Movie Stunt Information and Blog

Modern Platform Bed

June 21st, 2008

Platforms beds have always been in fashion in the furniture world because they are very stylish, trendy and efficient. These are spring less beds, built with wooden slats and do not occupy much space in a bedroom. This modern furniture set has a lower profile than other regular beds and therefore they are more convenient to use. Their modern look is much more relaxed and neat in any room.

Modern Italian beds are growing in popularity due to their casual looks and functionality. You can find some of the models of platform beds with storage option that not only captures attention of guests but is also very functional and practical. It matches with all kind of existing décor and builds a theme around your bedroom area.

The platform Modern lacquer beds are also very popular because of their high glossy look, elegance and professionalism that they show in any room. Their surfaces are very durable which are easy to maintain without reducing the appearance of the bed. The best part of this modern bed is that it’s much more environmental friendly as they are less toxic.

It is not only the realistic design of these modern Italian beds that will perfectly fit into your décor and lifestyle but the price as well. These days it is the hottest furniture to show off in your bedroom. There are many different platform beds in the market with different styles and designs, so, you can choose any of them as per your needs. You will find them in metal, wood frames, leather or canopy; even some of them have headboards or sometimes footboards as well. There are different sizes available, such as king size, twin size, and small size. So, be ready to add some spice to your bedroom with this contemporary Italian design.

Selecting your favorite bedroom furniture set can be one of the most rewarding exercises for any family. Although it takes a little time to round up on possibilities within your bedroom space but if you are sure about your likings and disliking then it becomes really easy and effortless to pick out the best.

The Forbiddden Kingdom

April 26th, 2008

I always like watching any movie that Jackie Chan or Jet Li are in.

Viva La Bam

March 8th, 2008

Ok I am so not hip on Viva La Bam. To me it is not the mere art of stunt work. But it does have a following. So I guess there must be a credit to be given. No matter how real stupid and non artistic the stunts are other than pure stupidity. Which I am sure what La Bam lives off of. I don’t know which would be worse. Viva La Bam, Jack Ass or Punk’d with Ashton Kutchner.

Viva La Bam

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

February 14th, 2008

The Indiana Jones movie series is one of my all time favorites to watch. And if you are a big fan of the Indiana Jones series and a fan of Harrison Ford, than prepare yourself for the much anticipated film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There are a lot of action packed sequenced shots and plenty of movie stunts in all the Indiana Jones movies. Hence why I am blogging about it.

I finally was able to see a sneak peak or should I say the one of the first trailers of the new movie which is due out on May 22nd, 2008. It is will be distrubted by Paramount Pictures. And it’s produced by Amblin Entertainment, Kennedy/Marshall Company, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Some of the cast will be, of course there will be Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. The other actor and actresses that will be in the movie will be, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen.

Movie Stunts 1

February 11th, 2008

I do like watching all types of movies. Many of the stunts in movies may be found in action. But on ocassion you may find stunts in other movie genres as well. Some in comedy, drama et cetera. I do like watching even some foreign movies. I really like to watch movies from India. Even their music videos are just fantastic or just ridiculous. Here is one Indian Movie stunt. Pretty incredile that they had a horse slide under the truck.

San Diego Black Film Festival

January 30th, 2008

The San Diego Black Film Festival came about after many from the African-American community saw that there was no mainstream black film festival. The annual event which started back in 2003 is a fundraiser for the Black Historical Society of San Diego, which is a non-profit organization. The society is the largest black historical society in the United States.

This years Black Film Festival is from January 31, 2008 - February 3, 2008. And is located at the Regal United Artists Theatre 14, Horton Plaza.

The festival does not award any monetary award. It is awarded on merit and honor. The following award categories at the festival are:
Audience Choice
Best Dramatic Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short
Best Dramatic Short
Best Comedy
Best Animation
Best Music Video
Best Cutting Edge

A highlighted film I am interested in is “Nobody Knows - The Untold Story of Black Mormons”. It will air at the 2008 San Diego Black Film Festival on Friday, February 2, 2008 at 5 PM. It runs about 75 minutes and is a documentary. It is directed by Magaret Young.

2008 SAG Award for Outstanding Stunts in a Movie

January 28th, 2008

The 14th Annual SAG Awards took place last night on Sunday, January 27th, 2008 at the Los Angeles Shrine. They were aired on TNT and TBS. Here is the award for the Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture. The winning movie was, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (Universal). Here is the list of stunt people that worked on the movie.

Evangelos Grecos*
Jeff Imada*
Miguel Pedregosa*
Gary Powell*
Darrin Prescott*
Scott Rogers*
My Rachid Abbad
Don Abbatiello
George Aguilar
Brian Keith Allen
Guimoar Alonso
William Anagnos
Roy T. Anderson
Scott Armstrong
Luis Miguel Arranz
Chris Barnes
Randy Beckman
Said Belaamim
Nikki Berwick
Michael Bornhütter
David Bosch
Tim Buchanan
Paul Bucossi
Peter Bucossi
Mike Burke
Bruce Cain
Chris Cenatiempo
John Cenatiempo
Nick Chopping
Bob Colletti
Chris Colombo
George Colucci, Jr.
Gil Combs
Aris Comninos
Ben Cooke
Benito Benitez Crespo
Eugenio Jimenez Cubillo
J. Patrick Daily
Juan Carlos Delgado
Kelly Dent
Jacob Dewitt
Miguel Diaz-Aboitiz
George R. Doering Iii
Levan Doran
Norman Douglass
Geoffrey Dowell
Ben Dimmock
Georg Ebina
Rick English
Peter Epstein
Jonathan Eusebio
Roy Farfel
Adil Farsi
John Favre
Victor Fernandez
Frank Ferrara
Stephanie Finochio
Dean Forster
Glenn Foster
Tanner Foust
Marvin Francis
Jeremy Fry
Tim Gallin
David Garrick
Andy Godbould
Eduardo Gomez
Mohamed Gouyd
James Grogan
Tarik Hadouch
R.D. Hansen
Eugene Harrison
Franklin Henson

