movies and entertainment

Four Fuel Saving Tips

Whether you drive a one thousand pound hybrid, or a six thousand pound SUV, you can always squeeze out a few extra miles per gallon. In the long run, this could save you hundreds of dollars per year if you do it correctly. 1. Slow down. One of the best... Read >

Electric Vehicles

Vehicles that are powered by electricity have been around for a very long time. What most people don't know is that in the early 1900s there were more vehicles powered by electricity than there were vehicles powered by gasoline. Gasoline back in the e... Read >

What are the types of alternative fuels?

We are not talking about gasoline, diesel fuel, or kerosene right now. An alternative fuel is defined as the choice of any fuel other than the traditional selections; gasoline and diesel. What are the choices? 1. Ethanol. Ethanol is a high-octane, l... Read >

What A Killer Movie

Review: The Graduates (2009) Ron M. Gever Though independent and "low budget", what others have deemed "staged" and "faked" (perfect "in frame" shots), seems to be a disguised complement on the quality of camera work for an "amateur" production! Th... Read >

They Sell Out the Graduates Movie For A Reason

Review: The Graduates Tom Barrymore I watched a free sneak preview online and was really, really surprised. I get their email updates and the last one said ten sold-out screenings in a row, so I was curious, and I get it. They don't make coming of ... Read >

Katy Reviews The Graduates Movie

The genre of this movie was VERY clear right away. A coming-of-age-teen-comedy. I hate teen comedies! But this is also an indie film and I love discovering a great indie film so I gave it a shot. I'm glad I did. I was really surprised by the intelligenc... Read >

Indie Film The Graduates Rocks Box Office

So, I saw this movie the other week because a friend told me it was online for free as some kind of a promo. I wasn't expecting much - it looked like another standard teen sex romp movie on the outside - but I found that there was a lot more to "The Gradu... Read >

The Next Coen Brothers?

New York, NY: Filmmaking brothers Ryan Gielen and Matthew Gielen will tell you that they wouldn't dare compare themselves to the legendary Coen brothers, but the similarities are impossible to ignore. The producer-director team behind this summer'... Read >

New Movie Gives Away Entire Soundtrack for Free

New York, NY: The Graduates is the first film in history to give away 1 million (1,000,000) soundtracks for FREE. Money is tight. Consumers are spending less. Businesses are pinching pennies. So why is a feature film, hitting theaters on May 8th givin... Read >

The Graduates: Careful, We Don’t Want To Learn From This

New York, NY: The tagline for the new comedy The Graduates could not be more perfect. Proudly proclaiming "Careful, we don't want to learn from this…" the poster is an equal mix of a trubute to and satire of that time in life when we know everything ... Read >

Nostalgia, Satire and Funnel Cakes

New York, NY: I hate coming-of-age comedies. In fact, the genre has become almost a pardoy of itself. Films like College, and the Van Wilder series have taught the movie-going public to distrust any comedy featuring young people. Whatever happened ... Read >

The Graduates: The Little Film That Could

New York, NY: The Graduates, made for a mere $95,000 opens in select cities this May. Most indie films spend $95,000 before lunch on the first day. So how did director/producer Ryan Gielen squeeze an entire movie out of the tiny budget? "We begged,... Read >

Senior Week Must Be Stopped

A new movie hits theaters next month, glamorizing the illegal and immoral behavior of high school graduates during the Maryland rite of passage, Senior Week. The Graduates, a new comedy from writer/director Ryan Gielen, is the story of four friends wh... Read >