10 Facts you need to know about Film Festival Wednesdays

• “Film Festival Wednesdays” is one of the latest installments to an entertaining Madlab Post series.

• It focuses on news, schedules, special events and fun entertainment from the film festival circuit.

• This will allow you to find out about what is happening at film festivals in or near your area.
  

• Film festival news does not only apply to residents of any given state or country.
  

• The previous point means that you can still check out great independent films while on vacation or visiting friends and relatives as long as there is a film festival event nearby.
  

• No man, woman, teenager or child has a valid excuse for missing out on great independent films now that Film Festival Wednesdays is in effect. You can no longer make an excuse that there is nothing going on in your town anymore.
  

• The information provided will add more organization and reliability to the Madlab Post and help to support other filmmakers and their fascinating works.

• This means that all film festival related news will only be posted on Wednesdays, unless otherwise noted. Special news that is worth mentioning any other time will be the only exception.

• Film Festival Wednesdays was created to provide enough information for movie fans interested in supporting and checking out independent films in the midst of their adventures in the land of many major Hollywood box office hits and even more big budget disappointments.
  

• After receiving some questions and notices from online associates, it is refreshing to know that many people are certainly searching for more independent films to check out.

  If you have any questions or want to know about a film festival or screening in your area, leave a comment below. ALSO, if you have been to a single movie screening or film festival, what was your experience? What films did you watch?

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Happy Birthday to Circle Cinema

Today marks the celebration of Circle Cinema's 4th year in operation. This is great news for independent filmmakers, since this is one of the very few independent movie theaters still in operation throughout the United States. What is especially fascinating is that Circle Cinema opened in the 1920's and have been showing movies since then. Throughout the years, this movie theater has undergone many changes. It continues to show support for independent films and the arts in general.

Oklahoma Moviemakers meet at the movie theater frequently to talk about and further develope locally produced films. The birthday of Circle Cinema is exciting as it introduces new plans to build two additional theaters. This will not only allow the movie theater to show multiple films at once, visitors will have more options to choose from at any given time. In the meantime, Circle cinema will be screening lots of award winning films that may be hard to come by elsewhere. It is a great place to visit if you live in or plan to visit Tulsa. The Circle Cinema schedule for this fall includes many Academy Award Qualifying documentaries. If you have not been to the theater, this is the time to start attending.

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A Review of the 50 Cent AYO Technology video

A previous post on this blog has breifly introduced the perceptions of 50 Cent's very provocative music video for AYO Technology. Here is a more detailed review of the 50 Cent AYO Technology Video:

AYO Technology is one of the first singles from 50 Cent’s “Curtis” album. The song features pop singer, Justin Timberlake. After finding out about this new single, I looked forward to observing the 50 Cent AYO Technology video. The rapper looks like a clean-cut businessman. Justin Timberlake looks like an assistant in 50 Cent’s empire. After watching this music video, it is easy to realize that both men are partners in a strange fixation of unknown and inaccessible women.

The 50 Cent AYO Technology video appears to be very dark in nature. However, it is an entertaining addition to a list of rap music videos that contain predictable elements. Contrary to the typical rap music video, this one has one central theme that does not focus on cars or money. Instead, the 50 Cent AYO Technology video portrays a fixation between the rapper, Justin Timberlake and sexy women in cyberspace. One popular blogger at Obtusity has described the meaning of 50 Cent’s AYO Technology song being about a person’s masturbation to porn movies.

It may not be easy to determine if that is the true meaning behind this song. However, the 50 Cent AYO Technology video does a good job of portraying the rapper and his pop star sidekick in a stalking frenzy. At first glance, I thought that 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake were spying on women in attempt to murder them. In time, I realized that their behavior is the result of a desire to get closer to these women. Still, many different perceptions can be developed of 50 Cent’s AYO Technology video.

The technical portion of 50 Cent’s AYO Technology is just as good as other elements. It is loaded with interesting digital effects and gadgets. The night vision shots add more color and brightness to this dark music video. As one woman takes off her clothes in one scene, Justin Timberlake wishes that he had some soft of X-ray vision to see her up close. Instead, his binoculars are able to do the trick. The same x-ray vision appears in another scene where viewers get to see through a car that another woman is driving. It goes to show that the 50 Cent AYO Technology video can easily appeal to male fans and some gamers.

Grade A
High end cars are about the only thing that makes this music video similar to other productions with 50 Cent or any rapper in general. One great aspect about the 50 Cent AYO Technology video is that it has an imaginative theme and neat design. This music video is filled with sexy women, but in a different manner. It is definitely worth watching for fans and average TV viewers alike. The currently most popular gangster rapper is a spy with his pop star, stalker compadre. There is not much more that you can ask for when it comes to the 50 Cent AYO Technology video. Male fans will enjoy the sexy women and digital effects while female fans will be glad to see Justin Timberlake again. The 50 Cent AYO Technology gets an “A” for great imaging and realization of a dark song that some fans are still trying to figure out.

Did you like this music video? Are there any recent 50 Cent music videos that are better than the AYO Technology video? Leave your comments below.

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