This month on Wide Screen World: the latest installment of Freeze Frame, the LAMB roundtable discussion on the current goings-on in the film industry! This time we discuss the changes at Netflix, SONY’s decision to pull the plug on 3D glasses, and some early Oscar prognosticating.

Freeze Frame is a bi-monthly feature. The next installment - with a new lineup of LAMB bloggers - will be December 9!

http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com/2011/10/freeze-frame-wsw-roundtable-take-3.html

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.

The next installment of my roundtable film discussion series, Freeze Frame, is currently up now at my blog:

http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com/2011/08/freeze-frame-wsw-roundtable-take-2.html

My thanks to everyone who came by to look at the first one back in June; it was one of the most read posts I’ve had this summer. I hope you like this current edition. These discussions will be held the second Friday of every other month, so that means the next one will be October 14!

Rich
Wide Screen World

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.

I’ve finally put together my first blogathon, and I believe it’s one that you’ll all enjoy: the My Hometown Blogathon! For more information, please check out my blog:

http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/wsw-presents-my-hometown-blogathon.html

I’ll take submissions for it between now and through the week of the event, July 18-23. I hope you’ll join me in this.

Rich
Wide Screen World

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.

This month at Wide Screen World I present to you Freeze Frame: a bi-monthly roundtable discussion on things happening in the film world today, featuring some of your favorite LAMBs! It’s a Q-and-A session dealing with important movie topics in and out of Hollywood that affect all of us as critics and fans. Come take a look and tell me what you think:

http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/freeze-frame-wsw-roundtable.html

Rich
Wide Screen World

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.

Send me an FYC image and I will post it! The nomination voting period only lasts until May 9th. When you’re ready to vote, do it here: http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/521956

This week, I’ve decided to take a listen to some of the many podcasts done by the LAMB bloggers. This is my first venture into many of them, and I’m impressed by the different approaches. Come take a look at what I have to say about them:

http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com/2011/03/exploring-movie-podcasts.html

Rich
Wide Screen World

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.

Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-fifth of a 33-part series dissecting the 83rd Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of the Oscars. To read any other posts regarding this event, please click the tag following the post. Thank you, and enjoy!  

by Rich of  Wide Screen World

I should explain what you’re about to read.

City Mouse is a cartoon character I created a few years ago, when I briefly lived in Columbus, Ohio. He was the star of my strip City Mouse Goes West. He started out as an avatar of myself, as I wrote about small town life and how it compared to a previous lifetime of big city life. He evolved into his own character over time. He’s still me, kind of, but at the same time he’s also become a unique character unto himself, if that makes any sense. Collie the Columbus Cow is his pal. I have no control over what she does at all.

I haven’t regularly worked on any new City Mouse strips since I moved back to New York, but I thought it might be fun to pull him and Collie out of limbo and create a new strip for them, and this seemed like a good way to introduce them to a new audience. I hope you like it.

(Editor’s Note: I’m late in posting this and the contest ends later today so hurry over there now and enter. Sorry for the lateness, Rich!)

I’m holding my first contest, in which you can have your favorite actor or actress drawn by me. I’m a formally trained artist; I spent eight years in art school and my specialty is cartoon and caricature art. Click on the link below for more information on how you can win!

http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com/2010/12/win-commissioned-art-from-wsw.html

Rich
Wide Screen World

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.

URL: http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com/
Site Name: Wide Screen World
Categories: News, Editorials, Classic Film
Rating: PG-13

What is the main focus of your site?
I write about the ideas, memories and environments associated with the films I watch. I don’t consider what I do to be reviews, because I’m less concerned with the content and craft of a film as I am with my experience watching it.

What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog?
Naturally, I want to make this the best blog I can. I try to provide a variety of content; for example, I’m also a cartoonist, and every week I provide original film-related art of some kind. I want to be a better writer as well. Once I build a bigger audience, I’d like it to become a community of smart, savvy movie fans and to do stuff for them through WSW.

Do you prefer an interactive community for your blog or are you the teacher and your readers the students?
Definitely interactive. I want to be able to discuss a variety of things with my readers, and I use movies as the basis for that.

How long have you been movie blogging for, and how frequent do you post updates to your site?
I started WSW in August 2010, and as of this writing I’m up to posting six days a week.

Name up to three of your favorite movies (and no more).
Sunset Boulevard
Breaking the Waves
Chasing Amy

How did you hear about the LAMB?
I saw the link on a classic film LAMB blog. Don’t recall which one it was.

Any additional comments, or give yourself an interview question that’s not listed above.
I’m trying to build something unique with WSW, so any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated.