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PLUG: The Film Reel

Fletch
August 9th, 2010 / Movies Blogs, PR, Plugs, The Film Reel

Hey, this is Will from The Film Reel.

Starting Friday the 6th until Friday the 13th I’ll be posting a daily edition of The Film Reel After Dark. See, every year Toronto is host to the Toronto After Dark Film Festival and last year I devoted a good chunk of time to reviewing most of the movies that had been shown over the previous years festival. Since I couldn’t do that this year I went for a new twist. What if I personally got to program the film festival.

I’ll be following the same format as the TAD film fest. Each day will have at least 2 short films, that I’ve found through an exhaustive search of YouTube of course, and 2 feature films that I would love to see at a film festival. This is strictly horror genre stuff so anyone interested in seeing what I think would make 8 great days of entertainment is welcome to come and check it out.

I want to know what everyone thinks of my picks and what they would program at a film festival if they were given the chance. Hope to see everyone there, even if The Film Reel After Dark is only an imaginary film festival! HAHA!

Will Brownridge
The Film Reel
http://hagiblog.wordpress.com

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don’t get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I’ll handle the rest.

PLUG: The Film Reel

Fletch
June 21st, 2010 / Movies Blogs, PR, Plugs, The Film Reel

On July 22nd, The Film Reel will be hosting a free screening of Night of the Living Dead Reanimated in Toronto, Ontario at the Toronto Underground Cinema at 9 PM. Now I realize not everyone lives up here in Canada but there is still a way you can help out.

Along with the screening we’ll be accepting donations of DVDs for the local libraries. The libraries receive plenty of book donations but they don’t get a lot of films donated. They also don’t have the budget to purchase new DVDs. Anyone wanting to donate a DVD can get in touch with The Film Reel at ninfanwill@hotmail.com with the subject NOTLDR DONATION.

This is a great chance for indie filmmakers, horror hosts and anyone else with a DVD to get it out there. By donating a DVD you will be exposing your own film to thousands and thousands of people as well as helping out a good cause.

I hope that anyone in the Toronto area will come out and join us and you can check The Film Reel for updates on the screening. If you can’t make it out we would love for everyone to try and send 1 DVD for donation. Even a small amount of DVDs for donation would help out and if we can manage to get a large enough number we’ll be able to donate to numerous branches of the library in the Toronto area instead of just one.

Hope to see some new people at the screening and see just who else is blogging in the local area!

Will Brownridge
The Film Reel

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don’t get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I’ll handle the rest.

Brutally Blunt Blog Blustering #18: The Film Reel

Fletch
October 7th, 2009 / Brutally Blunt Blog Blustering, Movies Blogs, The Film Reel

It’s Blusterin’ Time!

And remember: Blustering should be a two-way street; if you’ve asked to be blustered, you better be a blusterer.

If you’re new to this feature or need a refresher, click the label at the bottom of this post and see the first few posts. Otherwise, here’s the basics:

What I’ll do is list a site; you’re asked to critique it. But here’s the catch: to induce the most honest reactions, don’t leave the comment using your normal alias/login - instead, go anonymous, and be as brutally honest (or complimentary) as you wish to be. Also, be specific, and naturally, don’t be rude. If I deem anything inappropriate, I’ll have no problem deleting the comment.

So, go to the site listed below, familiarize yourself with it for a few minutes, then come back and leave some constructive criticism and/or comments that you have.

Site: The Film Reel
LAMB#: 305
URL: http://hagiblog.wordpress.com/

If you’re up for this treatment for your site (and you’re a LAMB), send me an email with the subject “Bluster Me!” If you’ve already done so, no need to do it again - you’re on the list, and these will be going up in order of when I received your email (by the way, it could take a while for your site to be Blustered, since I don’t run this more than once a week or so).

LAMB #305 - The Film Reel

Fletch
June 7th, 2009 / Movies Blogs, The Film Reel, new LAMB

URL: http://hagiblog.wordpress.com/
Site Name: The Film Reel
Categories: Reviews, Editorials
Rating: PG-13. I try to keep it clean despite the intense urge to curse out the latest crap flick I’ve seen.

What is the main focus of your site?
To share my personal opinions on the vast collection of films available along with providing fun and informative views on some of my favorite aspects of movies and the people who bring them to us.

What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog?
I really enjoy movies and the process of filmmaking and would like to grow from the current format of mainly reviewing films to providing interviews, sneak peeks and my own personal short films. Movie fans are a diverse group of people and I enjoy sharing ideas and opinions with them.

Do you prefer an interactive community for your blog or are you the teacher and your readers are the students?
I love hearing from others and have already gotten many great suggestions for some great films to watch. There’s always something to learn and there’s always someone out there with more information on a subject than you may already have.

How long have you been movie blogging for, and how frequent do you post updates to your site?
My blog has been running since January of this year and I typically update at least once a day as well as responding to just about every comment that comes my way.

Name up to three of your favorite movies (and no more).
Geez, just three, this will be hard. I’ll go with Blade Runner, Star Trek (2009) and Shutter (the original, not the terrible remake).

How did you hear about the LAMB?
I heard about it through Final Girl which is a great blog itself.

Any additional comments, or give yourself an interview question that’s not listed above.
None.

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