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Name: John Cairns
Location: Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Reject Since: April 2007
Email: jcairns@filmschoolrejects.com
Bio: John Cairns has a wide and varied background in journalism in Canada. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Western Ontario and gained considerable on-air experience on TV in the greater Toronto area, including internships at two major TV networks in Canada. He’s done news and sports reporting and now is taking a stab at entertainment writing. He credits his stint as a volunteer at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival as the spark for his interest in pursuing film writing. He recently moved out of Toronto, back to his hometown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he hopes to pursue radio and TV opportunities. He can also be read at his blog, The Cairns Blog (http://johncairns.blogspot.com/).
Posts by John Cairns:
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You Don’t Mess With the Reject Report I just couldn’t resist doing a play on the title of Adam Sandler’s latest flick, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, even though it looks like Kung Fu Panda will probably be the box office winner this week. But who knows? Comments (2) |
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Box Office: Sex and the City is Biggest Chick Flick of All-Time I am pleased to say that I am glad that I didn’t listen to these fools in Hollywood who passed on their usual “conventional wisdom” about how Sex and the City would do. Comments (2) |
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The Reject Report has ‘Sex’ on the Brain It’s time to take a break from talking about superheroes, action, and other “guy” stuff. This week, it’s about Prada, fashion, relationships and other “girl” interests. Be the First To Comment |
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Box Office Update: $151 Million for Indiana Jones 4 Welcome to a special — and quick — Memorial Day update on the box office numbers for the entire four-day weekend. Projections for Monday are now in and without further ado, here are the Friday-to-Monday numbers. Be the First To Comment |
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Box Office: Big Numbers for Indiana Jones 4 Well, the numbers are in for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and we can say with certainty now that this movie is the top grosser of the year so far, but it is not going to be as big a blockbuster as some other movies that have been rolled out over five days. Comments (1) |
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Reject Report: The Return of Indiana Jones Happy Memorial Day weekend, my fellow Americans! (Why am I saying that? I’m Canadian! And I don’t get a holiday on Monday, either.) Be the First To Comment |
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Box Office: $56 Million is Less than Expected for Prince Caspian The headline of the hour is that The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was the Number One movie at the box office with a take of $56 million dollars. That’s the good news. Be the First To Comment |
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Prince Caspian Seeks Box Office Crown It’s really easy to pick a weekend box-office winner when these studios roll out only one new blockbuster week after week against absolutely no competition. Be the First To Comment |
