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Going to Kazakhstan?

Borat causes huge interest in Kazakhstan hotels-

Travel firm Hotels.com has experienced a 300% rise in Kazakhstan Hotel searches amongst travellers keen to experience Borat’s home country.

Hotels.com portfolio of Kazakhstan hotels currently includes the Hyatt Regency Almaty, Best Eastern Otrar, Almaty, Premier Alatau Hotel, and the Best Eastern Ambassador Almaty.

However, the company said this number is set to increase following the surge of interest in Kazakh hotels.

Alison Couper, director of communications at Hotels.com said: “Following the surge of Kazakhstan hotel searches on Hotels.com since the film was released; we are looking to expanding our Kazakh hotel portfolio and expect bookings to increase considerably.”

Interesting that there is not an action figure of this guy yet. Well Madonna loves him so I guess that is just as good.

The Good..The Bad...And the REAL UGLY!!

8-06-2006

Was The Descent decent? 

Coming straight from Sci -Fi Mr. Marshall (making of Dog Soldiers) works out some issues with the creators of C.H.U.D. So again we deal with things that look like a cross between bats and that monster rat in Night Shift. I can't say I wasn't completely unsatisfied but when someone states that a movie is the best horror flick since Alien they better have some kind of a clue. First of all I STILL watch Alien...25 years later people know when you say "DUDE!! remember when that little baby alien burst out that guys chest?" you know what they are talking about. I doubt the same is true for if someone came to you in 25 years and said "DUDE!! Remember when that chick got her guts eaten by that cave dwelling humanoid?"

OKAY..Now that I got that out of the way I will hand it to Mr. Marshall...He made me never want to go into a cave...EVER!! The sense of claustrophobia was amazing and as stated by many others the absence of 3D effects is not noticed. I was glad to see that we are still capable of being scared by latex and corn syrup. The monsters are good. Well adapted to living underground.

Marshall

does a good job at creating that bond between the women before they are eaten for lunch. From what I have read there are 2 endings. I will have to see them both to make up my mind about how I feel overall but for the most part this was a great B horror flick and a average A ticket.

What it lacked in substance (How many more poles through the head must I endure?) for creating mood in the beginning it more than made up for 20 min into the movie.

Mr. Dan rating 3.5 out of 5

 

Return of the Turtles

08-02-2006

  Well not that I really want to see these guys again but...

So the new TMNT movie is coming and I am going to get my underoos out of storage for this one. Fully CG and more dark than the cartoon (more akin to Batman Returns) this movie will kill at the box office. All those kids back in the 80's are now in the late 20's and are lookin for some nestalgia.

I am sure more than one fight is going to break out over how they all got their names. Don't ask me I dont know..Anyway check out the trailer and make up your own mind-

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/teenagemutantninjaturtles/hd/

10 Hollywood Hot Jobs

7-20-06
According to MSN.com Hollywood's best and most lucrative jobs are-

1. Special visual effects director: With equal parts creative vision and technical innovation, the career of the successful special visual effects director toes the line between conceiving of incredible illusions and then working out the kinks to make even the most inspired imaginings appear real. Typically, special effects require both live-action footage and computer-generated images (or other model work) to simulate environments that might not be possible to achieve given the constraints of the real world (cloned dinosaurs, anyone?).

While most of these effects are finished during the post production phase, they nevertheless need to be choreographed and planned for during the reproduction and production phases. Special visual effects directors can create anything, provided they have the imagination.

2. Animator: While basic animation has been around for a century, in recent years the medium has virtually exploded, and employment opportunities abound. Modern-day animators don't just work with stop-motion clay animation (A Claymation Christmas, Wallace & Gromit), but also with photographs of drawn or painted images (The Lion King) and computer-generated images (Finding Nemo). In fact, computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation is fast becoming one of the hottest fields in the industry.

The award-winning animators at Pixar (The Incredibles) have raised the profile of animation, and they've also pioneered 3-D computer graphics technology. With the public's insatiable appetite for animated sitcoms (The Simpsons) and films (A Bug's Life), the growth and glamour potential of this career promise to keep skyrocketing. At the moment, there are only about 94,000 multimedia artists and animators in the country--and demand for industry professionals is on the rise, expected to increase by 40 percent in the next decade. Oh, and did we mention that a good animator can earn a salary in the six-figure range?