Oh dear, it seems the last update nearly crashed the blog! Html can't cope with the scripting of large tables, apparently.
So, anyone wishing to view an updated version of the pdf, which tables the submissions in alphabetical order, please leave a comment here with your email address and I will send the latest version to you. Although it's updated weekly (or more frequently if I get a chance) it's up to you to prompt me for a later one, or to keep an eye on the new submissions.
Current list includes more than 280 titles - and growing!
Friday 1 August 2008
Monday 28 July 2008
Everyone's a Winner at the Cinema 50 Oscars!
Guys, it's time to celebrate - we've passed the 200 submissions milestone!!!!! Hoorah, I hear you cry. We hit 205 yesterday and I must say I'm a flutter of excitement.
But it's not just quantity that makes our baby rock -it's the outstanding quality of work that everyone's aspiring for that is steering us on a path to publication and untold glory.
So, with a grateful nod to nameless one - who read my mind and suggested we note our appreciation of someone - I felt we should honour a few outstanding contributors.
First - let's hear it for all of our wonderfully prolific writers - all producing over ten individual entries - three cheers for....
MumDrivenMad (and I bet she was) who has posted twenty reviews to date
Scouser7 (our very own Liver Bird) who has notched up an even dozen so far
HenryThomasGirl (lost her heart to a hearthrob) and made a match here with another twelve
SeaUrchin (who views glorious sunsets) who has crafted an additional eleven
...and one other - who can it be? (wait and see)
Next, a special award for our Most Meticulous Editor goes to a woman of extraordinary ideas -
Nrhatch (the legal eagle herself) who has single-handedly sailed through the project making suggestions for small and powerful improvements, offering valuable feedback to each and every one of us - and stimulated a lot of head and pen scratching with fabulous results
Finally, I hope you'll also join me in awarding our Lifetime (of the project) Achievement Award to one man, without whom the horror move industry would fall into critical decline, whose patient wife puts up with his untidy study while he endlessly chomps that fine brain food - a bag of chips - who has produced a mighty.... forty-six reviews!!! Along with relentless feeding back to boot.
Zygoncurry - (the one and only) good for you!
I'd also like to thank the patient attention of everyone, mentioned or not, who has added wit and wisdom in the form of stunning reviews and astute feedback, who collectively have worked to prepare this project for a golden future.
Congratulations to you all and let's keep up the good work!
(Fanfare, stage left, fades into a rousing chorus of 'There's no business like show business........')
But it's not just quantity that makes our baby rock -it's the outstanding quality of work that everyone's aspiring for that is steering us on a path to publication and untold glory.
So, with a grateful nod to nameless one - who read my mind and suggested we note our appreciation of someone - I felt we should honour a few outstanding contributors.
First - let's hear it for all of our wonderfully prolific writers - all producing over ten individual entries - three cheers for....
MumDrivenMad (and I bet she was) who has posted twenty reviews to date
Scouser7 (our very own Liver Bird) who has notched up an even dozen so far
HenryThomasGirl (lost her heart to a hearthrob) and made a match here with another twelve
SeaUrchin (who views glorious sunsets) who has crafted an additional eleven
...and one other - who can it be? (wait and see)
Next, a special award for our Most Meticulous Editor goes to a woman of extraordinary ideas -
Nrhatch (the legal eagle herself) who has single-handedly sailed through the project making suggestions for small and powerful improvements, offering valuable feedback to each and every one of us - and stimulated a lot of head and pen scratching with fabulous results
Finally, I hope you'll also join me in awarding our Lifetime (of the project) Achievement Award to one man, without whom the horror move industry would fall into critical decline, whose patient wife puts up with his untidy study while he endlessly chomps that fine brain food - a bag of chips - who has produced a mighty.... forty-six reviews!!! Along with relentless feeding back to boot.
Zygoncurry - (the one and only) good for you!
I'd also like to thank the patient attention of everyone, mentioned or not, who has added wit and wisdom in the form of stunning reviews and astute feedback, who collectively have worked to prepare this project for a golden future.
Congratulations to you all and let's keep up the good work!
(Fanfare, stage left, fades into a rousing chorus of 'There's no business like show business........')
Thursday 24 July 2008
We've been blogged at WEbook!
Hearty congratulations to everyone for all the fantastic work involved in writing, reading, commenting - not to mention watching hours of movies - that all went into compiling the cinema 50 project . Keep up the good work - we've passed the 150 milestone and there's still more than 2 months left to make this project super hot for publication when we cast it to the wolves for the webook vote.
If you haven't yet seen Melissa's entry on the webook blog, check it out:
http://blog.webook.com
If you haven't yet seen Melissa's entry on the webook blog, check it out:
http://blog.webook.com
Thursday 17 July 2008
All quiet on the winterjazz front...
I'm sorry to say I'm away on a business trip this weekend, so I apologise if you have any difficulties that I don't address before Monday.
I know how supportive this team of wonderful writers is and that if anyone has a problem, there are plenty of people who will offer friendly advice.
Have fun - I'll miss you!
I know how supportive this team of wonderful writers is and that if anyone has a problem, there are plenty of people who will offer friendly advice.
Have fun - I'll miss you!
Some classics to consider from Zygoncurry
zygoncurry said...
I wander who will be the first to tackle these " classic " films.
Anything by Monty Python.
Full Metal jacket.
A Clockwork Orange
Any Tarantino.
The Godfather trilogy
The matrix trilogy
Tuesday 15 July 2008
The question is: Why?
One important key to a great review is asking the question: why should the reader watch? 50 words isn't much but it's possible, sometimes with a bit of tweaking, to show a little of all of these:
- how well it was made
- who stars in it and how good they are
- the story line (introduction and outline, but no spoilers)
- the emotion it stirs
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