For those of you who have been waiting for Nikon to catch up to Canon’s HD DSLR offerings, your wait is (finally!) coming to an end. At first blush, Nikon’s D3100 looks like an incredibly serious challenge to the other cameras in the market segment (and particularly Canon’s T2i). Some of the D3100′s chief selling

Variety recently published a nice article on Sylvester Stallone as an Independent Filmmaker. I appreciated the piece because it's a reminder that independent filmmakers can be found anywhere. This should go without saying, but I've found that many independents have a chip on their shoulder about not working in Hollywood. It would seem that Stallone is the exception rather than the rule, but it is refreshing to be reminded that our neat little categories and boxes are of relative value. Particularly interesting for film buffs is the role Stallone's films played