GritCOMP Now Open - Guess the Number of Jelly Beans in the Jar...

I'm pleased to post that the "Guess the Number of Jelly Beans in the Jar" GritFX Competition is now open for submissions.

All details on how to enter, along with 4 perspectives of the jelly bean jar, can be found on the GritFX Website.

At the beginning of each week, I will do a post on the GritBlog with all the Blog members who have submitted their guess, with a link to their particular blogs.

Please note: Our competitions are only open to our GritBLOG community members and GritFX Facebook Page Fans - so if you haven't joined, go do so now :)

Good Luck!

Update on the Latest GritFX Competition Winner...

On the 1st of December, Jim - aka "The Movie Whore" was pulled from our 'Barrel of Grit' and became the latest GritFX winner! Jim has since selected his prize and has sent us a photo to share with you all.


Jim chose the "Little Alex" design.

Check out "The Movie Whore" Blog today... there's a recent post on William Shatner "The Shatman".

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Our Next Competition...
"Guess the number of Jelly Beans in the Jar"

Details on how to enter will be posted early January 2009. Until then, if you haven't become a member of the GritBlog – go do so now! (only GritBLOG community members and GritFX Facebook Page fans can enter the GritFX competitions.)

WADRICK’S THIRTY SECOND FILM REVIEWS (the 1970’s)

The Towering Inferno (1974)
Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, William Holden & many others.
Written by Stirling Silliphant.
Directed by John Guillermin & Irwin Allen.

It’s tough to dislike a movie that features both Paul Newman and Steve McQueen, and this film is often considered the best of director Allen’s disaster epics of the 70’s. Viewed today however, in the light of CGI, Inferno is a lacklustre experience. Newman is the engineer who knows the shoddy workmanship of the skyscraper will lead to disaster; McQueen is the fire chief who has to clean up the mess; and a cast of many provide the fodder for the flames.

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Sorcerer (1977)
Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal & Ramon Bieri.
Written by Walon Green.
Directed by William Friedkin.

Four scumbags in a Latin American town try to buy their freedom by driving trucks full of nitroglycerine over some seriously rugged terrain and one particularly unstable bridge, all set to a weird electronic score by Tangerine Dream. Sleazy, gritty remake of The Wages Of Fear was derided by purists, and whilst it’s production problems are sometimes evident, Sorcerer still remains one of Friedkin’s most interesting (and ambitious) films.

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Paper Moon (1973)
Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal, Madeline Kahn & John Hillerman.
Written by Alvin Sargent.
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

The real joy of Paper Moon, Bogdanovich’s best film, is watching real-life father and daughter acting together. Tatum won an Oscar for her role as orphan Addie, and Ryan shows just what a fine actor he could be as the conman who begrudgingly takes her under his wing. Rich atmosphere and beautiful black and white photography combine in this tragi-comic tale set during the Great Depression. An American classic.

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(Wadrick Jones is a freelance writer for GritFX and will post weekly thirty second film reviews on this blog.)

Vulgar Display Of Power

Who ya gonna call when your loved one’s head begins to spin as they levitate and churn out a steaming stream of green vomit? Karras and Merrin, that’s who! At their famous House of Exorcism, dispossession by demonic forces is guaranteed – or your money back. And yes, that’s right – they do cater for group bookings.

This crazy cult film design was created by GritFX writer/designer Wadrick Jones and has been featured this week on Tuesday Teez! GritFX is always honored to have a design selected by Tuesday Teez, who feature the hottest new releases in T-Shirts on the web every Tuesday!



Blog entry by Dave – GritFX Senior Designer/Company Partner

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