Category Archives: Movies

The legacy of an old friend.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: January 24, 2009

I often think fondly of my old pal Don Wilder. Years ago, when I was a young actor, I worked shoulder to shoulder with Don on a series in Toronto. He was the Director of Photography, from Seasons 2 through 5, and spent much of the first year he living at my house. Moxy was [...]

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The best 2 minute commercial I’ve seen.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: June 18, 2007

I used to believe that episodic tv could barely compete with the production value of 30-second tv spots. Commercials had $2 million for 30 seconds – an episode of a series had less budget to make 52 minutes. The only leg-up was story-and-character: time to develop was on the side of the series. But 2 [...]

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Pagan Island

By Jesse, himself. | Published: April 30, 2006

At the risk of turning this blog into a video rehash centre, I had to include this one. Sometime you trip over things that are too perfect too ignore. And since YouTube is paying for the bandwidth, what the hell…

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Why Lighters Use A Flint

By Jesse, himself. | Published: April 17, 2006

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