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It’s official. I’m back at work! Testing negative after my week and a half of covid and I feel like I’m part of the world again. It feels great to talk to friends face to face (with masks) and actually get out of the house. Thankfully my
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Big studios are not shy about their slate of releases. It’s common for them to start marketing two, sometimes three, years in advance to get the hype machine rolling. However, streaming doesn’t work like that. Companies like Netflix are arguably as big as their theatrical competition, but when
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Hello. We are currently two full weeks into the new year. That’s astounding. Never mind the looming depression that we’ll be entering the third year of this pandemic very soon, I want to congratulate all of you. Let’s focus on what makes us happy in the world
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This was a difficult decision. My blog is not professional and has always been for my selfish desire to share my thoughts on film. It was a way for me to connect with some really awesome people and a way for me to have discussions that otherwise would never have
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We are approaching a cultural shift in entertainment consumption where nigh every studio and network will be launching their own streaming service, and one of those companies releasing their own service recently is non other than Apple. Yes, the phone and computer company put some money into the entertainment biz
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For the past few years there has been a common joke going around the film community that Disney owns so much IP that they might as well own everything. They are the biggest corporation, studio, presence in pop culture and has gobbled up a startling amount of properties to house
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Download Final%20Hamlet%20in%20the%20Golden%20Vale%20Dir%20Interview.wav On this episode Cody interviews the directors of Hamlet in the Golden Vale. They talk about castles, Ireland, what Shakespeare means to them, and working on a VR project. Their film is available to buy digitally and physically on DVD.
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With the Marvel Cinematic Universe celebrating their 11th successful year on a high, Warner Bros and DC finding success in solo stories such as Aquaman, Shazam, and recently Joker, and Sony starting up their Valiant universe with Bloodshot, it's safe to say that the field of comic book
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Download Girl%20Wired%20Interview%20Final%20Edit.mp3 This week Cody contacts writer/director Tony D'Alessio to discuss his feature debut Girl, Wired! In this interview you can hear Tony discuss how difficult financing a first time feature can be, as well as dealing with scams, and how he
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Download 3D%20Archive%20Interview%20Final.wav Cody welcomes Bob Furmanek to the Film Assist Podcast as he conducts his first interview! Before getting into the juicy discussion Cody has to go over some changes for his podcast and site. They talk about many interesting aspects in the field of 3-D
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One aspect about my current self that I would have laughed at in High School if you had told me is how my love of documentaries has grown over my college and adult years. What I once thought was a snoozefest turned out to be a gripping genre with a
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Hello my wonderful readers! It has been far too long. And I mean far too long. I've missed writing and interacting with all of you, but sometimes you have to side with a job that leaves you with no life. The good news is that that job is