Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Jyotika's Tropical Storms Blog wraps up another season

My friend Jyotika Virmani (formerly of the Florida Coastal Ocean Observation System Consortium and now working at the U.K. Met Office) keeps a hurricane blog in which she gives her own, uh, spin on the year's hurricane season. As yesterday was the final day of the official season, she posted a wrap-up. For those living in hurricane-prone states Jyotika's personal touch and frank analysis is invaluable.

Read Jyotika's Tropical Storms Blog: November 30: Final Day of the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

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Friday, July 24, 2009

Blatant plug: "Visioneers" on DVD

Visioneers

Whether you're a long-time fan or if your first introduction to Zach Galifianakis was in The Hangover, you've probably taken notice of this bearded comedian recently. I'm happy to say that my employer, B-Side Entertainment, has released Zach's new film Visioneers theatrically and on DVD.

Visioneers has been described a number of ways but "it's Brazil meets Office Space" is one of my favorites. (In my case it is also sufficient simply to say "it's got Judy Greer in it.") Here's a quick excerpt from the synopsis by Jason Buchanan at the All-Movie Guide:

First time feature filmmaker Jared Drake makes his directorial debut with this quirky black comedy set in the near future, and concerning a curious spike in cases of spontaneous human combustion. The Jeffers Corporation is the largest business in the history of mankind, and they got that way thanks to their strict philosophy of happiness through mindless productivity. But when people begin literally exploding due to unhappiness, Jeffers Corporation Level Three TUNT George Washington Winsterhammerman (Zach Galifianakis) begins to fear that his time will come sooner rather than later.


Interested? You can find a screening near you, host your own screening, buy the DVD on Amazon or at the web site, or rent it from Netflix. A hearty Jeffers salute to you for supporting Galifianakis, independent film, and me!

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