No other horror film this decade has done horror like Session 9 does. Most horror films show the evil person whether it be ghosts or not. All horror films have to show the evil spirit or person eventually no matter how subtle of Psychological they are. Even most of the classics have to show what the scary thing is in the end. Session 9 is different, it never shows any ghosts at all. Everything is implied even up to the end, you never see what the evil spirit or supposed ghost is that haunts the asylum the film takes place in. If you dont see it then...well see it damnit.

For the past few weeks I have been looking up various names of people from films I like. Mostly out of sheer boredom since I am having trouble with this damn short movie since several actors who said they were free are now apparently not. I only have until may to get this done and I hope to get 2 of these short films done before may. I can already see more people dropping out or changing times they are free, so I am going to have to try and be more aggressive with getting people to be actors and other parts like microphone operators and such. Anyway, before I start getting pissed off at those people who canceled.

I should say the good news before I get distracted. The good news is that I have been in contact via email with several film composers, well 2 but that is close enough. John Murphy, who did the score to 28 days later, millions, Sunshine, and Johan Soderqvist, who did the score to Things we lost in the fire, Let the right one in, and many other hard to spell and pronounce scandinavian films. I have made sure to email both of them regularlly but not in an annoying way. After several weeks of emails so I could establish I wasn't a creepy stalker or anything. I asked both of them out of curiosity if it was possible for them to contact some of or one of the directors they worked with, knowing of course that there was a good chance that they would say no and that would be that. Johan though said he would forward a message to the director of let the right one in Tomas Alfredson to see if he would mind giving out his email address. John Murphy said it wasnt likely, but he would try and contact Danny Boyle and see if he wouldn't mind doing the same thing. Now both of these sound a bit iffy, but I have a more reliable option. Some of you may remember I made a thread about the make a wish foundation and one person I could mee. Well I chose to meet Terry Gilliam, who is in preprodution on the film don quixote. So either I go over to england and see how he makes the film, or I meet him afterwards. They both sound cool.

I have had some casting problems, but that can be fixed pretty easily. I am focusing right now on making the script a story that is very dark yet also funny. For those who don't know the story, it is about 2 scam artist friends who start a phone psychic hotline. Unfortunatly some of their predictions they made as a joke came true and 2 agents from a society that stages elaborate hoaxs to do with psychics are after them to stop them. One of them thinks that they boy's psychic abilities are genuine and tries to help them, the other tries to stop them at all costs. Here is a scene I wrote today. The setup is that one of the agents has taken one of the boys hostage and is forcing him to kill himself to scare his friend into stopping what he is doing. Sam is the boy and the agent is Nathan. Enjoy:D

Sam is tied up in a chair and nathan has a knife.

Nathan

I told you to stop your psychic BS, you are digging yourself a hole kid that I don't think you will be able to escape.
Sam
F you Nathan, what right do you have to tell me to stop? This is freedom of speach at its best. Plus don't you set up these psychic hoaxs for a living?
Nathan
So what if I do that for a living? A job is a job, get off your damn high horse Sam. You and your friend's predictions are getting out of hand. Sure a few of them come true for some reason, but the ones that don't are the ones that we have to set up and frankly I am tired of helping you guys out with your overly elaborate predictions. One second you predict that someone will find true love and the next second you tell someone that they will die in 7 days. What the hell is wrong with you? Do you just like to mess with people's heads? The others may not want you guys to stop since you make us look good when your predictions come true, but I for one am going to make you stop.

Sam
How do you plan on making us stop? Are you using me to scare david? Are you going to kill me? You do realize right that the second you kill me you and your agency will get questioned by the police, heck they are already under suspiction for killing some people that we said would die.
Nathan
Is that what this is about now? Are you predicting the deaths of people to expose my agency? That is sick Sam, that is fing sick. Why would you use people like that? Do their lives mean nothing to you?
Sam
The ends justify the means Nathan, in the end their deaths will expose you and your agency as frauds. What you guys do is illegal and immoral.

