Last week’s beige and gray design has been kicked aside like a tumbleweed. Now we have something simple, yet striking. It’s got the black and red and white scheme I’m so fond of, but the really special bit is the header. The sliding images which make up the menu can take visitors to any section or sub-site in the Mad Dog Movies Universe (TM).

Let me know what you think. Too many choices? Too few words of explanation? I’m trying to streamline this baby, not confuse people.

-M

I’ve created a monster! I’ve stitched the Mike Boas blog back into the front page of Mad Dog Movies. The theme is most likely temporary, a work in progress. I’d like the video player to be prominent, but using Vimeo has its drawbacks. No iPhone support, for example.

There was a time when I wanted to keep my personal blog separate from the MDM business, but what the heck. I AM Mad Dog Movies, after all, no sense hiding it. My tendency is to compartmentalize my work into categories: Subterranea, Animatus, Philrose, and other projects. I’ve heard from people that my content is too spread out and hard to follow. This is the first step in consolidation.

Next is to update the Mad Dog Movies Podcast site to match this one. (Maybe do some new episodes, too. What a novel idea!)

I’m still on the fence about merging the Subterranea site. I at least should post links here whenever something goes live there.

Still looking for that perfect gift for your weird friend or relative? Today I’m launching the Mad Dog Movies Emporium, a video store powered by Amazon.com.

Anyone can recommend something popular like Harry Potter or Star Wars, so I’m instead singling out movies made by people I know.  I’ll also be highlighting niche interests like adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft.

There will be new sections added in the future — I’m already contemplating a “so bad it’s good” category — but there’s dozens of films there right now.

Check it out. Remember, Amazon pays me a few pennies per purchase! Oh, the exciting world of internet sales…

Visit the Emporium at http://maddogmovies.com/emporium

(Special thanks to the people of Facebook, who helped me pick a name.)

It’s been an embarrassingly long time since I updated this blog. Why is that? Am I spreading myself too thin? Perhaps I need to pull some of my many projects into one place. (Perhaps I’ve already been doing that on Facebook?) Perhaps I need to rethink my blogs, podcast, and website and make them all one sticky blob of a website.

But not tonight.

No, tonight I’ll be giving a run-down of things that are going on in my world. Ready?

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THE 360 | 365 FILM FESTIVAL

During my day job at Animatus Studio, I’ve been working my tail off with a new uber-website. The Rochester High Falls Int’l Film Festival is now called 360 | 365, and the website is its public face. It’s a daring new identity, and I’m really invested in making this year’s film festival better than ever.

Check it out at http://film360365.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/film360365
Animatus on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/animatus

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SUBTERRANEA PROJECTS

Remember The Other Gods? It’s playing in Buenos Aires. Yeah, that’s cool.

Love classic horror movies? My horror-movie-music-video-mash-up for Aviary’s Skeletal Remains is playing at The Little this Halloween.

Do I have a new career as an actor? Well, let’s put it this way — I only go out for silent movies. Mike Russo’s Virgin Fang features me and was edited by… me.

No clips for those last two on the internet yet, but you can see each at The Little Theatre’s 25 Hour Horror Feast October 31st.

And then there’s Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated. Honestly, it’s too complicated to explain here, but there’s clips over on the Subterranea blog.

Read about all of that at http://maddogmovies.com/subterranea
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/subterranea

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MIND RIP

The John Vincent movie project is chugging along. We shot several scenes this summer, including a zombie congregation of epic proportions. I put on my assistant director hat and got out there to wrangle zombies — a great experience. We’re working on editing a promotional trailer to present to investors.

See some pics & clips at http://philrosefilms.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mindrip

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ROCHESTER MOVIE MAKERS

Another summer, another series of summer shorts. I worked as A.D. on Wing Man, written by Mike Russo and directed by Derrick Petrush. It’s currently being edited, but the footage I’ve seen is pretty darn impressive.

RMM also hosted a night of shorts at the Club at Water Street a couple weeks ago. We had about 100 people, raised some cash for the 501c3, and we’re looking forward to doing it again in the future.

Join the educational cooperative at http://rochestermoviemakers.org

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OBLIGATORY SOCIAL MEDIA PLUG:

Okay, that’s all I’ve got for now. Here are my favorite virtual locations.

I’m on the Twitter. Find me at http://twitter.com/mikeboas

Facebook is much cooler than Myspace. Find me at http://facebook.com/mikeboas

My first experiment with spirit gum this year. People identified me as Teenwolf, Teenwolf 2, and Werewolf Groucho Marx. Personally, I was going for Paul Naschy, but I’ll take what I can get.

Growl:

Rawr!

Mugshot: