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Category Archives: Movies
Future Movie Settings
Interesting Structures Many of you know that I write, direct and produce movies. You may also know that, while some scenes are filmed on sound stages (especially effects-heavy shots), most are filmed on-location. Finally, I’m guessing most of you know … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged architecture, directing, filmmaking, gallery, interesting, location scouting, photoblog, photography
41 Comments
Gifts of Love and Laughter
Both of my multi-award-winning feature films Healing River and Notzilla are out on DVD.* They’re perfect for stocking stuffers or small gifts. And if you order right away, you should get them just in time for Christmas! Healing River, a … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Christmas, comedy, drama, forgiveness, gifts, Healing River, Notzilla
11 Comments
Tips for Writers: The Serious Business of Funny
It’s been said that the only difference between Shakespeare’s tragedies and comedies is this: at the end of his tragedies, everyone dies, and at the end of his comedies, everyone gets married. A Midsummer Night’s Dream could have been a … Continue reading
Let it Flow!
There’s never been a better time to talk about healing. From civil strife and viral fear. From isolation. In the midst of a worldwide medical/social pandemic, we’re more alienated than ever from each other, and oddly enough from ourselves. Why? … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Videos
Tagged Amazon, forgiveness, healing, pandemic, top-rated, YouTube
16 Comments
How to Host a (Virtual) Watch-and-Laugh Halloween Party
It’s a pandemic Halloween. Probably not the best year for a live Halloween party. And trick-or-treating is pretty iffy, too. So what to do? Amazon to the rescue! They’ve put together everything you need for a Virtual Watch-and-Laugh Halloween Party … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes
Tagged comedy, family, funny, Halloween, party, virtual
4 Comments
Promises to Keep
Seven years ago, in the fall of 2013, I met a man who altered my life forever. Mike, a producer and fledgling screenwriter, had spearheaded the formation of a production company called St. Michael Movies. And now they were casting … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir, Movies, Religion/Faith
Tagged acting, Catholic, filmmaking, Healing River, Promises to Keep
29 Comments
My Wife and I Are Poster Kids!
I couldn’t mention this until today, because it’s kinda hush-hush. Also, because we were out of town, and wife Trudy refused to let me tip off burglars that our house was unoccupied (except for a six lb. attack kitty) and … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Movies, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged acting, cancer, comedy, commercial, funny, marriage, Notzilla
57 Comments
Activating God’s Promise
My first feature film as a writer-director, Healing River, in production. “This is what the LORD God says, ‘In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.’ But you would not.” ~Isaiah 30:15 … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Movies, Quips and Quotes
Tagged calling, God, Isaiah 30:15-18, patience, prayer, promises
39 Comments
What If Animated Characters Were Real?
I loved cartoons as a kid. But unlike many adults I never completely outgrew them. True, I’m pickier now. But a glimpse of the characters from Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story, Wreck-It Ralph, Spirited Away or My Neighbor Totoro … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Movies, Quips and Quotes
Tagged amazing, art, cosplay, Frozen, funny, illustrations, real life
30 Comments
Defending My Kid!
No need to defend myself. My feature film Notzilla is first-and-foremost a comedy. And it’s rapidly building an avid fan-base among two groups of which I am a proud member: geeks and families. Geeks everywhere are embracing my kid as … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Movies
Tagged comedy, feature film, Hebrews 13:2, kaiju, monster, Notzilla, symoblism
8 Comments