Nathan stands up and starts pacing the room.
Nathan
Immoral? Are you really going to talk to me about morality when you have caused the deaths of at least 3 people already? What the hell kind of twisted logic is that?
Sam
The ends justify the means.
Nathan
Dont give me that crap again, you are a sick person. I hope your friend David doesn't believe this crap as well.
Sam
Of course he does.
Nathan
Jesus christ, that just makes me want to kill you even more.
Sam
My death will be the end of you you know, why risk it?
Nathan
I know that damnit I know.
Nathan stands sits down and starts thinking.
Nathan

If you kill yourself though I cant get in trouble.
Sam
You want me to kill myself? How are going to do that?
Nathan throws Sam the knife and pulls out a gun.
Nathan
Go to the bathroom and cut your wrists, that way people will think you are actually suicidal.
Sam
And if I dont?
Nathan
Well if you dont I will probably shoot you in the face.

Sam looks down at the knife in his hand.
Sam
So I either kill myself or I die?
Nathan
Yep.
Sam
Not much of a choice is it?
Nathan
Not really, you dont benefit from either choice. Just hurry up and pick.

The phone rings and they both look at it, Nathan picks up the reciever.
Nathan
Hello?
Jacob
Hi its me Jacob.Wait you arean't Sam, where is Sam? He usually does my predictions.
Nathan
Sam is sick, I am filling in for him.
Jacob
Oh ok, can you predict what my wife will buy me for my birthday? i really want to know. She doesnt want to ruin the surprise but I hate surprises.
Nathan
Lets make a deal sir, if I can guess your wifes name then Sam will live, if I dont guess her name then he will probably die.
Jacob
Die? Is he that sick? I dont want to be the one who predicts Sam dieing. I thought that was your job to predict stuff like that?
Nathan
It is, but I just thought we would have some fun before we talk about your wifes gift.
Sam
Jesus Nathan dont do this.
Nathan
Quiet Sam, Jacob and I are trying to talk. Anyway jacob, is your wifes name Jessica?
Jacob
Well no its not, her name is Linda. Wait I thought you psychics knew everything? Are you a fraud or something?
Nathan
Of course not Jacob, I am a psychic in training though and sometimes my powers can be a bit weak. Look Jacob I have to go, got to give Sam some medicine. You can call back in a few minutes though.

Nathan hangs up the phones and grins at Sam.
Nathan
Well well isn't this a tragedy.
Sam
Please Nathan I dont want to die, why cant you just beat the crap out of me or set me on fire or something?

Nathan gets up and unties Sam.
Nathan
Because that would only be a temporary solution to my problem. I would love to set you on fire, but for me this is much easier.

Nathan grabs sam and pushes him into the bathroom, throwing the knife after him. Sam looks back at him from the doorway, his eyes starting to tear up.

Nathan
Sorry Sam, I hate this as much as you do. But in the end I think the ends justify the means. Wouldn't you agree?

Scene ends when Nathan closes the door and walks away.

What do you think?

These are my awards since I never liked the Oscars or the Golden Globes much. I would post pic but my computer cant do that for some reason. Anyway on with the show:D

1. Best Actor- Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Synecdoche New York.

Runner up- Benicio Del Toro in Che.

2. Best Supporting actor- Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

Runner up- Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

3. Best Actress- Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road

Runner up- Lina Leandersson in Let the right one in

4. Best supporting actress- Amy Adams in doubt

Runner up- Evan rachel wood in The Wrestler

5. Best foreign picture- Let the right one in

Runner up- Waltz with bashir

6. Best Cinematography- Let the right one in

Runner up- The Fall

7. Best Director- Charlie Kaufman for Synecdoche Newq York

Runner up- Tomas Alfredson for Let the right one in

8. Best Picture- Let the right one in

Runner up- Synecdoche new york

9. Best comedy- In Bruges

Runner up- Burn After Reading

10. Most underrated picture of the year- JCVD

Runner Up- Nobel Son

11. Worst film of the year- Disaster movie

Runner up- Twilight

Thats my award show:D Simple but effective.

For those who don't know, I am writing my own vampire story. I am trying to make it as interesting and non cliche as possible. I won't go into the full story yet, but think of it like Oliver Twist with vampires. There is alot more to it than that, but I cant be bothered to write the full plot details right now.

