Let The Right One In has been a fast mover since it came out late in 2008 and has already cracked the top 200. And I now know why. It’s a really interesting tale actually and it points to something new in popular culture that is gaining traction especially in the visual arts. LTROI uses [...]
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#85: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Holy mindblower. So this was my first run with 2001. Suffice it to say, it outran me by a fair clip. If you’ve never seen this movie, be prepared to mindchew on some stuff. Especially different narrative techniques. Dialog is all but absent in this movie, instead Stanley Kubrick offers up other ways of telling [...]
READ MORE »My New Project
Earlier this week, I was thinking to myself that there are a lot of classic movies I’ve never seen and some that I’ve only seen once or half or what have you. I like to think I’m fairly educated, especially with the newer movies, but realize that I have a dearth of overall knowledge. Well [...]
READ MORE »run for the hills?/sign of the awesomepocalypse?/ if i wrote candy land: the movie
Ok, so news this week came out that there was a movie adaptation for the game Candy Land coming. Well duh, there already was one. But there is a big screen one coming. When I first heard this I was like really? Is this a movie that needs to be made? No of course it [...]
READ MORE »get fired up for: february
i realized today that time is really slipping by me here and we’re 5 days into february and with such a short month to begin with, there’s not much month left. but here is what i’m looking forward to for feb. movies: after the late year push for the oscars and everyone’s holiday money, the [...]
READ MORE »a new jj abrams mystery
awesome misleading post entry title hooray. well, i’ve made no bones about my love for LOST. and i’ve even shown some early love to Fringe. both of these shows come from a man named JJ Abrams. This is a man who I really admire for his talent and creativity. He’s created two of the most [...]
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