Coming Soon

It's the time of the month when I get to plug my next bait(s). This December, just as last year's, we are only allowed to submit one bait for the contest. It has taken me a very long time to decide which one to submit. I usually come up with my baits usually the day before the festival deadline, but I seem to have hit a little writer's block. I've decided to take a project I've had shelved for about 6 months, rewrite it, and submit that to the contest. Here is a brief overview:

"The Killer Eagles"
Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Clint Eastwood, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon, and Martin Sheen.

"The Killer Eagles" is the story of a widowed hotel owner who is forced to confront her estranged father when he stumbles into her establishment while on the run from a group of angry bandits. That group is the Eagle Brothers. They find their way to the hotel and the woman is forced to hide her father until things start getting out of hand. It is a Western in case you haven't figured that out.

If anybody wants to read/review it, send me an email at smartboy242006@aol.com.

November Big 8

Best Picture
Cartel
Havana Dreams
**The Nights that Roll Over White**
Sex Advice
The Unseen War

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh-The Madness of Lady Macbeth
Curtis Hanson-The Abstinence Teacher
**Lawrence Kasdan-The Unseen War**
James Mangold-Havana Dreams
Steven Spielberg-The Nights that Roll Over White

Best Actor
Gerard Butler-Dubai
Ed Harris-The Unseen War
**Ethan Hawke-Earshot**
Michael Pena-Cartel
Rainn Wilson-Sex Advice

Best Actress
Emily Blunt-Warner Girls
Cameron Diaz-Dubai
**Kelly Macdonald-The Madness of Lady Macbeth**
Mary-Louise Parker-The Abstinence Teacher
Hilary Swank-Under God

Best Supporting Actor
Oded Fehr-Dubai
**John Leguizamo-Cartel**
Jude Law-The Madness of Lady Macbeth
Seth Rogen-Sex Advice
Paul Rudd-Sex Advice

Best Supporting Actress
Isla Fisher-Sex Advice
Vivica A. Fox-Conceiving the Truth
Heather Graham-The Unseen War
Leslie Mann-Sex Advice
**Rita Moreno-Havana Dreams**

Best Adapted Screenplay
**The Abstinence Teacher**
A Density of Souls
Fiddler on the Roof
The Killers
Rainbow Six

Best Original Screenplay
Cartel
Dubai
**The Madness of Lady Macbeth**
The Nights that Roll Over White
The Unseen War

November Reviews Part 2

Dubai- B+

Earshot- B-

Fiddler on the Roof- B

Green Grow the Lilacs- C

Havana Dreams- B+

Ike- C

CCBAC Presents: I'm Not Missing You- C

The Killers- B-

The Lead- C

The Life of Mr. Willow- C-

The Madness of Lady Macbeth- B+

Make a Memory- B

The Maldonado Mansion- C

The Nights that Roll Over White- A-

On Her Laurels- C

The Phoenix- C

Rainbow Six- B

Recreating Jonah- C-

Rhythms of Passion- C-

Salvations End- C-

The Scarlet Ibis- C-

Sex Advice- B+

Shamus III: The Case of the Lonely Cabaret Singer- C+

True Story- C

Under God- B-

The Unseen War- B+

Warner Girls- B+

Welcome Thy Neighbour- D

The Winter War- C-

November Reviews

Excluding my baits: "The Kings of Baghdad", "The Resurrection of Groucho Marx", and "Under the Banner of Heaven"



840 Maple Street- C-


The Abstinence Teacher- B+


Across the River- C


Batman: End of All Hope- B-


Before She Sleeps- C+


Buzzed- B-



The Cabin- C+



Cartel- A-



Conceiving the Truth- C



Dancing with Auntie- C-



The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands- B-



Dem Berenstein Bearz- F



A Density of Souls- C+


The rest should be up either later tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who voted for "The Dead President" to win Best Picture!!! I know I've been kinda harsh to everyone lately but I've just been so frustrated with the competition and my own personal problems. This doesn't mean I'm gonna stop complaining about quality or anything, but it just signifies a change of heart. Thank you, again.

Well, November is already here and so are the next baits. Johnny surprised us all by allowing for 3 baits this month and I am definitely going to use that to my benefit. Here are my three baits for November.

"The Resurrection of Groucho Marx" Directed by Zach Braff. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Eugene Levy, and Kate Hudson. A man loses his family in a gruesome home invasion and returns home to deal with his grief. He looks to Groucho Marx, his childhood hero, for support and decides to become his greatest impersonator. With the aid of his father and publicity of a television reporter, he slowly begins to rise to fame and come to terms with his loss.

"The Kings of Baghdad" Directed by Terry George. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Gosling, Michael Biehn, and Mickey Rourke. A documentarian travels to Baghdad to make a movie about two brothers who are monopolizing the Iraqi tire market, but learns that their intentions run much deeper than capital gain. They are humanitarians hoping to restart the Iraqi economy, causing the military to become jealous.

"Under the Banner of Heaven" Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Natalie Portman. Based upon the Book by Jon Krakauer. A journalist investigates the murder of a woman by her Fundamental Mormonist brothers-in-law. The story is told through interviews with the murderers and a dramatic reenactment of the situation.