By James Thompson
Filmmakers that want to actually bring their viewers into their films are embracing 3-D production. “It’s time has come,” was the message from leading filmmakers and studio executives as they took turns telling their success’ in 3-D production at the recent 3-D Summit that took place in Los Angeles, CA.
“We’re going to see […]

By Iain Blair
Bumped into the gorgeous Jennifer Connelly in the elevator at the Four Seasons hotel and caught up with her latest news. “The family’s great, we’re all gearing up for the holidays,” she told me. She’s also very busy with film work, and apart from starring in The Day The Earth […]

By Iain Blair
A friend is working on Avatar, the eagerly awaited new 3-D film from James Cameron, and now it seems as if 3-D is everywhere in Hollywood. Since first arriving back in ’51, 3-D films have enthralled audiences, even when they resembled little more than stunts/joy rides. But now 3-D—partly thanks […]

By Iain Blair
When I got back from my Oz trip, I was comparing notes with my old friend, LA-based editor and filmmaker Tony Porter, who was Down Under a few years back and also “totally fell in love” with Oz. Tony, whose television credits as an editor and writer include the Emmy-winning PBS series Faces […]

By Iain Blair
Went to an early screening of The Day the Earth Stood Still, a contemporary reinvention of the 1951 science fiction classic, starring Keanu Reeves as the alien called Klaatu who travels across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis, and Jennifer Connelly as a renowned scientist […]

By Iain Blair
Fred Karno’s Army —that’s my band —played our show in Perth, packed the Mosman Club and a good time was had by all. The next day, to relax and wind down, we all drove down to the Margaret River winemaking area which is very similar to Napa and Sonoma and very pretty. Stayed […]

By Iain Blair
Flew to Perth across the red, sun-baked interior of Oz —five and ½ hours, like going from NY to L.A., but the climate in Perth is similar to Sydney’s, tho’ a bit hotter and a lot drier, so very like being back in LA, even down to the palms and jacarandas everywhere. The […]

By Iain Blair
Playing the second half of my band’s “world tour” in Oz later this month (we’re doing just two shows – the first was in London, the second’s in Perth). Arrived in Sydney after a long, long flight that seemed to take days – and because of the date line you do arrive two […]

By Iain Blair
A lot of writers I know complain that it’s hard to get an inside look at how successful TV writers handle their craft. But some help is finally on the way. An old friend of mine, Sylvia Desrochers, who’s both an accomplished opera singer and a PR maven, is handling the new DVD […]

By Iain Blair
It’s always refreshing to meet a top dog in Hollywood and find out that they’re basically a big fan of someone else, just like everyone else. I was chatting with uber-producer Brian Grazer, who was telling me about his new film Changeling and the fact that he “loved hanging out on the set” […]