About the Bloggers

Ray Greene is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and educator. His book Hollywood Migraine was an L.A. Times bestseller; his movie Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies was a festival hit, a Time Out New York critic's pick and is available from Pathfinder DVD. Among Ray's proudest achievements is his long affiliation with Boxoffice, where he was Editor-in-Chief for much of the 1990s. Ray conceived and created the original Boxoffice website back in 1993, making Boxoffice.com the first comprehensive internet film resource dedicated entirely to movies.

Wade Major is a veteran critic, author and filmmaker. A graduate of UCLA’s film and television program, his work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Daily News and the Silver Lake Film Festival, among others. He has written or contributed to numerous books on Asian cinema, and is a featured audio commentator on such noteworthy DVD titles as André Techiné’s “Barocco,” Takashi Miike’s “Gozu” and the cult favorite, “Master of the Flying Guillotine.” He also appears regularly on the Reelz channel series “What it Takes” and NPR’s FilmWeek. He has written for Boxoffice since 1992.

Aside from being a critic for Boxoffice Magazine, Mark Keizer co-authored the book Ultimate DVD: The Essential Guide to Building Your DVD Collection, published by the Berkley Publishing Group. Keizer is also a seasoned television producer, most recently as Co-Executive Producer of Seasons 5 and 6 of Comedy Central’s The Man Show. Keizer’s other producing credits include the talk shows Later with Greg Kinnear, The Roseanne Show and The Late, Late Show with Tom Snyder, as well as the NBC primetime game show Dog Eat Dog and E!’s Talk Soup. Currently, Keizer is co-host of DVD DigiGods, a podcast available on iTunes and IGN.com.

Timothy Cogshell is a veteran Los Angeles based film writer and filmmaker. His writings on film have been published widely since 1990 both nationally and internationally. Like many of his noted colleagues (including Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Peter Bogdanovich), Tim is a filmmaker as well as a thoughtful analyst of the art and craft of cinema. His work includes writing, directing and producing feature and documentary projects for the screen and television. Tim is also the Producer of the internationally broadcast movie-news and information program - CineNews - which airs weekly around the world from the UK to New Zealand, across Latin America and throughout western and Eastern Europe. Tim holds a Master of Arts Degree, among others, and attended Columbia, Harvard and Oxford Universities.

Past Posts

A Politically Involved Adam Sandler is a Sign of the Apocalypse

'Hulk' Will Smash… Marvel’s Winning Streak?

Sydney Pollack, or the Reactionary Hailed as a Visionary

Indiana Jones and the Web Buzz of Doom

Hour Of The Wolf

Indiana Jones Watch: Or The Ballad Of Steven & George

The Beginning of the End?

Will Ferrell, Movie Comedy, And The Saturday Night Live Curse

Strange Bedfellows, or Why Celebrity Political Endorsements Suddenly Matter

Wake Up, Warner Bros.!: A Call To Action After The Folding Of New Line

Let’s Bag the SAG Strike Talk

Please Don’t Give Ellen Page the Oscar

Does the Audience Hate the Oscar Nominees?

WGA/Producers: It's A Done Deal