Archive for the ‘Film’ Category

Blast from my childhood

July 21st, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

Astar. He can put his arm back on. You can't. So play safe. [youtube N_QMcRSuXzE]Related posts: Blast from the past Wow – Buried looks great Read more »

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Hope for the future

July 16th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

This a simple, beautiful video by my friend Ian Cameron, third leg of Montreal's The National Parcs tripod. Ian is the first person I started peppering with questions about filmmaking, some 7 years ago. It seems so long ago, now. We actually worked on my first project together - a found-footage ... Read more »

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Masterful

June 24th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

Masterfully directed, edited, and scored. Brilliant. [youtube WO4tIrjBDkk]Related posts: Great Office spoof – The Study Circle Darren Aronofsky directs La Nuit de l’Homme for Yves Saint Laurent Is Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs better than Pixar’s Up? Read more »

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The Painted Veil

The Incredible Hulk

June 14th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

Oh. My. God. By far, hands down, the BEST action movie I've seen in years. Sweet lord, it was sooo good. The directing was phenomenal. The acting was superb. Casting Tim Roth and Ed Norton was genius. Liv Tyler was great. The love story moments were magical. William Hurt was passable, ... Read more »

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Great marriage of music with visuals

June 10th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

[youtube GqFHybVtLn0]Related posts: I love the marriage of film and music Great music video – Depeche Mode, “Wrong” Wow, this is great. Read more »

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From my brother – fun animation from This American Life

June 9th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

[youtube kf9W7cxi48g]Related posts: Incredible street/graffiti stop-motion animation Address is Approximate, a beautiful Google Street View stop motion animation short film by Tom Jenkins Dan in Real Life, Dane Cook, good writing Read more »

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A great use of animation

Gino’s got competition

June 7th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

And his competition can kick some serious butt: [youtube aOIJtS4gbaY] Read more »

Paul (and Kevin Smith) says it’s not a great school…

May 28th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

...but look at what they produce: [youtube c86I-ZQiXZw]Related posts: Kevin Spacey, Impersonator Kenny Smith (not) jumping over a car Omid Djalili co-stars in NBC’s “The Paul Reiser Show” Read more »

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A great fight scene

A great fight scene

May 21st, 2008 | Arts, Film | 3 Comments »

This is the climactic fight scene from cult classic Undefeatable. Before you watch it, this Wikipedia summary will help explain what's going on: Undefeatable is a 1994 martial arts movie starring Cynthia Rothrock, John Miller and Don Niam. The picture was a Hong Kong production, filmed in English on location in ... Read more »

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Three Days of the Condor

May 19th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

I sat down and started to watch this movie at least three times before I bit the bullet and actually got through the first act. And in the end? It's pretty satisfying. I don't think I'll ever be a fan of Sydney Pollack's directing, nor necessarily of Robert Redford's acting - ... Read more »

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