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NYCC 2012: Watch Live Online!

Today is the kickoff of NYCC 2012 & instead of walking the convention floor; I’m stuck at home putting some finishing touches on my new film, which premieres next weekend at the Orlando Film Festival. I’ll write a little something about my new flick later but for now I want to pass along some info for those of you also stuck sitting out NY Comic Con this weekend.

For the first time ever, NYCC will be live streaming several major panels, as well as from the show floor, for free in partnership with TwitchTV. Just check back on this page to watch the video below or watch it directly at www.NewYorkComicCon.com.

Watch live video from nycc on www.twitch.tv 

Here’s the schedule of confirmed panels:

Friday, October 12 
(12:00pm to 8:00pm)

AMC Presents Kevin Smith’s Comic Book Men (2:45 PM)

Open Road Films Presents: SILENT HILL: REVELATION 3D (4:00 PM)

Robot Chicken (6:00 PM)

Saturday, October 13 
(10:00am to 8:00pm)

Haven (10:30 AM)

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2! (12:15 PM)

The Conjuring (1:30 PM)

The Bay (2:15 PM)

Beautiful Creatures (3:00 PM)

Carrie (3:45 PM)

Evil Dead (4:15 PM)

AMC’s “The Walking Dead” Panel Event (5:00 PM)

FIREFLY 10th Anniversary Special Event – First Look (6:45 PM)

Sunday, October 14 
(10:00am to 5:00pm)

Arrow Special Video Presentation and Q&A (11:00 AM)

Halo 4: The Master Chief Returns and Multiplayer goes to Infinity (12:00 PM)

 

You should also keep checking WAMG or my Twitter account (@GetStuck) to see my updates from the convention tomorrow & Saturday. I know the opening paragraph made it seem like I wasn’t attending but that was just for dramatic effect. Look how great that segue was…

Jerry Cavallaro – www.JerryCavallaro.com

Tribeca 2012 Daily Recap: April 19th

Thursday was my first day at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. After passing by the location twice, I finally found the fairly well hidden Tribeca Cadillac Press Lounge. I quickly checked in with the very friendly Tribeca staff. Despite the time, I went on to enjoy one of my favorite perks of the festival: Magnum Ice Cream. After killing a few minutes flipping through the press & industry film guide, I made my way over to the Clearview Cinemas Chelsea for my first screening.

SIDE BY SIDE is a serious documentary on the film vs. digital debate hosted by Keanu Reeves. Yes, seriously. Even more shocking; how thoroughly entertaining and informative of a doc it is. I am not quite sure what kind of release this film will eventually get but it is highly recommended for anyone even remotely interested in filmmaking or technology.

Off to a good start, I decided to waste some time walking around the theater a bit since the press lounge is a little more of a hike than it was last year. While wandering, I bumped into Alan LaFave from the Hell’s Half Mile Film + Music Festival in Bay City, Michigan. For those of you who read my previous Tribeca coverage, I hung out with Alan often last year. My first feature STUCK LIKE CHUCK played his festival in 2009 and we have kept in touch online since. It turned out he was heading into the same screening as me.

DEATH OF A SUPERHERO has a lot more to do with death than superheroes. It is a visually interesting but ultimately disappointing dram. One of the highlights of the film is the acting, including a fine supporting performance by Andy Serkis, one in which he is not painted over with cgi.

Following the screening, Alan and I went to a nearby bar to catch up and talk a bit about our expectations for this year’s festival. After an hour or so, I made my way over to Rye House to meet Chris Bourne, Ben Umstead, Alexander Thebez & several other guys from TWITCH for dinner. Nearly 3 hours of delicious food and lively cinematic conversations followed. The only drawback to this wonderful meal was that it meant I would miss COMMUNITY. However, even that wasn’t so bad since Danny Pudi showed up at the restaurant & ate just one table away from us. Despite being such a fan that I have Abed & Troy as Batman & Robin wallpaper on my iPhone, I decided not to bother him during his meal. We all said our goodbyes and I made my way home exhausted after an extended first day at the festival.

Lesson of the Day: Keanu Reeves is actually a pretty good interviewer and watch COMMUNITY Thursday nights on NBC.

Jerry Cavallaro – @GetStuck – JerryCavallaro.com