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AJS ENTERTAINMENT APPRECIATION
Article series cover unique topics across the entertainment industry!
So far, series include Covid-Cinema and Celebrity Interviewing. Current Series (re)publishes previously written essays and reviews, including excerpts from my Remakes and Afterlife Cinema theses. There will be additional stand-alone reviews of movies, television, streaming content, etc.
Blog Entries:
October 5, 2020 - Intro to AJS Entertainment Appreciation Blog
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WITH UPDATES: A WALK DOWN CRITICAL LANE
August 4, 2021 - An Introduction to This Series
August 5, 2021 - Friends With Money - From Spring 2006
August 11, 2021 - Assignment #2 - Sunset Blvd. and American Beauty - From October 2005
August 30, 2021 - Does TV Affect Voter Turnout and Why? - June 2005
October 14, 2021 - Blog Pause Explained - I worked as a UPM on a Movie!
October 26, 2021 - Southland Tales - From April 2008
October 26, 2021 - Water is Filled With Heart - From Fall 2006
November 4, 2021 - Purple Violets - From Fall 2007
November 13, 2021 - Cloverfield - From Spring 2008
November 19, 2021 - Disaster Film Genre Formulas - From Fall 2007
January 22, 2022 - Marie Antoinette From - From Fall 2006
CELEBRITY INTERVIEWING:
January 22, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing: Overview
January 22, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing 101: A Conversation with Mara Webster of In Creative Company - or - YouTube Video of Conversation only
February 18, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing 102: Moderator Interview Styles (Part A - Rebecca Hall)
March 9, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing 102: Moderator Interview Styles (Part B - Steven Yeun)
March 26, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing 102: Moderator Interview Styles (Part C - Hilarie Burton)
May 29, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing 102: Moderator Interview Styles (Part D - Jenelle Riley)
June 17, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing 103: Daytime and Late-Night Talk Shows
June 27, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing 104: Radio Interviewing with Some Advice from Bethany Watson
July 25, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing 105: Variety’s Actors-on-Actors Conversations
July 28, 2021 - Celebrity Interviewing: Conclusion
COVID-CINEMA:
October 7, 2020 - Covid-Cinema: Part I, an Overview
October 8, 2020 - Covid-Cinema: Part II, “Tales from the Loop” Episode 4
October 11, 2020 - Covid-Cinema: Part III, “Palm Springs” and “Vivarium”
October 13, 2020 - Covid-Cinema: Part IV, “Staged” and “Love in the Time of Corona”
October 24, 2020 - Covid-Cinema: Part V, “Social Distance”
November 1, 2020 - Covid-Cinema: Part VI, YouTube’s “Hot Ones” and “Beauty Secrets”
November 17, 2020 - Covid-Cinema: Part VII, YouTube 2020 Comedy
January 8, 2021 - Covid-Cinema: Part X, Conclusion - We Watched It All