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The new issue is here and contains our ones to watch 2013! Featuring Frankmusik, For the Makers, Jamie Bamber and David Murray! Plus, VV Brown, Bad Kitty Films, The Ultimate Drunken Cupcake and more inside!

Film: DEAD DAD
We love a good story about teamwork and people making things happen, so when we received some information on indie film, DEAD DAD, we knew this team was worth mentioning. DEAD DAD is the outcome of a group of hard-working friends who stuck together after graduation from Florida State University. With a passion for filmmaking and limited means, they stuck by one another and completed this official selection for Florida Film Festival 2012. DEAD DAD makes its world premiere at the FFF 2012 tonight at Enzian Theater.
When their dad dies unexpectedly, estranged siblings Russell, Jane and their adopted brother, Alex, come home to tend to his remains. Though a stubborn and proud bunch, they are able to agree on one thing: nobody wants to keep the ashes. With little guidance and mounds of resentment among them, the three must work together to achieve a proper goodbye. The man who split them apart brings them closer together as the siblings learn what it means to be a family without their dad.
Thursday, April 19, 2012 Tickets
Florida State UniversityFilm School graduates:Director/Writer: Ken Adachi (MFA, directing, film production, FSU ‘09)Writer/Actor: Kyle Arrington (MFA, screenwriting andplaywriting, FSU ‘09)Producer/Actor: Ben Hethcoat (BFAacting ‘10), Orange Park/Tallahassee Cinematographer: Eric Bader (MFAproduction, FSU ‘09)Executive Producer: Adam Varney (MFA, film production, FSU ’09) Executive Producer: Jason Ambler(BFA, film production, FSU ’09)Production Designer: Morgan Hall(BFA, film production, FSU ‘09), Oviedo and Fernandina Beach
Other FSUgraduates who are members of the cast and crew:Actor: Jenni Melear (BS, political science, FSU & University ofNorth Florida, ’07), Jacksonville BeachEditor: Eric Ekman (film production, Miami DadeCollege), Fort Lauderdale Casting Director: Lindsey Samilian(BS, telecommunications, University of Florida ’07), TampaFirst Assistant Camera: Beth Napoli (MFA, FSU ‘10)Second Assistant Camera: MadelineEberhard (BFA, FSU ‘10)Associate Producer/Production Coord:Monique McKellop (BS, economics, FSU ’07), Jacksonville Beach Additional Camera Assistant: RonJohnson (BFA, film production, FSU ’10)Grip/Electric: Eric Clark (MFA, FSU’09)Grip/Electric: Thomas Lorne (MFA, FSU ’09)Still Photographer: Jessica Tosoc (BFA,studio art, FSU ‘07)Website: deaddadmovie.comIMDb: imdb.com/title/ff1971369Facebook: facebook.com/deaddadmovie Twitter: twitter.com/DeadDadMovie

Film: Dreamworld

Of the many movies in this year’s Florida Film Festival, Ryan Darst’s Dreamworld may catch your viewing interest this year. The story follows Oliver Hayes, an aspiring animator whose confidence is at a low point, who meets the impulsive Lily Blush, who encourages him to drop everything and go with her to Northern California in the hopes of fulfilling his fantasy of working for Pixar Animation Studios. As they travel up the coast, Oliver falls deeply in love, but upon making certain startling discoveries, he must decide if he wants to face reality or stay in dreamworld. I got a chance to talk with the director of the indie-romance this weekend, and he shared a little bit about his role with films and where Dreamworld came from.From viewing the trailer, the movie seems like a fantastic indie-romance movie, similar to a style of Wes Anderson. Is he one of your inspirations? Is there any other folks you look up to and creatively inspired Dreamworld?Our influences are many and steeped in the varied history of both cinema and theatre, but Sneak Attack’s mutual touchstones are Wes Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard and Woody Allen. If you were to deconstruct it, Anderson’s theatre ensemble approach and quirky-character sensibility, Godard’s New Wave visual storytelling style, both in scene editing and overall arc form, and Allen’s commitment to honesty, improvisation and real-life subjects. How did you initially begin filmmaking and create your Sneak Attack production studios?Our influences are many and steeped in the varied history of both cinema and theatre, but Sneak Attack’s mutual touchstones are Wes Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard and Woody Allen. If you were to deconstruct it, Anderson’s theatre ensemble approach and quirky-character sensibility, Godard’s New Wave visual storytelling style, both in scene editing and overall arc form, and Allen’s commitment to honesty, improvisation and real-life subjects. Any future plans coming up with Sneak Attack?Up next for Sneak Attack is another feature, Le Caper Kind, shooting this summer, with plans to shoot a moody, violent drama, Lull, in the winter. We are very excited about our upcoming slate and the opportunity to bring our style, approach and stories to a wider audience over the coming years.
Dreamworld will be premiering in the east coast of the U.S. tonight at the Enzian theater, 4/15, 9 PM sharply, and again at the Regal Winter Park Village B, 4/19, 3:15 PM. Tickets are available for purchase at the Florida Film Festival’s official website.
- Kevin Cortez

