Dan Bloom
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Navajo-Dubbed ‘Star Wars’ Ready for July 4 Launch
Navajo nation leaders see the dubbing of "Star Wars" as a way to help preserve their language
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Sci-Fi, Cli-Fi, We All Cry: the End Is Nigh
Guest blog: Unlike sci-fi, cli-fi writing for movie scripts and novels comes primarily from a place of warning rather than discovery
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The Navajo-Dubbed ‘Star Wars’: It’s a Family Project to Debut on July 4
Guest blog: It's hoped that this project will intrigue the younger generation into learning more about their language — and keep the language alive
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‘Stars Wars’ Goes Navajo in Bid to Save Tribe’s Language
Guest blog: Lucasfilm and Arizona museum hope dubbing encourages tribe's youth to preserve their language and culture
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In a Warming World, ‘Cli-Fi’ Is Here to Stay
Guest blog: For now, most cli-fi movies and novels are just old-fashioned yarns, so there's nothing to be afraid of — but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that climate chaos is going to have a chilling impact on the entire planet
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Liam Neeson Takes ‘Walk Among the Tombstones’
Actor Liam Neeson is on novelist Lawrence Block's mind a lot these days. The New York novelist is chock-a-block with anticipation as one of his novels, "A Walk Among the Tombstones," is being filmed on the streets of Manhattan, and Neeson is starring as the character Matthew Scudder. Recently, Block was invited by the producers…
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What Kind of Culture Accepts Media Violence Toward Women?
Guest Blog: It's time to put an end to the exploitive use of photographs of women to sell anything and everything
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The Unsung (Skinny) Body in ‘Life of Pi’
Guest blog: "Life of Pi" CGI magic wasn't just for the tiger; it was for star Shuraj Sharma, too
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Jan & Dean’s Dean Torrence to ‘Surf’ Taiwan … by Motorcycle
Guest blog: Now 72, he'll be accompanied by 19 other foreign motorcyclists over the age of 62, and the group will be joined by local Taiwanese senior citizens
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‘Mystery Train’ Star Is Now ‘Coaching’ a Taiwan Baseball Movie
Masatoshi Nagase is part of the cast of a flick about a 1931 baseball Taiwan team that made history at a high-school tournament in Japan
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An Open Letter to the MPAA’s Chris Dodd: Get Rid of the Guns
Guest blog: I write this letter to you as a friend of Hollywood and with the hope that something can be done to take guns and gun scenes out of future Hollywood movies
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Hollywood Tour Guide Dishes on Orson Welles, Sammy Davis Jr. and Why John Garfield Wasn’t Named Abraham Lincoln
Guest blog: Here's why Jewish-convert Sammy makes the sign of the cross in an emergency…
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Where Was Taiwan in Its Own Golden Horse Film Fest?
Called the Oscars of Asia, the televised show seemed like it was taking place in Beijing or Hong Kong, since most of the awards went to Hong Kong and Beijing film people
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Al Weiwei, His ‘Never Sorry’ Director and Their Serendipitous Meeting
Guest Blog: The movie, the Chinese artist and activist, has finally reached Taipei — but still has not been shown yet in China
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Hurricane Sandy Spoke: Were You Listening, Hollywood?
Guest Blog: The tragedy of hurricane Sandy means it's time for Hollywood to make a movie that will show people what will happen if we don't get our act together on climate change
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