Dick Tracy (1990 Touchstone Pictures Dir. Warren Beatty)
Monday, February 22, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Movie Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Another short one today, signs we’re running out of archive material. When the archive runs out, we’ll be going to once or twice a month.
Check it out! It’s the title page!
Check it out! It’s the title page!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Movie Review: SPL: Sha Po Lang (Kill Zone)
SPL/Kill Zone (2005, ABBA Movie Company, Dir. Wilson Yip)
I don't have anything funny to say about this shot.
I don't have anything funny to say about this shot.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Right now, it's a gimmick
The 3D effects in Avatar distracted me from the story. Every time something was forced into the foreground, it reminded me that I was watching a 3D movie. Except, it shouldn’t have. It was a gimmick, pure and simple. The worst part is, it wasn’t needed. Cinematographer Mauro Fiore already did a masterful job of creating a depth of field that would have existed without the 3D effects. If anything, he did too good a job. There were enough things in the foreground and the background of most shots that in 2D we would still be talking about it having a sense of visual depth.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Movie Review: Gandahar
Gandahar (1988 Dir. René Laloux)
Note: There is no way to avoid the nudity in this movie. It’s not that there are really that many adult themes, but there is a lot of nudity in this movie. So lets admit now this one is going to be a little NSFW and get on with our day.
Note: There is no way to avoid the nudity in this movie. It’s not that there are really that many adult themes, but there is a lot of nudity in this movie. So lets admit now this one is going to be a little NSFW and get on with our day.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Fakin' It: Film Noir
People sometimes say to me “Weirdo, I’d like to be a movie snob like you, but I don’t have a lot of time to research or even actually watch the movies. Please tell me what movies would make me seem clever and witty. I don’t want a whole film class, I just want to seem more-artsy-than-thou at my friends.”
To which I say, “Did you just call me a snob?”
Then I do some navel gazing, find the label fits and come back to them saying, “Oh you charming scamp! Of course I’ll help you.” I then tell them that the Swedes make the best action films, as exemplified by the gun battle in Wild Strawberries, The Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong made the deepest and most moving dramas, and that despite what some American “critics” might say, Michael Bay is actually world renowned as the great cinematic genius of our age.
That teaches ‘em for calling me a snob.
To which I say, “Did you just call me a snob?”
Then I do some navel gazing, find the label fits and come back to them saying, “Oh you charming scamp! Of course I’ll help you.” I then tell them that the Swedes make the best action films, as exemplified by the gun battle in Wild Strawberries, The Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong made the deepest and most moving dramas, and that despite what some American “critics” might say, Michael Bay is actually world renowned as the great cinematic genius of our age.
That teaches ‘em for calling me a snob.
Monday, February 1, 2010
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