5 notes - 5 March, 2012

Event: MegaCon 2012
This weekend, anime fans, comic book aficionados, and others joined together to celebrate Megacon 2012 — Orlando’s biggest and best annual pop culture celebration of all things geek. Thousands took over the Orange County Convention Center to snag some imported goodies from Japan and cheap comic books, as well as a chance to meet the godfather of comics, Stan Lee, and Harry Potter’s Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy). No surprise that the festival brought a ton of traffic to International Drive, which was bustling with some very satisfied pop culture enthusiasts.
- Kevin Cortez

Pariah: A Closer Look
The notable In The Life Media does it again with the empowering film Pariah: A Closer Look. Life Media is known for the award-winning documentary film In the Life. The story stars one of the first African-American lesbian protagonists, Alike (A-leek-ay), played by Adepero Oduye. Alike is a 17-year-old woman struggling to find herself and discover her sexuality. The story is inspired by the writer’s, Dee Ree, own struggle to come out.
This movie is inspiring to all generations and communities. It is a story of self-expression and self-love.
WATCH Pariah: A Closer Look here:
http://www.itlmedia.org/clips/entry/paraiah-a-closer-look
Pariah: A Closer Look is available now, exclusively online. To stream it, embed it and find out how you can share your ‘pariah story,’ go to http://www.itlmedia.org/clips/entry/paraiah-a-closer-look.
To receive the latest updates about In The Life Media, follow @ITLMedia, and use the hashtag #ITLMedia.
About In The Life Media:
For twenty years, In The Life Media has been a leading media organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) movement. One of the nation’s most honored and influential LGBT groups, In The Life Media creates social and political change by examining issues critical to LGBT individuals and providing audiences with powerful ways to advance equality within, and beyond, their communities. Produced by In The Life Media, the Emmy-nominated series, IN THE LIFE, was the first—and remains the only—LGBT issues-oriented show on public television. IN THE LIFE is a two-time Emmy Award nominee, a Lambda Legal Liberty Award honoree, a Seigenthaler Award recipient from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and a Ribbon of Hope Award recipient from The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: www.ITLMedia.org.
- Trisha Connell

