If you have ever wondered if there is anyone left with a single fresh idea in Hollywood ... check out the new series from HBO called, Carnivàle, by creator Daniel Knauf. Set in dust bowl of Oklahoma, in the middle of the Great Depression, good and evil get ready for an epic showdown. On one side, a young man searching for his place in the world - the other, a devoted preacher seeking only to help his people through such dark and terrible times. Both have tragic pasts, and both share terrible dreams ... visions of a darkness soon to come to each of them ... perhaps, to everyone.

I don't know if it's easier to make a really fun film with 110 million dollars, or only 35 ... but the powers that be in Hollywierd surely trust the low-budget multi-talents of Director Robert Rodriguez. Now, most movie makers stay within their genre, but not Rodriguez. He has found his success in three genre's AND their sequels. And Rodriguez continues to stick to his guns, overseeing nearly every aspect of his films. And why not? ... he made a name for himself with a neighborhood film called, El Mariachi, with only $7000. Three years later, Hollywood gives him 7 million to retell his story. He moves effortlessly from the action bloodbath of Desperado films to the horror vampire genre with the From Dusk till Dawn series.