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Drew Struzan Inducted To Society Of Illustrators Hall of Fame

Drew Struzan Inducted To Society Of Illustrators Hall of Fame

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The Society Of Illustrators has just inducted another artist into their Hall of Fame..it’s poster painter Drew Struzan. And everybody who knows him is celebrating. If you know who Drew Struzan is, then your only comment right now is “why didn’t this happen sooner?” If you don’t, he’s the painter behind some of cinema’s most iconic posters. The original Star Wars art with Luke lifting the lightsaber aloft? Struzan. All three (yup, there are just three) Indiana Jones posters? Struzan. Marty McFly lifting his sunglasses and looking at his watch with a shocked expression? Totally Struzan. Filmmaker Erik Sharkey once directed a documentary about Struzan entitled Drew:The Man Behind the Poster. Upon the announcement of his induction, Sharkey pooled his resources with another filmmaker named Jim Sanders, and they called up everyone they could get whose careers have been helped by Struzan for a special congratulatory video. Special guests of this presentation include: Harrison Ford, Frank Darabont, Dean DeBlois, Sam Witwer, Bob Gale, Greg Nicotero, Leonard Maltin, Floyd Norman, Greg

Sexina, Pop Star P.I. – Movie Review

Sexina, Pop Star P.I. – Movie Review

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In the history of heroic private investigators of cinema we have Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, on TV it was Magnum, P.I. and now a new breed of super sleuth, Sexina. At least that’s the idea behind the comedy adventure film Sexina: Pop Star P.I. from writer/director Erik Sharkey available now to stream on Amazon Prime. But just how sexy is Sexina? Break out your magnifying glass and let’s look at the clues presented on the screen. A self-proclaimed throwback to 1960’s camp comedies, Sexina actually opens with a James Bond style credits sequence complete with dancing female silhouettes. In keeping with the Bond tradition the Sexina theme is sung by the late 60’s pop star Davy Jones of The Monkees. With lyrics like, “Karate and Tae Kwan Do, She’ll kick you’re ass before you know, what hit ya”, the tone is set early on that this will be an irreverent journey through the world of a pop star on a mission. So what’s it all about? Plot: Sexina