Pink Elephants On Parade

Sticking with the animal theme, and promotion (this time not self- but family), here's the score to my bro's movie The Elephant King. It was composed by Adam Balazs and won top honors at the Park City Music in Film Festival, the premiere festival for film composers, and received the first prize for score at the Sacramento Film Festival. It is available now through iTunes or Amazon. The dance hit "Chiang Mai Nights" is also available as a single. After you listen to this score, you will be able to divide your life into the period before you heard it (the empty years) and after you heard it ("Valhalla"). Sweet! Now when is the movie coming out?

Ride This!

I never really got into the Ghost Rider comics when I was a kid, although I did collect other comics. I don't remember if I thought they looked too scary or if I just preferred the straight-up superhero comics. Unfortunately, the movie version doesn't seem to be getting such good reviews from most sources. Luckily, there are some cool toys to make up for the lackluster reviews. It seems that Medicom Toy Co. has the monopoly on everything Ghost Rider-y. My personal favorite is the Ghost Rider Vinyl Collectible Doll [pictured above, left] that is available for pre-order from Ningyoushi. I just really like the super-deformed style of this figure. The giant, flaming skull-head, over-sized hands and feet give this stylized figure a great look, and I'm sure the soft vinyl gives it a great feel as well. Ningyoushi also has a 12" Medicom RAH version of Ghost Rider [pictured above, right] for pre-order. Medicom produces the best looking 12" figures of any toy company around, and this Ghost Rider figure is no exception. Of course, it is almost twice the price of the vinyl doll version, so there ya' go. Now if only they could have made a quality movie out of Ghost Rider, these figures would make a lot more sense.

Vote Early And Often!

bloodshot!

301 Films is back, baby! Our Commander in Chief, Mike Lucas, is participating in a 48 hour horror filmmaking competition entitled Bloodshots and sponsored by filmmaking legend Robert Rodriguez. You can view the movie above, then go to the Bloodshots website to register and vote for the movie. It's the first one on the list.