Charlton Heston Dead at 84

Charlton Heston, world renowned actor, ex-President of the National Rifle Association died on Saturday, April 5^th 2008 at his home in Beverly Hills. His wife, Lydia, whom he married in 1944, was at his side. [BBC News] + [Chicago Tribune]

Frank Herbert’s Dune to Be Adapted to Film

Paramount has been seeking the rights to Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic novel series that began with Dune and is now in the ready to be produced. Peter Berg will be directing this adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Science Fiction series which will be full of special effects with giant worms and the battles of the Great Houses. The first film adaptation was in 1984, not worth watching. Then in 2000, a better version, was directed by John Harrison and starred William Hurt, Alec Newman and Saskia Reeves; however this time writers are being sought that will create a screenplay true to Frank Herbert’s novel series instead of mangling the original plot.

Problem with Fitna Danish film by Tom Carew

There has been much controversy concerning Geert Wilders’ film Fitna. I had not written about it except the fact that a person should be free to create/produce a film that portrays; however there are those who believe that the film inflames further hostility. It seems that the major negative against the film is that its plot consists of a movement against all Muslims in Europe. That is the main problem with the film and good reason why folks are writing about it. So you can understand about what the following is about, you can view the film HERE. The following was written by LPJ guest writer and the second entry was sent via email to me by Tom reiterating what the following explains …