In
the end, the On_Line reviews were
definitely, uh, mixed...but Kevin Thomas of The L.A. Times loved
it, Rex Reed hated
it and Andrew O'Hehir of Salon.com
called it "a sweeter romantic comedy than
anything made in Hollywood this year," so
how can you go wrong? If you haven't seen the work in question yet
(or if you'd like to see it again complete with strange tales of ghostly
Ex-Lax monkeys and other stream-of-consciousness bonus commentary track
nonsense from me, Jed and other members of the cast and crew, watch
this space and/or the official On_Line
website and/or the Indican
Pictures site for more info about the upcoming DVD release of the movie
Roger
Ebert called "intriguing and sometimes beautiful"!
And,
in other glitzy show biz news, the Bait Shop was rocked a few weeks back
when The
Hollywood Reporter announced Lindsey
Lohan (of Freaky Friday
fame) was in negotiations to appear in Dramarama,
that movie I wrote for Warner Bros. many
moons ago...and, having just checked out Ms. Lohan's entry in the Internet
Movie Database, I see the movie
is actually listed as being in pre-production, so be sure to check
back for more updates and maybe even some actual Access Hollywood on-set
exclusives and shmoozing and whatnot (assuming I can sneak past the Warner
Bros. security guards).
Cripes!
But that's not all! There's a comic book, too! And a video
game! And dinner theater! I'm exhausted just thinking about
it! Indestructible
Man, the comic...er, I mean graphic novel I penned for Platinum
Studios before the turn of the century seems to be on its way to completion...
...and
Freelancer,
a game of space-farin' adventure I worked on during the Clinton administration
also saw the light of day this year (although, to be honest, I haven't
seen or played it yet, so I don't know if any of my gripping scenes of
giant interdimensional space tentacles ripping through the fabric of space/time
made the final cut...but either way, it sure looks pretty dang cool)!
And
last but not least, there's Thurston & Viv's Anniversary Party,
the interactive dinner theater production I wrote and directed in late
2003 as the inaugural showpiece for a new community theater group down
in Plymouth, Massachusetts called The Pinehills Players. I've
also recently started teaching a writing workshop down thar at The
Pinehills, along with my regular screenwriting classes in Cambridge
and Brookline. (And,
since you asked...for more information on screenwriting classes and/or
one-on-one script consulting,
click
here).
Anyway, so that's most of the big news from 2003...speaking of which, be sure to check out my year-end Top Ten, not to mention all the latest comings and goings of our various cyberspace pals over in the Linkapalooza! Thus far, 2004 is shaping up to be a year of high-flying excitements (or possibly, y'know, crushing disappointments)...
...so good night, God bless, drive
safe and stay tuned!