2012 Oscar Nominations Are Here!
The 2012 Oscar nominations were announced early this morning and with them came a few surprises, but we’ll get to those in a second. First, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Octavia Spencer and a slew of other great performances were shoe-ins (especially at this point in awards season), but a couple wild cards made the cut. Please welcome Jonah Hill and Melissa McCarthy to the group! Hi Jonah, hi Mellisa. In all seriousness, these two deserved nominations for their roles in Moneyball and Bridesmaids (respectively), but its great when the academy recognizes these performances even when their outside the normal lines of the coloring book pages.
Read on for the full list of nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards; the Billy Crystal-hosted ceremony airs on ABC on Feb. 26.
BEST PICTURE
“The Artist” “The Descendants” “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” “Hugo” “Midnight in Paris” “The Help” “Moneyball” “War Horse” “The Tree of Life”
BEST ACTOR
Demian Bichir, “A Better Life” George Clooney, “The Descendants” Jean Dujardin, “The Artist” Gary Oldman, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”
BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs” Viola Davis, “The Help” Rooney Mara, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady” Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn” Jonah Hill, “Moneyball” Nick Nolte, “Warrior” Christopher Plummer, “Beginners” Max Von Sydow, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, “The Artist” Jessica Chastain, “The Help” Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids” Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs” Octavia Spencer, “The Help”
BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris” Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist” Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life” Alexander Payne, “The Descendants” Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris” JC Chandor, “Margin Call” Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation” Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist” Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, “Bridesmaids”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, “The Descendants” John Logan, “Hugo” George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, “The Ides of March” Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, Stan Chevren “Moneyball” Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughn, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“A Cat In Paris” “Chico & Rita” “Kung Fu Panda 2” “Puss in Boots” “Rango”
BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
“Bullhead” “Footnote” “In Darkness” “Monsier Lazhar” “A Separation”
BEST ART DIRECTION
“The Artist” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” “Hugo” “Midnight in Paris” “War Horse”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Artist” “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” “Hugo” “The Tree of Life” “War Horse”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Anonymous” “The Artist” “Hugo” “Jane Eyre” “W.E.”
BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“Hell and Back Again” “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” “Pina” “Undefeated”
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement” “God Is the Bigger Elvis” “Incident in New Baghdad” “Saving Face” “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”
BEST FILM EDITING
“The Artist” “The Descendants” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” “Hugo” “Moneyball”
Best MAKEUP
“Albert Nobbs” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” “The Iron Lady”
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“The Adventures of Tintin” “The Artist” “Hugo” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” “War Horse”
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie “Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Dimanche/Sunday” “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” “La Luna” “A Morning Stroll” “Wild Life”
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“Pentecost” “Raju” “The Shore” “Time Freak” “Tuba Atlantic”
BEST SOUND EDITING
“Drive” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” “Hugo” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” “War Horse”
BEST SOUND MIXING
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” “Hugo” “Moneyball” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” “War Horse”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” “Hugo” “Real Steel” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

Rockabilly Zombie Weekend Fundraising Frenzy!

When we received word that their was a filmmaker about to embark on their journey of creating their feature film entitled, Rockabilly Zombie Weekend, we knew this was something we needed to help spread the word on for three reasons!

1. Rockbilly - who doesn’t love some good ‘ol rockabilly folks?
2. Zombies - No explanation neccesary.
3. Weekend - Favorite part of the week, am I right?

That’s all we needed to throw our support to Rockabilly Zombie Weekend! Head over to Will’s Pub on December 11th in Orlando, Florida and support a dream! Details below!

On December 11, 2011 Wills Pub in Orlando will host the fundraising event for a Central Florida production called Rockabilly Zombie Weekend.

The event kicks off at 2pm with registration for rat rods and hot rods for the carshow and for models participating in the Miss Rockabilly Zombie Pinup Pageant.

There are seven live acts performing:

The Horrible Hound Dogs
Troy Goins acoustic set
Zallyhoo
Killer Moonshine
BlueScrew
Oak Hill Drifters
And burlesque from Vinyl Vixens

The event runs from 2-11pm both indoor and outdoor venue with food trucks, silent auction for the rockabilly crowd and the zombie crowd along with a meet and greet with Greg Neff the Casting Director.

Our sponsors Muscle Cars and Handle Bars sponsors along with Hard Wok Rock n Roll food truck will be present for all the fun.