Now that we are in 2009 and I have watched most of the films from 2008 I feel comfortable writing my final list of the best films of 2008. This time though I will give a reason for each film being where it is. So enjoy and post your own best films if you want, this is open to anyone. I hope you like the new list:)

1. Let The Right One in- I know that I have mentioned this film countless times, but for whatever reason I think this film like all the others on the list is special. The great acting from the first time child actors Lina Leandersson and Kare Hedebrant is incredible, the amount of emotion that Lina's face alone can express is remarkable. The sweet and tender relationship the two kids have throughout the film is the best part. The tragic vampire girl Eli is a great character who has to kill to stay alive, but she is really a child who needs companionship and love just like all of us. The beautiful and bittersweet relationship she finds with the boy Oskar was done so well and the whole film is done so perfectly, except for a slightly cheesy looking scene involving cats, that I have no choice but to say that this is the best film of the year to me. No other film has stayed with me and inspired me to write my own story.

2. Waltz with Bashir- This film was tied in my mind with Let the right one in, but just because it is listed as number 2 that does not mean it is a worse film. Waltz with Bashir is beautiful, but for different reasons. It shows how war and violence in the middle east can affect even those who help commit it. The animation in this film is strange, the characters movements look weirdly stiff and almost robotic. Then I found out this the whole film was done using Flash, which is also used to make crappy online cartoon by amateurs who want to make it big. That blew my mind, the quality of animation in this film has a slight surreal quality to it, and the mixture of the weird animation that I grew to love with the sad tale of a man who wants to discover his own past during a time of crisis was touching and in the end of the film very tragic. it showed the death and brutality is sadly inevitable in our time and the films setting.

3. The Fall- This is a film about storytelling in general and how we all perseve the same story. Many say that it is self indulgent and egotistical, but in this case I dont give a crap. This film creates incredible images with the use of no CGI whatsoever. Remember when your parents or grandparents used to tell you stories? Do you remember how you loved reading or listening to a great story? This is a film about how we love to hear a story and how all stories must come to an end, however tragic it may seem.

4. Revolutionary Road- This film is about the downfall and tragic illusion of the American Dream and how a couple in the 1950s discover how fake their lives are.

5. In Bruges- Sometimes a great dark comedy that makes me laugh and then feel sad is all I need to see to love a film. This is one of the great and again tragic (Wow this is a depressing year, some of the best films are tragic.) comedies of our decade so far.

6. Synecdoche, New York- I cannot explain why I love this film, it is directed by Charlie Kaufman who wrote Adaptation and Being John Malkovich. All I can say is that this film will either make you fall in love, or make your head explode.

7. Gomorra- This films rips apart any romanticizing and glamorizing that mob films usually have. This film is brutal, violent and ugly. For that it is a great film that shows the mob and how it controls Naples.

8. Che- A film that shows the life of Che Guevera and his many battles. It doesn't make him into a hero or villian, it just shows him how he was apparently. I'm sure it is historically inaccurate, but I found it facinating and engrosing. Benicio Del Toro is great in this.

9. Slumdog Millionaire- Though the love theme is a tad cheesy at times, the overall film is so sweet and touching and Danny Boyle is such a great director that he made it work perfectly.

10. JCVD- As an action junkie, I found this film about the downfall of Jean Claude Van Damme and his career, both a hilarious satire of action film junkies and how they idiolize people like Stallone and Van Damme, and at the same time it is a brave film with Van Damme who is incredible and tragic as the ageing action star.

Overall I give this year for films a 9 out of 10. The only thing missing is more good horror and foreign films. I hope 2009 has some great films too:D

This has been a great year for films, yet alot of the best films have depressed the crap out of me. First Let the right one in with its bittersweet and tragic story of a love that will die or turn into a nightmare that nobody should choose to live no matter what happens, then Waltz with Bashir with its own brand of war induced animated trauma further facinated and depressed me even more. Thankfully films like Slumdog Millionaire made me feel happy for a while. If you want to feel happy though, I do not recommend this film to anyone. Revolutionary road is a sad story of 2 people living a lie. Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet are terrific as a married couple in a typical 1950's suburb, they both talk and dream of finding a better life. They both hate their lives, he works at a job that he hates while he has affairs on the side to make his life worth living, and she is at home and never does anything with her life. Kathy Bates, who is looking surprisingly thin, plays the woman who sold them their house. She lures them in like all the others with promises of happyness in a place where nobody is happy but they all pretend to be. Her husband is tired of her and his life life with her. Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winselt's characaters both want to move to Paris where they can live.

