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Call Me Mr. J: When Harley Met Joker

April 14th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, News, Superheroes, Writing,

Chris Notarile of Blinky Productions, the most prolific fan filmmaker on the planet, recently released his latest flick, Call Me Mr. J, and while it finds him in the title role of The Joker (AKA “Mr. J”), the flick centers on the origins of the villain’s main squeeze, Harley Quinn. Taking place after The Dark [...]

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Iron Fist, Elektra & Star Wars Fan Films Team Up In NYC

April 8th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Steven Spielberg, Superheroes, Tawnya Manion, Writing, , marvel comics, science fiction

This past weekend was a double-header of fan film goodness for Fan Cinema Today, as I hosted movie event/author talks two days in a row, first at Anthology Film Archives in New York City on Friday night, and then the next day, out on Long Island at I-Con 28, the long-running Sci-Fi convention. The Anthology [...]

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Live From New York, It’s FAN FILMS!

March 31st, 2009 | Posted in Author, Batman, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Henry Jenkins, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, News, Pink Five, Public Screening, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, Superman, TV, , science fiction

I’ve hosted fan film programs before, but this is the highest profile event yet—a night of fan films at the world-famous ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES in New York City, presented as part of the NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL. I’ve got five words for you: FAN FILMS ON THE SILVER SCREEN! The show is THIS FRIDAY, April 3 [...]

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Fan Film Gives Elektra A Hand

November 19th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, News, Superheroes, Tawnya Manion, Writing, marvel comics

Even though Marvel Comics is the biggest comic book company around, the DC Comics characters get all the fan film attention. This week, FCT takes a look at some of the Marvel-based fan flicks that have been flying under the radar. Elektra is something of an oddity in the comic book world, in that she’s [...]

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September 9th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Comic Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, Public Screening, Star Wars, Superheroes,

Way back in the Dark Ages—OK, April—I hosted a panel of some of the brightest stars in the fan film universe at the New York Comic Con. We got nearly 300 people in audience for the event, and despite technical glitches, it went so well that I was inspired to bring this blog back from [...]

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New York Comic Con 2008 Fan Film Panel Wrap-Up

April 21st, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Star Wars, Superheroes, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Uncategorized, Writing

This was my third visit to the New York Comic Con, which, gee, is in its third year. As always, it was a blast. All of New York City decided to fly its proverbial freak flag and jam into the Javits Center. I read that they were expecting 60,000 people this weekend, and I think [...]

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BIG FAN FILM Panel at NY Comic Con This Weekend!

April 14th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Superheroes, Tawnya Manion, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Writing,

Going to New York Comic Con in New York City this coming weekend? Make sure you check out the fan film panel! I set this up a while back and roped in a bunch of folks–it’s a real ‘who’s who’ of the East Coast fan film world. In fact, the only drawback is that halfway [...]

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Tag Archives: chris notarile

Call Me Mr. J: When Harley Met Joker

Iron Fist, Elektra & Star Wars Fan Films Team Up In NYC

Live From New York, It’s FAN FILMS!

Fan Film Gives Elektra A Hand

New York Comic Con 2008 Fan Film Panel Wrap-Up

BIG FAN FILM Panel at NY Comic Con This Weekend!

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