Movie Review: Being Elmo: The Journey of a Puppeteer
Being Elmo is a light-hearted documentary following Kevin Clash, the man behind everyone’s favorite red monster Elmo.
Few can remember the early versions of Elmo. He was a deep-throated caveman who rarely made an appearance. Elmo went through multiple puppeteers before literally being tossed into Clash’s lap. Clash placed the puppet on his hand and spoke in a falsetto voice — “Hello, this is Elmo.” And the rest is history.
Being Elmo documents the beautiful moments and hard struggles Clash experienced throughout his teenage years and career. He started as a talented young puppeteer and is now the Senior Puppet Coordinator and Senior Creative Consultant of his favorite childhood show: Sesame Street. The 5-year-old in every member of the audience comes out when seeing footage of Clash working as some of America’s favorite characters fromSesame Street: The Labyrinth, Captain Kangaroo and many more shows and movies.
Clash speaks humbly about meeting Master Puppeteer Kermit Love and working with legendary creatives Jim Henson and Frank Oz. He also lets viewers into his personal life lessons, inspirations and struggles.
“I knew that Elmo should represent love,” Clash said in the film.
Throughout the documentary you can see how the love and encouragement that surrounds Clash feeds into his work and his efforts to inspire others. After learning more about Kevin Clash in Being Elmo, you understand America’s favorite little red monster just a little more.
Being Elmo starts playing at the Enzian Theatre on Dec. 16. Make sure to check out the documentary’s website for other showtimes and dates.
- Melody Austin

Film Review: The Muppets
BRINK had the opportunity to check out an advance screening of Disney’s The Muppets and it did not disappoint. First, let’s backtrack a bit and revisit Muppetmania in the last quarter century.
Back in the late 70’s/early 80’s, the Muppet gang was churning out TV shows, specials and movies that had children and adults alike shouting with excitement and joy at watching Kermit and his pals “movin’ right along” on their latest adventure or sing-a-long journey. From the first airing of The Muppet Show in 1976 to the fun loving films like 1979s The Muppet Movie and 1984s Muppets Take Manhattan, it seemed the Muppets were a consistent American fixture. That was until the 90s when Muppetmania seemed to take a slight downturn. The last Muppet theatrical release was 1999s Muppets from Space which failed to bring in the big audiences of the past. The 2000s had the Muppet gang on the small screen in It’s a Very Muppet Merry Christmas Movie and The Muppets Wizard of Oz. It wasn’t until a few years ago that buzz started to really pick up thanks to Jason Segal and his idea to bring the Muppets back to the big screen.
The script was written, the movie got the green light and then - It’s time to play the music, It’s time to light the lights, It’s time to meet the Muppets - bringing us to present day.
The Muppets is an absolute delight to say the least. The movie kicks off with the backstory of Gary (Jason Segal) and his brother Walter (Walter) and their life growing up. When Walter is first introduced to the Muppets on TV, he becomes completely captivated by the crew and not soon after he and his brother Gary are on a journey to check out Muppet Studios in Los Angeles. Along for the ride is Gary’s girlfriend of ten years, Mary (Amy Adams), who is hoping that Gary will pop the question to marry him. The hi-jinx, laughter and the warm spirit of The Muppets takes off as the gang tries to reunite after being separated for many years as they begin their quest to save Muppet Theatre from tycoon Tex Richman (Chris Cooper).
The music of The Muppets is some of the best out of the entire franchise and if “Life’s a Happy Song” is not nominated for a “Best Song from a Movie” Oscar then there is a serious problem with the Academy.

The cameos we’ve all come to know and love in Muppet movies are intact with many familiar faces and some new ones. Ranging from fresh faced stars of today to beloved comedians that we’ve all grown with through the years, the cameos are delight to the audience (who cheered out loud). The humor is fun for kids and great for the grown folks that have been with the gang for the past 30 years.
The greatest quality of the entire movie had to be its heart. There was no malicious intent, no laughing at someone else’s expense, no tearing anyone down or singling someone out – this is a kind hearted film that makes you smile from start to finish.
Side note: Something else I noticed in the movie was the “realness” of the characters. I actually noticed that Amy Adams, Jason Segal and all the extras looked like “real people” with of a real size and real weight. They looked healthy unlike some of the starts we see today. Bravo.
I encourage everyone to check out The Muppets in theaters next Wednesday, 11/23, you will not be disappointed.
- Kyle M Menard