3 month ago
philgyford : 'Grand,' but No 'Godfather' - WSJ.com - On why 'Grand Theft Auto IV' is very good but isn't great art in the way the best films are. (via Infovore)
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philgyford : Breaking Through - New York Times - Just because I find it interesting what movies make a performer's reputation, and in some cases makes it harder for them to different roles later. (via Kottke)
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10 month ago
Andy Baio : On the overuse of the Trajan typeface in movie posters - the accompanying Flickr pool [via]
nelson : Trajan is the Movie Font - Type criticism can be funny!
plasticbag : Trajan is the Movie Font - Entertaining video that reveals the lack of creativity among designers working in movie posters and DVD covers. Although, you know, if people understand Trajan to mean 'movie' then why confuse them?
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13 month ago
philgyford : Johnaugust.com - I finally got round to reading a few months of John August's weblog -- he's the screenwriter of 'Go' and 'Big Fish' among others -- and it's great stuff. Honest, open and useful.
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14 month ago
plasticbag : I keep walking past adverts for a new George Clooney film, Michael Clayton, but I don't know much about it... - I've watched the trailer and it looks quite interesting, but it's sort of appeared on my horizon without any hype at all. Anyone know what the word on it is?
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jonhicks : The Golden Compass Trailer - I'm so excited about this, but I still have to wait 6 months!
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19 month ago
philgyford : CHUD.com - Tom Cruise's Starring Role in Watchmen Narrowly Averted - Phew indeed, but there's other interesting stuff about this inevitable project. "Your movie audience is basically where your comic book audience was when the graphic novel was written." (via Haddock)
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20 month ago
plasticbag : Hot Fuzz was probably the most fun movie I've seen in a long time and I can't really recommend it enough... - Go and see it. It rocks. The big question is which of the main characters you most identify with and why.
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23 month ago
plasticbag : According to the MPAA, New York is the city in the world most responsible for in-screen recordings of movies - The most interesting thing about this is that it isn't interesting in the slightest. I can't imagine for a moment why the MPAA should be interested in where piracy occurs given that they can't possibly hope to shut down all recordings of movies...
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plasticbag : The Transformers Movie website has a trailer up... - I'm actually pretty stunningly excited by the idea of a live action Transformers movie. Apparently the full trailer is due for July 4th?
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28 month ago
plasticbag : Apple has a trailer for Monster House and it looks pretty cool - In a nutshell - It's a big scary house that eats people. Thanks to Kerry at mugwump.typepad.com for sending it to me, cos it's ace...
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29 month ago
philgyford : Variety's Festivals & Markets - Stillman seeing 'Green' - Whit Stillman's starting work on a new film. About time!
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30 month ago
jcgregorio : Watch these movies, then we can talk (kottke.org) - No Miyazaki, not even one anime film. Tends to make me a bit skeptical of the list.
philgyford : Watch these movies, then we can talk (kottke.org) - Film critic Jim Emerson's list of 102 movies you should see before you're movie literate. At the time of writing I've seen 41 but can remember little about any of them.
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31 month ago
kayodeok : At Last, Movies to Keep Arrive on the Internet - New York Times - Six major studios plan to begin selling movies over the Internet today that buyers can download and keep for watching at any time. For now, it is difficult but not impossible to watch the downloaded movies on a television. Some computers, like those using
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31 month ago
gknauss : <i>Ocean's 13</i> Greenlit - Ocean's 13 is going to be made this summer. It's good to see that the community is pulling together to keep Andy Garcia and Elliot Gould off the street.
plasticbag : George Clooney and Brad Pitt are moving forward with Ocean's 13 - Can I just say that I thought Ocean's Twelve was absolute rubbish and I got quite angry during the whole Julia Roberts metanarrative rubbish.
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32 month ago
plasticbag : From a month ago: Warner Brothers announce they're going to sell movies online - I'm really interested in this whole selling TV and movies stuff online after my time at the BBC - mainly wondering why the BBC isn't working with these players to find a space for public sector distribution...
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33 month ago
plasticbag : There's a ... specialist ... painting representing scenes from Brokeback Mountain for sale on ebay at the moment... - It's actually not that bad. They were aiming for $50 to start off with, but now the price is up to $255. If we make it prominent enough, then I think one of their agents will buy if for their office.
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33 month ago
plasticbag : Time Out London's website appears to have increased in quality dramatically over the last few months - And now the site has all of the Time Out Film Guide's reviews on it as well. I'm not sure it's the most beautiful site in the world, but it's certainly now one of the most useful for Londoners...
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34 month ago
kayodeok : How to get the "Film-look" - Tutorial - Get that "film-look" a.k.a How to make my cheap DV cam footage look like 35mm
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34 month ago
jkottke : Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, and the Post-Oscar Career Suicide Syndrome - Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, and the Post-Oscar Career Suicide Syndrome.
kayodeok : Oscar winners turn success into mediocrity - Indeed, it's hard to imagine Katharine Hepburn or Bette Davis following up Oscar-winning performances with the kind of roles some of today's top actresses take
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34 month ago
kayodeok : Ebert's Best 10 Movies of 2005 - Roger Ebert's Best 10 Movies of 2005
plasticbag : Roger Ebert describes his best 10 Movies of 2005, and mentions a whole lot of other films that nearly made the list or deserved a mention - It's a fascinating group of pictures. I can't quite fathom why everyone in the US was so taken with Crash - it didn't work so well for me, and I don't think it did enormously well in the UK box office. Maybe it's a cultural thing. Lots of films I haven't
jkottke : Ebert's best movies of 2005 - Ebert's best movies of 2005. Crash tops the list, which was probably my favorite from 2005 as well.
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34 month ago
jkottke : The top movie robots of all time - The top movie robots of all time, including #5 and the Iron Giant.
kayodeok : Top Ten Movie Robots of All Time - They walk, they talk, they work on moisture farms, they hunt Sarah Connor. And sometimes they're eerily human-like
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36 month ago
kayodeok : How the MPAA killed the movie theater experience: a first-hand report [Politech] - I wonder what kind of dystopian cyberpunk future we live in when you are physically searched before entering a movie theatre
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36 month ago
jkottke : The six Star Wars films form the greatest postmodern art film ever made - Aidan Wasley argues that taken collectively, the six Star Wars films form the greatest postmodern art film ever made. I've been waiting for someone to write this article; Lucas' art film background and interests have always been hinted at but never really
kayodeok : Star Wars: Episodes: I-VI - The greatest postmodern art film ever - With the release of Episode III Revenge of the Sith on DVD today, George Lucas' audience can finally see all six Star Wars films back-to-back, as a single text
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37 month ago
plasticbag : A timeline of what happens in the movie Primer - Thoroughly enjoyed the movie although was a bit off my game and had absolutely no idea what the crap was going on. Need to get on DVD.
philgyford : PrimerMovie.com :: View topic - My version of the Primer explanation. - I can't remember the movie enough to see how much this makes sense, but for next time I see it... (via Tom Coates)
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