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Win a copy of Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream! I’ve got a real snazzy package to send out to a lucky reader. It includes the DVD screener, some ironic posters about select midnight movies, and other goodies. Just send an email to info(AT)maddogmovies.com by September 15, 2005 to qualify for the drawing. […]
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The last few issues of Television Week have been chock full of info on upcoming shows. Some sound great, some so bad they just might be good (see CBS). PBS Monty Python specials New Monty Python material! Except they’re not working together, so it’ll be something completely different (to coin a phrase). Each of the […]
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Snopes.com is the best resource on the net for researching urban legends. You know, those “true” horror stories that you heard really happened to a friend of your cousin’s roommate. Legends about killer pop rocks, stolen kidneys, and killers with hooks for hands. They also deal with the sources of more mundane myths, like Nigerian […]
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The definitive history of Rochester, New York’s subway will soon be available on DVD. “The End of the Line – Rochester’s Subway” tells the little known story of the rail line that operated in a former section of the Erie Canal from 1927 until its abandonment in 1956. Produced in 1994 by filmmakers Fredrick Armstrong […]
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I was looking through some old emails, and I found this reply I made to someone asking business related questions. Since there are other folks who might benefit from this info, I’m posting it here. How do you get a new animated series on the air these days? As an animator with an independent animation […]
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I’m not listing EVERY MOVIE that’s coming out this summer. Just the ones that make me raise an eyebrow or two. Stats courtesy of Yahoo. Dates are subject to change.
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After two days of frantic emails to my webhosts (past and present), maddogmovies.com is back online. The problem comes down to that strange and powerful entity, the registrar. The name itself conjures an image of a great and powerful potentate, a minister at the head of a vast empire who has absolute control over its […]
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Here’s a list of film grant links I’ve accumulated over the years.
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When I discovered cult movie icon Bruce Campbell would be visiting Buffalo and Syracuse in September, but not Rochester, I cried out “NOOOOO!” just like Ash did in a moment of despair from Evil Dead II. Okay, not really. But I did send off an email to Jim Healy, programmer at the Eastman House’s Dryden […]
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I’m a horror fan. I’m also an animator. It’s only natural for me to want to combine the two in the projects I’m working on, but until recently there haven’t been too many horror cartoons. That’s about to change with some upcoming shows and movies. The Corpse Bride Coming in September is a stop motion […]
