Archive for the ‘Arts’ Category

Too bad it’s over.

March 11th, 2008 | Arts, Photography | Comment »

Quite likely the most beautiful MJ gallery online. Read more »

Ameriquest commercials

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

These are actually funny. [youtube angJGfCSuUI]Related posts: Incredible Toyota Prius commercials Shiny Suds – Great parody of bathroom cleaner commercials by Method for “people against dirty” I Love You, Man > Funny People Read more »

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Incredible Toyota Prius commercials
Shiny Suds – Great parody of bathroom cleaner commercials by Method for “people against dirty”
I Love You, Man > Funny People

19 story tower in Halifax

March 10th, 2008 | Arts, Design | Comment »

Apparently some dude named Joseph Metlege is going to build a 19 story tower on the current Trinity Anglican Church property at the corner of Brunswick and Cogswell streets, in front of (behind) the Staples on Gottingen St. Pretty cool. And because it's as-of-right, I guess they're going to try to ... Read more »

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Halifax as I remember it
“Hospital” – a short story by Edith Zimmerman
My Halifax
My Halifax
Halifax digitized for Sim City

Umm, so about this Speed Racer…

March 10th, 2008 | Arts, Movie Trailers | Comment »

I'm pretty sure this is going to be the best movie of the year, as evidenced by: [youtube G8CJ9BpG8cM] and [youtube wRfPVRJr7gI]Related posts: More Speed Racer Poor Speed Racer Story on high speed personal transport Read more »

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More Speed Racer
Poor Speed Racer
Story on high speed personal transport
Inception
Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice looks all kinds of fun

Righteous Kill – De Niro & Pacino, together again.

March 9th, 2008 | Arts, Movie Trailers | 1 Comment »

I dunno, depends on the script, I guess. I like the music in the trailer, though. Related posts: Again, with the Mission: Impossible love Ip Man: the martial arts movie I wanted to make has already been made Second trailer for Robin Hood undoes damage of first trailer Read more »

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Across the Universe is one of the best movies ever.

March 8th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

This movie's incredible. Great concept, great direction, great acting, great script. ... Oh my God, this movie blows my mind. It's so good. Who pitched this? How did this get made? IMDB? ... Great casting. Great casting. Great writing. ... I can't get over how good this is. This is the stuff I want to make. ... Read more »

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Eastern Promises is a horrible movie.

March 8th, 2008 | Arts, Film | Comment »

I'm only half way through right now, but the acting, all around, is atrocious. The directing, too. ... OK, just got past the half way point. It's getting better, I suppose. Viggo's acting is getting better. But I can't figure out why this movie was ever made. Who wrote this script? (Apparently ... Read more »

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I had desperately wanted to shoot an action movie…
A new Mortal Kombat movie would be…incredible?
This is horrible.
Script Review: The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook movie)

Coming up with a new Mario is hard.

March 7th, 2008 | Arts, Video Games | Comment »

Well, it must be: Related posts: Oh, Mario Kart. Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Trailer from E3 Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. Wii looks incredible Read more »

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Man, I love coming-of-age movies.