Adolfo Heredia
Rob Herring
Cort Hessler Iii
Donald J. Hewitt
Don Hewitt, Sr.
Jery Hewitt
Jorge Huergo
Jason Hunjan
Rob Hunt
Rob Inch
Rowly Irlam
Martin Ivanov
Victor Ivanov
Keone Kim
Adam Kirley
Mike Lambert
Joanne Lamstein
Abdelghani Lasfer
Derek Lea
Maurice Lee
David Leitch
Antonio Lemos
Samir Machtioui
John E. Mack
Steve Mack
Guillermo Maestre
Stephen Mann
Paul Marini
Erik Martin
Boris Martinez
Santiago Martinez
Anna Mastroianni
Darren Maynard
Nick Mckinless
Jeffrey Medeiros
Erol Mehmet
Andy Merchant
Milesy (Peter) Miles
Lee Millham
Gareth Milne
Lee Morrison
Mark Mottram
Dino Muccio
Ray Nicholas
Brian Sonny Nickels
James O’dee
Chris O’hara
Shawn O’neil
Mick O’rourke
Oscar Outerino
Janet Paparazzo
Jesus Silva Pascasio
Peter Pedrero
David Pope
Greg Powell
Dominic Preece
Susan Purkhiser
Eva Raboso
Markus Ranglack
Buster Reeves
John Roney
Markos Rounthwaite
Allison Ryan
Johan Saentz
Ignacio Garcia J. Sanchis
Lutz Schleisner
Kevin Scott
Gordon Seed
Terry Serpico
Diz Sharpe
Matt Sherren
Nicola Short
Dave Shumbris
Keith Siglinger
Craig “Frosty” Silva
Jorge Silva
Tony Van Silva
Peter B. Simpson
Brian Smyj
Mark Southworth
Marvin Stewart-Campbell
Matt Stirling
John Street
Gary Tacon
Alberto Zapata Tatje
Roy Taylor
Shawnna Thibodeau
Arran Topham
Mustapha Touki
Greg Tracy
Manuel Valle
Aaron Vexler
Vincent Wang
Dave Ware
Dean Watt
Reg Wayment
Ronny Wechselberger
Donna C. Williams
Jose Zorrilla

*Stunt Coordinators

2007 Oscars

January 23rd, 2008

This is the 80th year for the Oscars. The Oscars will air on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Here is a small list of this years nominees.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainmen
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Best motion picture of the year
“Atonement” (Focus Features)
A Working Title Production
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Achievement in visual effects
“The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

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January 16th, 2008

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YouTube: Why It Is So Popular

January 11th, 2008

Each year, it is seems as if something new appears on the internet. The problem is that fads, also known as trends, come and go. Although it is difficult for a particular internet activity to stay popular for a period of time, there is one that seems to be doing well and it doesn’t show any signs of fading. That is the use of online videos, namely YouTube.

Online video websites are defined as online websites that post videos. Once a video has been loaded onto the website, it can easily be found and viewed by thousands, if not millions, of internet users. In addition to allowing internet users to view online videos, many video websites also give internet users the option to create, upload, and share their own videos.

As previously mentioned, YouTube is one of the most popular online video websites. In fact, it is so popular that when asked about video sites many individuals automatically respond with YouTube. Whether you have used the services offered by YouTube or not, you may be wondering what is so great about the site. What is it that makes millions of interest users view it, some on a daily basis. The answer isn’t as simple as you may think. This is because there are a number of different reasons why YouTube has become so popular.

One of those reasons were mentioned above, online video websites give internet users the ability to make, load, and share their own videos with the rest of the world. This is something that is literally amazing. Millions of individuals have a good idea or thought that they would like to document or share, but many are unable to do so without the assistance of YouTube. After you have created your own video, you can easily have it uploaded, often in as little as a few minutes.

In addition to being able to create your online videos, you can also view those that others have created. What is nice about YouTube is that they accept a wide variety of different videos, all on different topics, issues, and subjects. On YouTube, you can find videos focusing on pets, entertainment, sports, cars, and comedy. One of the few restrictions that YouTube has is that videos must be no longer than ten minutes. This means that you could enjoy a video while taking a short break at home or at work. It is also nice that you are not required to listen to boring advisements, as many other online video websites require you to do.

Perhaps, the greatest reason why YouTube is so popular is because it is free. Yes, free. This means that you can not only watch as many videos as you want, without having to pay a thing, but you can also make and share your own. Although YouTube is free to use, they do request that you register with them. This registration is also free. Despite being optional, the registration will give you access to other YouTube features, including the ability to rate videos that you have recently watched.

In addition to being free, YouTube is also popular because it is easy to use. You do not have to be an experienced internet user to enjoy online entertainment. With easy to use categories and search features, you should be able to find and watch online videos that peak your interest, without having to spending hours or even days familiarizing yourself with the website.