13 Sins released 2014 ”13 Sins” also known as “13: Game of Death” is an American, horror, action, comedy film directed by Daniel Stamm and written by David Birke and Daniel Stamm. It is a remake of the 2006 horror, comedy Thai film “13 Beloved”. The talented cast of actors include Ron Perlman, Pruitt Taylor…
Forks Over Knives released in 2011 “Forks Over Knives” is an American dietary, documentary film directed by the independent filmmaker Lee Fulkerson. It was produced by John Corry and Brian Wendel and written by Lee Fulkerson. The film discusses the experiences and academic theses of T. Colin Campbell Ph.D., Caldwell Esselstyn Ph.D., John A. McDougall…
Net Neutrality I2Q May 2015 editorial – Part 3 I don´t have much to add to the net neutrality debate but my final point is an important one. The internet should be a place to do business, a bazaar of ideas, works and expression. That is why the legal and political worlds have to catch…
The Windup Girl – revisited author Paolo Bacigalupi One book I´d like to revisit is Paolo Bacigalupi´s book, “The Windup Girl”. This is an addendum to my Jan2014 post of “The Windup Girl”. I´ve read some of the blogs and seen some of the critics express their opinions on what was wrong with the book….
Cast Away released 2000 ”Cast Away” is an American adventure, drama, survivor-style film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis. It was also produced by Tom Hanks, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey and Robert Zemeckis. It stars Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt and Nick Searcy, Jennifer Lewis, Chris Noth, Vince Martin, Goeffrey Blake and Lari White. Tom Hanks…
Babadook released 2014 ”Babadook” is an Australian psychological horror film written and directed by Jennifer Kent and produced by Kristina Ceyton and Kristina Moliere. It stars Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Noah Wiseman, Tim Purcell, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West, Ben Winspear, Carmel Johnson, Peta Shannon, Craig Behenna and Cathy Adamek. It was based on the short…
The Martian Written by Andy Weir “The Martian” is a science fiction novel written by Andy Weir. It was originally self-published and the rights were later purchased by Crown Publishing Group. Chatter on the internet says that Ridley Scott plans to direct a film from it starring Matt Damon in late 2015. It also exists…
Net Neutrality I2Q April 2015 editorial – (PART 2) Proposed ISP Solutions: ISPs have come up with several solutions to solve the problems of increasing data packet traffic and raising costs outside their nodes. Firstly, is the idea of getting rid of net-neutrality. They would do this by having a faster data packet lane for…
Birdman released 2014 ”Birdman” or ”The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance” is an American comedy /drama that is produced by Alejandro G. Inarritu (who also directed it), John Lesher, Arnon Milchan and James W. Skotchdopole. It was written by Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo. It stars Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward…
Focus released 2015 ”Focus” is an American crime, romantic, semi-action film written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and produced by Denise Di Novi. It stars Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Gerald McRaney, Robert Taylor, Brennan Brown, Adrian Martinez, B.D. Wong, Stephanie Honore, Melania Lenoir, Lindsay Clift and Rodrigo Santoro. The story begins with…