Teenagers like going to the movies, but don't really care what movie they see...

A new study from Morgan Stanley (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aG2UIb23pNQ0) shows that teenagers like going to the movies but really don't care what movie it is. The good news is that it seems like the movie industry is here to stay. Despite rough economic times people are still going to the movies. Thank God for escapism. It is what has kept the movie-going experience so strong: the big screen spectacle that people will always be willing to pay good money for this.

The bad news is that many bad movies will get top box office results because of this. Morgan Stanley also reported that going to the movies for teenagers is more of a social gathering. The movie itself isn't really an issue. Which means to me that if the actors are cute, and the lighting and sound is good, people will be easily entertained.

This same report showed that the opposite goes for the music industry unfortunately. Besides concerts, teenagers don't really buy music anymore. It is so easy to download a song or listen to it on an online streaming site like Pandorra.

The movie going experience is meant to be fun so I don't really mind the fact that bad movies get made and make back money. Hey, you need the bad in order to justify the good. This can only leave room for surprise hits to come through.

Go Hollywood!

What Charlie Brown would look like in real life...

Artwork by Tim O'Brien

for more of his work copy and paste this link: 

http://www.drawger.com/tonka/?article_id=8259

Deleted scene from "Watchmen"

Apparently some "Watchmen" fans were pissed because many scenes from the original comics weren't present in the film. Turns out that many of the scenes were shot but didn't make it into the theatrical cut. You can see them now in the DVD that will be out next Tuesday (July 21st) along with some more. Here is one of them:

Crazy 4 Cult Artwork

I thought these pieces of classic cult films were pretty cool. This is a part of an event called Crazy 4 Cult which will be showing newer work from different artists at the 1988 Gallery in LA starting this Thursday, July 16th.

For pics and info copy and paste this link:

http://crazy4cult.com/

"Buscón"

This is a documentary directed by Anthony Alcalde that I helped produce. Told through the eyes of a baseball buscón (scout), this is an ambitious story with beautiful imagery that deals with dream exploitation in the impoverished country of Nicaragua.

For more here is the website: 

http://www.busconthemovie.com/

New Eminem video - "Beautiful"

Bollywood He-Man Musical

Whoa! Forget a Masters Of The Universe remake, this is all I need. It appears that this is a musical number from a 1989 Bollywood gangster film called "Nafrat Ki Aandhi." The origins of the guy with the cigarette in his hand unfolds towards the end. I think this is hilarious. Enjoy.