Miserably obvious movie marketing: the Ghosts of Girlfriends Past trailer. »

By Burbanked on Feb 1, 2009 in Movie Marketing 101, Movies, Screenwriting, Trailers  |  3,284 views  |  

Blogging’s been in the backseat lately, because life has taken a turn for the hectic and my priorities have had to shift a bit for the immediate future.
But still. When I come across such a pathetically predictable and awful trailer such as that for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner, it’s [...]

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It might pay to be Matthew McConaughey’s costar. Unfortunately. »

By Burbanked on Sep 19, 2007 in Celebrities, Development Heck, Movies  |  5,273 views  |  

I find it very difficult to get through most of Matthew McConaughey’s movies. Sure, there’s a Lone Star in there, a Dazed and Confused, but in general I find his delivery, his smug persona and his general smarminess to be real cinematic turn-offs.
So it’s with an exuberant sense of “bleh” that I read a piece [...]

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