
Reel World
Hero of Heroes
Prolific, self-published author Mark St. George is bringing his cinematic writing/directing/producing debut Alexander--Hero of Heroes to the Guild Cinema on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 1 p.m. as a fundraiser for the charity America’s Fallen Heroes Fund. The film is a videotaped version of St. George’s 2006 stageplay about Macedonian conquerer Alexander the Great and is described thusly: “As classical Greek tragedy, it’s the all-time Super Bowl, where the five-star quarterback gets killed at the end.” The film stars WWE wrestler Hawk Younkins. Tickets for this event are $10, and attendees are encouraged to donate to America’s Fallen Heroes Fund. Through similar screenings around the country, the charity hopes to raise $40 million, which will be given to families of servicemen and -women who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan. For more information on America’s Fallen Heroes, log on to www.americasfallenheroesfund.com. For more info on Mark St. George’s unique works (his “multimedia musical” about Montezuma is described as “The O.G. Rumble in the Jungle”), check out www.proteusla.com.
Film News
New Year, New Job
Break into the New Mexico film biz
So you hate your job. You’re thinking of making a change. You’re dreaming, perhaps, of the glitz and glamor inherent in the film industry.

Film Review
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Artistic biography is beautiful but hazy
There’s something wonderful about painter-turned-filmmaker Julian Schnabel’s impressionistic biopic The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. But there’s also something vaguely frustrating in this soft-focus ode to imagination and Frenchy joie de vivre. Perhaps it’s simply a byproduct of the subject at hand, real-life Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who suffered a massive stroke, became completely paralyzed and still managed to dictate his entire biography before dropping dead at age 44.

Idiot Box
Drugs Bad, Show Good
“Breaking Bad” on AMC
While a TV series about the ups and downs of the meth-dealing business might not seem like the best on-screen exposure for New Mexico, AMC’s new series “Breaking Bad” manages to be, arguably, the most true-to-life version of our fair state to date.
Week in Sloth
The Week in Sloth
“Chuck” (KOB-4 7 p.m.) It’s a brand-new episode of “Chuck” on a totally different night. (NBC calls it a “special night.”). Feel free to skip “Celebrity Apprentice” at 8 p.m., then come back at 9 p.m. for the WGA strike-mandated season finale of “Chuck.”
“Garth Brooks: Live in LA!” (KRQE-13 8 p.m.) Country superstar Garth Brooks sings, dances, does whatever it takes to fill up an hour of CBS’ strike-starved schedule.