Over the course of 4 days, I recently had an opportunity to be part of the cast for a new short film that was written and directed by my buddy - Asad Kirmani. In his professional life he is Doctor Kirmani…a psychiatrist at UT, but he has always loved movies and really wanted to go to film school. The film is called “Pornistan” and is the story of a young Muslim American who is struggling with his identity. Equal parts comedy and satire; it touches on the topics of terrorism, s...
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Taking in a modern silent movie in the great outdoors.
In the second installment, Hunter takes a look at the beautiful women that make Bond tick, but wonders if 007 has "found forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women for the dead ones you failed to protect?"
In what I think is a very cool move, starting today, Netflix is adding a special Halloween Favorites row on their site that will feature all kinds of horror movies to get you ready for the Halloween season. From Netflix: From October 16 through Halloween Night, a special Netflix ‘Halloween Favorites’ row will feature all the seasonal scary fare you’re in the mood for – whether it’s a classic like Dracula, a favorite horror film like Psycho or The Omen, a comed...
Hunter begins his new weekly series taking a look at the James Bond series leading up to the Nov. 9th release of "Skyfall". This week, he takes a look (or rather listen) to the top Bond songs.
Is it the best of the rest? Should Khan wear a vest with that chest? What's that pest in the nest? Dr. Seuss is distressed? Oh what a mess.
If Shatner uses myth to explain Star Trek, then I can use Joseph Campbell to get a discount on hotel rooms
There's something to be said about making contact on a fastball over the middle. Let's talk about it on paper: a summer movie about a suburban neighborhood watch program uncovering an alien invasion. An R-rated action-comedy teaming up Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill, with comedy-nerd favorite Richard Ayoade thrown in for good measure. The Lonely Island's Akiva Shaffer (who was behind the camera for most of SNL's Digital Shorts) directing a script that was re-worked by Seth Rogen and...
It's Shatner's world and we just live in it.