She wants to work while he stays at home and figures out what he wants to do with his life. He is hesitant but then agrees and starts to dream of a life where he can be free for the monotonous tedium he is so used to. Of course things go wrong, their marriage starts to crumble, and they both realize that they are living a fantasy. Sam Mendes has really outdone himself here, in 2005 he directed one of my favorite films of the year called Jarhead. With this he has shown that he is a great director. I recommend this film with a warning that it may make you depressed. In the end we all want to live the lives we want, but sometimes we have to do the things we hate and live the life we loathe to prove to the world around us that we are human. The characters in the film may never break free, but watching them try is a treat.

Overall I give it a 9 out of 10.

I thought I would hate Kung Fu panda, heck the whole concept is stupid and ridiculous. Jack Black doing the voice of a panda learning Kung Fu from Dustin Hoffman who is voicing a raccoon I think is a movie I would avoid like the plague. Fortunatly my curiosity overcame me and I saw it. This film has a surprising amount of charm and is also pretty funny at times. It is also incredibly predictable and cliche, but I pretty much expect that. All the voices were great, especially David Cross. That guy needs to do more films because he is just made of awesomeness. Though I did not love this film, I still had a great time watching it and I recommend it if you are into that typical dreamworks story and animation. This is also one of the first times I didn't find Jack Black annoying as hell, and heck the fact that this film achieved that is praise enough. I probably wouldn't watch it again though, it is pretty forgettable and I doubt it is as memorable as Wall-E. Though Kung Fu Panda is more consistant, unlike Wall-E and it's generic last half, there is still nothing in this film that stands out and makes it a more than pretty good. I still recommend it since it is a very fun film and a great way to spend a couple of hours if you are bored.

Overall I give it a 7 out of 10.

What Just Happened is Robert De Niro's return to form, forget his weak films of the past few years and the average at best Righteous kill. In this film from the director of Man of the year, and Wag The Dog, Robert De Niro plays a famous Hollywood producer with problems. He is obsessed over the idea that his wife might be cheating on him after their divorce, He needs Bruce Willis to shave his beard for a film or he loses money, and he has to get a director to change the ending of one of his films to a less brutal one. The only weak part of the film is anything to do with his wife, I didn't care at all for the sub plot and it wasn't fleshed out enough for me to care much. Bruce Willis is hilarious as...himself. The ending that De Niro's character has to change is one of the funniest parts of the film, especially when they show the film and its a dog and Sean Penn getting shot over and over again. This film shows a side of hollywood that you rarely see. Robert De Niro's character and his slow and almost tragic downfall from all his usual money and power is very entertaining and a bit eye opening too for what is pretty much a hollywood Satire. I recommend this film for anyone who likes satire and Robert De Niro.

Overall I give it an 8.5 out of 10.

this has got to be one of the most insane and over the top films plot wise I have seen in years. It starts out in a strange way as it introduces all the characters by showing who they are. Alan Rickman plays a teacher named Eli who gets a nobel prize nomination, he also happens to be one of the biggest and sleeziest people I have ever seen. He makes random sexual advances to women in front of his wife, he screws a student who wants to get a good grade and then fails her anyway, and he hates his son so much that he doesn't seem to care when he gets kidnapped.

Trying to explain this films plot would take hours and it would make my head hurt. I am not even sure how some of the scenes really connect or why certain things happen. But I will narrow down the basic plot. Nobel Son is about a Nobel Prize winner whose son gets kidnapped by a man who thinks that Eli stole his idea from his parents. It gets weirder and more hilarious, this is a very dark comedy and I am sure that alot of the comedic parts will go unnoticed by many. The film is critisized for being too over the top and convulted, which to be fair it is. But in a strange way this film works in ways that few do. It is worth watching though just to see how good Alan Rickman is at being a total jerk, which to me is hilarious. I recommend it, but I also recommend that you dont think too much about it.

Overall I give it an 8 out of 10.