Sunshine On A Cloudy Night

Time for the weekly "On The Lot" update. I'm happy to report the producers finally listened. The elimination from last week happened early in the show and without too long of a drumroll as arrogant Marty, who did the 3-minute trailer that wasn't really a movie, got the boot.
I had high hopes for this week, knowing that two of the strongest filmmakers from the first round, Zach and Will, were up tonight. I'm pleased to say that made tonight's show so much better than last week's. Will Bigham's movie, "Glass Eye," was amusing but not nearly as strong as his first film. There were also different genres tonight. We had a supposed horror film, "The Orchard", which didn't work at all. The dramatic "Lost" was a bittersweet tale of the end of a relationship. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either. "Born Blood" was interesting- I liked the way it was shot, but I expected more out of the ending. Finally there's "Sunshine Girl" and I'll say it here and now: with close to two months left in the competition, I will be very surprised if Zach Lipovsky doesn't win this thing. He's already shown he can do special effects and comedy. Tonight he showed he can tell a story that warms hearts, too. He seems to be taking pages straight from the Spielberg school of movie career advancement. Considering who the executive producer of the show is, that's a pretty good idea!