him there. That’s what one grandpa did in the animated short, Journey to Mars (2006), directed by Juan Pablo Zaramelia, a director from Argentina.
Synopsis: In the mid 60’s, Antonio is 5 years old. He […]
sacredhands on Aug 14th, 2007The Wackness of 63 Kingsley Kissing 21 Olsen!
Great movie titles usually divulge the nature of the story to follow on screen. Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, Flashdance. What about The Wackness? Any hints there of what this movie is up to in dramatic terms? You got me. But then I read on Page Six in The New York Post that Ben […]
sacredhands on Aug 9th, 2007Der Bewegte Mann aka Maybe, Maybe Not
Hollywood loves to remake movies. It’s cheaper than taking a chance on an unknown story that has yet to find an audience. If a story played well in one country, it most likely will play well in America…usually. Comedy is the one genre that sometimes has trouble crossing the border. Screen Gems and Constantin Film […]
sacredhands on Aug 7th, 2007Instant Replay on Lombardi Green Bay Packer Ice Bowl Game
For those of you who love the Green Bay Packers and actually witnessed the greatness of coach Vince Lombardi, good news: Hollywood is making a movie out of Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap’s book, Instant Replay, focusing on the 1967 NFL championship game between the Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. This infamous game took on […]
sacredhands on Aug 6th, 2007Tom Hanks Embraces Web 2.0 on Myspace
Actor Tom Hanks now has a presence on Myspace. You can add him as a friend. Read his blog. Check out his welcome video. Web 2.0 has arrived in Hollywood. So for all you Tom Hanks’ fans, the chance to connect and show your love is a click away!
Tom […]
sacredhands on Jul 31st, 2007The Light Fades on Director Ingmar Bergman
Having taught undergraduate film at Harvard, it was sad to read that film director Ingmar Bergman died. The final exam in Contemporary Cinema involved analyzing Bergman’s masterpiece, Persona. The days of movies being made based on the artistic sensibility of one man’s life are pretty much over. Today it’s all about hustling merchandise and special […]
sacredhands on Jul 19th, 2007Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator Retiree
Hollywood’s gossipnator Nikki Finke had this to say about Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as the Terminator: “If he was, aging Arnold could only be cast in the role of a Terminator retiree sitting in front of the TV in a Barcalounger stuffing himself with pretzels and beer.”
Gosh, Nikki, Arnold’s a little more […]