Monday, February 19, 2007

Source: THE BEAT; 2/19/07 GHOST RIDER rides to #1!. Flame on! Blazing past a review-free opening, GHOST RIDER raced to the #1 spot at the box office: Sony's Marvel comic adaptation "Ghost Rider" revved an estimated $44.5 million over the first three days of the extended President's Day frame, easily taking No. 1 at the domestic B.O. and becoming the biggest opening of the year so far. Studio was estimating Sunday morning that the pic could roll to $51 million over four days, which would make it the biggest President's Day opening ever, surpassing Adam Sandler comedy "50 First Dates," (which hit $45.1 million over four days in 2004). The PG-13 "Ghost Rider" played 3,619 locations as the frame's widest new release. Pic stars Nicolas Cage as supernatural cyclist Johnny Blaze, and numbers could conceivably spell a new franchise for the studio, though Sony brass wouldn't comment on that possibility. As reviews have trickled out, Rotten Tomatoes has the film rated at a mere 25% positive, but...well, it's Ghost Rider, ya know. [THE BEAT] 5:47:06 PM

From Big Red Productions FEBRUARY FEATURE Chasing Dora A film by TJ Barrack and Wes Brown Chasing Dora, a film by Wes Brown and TJ Barrack special fundraising event to benefit SURF AID INTERNATIONAL Chasing Dora - "Chasing Dora" is the story of three California surfers who decided to bring to life an epic challenge thrown down by one of surfing's greatest stylists, the renowned maverick, Miki Dora, who died in 2002 at age 67. Dora was one of the sport's iconic figures. He railed against the commercialization of surfing, yet endorsed one of the best-selling surfboard models of the mid-'60s surf boom; he decried competitive surfing, yet still chose to enter some, and floated schemes to promote others; he shunned publicity, yet managed to use the surf media to create an almost mythic persona for himself. "Chasing Dora" takes on one of his radical ideas - that the ultimate test of a truly great surfer would be in a contest for the longest wave ridden, on a self-made wooden board, with no equipment or accessories that stemmed from the industrial age - no plastics, no neoprene suits, no surf leashes. The challenge would take them half way around the world to Jeffrey's Bay South Africa, where they would face some of the largest swells of the year on wood boards that they hand made, wearing nothing but wool trunks in 50 degree water. The film follows these three surfers from shaping the boards in California to walking with lions in Africa, to surfing the fastest wave in the world with the likes of Kelly Slater and Andy Irons. Chasing Dora was a winner of the FUEL TV Experiment, in which the filmmakers were awarded $100,000.00 to create this excellent film. Starring: Robert "Wingnut" Weaver, Marc Andreini, and Mickey Munoz Director of Photography: Jeff Cunningham Water Photography: Larry Haynes Associate Producer and Music Supervisor: Jason Annis Music: Danny Saber Saturday, February 24th, 7 & 9:30 PM Fabulous La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas. Get your tickets early, this event will sell out! General admission $10.00 call (714) 842-4338 for special VIP Package. 7:15:45 AM