Special Movie Post: 90th Oscars awards on Sunday March 4th

  It's going to be a special Oscar night.

   I was in two movies last year  Downsizing (directed by Alex Payne) had a smal speaking role and Shape of Water (directed by Guillermo Del Torro) spent two days on set as 1960's Ad man.

  Excited to see if Shape of Water takes home al 3 awards! stay tuned...

    I saw I, Tonya ( amazing film! Allison Janney must win for Best Supporting Actress) and 3 Billboards outside of Ebbing, Missouri (it won People's choice Award(  at TIFF17 

  

                                               

                                           
  
    I go to meed him October 2017 full year after being on Set of Shape of Water

Guillermo Del Torro and Jim pagiamtzis Sept 2017

                

21 Connections Special Review: Dream Cloud, Movie Reviews, Shape of Water and Snowboarding experience

                              

"Learn, Speak and Social leads to monetize!" Jim Pagiamtzis January Blog Review 2018  It has been amazing journey blogging since 2009. Next year I will celebrate 10 years as blogger and writer. Until then I wanted to start sharing articles that I have writing on my blog in January 2018  Below you will find TV Reviews, Book Reviews, (True)Stories, Event Reviews.  Enjoy!                                                                                                 Special Product Post: Dream Cloud    Dream Cloud Session.   It was an amazing evening as the sales team shared an amazing powerpoint on sales and dealing with objections. I was so impressed that I participated in role play   Every week I go these students are impressing me with their professional and business acumen.   Read more                                  Movie Review: The Commuter In this action-packed thriller, Liam Neeson plays an insurance salesman, Michael, on his daily commute home, which quickly becomes anything but routine. After being contacted by a mysterious stranger, Michael is forced to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on his train before the last stop. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle, he realizes a deadly plan is unfolding and is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy. One that carries life and death stakes, for himself and his fellow passengers. Read more                                                Special Magazine Review: Ascent Alumni Magazine I am Centennial College Alumni and was feature in the magazine twice  in 2009!                                            Read more Special Aviation Post: It's a bird, It's a plane no its Bombardier 7000 series flying the friendly skies all over the world  In late October 2017 I got the great opportunity to participate in being part of team building Global 7000 series magnificent business planes at the Downsview Bombardier Aerospace location (Wilson and Garratt) Read more                                             Special Review: The Bentway -Grand Opening It was another cold day in Toronto.    I took the TTC out and went to the Grand Opening of the Bentway under the Gardiner Expressway near Old Fort York Read more                                            New APP: Swob Swob Inc., is the Tinder for jobs. It's a free app designed to make job searching easy and convenient. Through the use of technology, students can now search for a job with the simple use of their phone Read more Download click here                                                 New Adventure: Jim Pagiamtzis snowboarding for the 1st time! #firstdayriding  It was amazing day to try snowbarding for th 1st time at Christie Pits Park in Toronto. Read more                                                 It was great experience to be on set of Shape of Water in October 2016. I got to meet Guillermo Del Toro at the AGO in October 2017. Excited that film has 13 nominations! Journey to meeting Director/ Author Guillermo Del Toro Read more                                                    Jim Pagiamtzis| 21 Connections | jim@pagiamtzis.com | Website

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Movie Review: Shape of Water

            

        Jim Pagiamtzis Review

         "Sensational Movie Wizadry

         The Shape of Water takes on a journey of intrigue and fascination. Sally Hawkings, Octavia Spencer and Michael Shannon deliver great performances

            The story and plot unravel in the Del Toro fashion with words and cinematography working in unison. There are some scenes of adult sexual nature that were excessive and not needed.

         The climatic end was fitting for the film

         overal review 8 of 10
          
         

         Sujit K Reddy Review
            Good: Story and characters were believable
            Bad:  A little too slow paced for my taste.
           Ugly: Some gruesome scenes not needed


          Movie Plot:
   From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER - an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones.



                                                                 

Journey to meeting Director/ Author Guillermo Del Toro

              
              Wednesday Sept 27th

              It was going to be great moment to meet Guillermo Del Toro again!

            Quick back story.

            In October 2016 I had the great experience to be on set of Shape of Water in Hamilton and Scarborough playing at 1960's Ad man. It was great to see iconic director in action for two days!


           Fast forward to Sept 2017

          Shape of Water premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in Sept 7-17 and will be released in theatres in December 2017


             The Art Gallery of Ontario had a book signing for Guillermo Del Toro new book at home with Monster and new exhibit.

              I lined up at 3:30pm and patiently waited to meet him. I didnt get in until 8:00pm!

            Huge thanks to John who I met in line for the great conversation and get me some water :)

            John was retired and did work in the music industry. He had worked for the Obama administarion for 7 years in Washington,DC in the education sector.

                   I finally  go the moment to meet Guillermo Del Toro and hi brought few pictures of  dressed in 1960's man

              He said "oh yeah that was in Hamilton!"

            I said" yes it was and it was great experience to see you in action for two days on set!. Would you sign them please?"

              He said "of course!"

          With that the cricle was complete. Being in the movie and getting a picture with him!

           

                          

Jim Pagiamzis and John

                                       

                       

     

TIFF Special Post: Excited about two movies showing at TIFF17 this year......

        Superexcited for two movies at TIFF17 this year.  Downsizing and Shape of Water

 
        Played a time share salesman. have a small speaking role!

                   

         Shape of Water: Directed by Guillermo Del Torro

 

                   

   I played 1960's Ad man on set for two days in October 2016

                                            

Journey of the cigarette smoking man in Shape of Water

              Recently came across these interesting smokes in late July

               Reminded me of the adventure I had on set of Shape of Water filming in Hamilton,Ont in October 2016.

          I was asked to smoke the entire day ( I don't smoke!)  I was giving VIP treatment the entire day. Lighting my smoke, collecting the ashes!

        I may smoke them later in the year :)

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