Reel Progress

Friday April 4, 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.’s assasination so Democracy Now hosted by Amy Goodman has an hour long special on his life and service. Click here to read, listen or watch the video, and I also highly recommend Democracy Now as a great source of in depth news reporting.

The douchebags as comcast, verizon etc are trying to gain control of the internet…tell them to fuck off!

Companion short film to the book by Naomi Klein. More info at www.naomiklein.org.

Alright folks, the feature length horror comedy “Night For Nixie” produced by Reel Progress is now available thru Amazon.com as a 30 day rental for 1.99. That’s about as cheap as it gets, and a hell of a deal! Also available as a “download to own” feature.

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I really fucking hate commercial tv, but one of my weaknesses is pro football. Love the sport, probably always will. I’ve been ostracized by many “hipsters” for my NFL type ways, and occasionally for good reason. Now there’s a reason I totally agree with. Visa has these new ads, one broadcast here shows New Orleans Saints fans buying stuff at a store, and they are all paying with their cutesy Visa cards to the tune of “When the Saints go Marchin’ In” booming in the background. Then one guy comes up puts cash down on the counter. The music stops, the clerk looks at him funny as well as everyone else in the store.
And then you hear something like “You need Visa because life takes rhythm.” What the fucking hell is that?? Everything is under control.

You may have seen that miserable fucking Beyonce Direct Tv commercial where she does the spastic while singing “Let me upgrade you” or some such shit. At one point she has the word “upgrade” in gold sandwiched between her lips. When you think you’ve seen the worst there’s always one more putrid atrocity comin’ ’round the bend.

The feature length horror film “Night For Nixie” produced by Reel Progress is now available on Amazon.com. The VOD release should be available by December 10. Click here to see the film on Amazon.

Reel Progress independent film site has launched a channel on YouTube. The channel will show all things Reel Progress and favorite videos and clips from around the world. Go to the channel.

Emergency Broadcast Network has been around for quite a while now, and I would consider them one of the original culture jammers. This incredible video is from a live rendition of the piece “Electronic Behavior Control System” which will make you feel happy all over. This is on DivX stage 6, so you will need to download the DivX plugin at the prompt, but don’t worry, if you look around their library you’ll see they have enough great shit in there to make you click that button. And i have included a Myspace link in case you dont wanna.

Click Here to watch the video on Brightcove

Click Here to watch the video on MySpace

Mike Lyddon of Reel Progress has officially stated in an interview this morning that he would back writer Seth MacFarlane on his decision to join the writers strike and strongly urges viewers to boycott any upcoming new episodes of the show “Family Guy” which are being produced without the creator’s consent. “The last show helmed by MacFarlane aired November 11, so any new shows after that should be boycotted,” Lyddon said, “Keep in mind that MacFarlane does the voices for 3 of the main characters, Stewie, Peter and the dog Brian, so these shows are bound to be crap anyway!” the Reel Progress president continued in a more excited tone.

Reel Progress on Rotten Tomatoes takes a look into the evolution of movie box cover and poster art used in the film “Zombie! Vs. Mardi Gras” and talks a bit about how images were used to create the artwork for all phases of publicity.

Night For Nixie has been added to the illustrious Rotten Tomatoes database. Users can’t rant and rave about this cult horror comedy and post heaps of praise by going to the Nixie RT page. Night For Nixie is a Reel Progress production.

Brian De Palma wakes up and makes what looks to be a barnburner of a film. On my top list of films to see. For more info you can check out the movie site here.

Reel Progress president Mike Lyddon is in negotiations now to acquire the VOD distribution rights to his first film, “Cut Up,” which was made in the mid 90’s in New Orleans, La under the banner of Cutting Edge Films. If successful, the Cut up Dvd would be available via video on demand sometime in late November - early December, said Lyddon.

Hello good people of Earth! As you can tell we have finally updated the Reel Progress website to put the “fun” back in functionality. And yes, we are the original Reel Progress: don’t be fooled by  imitations, we have been online for 10 years delivering strange tales of independent films, music and art from the netherworlds of creativity and of course we remain yours as always,
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