In 2006, Connecticut enacted a 30% tax credit for essentially all forms of media production, including television shows, video games and films. Ever since, the state has been a growing hub for movie making talent. In 2010, MovieMaker magazine ranked Stamford the sixth best place...
Welcome back film fans. It’s one of my favorite times of the year; playoff football and the Oscars. This is my third year of writing my cine-blog for the on line publication www.ctoutandabout.com and this year I am going to add something new. Along with...
Today is the last of the series with Noah Cooper. I would like to thank him for the time, video clips, and pictures. Interviews like this are a lot of fun, and I will be doing more of these. If you know of any really...
Most people don’t realize the full extent that filmmakers, photographers, and musicians go through to put out a finished product. For every picture, song or movie segment there is literally days of work. So, I decided that for this part of the story, we would...
Back in November, I was at a fundraiser with my good friend Ann Nyberg and she mentioned that she was working on another one, and asked if I could help out. Now Ann is usually involved in 39 different projects on any given day, so...
In an effort to appeal to a younger demographic, this year’s Oscar night was hosted by a couple of cool contemporary actors. I enjoy many of the works of Anne Hathaway and James Franco. Anticipating a night of unusually zany bits I was very excited...
Reviewing the remaining two films of my Best Picture series brings me back to my argument to have a category for Best Performance by a child or teen. Fifteen year old Hailee Steinfeld gives a gutsy Oscar worthy performance in the Coen Brothers remake of...
There is no category for most intense film of the year but if there was, in my opinion there would be a clear winner. “127 Hours” is up for best picture and although it didn’t get much Oscar buzz, it was the only movie this...
The Oscars are rapidly approaching so I will talk about three films in this installment. They also all have best actress nominations. To an already impressive list of films including “Requiem for a Dream” and “The Wrestler” best directing nominee Darren Aronofsky gives us “The...
It’s one of my favorite times of the year…Oscar Time. I’ll be running my series on best picture nominations again, lending my own personal slant and overview. The Academy has decided to stay with the 10 picture format and unfortunately, this leads to putting movies...
I am currently loading any and all events on to the Connecticut Events Calendar, and my...
In the restaurant industry, change of ownership is inevitable. This happens for a variety of reasons,...
Publishers Note: I originally posted this in April of 2011, and this is the second most...