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By: Britt Gillette

By: Britt Gillette
The most controversial film of 2004, Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ was widely derided by critics and detractors as a two-hour anti-Semitic pornography/horror flick, complete with splattering blood and arduous torture. But among the Christian community (of which I consider myself a part) and open-minded people who actually saw the film, The Passion stands alone as the most eloquent expression of God's love for mankind ever to grace the big screen.

By: Brittney L Dunn
The need for talent is in an ascending spiral. Television, motion pictures, the legitimate stage, musical shows and night clubs are burning up talent as fast as it comes along.
So almost everyone connected with casting is more than willing to give promising new people a hearing.

The emphasis today is on speed, especially in television. Many parts are cast from a cold reading. More than ever in the history of show business, it is important to be a "quick study."

By: Britt Gillette

By: Brittney L Dunn
In the early phases of his career an actor is as great as his last show. Only the seasoned star rises above his vehicle and has the staying power to survive a bad show, lift a fair one above mediocrity, and always enhance a good one by his very presence.
If you want to "live your own life," don't become an actor. As an actor you will have to live the life that will be best for your career. And you will have to accept one final source of authority to determine what that best is.

By: Britt Gillette

By J Brewster
"From Freedom to Fascism", a film by Aaron Russo
"Tax law, government corruption and fraud, are not easy subjects about which to make a feature length film but Mr. Russo used his many years of movie making experience, to craft a serious and profoundly important film. This is a film that every American must see!

By: Daniel Dullum

Portland Independent Media Awards
911 Eyewitness DVD Doumentary of the Year
9/11"truthseeker" Oscars 2005

In Newest Film, 'Traffic' Writer Studies Addiction To Mideast Oil

In "Traffic," writer Stephen Gaghan's Oscar-winning movie about the global drug trade, there were so many merging story lines to keep track of that a system of color-coding scenes had to be devised so that audiences could read the film almost like a map. For "Syriana," his new thriller about international petro-politics that opens Friday, Gaghan returns to the multiple-story template. But this time he has blown up the map.